Curricular Items
Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023Curricular Items
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:
New Courses:
BIO 375 Global Change Ecology
SLP 507 Introduction to Signed Language Systems
Course Revisions:
DSA 301 Data Science and Analytics with Spreadsheets, Databases, and Coding
EXE 683 Supervised Practicum: Personnel Supervision and Management
FRE 101 Beginning French I
MAT 382 Topics in Mathematical Statistics
Change of Status: Program Deactivation:*
Minor in Dance
*Deactivation effective fall 2023; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into this program after summer 2023.
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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:
General Education 2023 Designations:
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
CAS 302 Global Child Advocacy Issues
CRJ 425 Race, Ethnicity, and the Administration of Justice
CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice
DAN/AAS 234 Politics of Black Dance in America
SOC 350 Power, Class, and Inequality
SOC/SPF 366 Cultural Proficiency and Public Achievement
NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
GES 111 Oceanography
NFS 102 Introductory Nutrition
SOCIAL SCIENCES
PSC 104 Introduction to International Relations
WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
HIS/AAS 306 Africa to 1800
HIS/AAS 337 Africa since 1800
HIS 465 Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries
NFS 108 Food Culture and Civilization in the Far East
PSC 337 Politics of Globalization
PSC 340 Politics of Developing Countries
PSC 351 History of Political Thought I
PSC 352 History of Political Thought II
Core Competencies:
CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
AED 300 Foundations in Art Education
AMT 495 Applied Mathematics Project
ANT 415 Seminar in Archaeology
ANT 418 Seminar in Biological Anthropology
BIO 315 Ecology
BIO 440 Applications in Biotechnology
CHE 471 Biochemical Techniques
COM 450 Communication and Society
ECO 490 Senior Seminar
ENG 391 Junior Seminar
ENG 410 Composition and Rhetorical Theory
ENG 463 Methods, Materials, and Professional Development for Teachers of English
FAR 355 Art and Culture of Rome
FAR 380 Art of Africa
GEG 396 Research Methods
GES 201 Physical Geology
HIS 300 Research and Writing Seminar
HIS 400 Senior Seminar in History
MAT 491 Capstone Research in Mathematics
MED 308 Methods in the Teaching of Secondary School Mathematics
MUS 303 Music History: Classic through Modern
PHI 402 Seminar in History of Philosophy
PHY 305 Modern Physics I
PLN 225 Planning Methods
PSC 399 Research Skills
PSY 472 Seminar on Psychology
SOC 300 Methods in Social Research
SOC 302 Qualitative Methods
SPA 301 Introduction to Hispanic Cultures
SPA 421 Structure of Modern Spanish
TFA 450 Senior Project
THA 416 Seminar in Theater Arts
INFORMATION LITERACY
AED 300 Foundations in Art Education
AMT 495 Applied Mathematics Project
ANT 415 Seminar in Archaeology
ANT 418 Seminar in Biological Anthropology
BIO 315 Ecology
BIO 440 Applications in Biotechnology
CHE 471 Biochemical Techniques
COM 450 Communication and Society
ECO 424 Econometrics
ENG 391 Junior Seminar
ENG 410 Composition and Rhetorical Theory
ENG 463 Methods, Materials, and Professional Development for Teachers of English
FAR 355 Art and Culture of Rome
FAR 380 Art of Africa
GEG 396 Research Methods
GES 201 Physical Geology
HIS 300 Research and Writing Seminar
HIS 400 Senior Seminar in History
MAT 491 Capstone Research in Mathematics
MED 308 Methods in the Teaching of Secondary School Mathematics
MUS 303 Music History: Classic through Modern
PHI 402 Seminar in History of Philosophy
PHY 307 Modern Physics Laboratory
PLN 225 Planning Methods
PSC 399 Research Skills
PSY 450 Research Methods in Psychology I: Introduction to Research Methods
SOC 299 Social Statistics
SPA 301 Introduction to Hispanic Cultures
SPA 421 Structure of Modern Spanish
TFA 450 Senior Project
THA 416 Seminar in Theater Arts
