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Curricular Items

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019

Curricular Items

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:

Course Revisions:
BXE 623 Policies and Practices of Bilingual Education
CNS 644 Technology and Conservation of Objects III
EXE 682 Instructional Field Experience in Special Education

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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 spring 2019 review:

New Course:
HON 111 Introduction to Honors. Prerequisite: Admission to honors program. Introduction to Buffalo State College and the honors programs. Skill-building course to assist honors students with campus life and academic success. Includes active involvement in the honors program and a connection to the campus and surrounding community. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2019.

New Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
HON 209 Western Civilization Seminar. Prerequisite: Admission to honors program. Study of origin, evolution, and development of Western civilizations. May focus on one or multiple Western civilizations of the instructor’s choice and focus on a period in time such as Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian movements, Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the Scientific Revolution, or the development of liberal democracy. Focus on the rise and spread of various empires in terms of influence, achievements, and lasting impact from socioeconomic, political, and global perspectives in the chosen Western Civilization and period in time. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2019.

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
CRJ 315 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (CT, IM, W). Prerequisites: CRJ 101 and upper-division standing. Introduction to the research process as practiced in criminal justice addressing issues of ethics, research design, measurement, validity and reliability, and sampling. Exploration of various methods of data collection used in criminal justice research. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2019.

CT=Critical Thinking, IM=Information Management, W=Writing

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