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From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:

Program Revision:
B.A. Biology, BA-NS BIO

New Course:
MUS 644 Secondary General Music Perspectives

Course Revision:
PAD 607 City and County Management

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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for review:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Music, BA-AH MUS
Minor in Dance, DAN

New Courses:
DMP 340 History and Aesthetic Trends of Electronic Music. Introduction to the history, development, performance practice, and aesthetics of music involving electronics and computers. The origins and evolution of the most relevant techniques and technologies used by producers of electronic music, and the ways in which these tools have influenced musical aesthetics.

SOC 325 Sociology of Media. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 6 credit hours in sociology. The role of film and photography on social interactions and memories; the contradictions and challenges of social media; the social and potential of various media; the saturation or oversaturation of media in our lives. Key texts from leading authors and thinkers in the field of sociology of media.

SPA 203 Professional Spanish I. Prerequisite: SPA 102 or equivalent. ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) intermediate-low level targeted study of common oral and written interactions in the Spanish workplace, with a focus on basic proficiency in common professional contexts. Taught in Spanish. Offered annually.

SPA 204 Professional Spanish II. Prerequisite: SPA 201 or SPA 203. ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) intermediate-mid-level targeted study of Spanish with a focus on proficiency in a diversity of professional and regional contexts. Taught in Spanish. Offered annually.

Course Revisions with Intellectual Foundations Designations:
ARTS
FAR 100 Introduction to Fine Art. The critical basis of procedures and concepts in the fine arts. Introductory problems in studio performance. Topics include artistic purposes, process, and content; various media used by artists; the fundamental formal elements and principles of visual art. Lecture and studio experience. Offered annually.

DIVERSITY
THA 421 Drama from the African American Perspective. Prerequisite: CWP 102. Exploratory and critical analysis of African American playwrights (and playwrights of African descent) and their works. Includes participation in play readings and discussions related to the plays’ social and historical contexts. Offered biennially.