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From the President
At its March 14, 2008, meeting, the College Senate voted to approve and forward the following recommendation to the president for consideration, approval, and action:

Motion for the Reduction of the Upper-Division Credits Required for a Buffalo State College Bachelor’s Degree

Whereas the Buffalo State College Senate has approved and the college has implemented a new general education curriculum (i.e., Intellectual Foundations) wherein, due to the limitation of four cognate areas to lower-division courses, undergraduates have 24 fewer credit opportunities within the general education curriculum to complete upper-division credits, and

Whereas no requirement has been made for major departments to increase the number of required upper-division courses so as to offset the limited opportunities to take upper-division courses in the general education curriculum, and

Whereas a reduction to 33 upper-division credits would place Buffalo State College in the middle of both its aspirational peers and its SUNY peers for numbers of hours in this degree requirement, and

Whereas the reduction will also assist students of certain majors to graduate in a timely manner,

Therefore, be it resolved that:

the Senate recommend a reduction of 12 upper-division credits required for graduation, from 45 to 33, effective May 2008.

I accept the recommendation of the College Senate and hereby approve the reduction in the number of upper-division credits required for a Buffalo State College bachelor’s degree from 45 to 33, commencing with applications for graduation for spring 2008. I charge the provost with the responsibility to oversee the implementation of this change in graduation requirements.