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Name changes of ATLAS-sponsored degrees offered by the College of Engineering and Applied Science

• Technology, Arts & Media
• Technology, Media & Society

To degrees in Creative Technology and Design

Katherine Eggert, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Assessment On behalf of Mark Gross, Director ATLAS Institute, CU Boulder 1

Proposed degree name changes

Creative Technology and Design (BS, minor, traditional MS, professional MS, PhD)

Technology, Arts & Media (BS, minor) Technology, Media & Society (traditional MS, professional MS, PhD)

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Rationale for change

• Current names lack visibility, clarity and definition in academic

and employment landscapes.

• New name reflects both creativity and technical nature of

degrees across multiple platforms and applications.

• Aligns undergraduate and graduate degrees; identifies them

as engineering academic programs.

• Recommended by Academic Review and Planning Advisory

Committee (CU Boulder program review) in 2019.

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Advantages to students

• Avoids confusion with CMCI and Art & Art History degrees.
• Better positions students for employment:

° New degree name matches job titles. ° Enables employers to identify curricular areas and technical nature of degrees. ° Enables students to define and market themselves in technical and engineering job markets.

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Costs and how they will be covered

• No new faculty or additional resources needed.
• Marketing costs (e.g., website changes) will be absorbed

into regular budget.

• Enrollment in professional MS program continues to

grow, doubling since 2014. Enrollment in undergraduate program has grown to ~250 since launching in 2015.

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