From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
With only a two remaining meetings in the spring semester, the College Senate Curriculum Committee asks all schools and associate deans to submit curricular proposals that are to be reviewed by the end of the semester no later than Friday, April 15. Proposals received after that date will not be reviewed until fall 2016. The committee does not review curricular proposals during the summer.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
All schools and departments are asked to complete and return by May 1 any outstanding curricular items from the 2014–2015 academic year that were approved pending revisions (APR)* by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Several outstanding APRs must be finalized and advanced to the president. If you received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the previous College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, please complete these revisions by May 1 so that your course proposal can move forward to the final local** approval process if the expectation is for the course to be offered in fall 2016. The Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer.

The respective associate dean must sign all routing forms and provide paper and electronic copies of updated course descriptions reflective of the revisions requested by the Curriculum Committee. Please check with your associate dean or department chair to ensure that these are completed. You may also check with the College Senate Office on the status of your curricular item.

The College Senate thanks those schools that have followed up with APRs from last year. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

*Curricular items that were approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee pending minor revisions.

**All programs must meet SUNY guidelines; SUNY reviews are conducted in Albany, following local reviews. Approval or denial of all programs is at the discretion of SUNY.

The College Senate Curriculum Committee has initiated new forms for submitting curricular proposals through the College Senate. Please do not use old forms or templates or anything other than those featured on the College Senate Curriculum website. Forms for new and revised program and course proposals have been streamlined and clarified to aid submitters in accurately providing all necessary information. Associate deans have been informed of the updates and can guide departments with questions or concerns.

When submitting curricular proposals, please be sure to check all appropriate boxes and fill in all relevant areas on course, program, or minor approval routing forms. If a course is IF infused (INF), please indicate which infusions are being requested. Please make certain the titles of submitted curricular items match the proposal form titles on all routing forms. Proposals that do not match routing form information will not be accepted by the College Senate Office.

Submitters are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of submitted information and that the respective associate dean has verified its accuracy before sending it on to the College Senate Office. The Senate Office reviews all items before publishing them in the Daily Bulletin, but the office is not responsible for information that is listed incorrectly on original forms.

All curricular templates and routing forms for courses, major programs, and minor programs are available on the College Senate website.

When submitting course proposals, please make sure that the assigned prefix number has not been used in the past. Old or historical prefixes may not be used for new course submissions. New courses must have new prefixes. If a prefix must to be changed after it is submitted to the College Senate Office, you do not need to re-send the routing form; the number can be changed on the original submission, but it must be done before the review and approval process is complete to ensure that the correct number is entered in Banner.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring review:

Program Revisions:
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology (Electronics Option), SOP-BS ETE 
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology (Smart Grid Option), SOP-BS ETS

Course Revisions:
CWP 101 College Writing I. Prerequisite: Successful completion of CWP 099 or SAT score over 400 or ACT score 17 or higher. Introduction to academic discourse practices and conventions, including the development of composing processes and skills that will prepare individuals for success as university students and citizens. Course emphasizes critical reading and inquiry, writing for a variety of rhetorical situations, and effective academic writing and research processes.

FTT 455 Issues in Merchandising and Fashion Retailing. Prerequisite: FTT 250. Theory, principles, and practice of apparel merchandising to both the brick-and-mortar and digital platform in the retail sector; business models; retailing structures; retailing strategies; responsibilities at the management level; current trends; case-study analyses.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring review:

New Courses:
HEA 750 Student Affairs Assessment Capstone. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Applied assessment course involving a supervised assessment project; students work with a student affairs office in a higher education setting to develop and implement an applied assessment project, analyze and interpret outcomes, and present data in oral and written format. 

UNC 110 Bengal Basics. Basic information and strategies for student success at Buffalo State College. Supports students’ transition to their college experiences. Topics include higher education culture, student as scholar, college policies and procedures, and campus technology and resources.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
With only a few remaining meetings in the spring semester, the College Senate Curriculum Committee asks all schools and associate deans to submit curricular proposals that are to be reviewed by the end of the semester no later than Friday, April 15. Proposals received after that date will not be reviewed until fall 2016. The committee does not review curricular proposals during the summer.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
All schools and departments are asked to complete and return by May 1 any outstanding curricular items from the 2014–2015 academic year that were approved pending revisions (APR)* by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Several outstanding APRs must be finalized and advanced to the president. If you received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the previous College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, please complete these revisions by May 1 so that your course proposal can move forward to the final local** approval process if the expectation is for the course to be offered in fall 2016. The Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer.

The respective associate dean must sign all routing forms and provide paper and electronic copies of updated course descriptions reflective of the revisions requested by the Curriculum Committee. Please check with your associate dean or department chair to ensure that these are completed. You may also check with the College Senate Office on the status of your curricular item.

The College Senate thanks those schools that have followed up with APRs from last year. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

*Curricular items that were approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee pending minor revisions.

**All programs must meet SUNY guidelines; SUNY reviews are conducted in Albany, following local reviews. Approval or denial of all programs is at the discretion of SUNY.

The chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee has initiated new forms for submitting curricular proposals through the College Senate. Please do not use old forms or templates or anything other than those featured on the College Senate Curriculum website. Forms for new and revised program and course proposals have been streamlined and clarified to aid submitters in accurately providing all necessary information. Associate deans have been informed of the updates and can guide departments with questions or concerns.