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Curricular Items

Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023

Curricular Items

CORRECTION APPENDED

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

Program Revision:
Minor in Theater/Dance (formerly discrete minors)

New Courses:
EXE 573 Foundations of Teaching Middle School Students with Disabilities
EXE 673 Personnel Supervision and Management
NFS 601 Leadership and Project Management in Dietetics

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The following have been approved by the special committee of the Buffalo State Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee (SIFOC) and the Senate Curriculum Committee for inclusion in General Education 2023 and forwarded to the president for review:

THE ARTS
DAN 224 Dance Appreciation
THA 106 Introduction to Theater

DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
EDU 304 Women and Mathematics
ENG 254 Culturally Diverse American Literature in Middle and High Schools
EXE 100 Nature and Needs of Individuals with Special Needs
SPF 203 School and Society

HUMANITIES
ENG 205 History of Cinema I
ENG 206 History of Cinema II
PHI 102 Introduction to Ethics
PHI 110 Meaning of Life
REL 105 Introduction to Christian Thought

MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
MAT 114 Functions and Modeling I
MAT 124 Functions and Modeling II
MAT 126 Applied Calculus I
MAT 161 Calculus I

WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
ENG 130 Biblical and Classical Literature
FTT 349 History of Textiles
IDE 205 History of Interior Design and Architecture I

WORLD LANGUAGES
SLP 101 American Sign Language I
SLP 102 American Sign Language II

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

Program Revisions:
B.S. Fashion, Textile, and Technology (formerly Fashion and Textile Technology)
B.S. Health and Wellness
Advanced Certificate - Assessment in Higher Education (formerly Assessment in Student Affairs)

New Course:
HEA 655 Intercollegiate Athletics and the Student Athlete. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Exploration of the history and philosophy of intercollegiate athletics, student-athlete characteristics and development, role and relationship between colleges and intercollegiate athletics, current issues and compliance, critical needs, and other specialized functions of athletic programs. Offered every other year, beginning fall 2023.

Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation:
NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
ANT 321 Primate Ecology and Conservation. Prerequisites: ANT 100 or instructor permission. Study of living prosimians, monkeys, and apes, including taxonomy, social organization, feeding ecology and ranging, community ecology, and conservation; field studies of natural populations. Offered every other spring semester (odd years), beginning spring 2025.

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Change of Status: Program Deactivations:
Minor in Dance
Minor in French and Francophone Culture
Minor in Italian
Minor in Professional French

Deactivation effective fall 2023; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after summer 2023.

Minor in Geographic Information Systems
Deactivation effective summer 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after May 2024.

Minor in Gerontology
Deactivation effective fall 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after summer 2023.

Minor in Safety
Deactivation effective fall 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs TBD.

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Correction: March 16, 2023
The original version of this announcement, published March 9, 2023, incorrectly categorized ENG 130 and ENG 254. The corrections have been made.

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