• Dr. Dailey said that Senate Bill 185 requires them to identify up to 10 academic areas of study. He identified six areas including applied sciences, engineering, health, humanities, natural sciences and technology. He gave an illustration/overview of how they got there and the majors in each area of study.
• Chair Dukes asked for a motion for approval of the proposed program continuing and discontinuing with teach out planning. Regent Fields made the motion.
• Secretary Sergent said for the record that the programs for continuing would be (1) nursing, AS, BS, residential and online; (2) computer science; (3) cybersecurity, BS online, MS potential; (4) MS environmental science and technology, residential; (5) interdisciplinary studies, BS and AS STEM+; (6) general education dual credit PEP; (7) psychology, BS, MA counseling, forensic school; (8) special education, MA online, redesigned in 2025, protected; (9) exercise science, BS, new CIP; (10) aquaculture MS, BS, aquatic sciences Fall 2026; (11) criminal justice, BS, residential and online; (12) biology, BS, residential, manufacturing and agriculture engineering introduced in 2025; and (13) MS in biological and agricultural engineering introduced in 2025.
• The motion was seconded by Regent Moyer. Chair Dukes said the proposed changes or retention are approved. No dissenting votes. Motion Passed.
• Secretary Sergent said the Board needed to approve the programs that require curriculum redesign, delivery modification or repositioning.
• Secretary Sergent said for the record that those programs are: (1) Agriculture, food and environment, BS, residential, change to include specifications such as animal science, plant science; (2) business administration, BS, to reduce complexity in an MA residential and online; (3) the DPN online; (4) elementary education, BA; (5) mathematics BS; (6) music and industry curriculum redesign, marketability; (7) mass communication, curriculum redesign, Technology Integration, and digital media; (8) chemistry, BS reopened to support engineering; (9) and psychology MA curriculum alignment with workforce and clinical practice.
• Chair Dukes asked for a motion for redesign of these programs. Regent Stringer made the motion. Regent Fields seconded the motion. No dissenting votes. Motion Passed. The redesign of those programs was approved.
• Secretary Sergent said the third motion is to approve the programs to be discontinued with the teach out, which will be submitted to the accreditor on July 1 and will be recommended for closure. The programs are the bachelor of music education; bachelor of music performance; bachelor of arts in political science and the bachelor of arts in child development and family study.
• Chair Dukes asked for a motion to approve recommending closure of those programs. Regent Grimshaw made the motion and it was seconded by Regent Fields. Chair Dukes said the recommendation of discontinuing those specified programs is approved. Motion Passed. No dissenting votes.

incorporate an applied theory and a practice and further elaborated on examples of that.

8. Adjournment.