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Correction from April 3 Bulletin
SCI 502 Initial Science Teaching should be SCI 503 Initial Science Teaching.

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

Program Revisions:
B.S. French Education (7-12) (0651)
B.S. Spanish Education (7-12) (0656)
Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification French Education (7-12) (7046)
Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification Spanish Education (7-12) (7076)

New Minors:
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Leadership

New Courses:
CRS 435 Experiences in Leadership. As the culminating course in leadership, the capstone experience is designed to synthesize prior coursework and serve as a transition to professional leadership opportunities. This will be primarily achieved through an applied leadership experience in which students will be required to employ knowledge and skills gained from prior courses in the minor program. To enable students to develop an understanding of leadership in applied contexts, they will have the opportunity to interact with and learn from successful leaders in the Western New York region. Finally, students will be required to articulate a vision of themselves as future leaders in their respective professions and communities.

HPR 309 Health Sciences for Coaching.Interdisciplinary study of the health sciences as they apply to coaching interscholastic sports. Selected principles of anatomy, kinesiology, and physiology related to coaching; risk minimization; mixed competition; New York State Department of Education selection and classification of athletes; definition of age and maturity of athletes.

PSC 305 Environmental Policy. International public-policy responses to environmental challenges; viewpoints on ecological limits, regulatory responses, and the role of business. Population growth, international climate change, sustainable development, cap-and-trade approaches to pollution reduction, and the correlation between violent conflict and environmental stress.

SOC 208 Sociology of Contemporary China.Contemporary China from various sociological perspectives. Changes in social structure, cultural values, and norms in modern China. Understanding China as a non-Western society.

New Courses and Intellectual Foundations Designations:
NATURAL SCIENCE
PHY 104 Physics for K-8 Teachers. Prerequisites: Acceptance to Pre-K–8 teaching majors or pre-majors. High school algebra and writing. Nature of science, energy transfer, force interactions, systems, Newton’s Laws, magnetic, gravitational, light, and thermal interactions, conservation of energy, and simple circuits as appropriate for teachers of K–8 science. MeetsNational Science Education Standards S (NRC, 1996) and the New York State Education Department (NYSED, 1996) learning standards for Math Science and Technology and elementary and intermediate physical setting standards (Standard 4). Inquiry-based classroom co-mingles laboratory with lecture.

NATURAL SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
PHY 304 Optics and Vision for Teachers and Artists. Prerequisites: Any college or high school introductory physics course; CWP101; any first-year MAT or instructor permission. Phenomena of light, vision, color, and photography, as appropriate for teachers of science and visual arts majors. Meets the National Science Education Standards S (NRC, 1996) and the New York State Education Department (NYSED, 1996) learning standards for Math Science and Technology and elementary and intermediate physical setting standards (Standard 4). Inquiry-based classroom co-mingles laboratory with lecture using handheld apparatus and demonstrations in the lecture theater and take-home laboratory activities using everyday materials. Can be used as a sequence with PHY 104.

Course Revisions:
AED 300 Foundations in Art Education.Prerequisites: Art education major or permission of department chair and successful completion of GE2K or IF requirements in English composition/basic communication and mathematics. A writing-intensive introductory course that integrates instructional planning, learning theories, and teaching practices with the visual arts in education and society. Required for art education majors.

AED 301: Theoretical Constructs in Art Education.Prerequisites: Art education major, AED 300, or department chair permission and one psychology course.AED 301 is a writing intensive course that examines traditional and contemporary theories and practices relevant to current art education environments, learners, and communities and is required for art education majors.

AED 302 Function and Practice in Art Education.Prerequisites: Art education major, AED 301, and one course in sociology or anthropology. Studies of contemporary theories, functions, and practices in the visual arts including context, content, and processes necessary in the design of instructional planning, implementation, and evaluation of visual art teaching. Practicum experiences in local educational settings. Required for art education majors.

ENG 190 Introduction to Literary Interpretation.Prerequisites: CWP 101 and CWP 102 or equivalent. The basic types of responses to literature; the defining characteristics of poetry, fiction, and drama; as well as the skills of close reading of literary texts. Students should take this class immediately after completing the freshman writing requirement or within the first year of transferring into the English major.

HIS 354 The Caribbean in the Larger Atlantic World. Prerequisites: Upper-division status or instructor permission. The islands of the Caribbean as they fit into the larger context of the “Atlantic World.” Arrival of the Spanish in the Caribbean and how the encounter shaped relations in Americas, Europe, and West Africa. How events in the Caribbean, such as the rise of the sugar industry, shaped economics, demographics, power, and revolutionary movements.

IDE 488 Interior Design Internship. Prerequisite: IDE 401. Guided and supervised exposure to professional interior design operations through on-the-job work experience in an authorized design firm, department, studio. or showroom. To earn 3 credit hours, the student must complete 135 contract hours with the firm, provide a written report of the work experience, and receive a written evaluation from the employer.

MAT 126 Applied Calculus I. Prerequisites: MAT 124 or equivalent with a minimum grade of C. Intuitive introduction to differential and integral calculus. Analysis of functions, derivatives of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions, applications of the derivative, anti-derivatives of simple algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions, area and the fundamental theorem of calculus. Graphical, symbolic, numerical, and verbal representations are used for all topics. Designed for students majoring in disciplines that use calculus as a tool. Credit issued for either MAT 126 or MAT 161 (or equivalent), but not for both.

PHY 107 General Physics I. Algebra-based study of mechanics: measurement, kinematics, Newton’s laws, gravity, conservation of energy and momentum, and rotation; laboratory.

PHY 111: University Physics I. Calculus-based treatment for science majors of particle motion, kinematics, mechanics, Newtonian dynamics, energy transformation, conservation laws of energy and momentum, gravitation and rotation; laboratory. Required for majors.

Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:
DIVERSITY and WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America. Prerequisites: ANT 100 or instructor permission. Way of life of the original inhabitants of Western North America; reconstructing life during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries using archaeology, historical documents, and oral tradition. Tribal nations of the Plains, Northwest Coast, Southwest, Great Basin, Plateau, and California. Effects of European exploration and colonization and the persistence of indigenous Western North American peoples in the modern world.

NATURAL SCIENCE
PHY 108 General Physics II. Prerequisite: PHY107 or instructor permission. Algebra-based study of electricity and magnetism: static electricity (including electric fields and potential), current electricity and circuits, magnetism and electromagnetic interactions; laboratory.

PHY 112: University Physics II. Prerequisite: PHY 111 or instructor permission. Calculus-based treatment for science majors of static electricity, electric fields and potentials, current electricity and circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic interactions and electromagnetic induction. Required for majors.

SCI 501 The History of Science for Science Teachers. Historic development of major scientific discoveries and achievements within a narrow range that directly impacts the teaching of science. Contextual forces that affect science discovery. Contributions from other disciplines such as mathematics, technology, navigation, military actions, and engineering.

ORAL COMMUNICATION
MUS 440 Ethnomusicology. Prerequisites: MUS 302 and 303 or instructor permission. Lectures, readings, recordings, and hands-on participation in class, with emphasis on understanding the theories and methodologies used to study music as an aspect of human culture. Examination and discussion of case studies from different regions of the world, as well as independent fieldwork research. Required for music majors.

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 330 Pacific Islanders. Prerequisites: ANT 101,sophomore status, or instructor permission. Introduction to Pacific Islanders including origins, languages, ecology, cultural identity and agency, political struggles. Experience of indigenous communities. Representations of the Pacific originating inside and outside the region. Encounters and transformation by first inhabitants, explorers, missionaries, colonists, and recent glo