What’s New for 2025-2026

Items approved for the 2025-2026 academic year are listed below.

New Academic Programs

New Specializations

• Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.) - Literacy Instructional Coaching Specialization  

New Certificates

• Literacy Instructional Coaching Certificate  

Academic Programs with Title Changes

• Human Sciences (M.S.) - Human Development and Family Science Specialization  was Human Sciences (M.S.) - Developmental Sciences Specialization

Major Revision/Restructured Curriculum

• Social Science (M.S.)  was Sociology (M.S.)
• Social Science (Ph.D.)  was Sociology (Ph.D.)

Accelerated Graduate Programs

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (M.S.)  
• Electrical Engineering (M.S.)  
• Nursing (D.N.P.) - Clinical Nurse Leader Specialization  
• Nursing (D.N.P.) - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialization  
• Nursing (Ph.D.)  

Discontinued Programs

• Community Development (M.S.)
• Community Development Certificate
• Competency-Based Learning Certificate
• Financial Counseling Certificate
• Human Sciences (M.S.) - Family and Community Services Specialization
• Human Sciences (M.S.) - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Specialization
• Institutional Research and Assessment in Higher Education Certificate
• Native Communities and Economic Development Certificate
• Nursing (M.S.) - Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization
• Nursing (M.S.) - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialization
• Post-Graduate Clinical Nurse Leader Certificate
• Post-Graduate Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
• Post-Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate

New Courses

New Prefixes

• AFES (Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)
• CIV (Civics)

Policy Changes/Clarifications

• Credit for Prior Learning update: This policy outlines procedures for awarding credit for prior learning and clarifies allowable fees for prior learning credit.