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

Course Revision:
FTT 310 Sewn Products Industry

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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 fall 2017 review:

New Program:
M.S. Multidisciplinary Studies (Nutrition Track), HND-MS

New Courses:
GES 203 First-Year Undergraduate Research Experience. Introduction to research for geology and earth sciences students and preparation for engaging in undergraduate geology research. Laboratory and field techniques used by geoscientists and the types of questions investigated by geoscientists. Students conduct a class research project to investigate a laboratory or field problem. Includes field trips. Offered every spring semester.

GES 418 Structural Geology Field Experience. Prerequisites: GES 101, GES 103, and GES 303. Corequisite: GES 408. Field study topics conducted in conjunction with GES 408. Required weekend field trip. Offered every spring semester.

HIS 339 History and Culture of Puerto Rico. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or instructor permission. Over 500 years of Puerto Rico’s history, culture, people, resources, ethnicity, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical development before, during, and after colonization, including the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States. Optional capstone travel to Puerto Rico includes lectures, guided tours, and firsthand experiences complementing the classroom experience. Offered every other spring semester.

SSE/SST 609 Student Teaching of Social Studies in the Middle School. Prerequisites: Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, minimum grade of C+ in SSE 524 and SSE 603, successful completion of content and pedagogical coursework. Supervised teaching experience for five full days a week for approximately seven consecutive weeks in a middle school classroom. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice required. Offered every semester.

SSE/SST 611 Student Teaching of Social Studies in the High School. Prerequisites: Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, minimum grade of C+ in SSE 524 and SSE 603, successful completion of content and pedagogical coursework. Supervised teaching experience for five full days a week for approximately seven consecutive weeks in a high school classroom. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice required. Offered every semester.

Course Revision:
PHY 112 University Physics II (Lecture and Lab). 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. Laboratory. Required for physics majors. Offered every semester.

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
ANT 330 Indigenous Hawaiians. Prerequisite: ANT 100 or ANT 101. Lifeways of the original inhabitants of the islands of Polynesia, especially the Hawaiian archipelago. Origins, geography and ecology, cultural identity and agency, political struggles from the tenth century to today of indigenous Hawaiian peoples using archaeological, historical documents, and oral tradition evidence. Representations of indigenous Hawaiians originating inside and outside the region. Encounters and transformation by first inhabitants, explorers, missionaries, colonists, and recent global flows of people. Modern sovereignty movements, reclamation of sacred landscapes, and the return of cultural meanings associated with hula and surfing. Offered biennially in spring semester.