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 Programs:
M.S.Ed. Social Studies Education 7-12, including Initial Certification
M.S.Ed. Social Studies Education 7-12, 5-6 Extension, including Initial Certification

Program Revision:
B.A. Art and Design

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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 Designation:
MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
MAT 122 Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint II

From the Interim President
I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost. This program must now advance to SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department for final review:

Program Revision:
Undergraduate Certificate in World Languages Advantage

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I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:

Course Revisions with General Education 2023 Designation:
WORLD LANGUAGES
SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I
SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II

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From the Associate Provost
The following have been approved by SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department:

Change in Registration:
Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership*
Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership SBL/SDL Combined*
M.S.Ed. Literacy Specialist, B-12**

*Special application for programs leading to school building leader and school building leader/school district leader certification

**Leads to literacy for all grades

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The following have been submitted to SUNY System Administration for review:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Applied Psychology (formerly B.A. Psychology)
B.S. Psychological Science (formerly B.S. Psychology)

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 Course with General Education 2023 Designation:
NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
GEG 103 Introduction to Environmental Sustainability

Course Revision:
PHY 410 Advanced Physics Laboratory

Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation:
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
PLN 341 Housing and Equitable Urbanism (formerly Housing and Real Estate)

Change of Status: Program Deactivation:
Minor in Safety*

* Deactivation effective fall 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into this program as of July 2023.

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:
Undergraduate Certificate in World Languages Advantage, UGCT-AS-WLA

Course Revisions with General Education 2023 Designation:
WORLD LANGUAGES
SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I
SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II

From the Interim President
I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost. These programs must now advance to SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department for final review:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Physics
B.S.Ed. Special Education and Childhood Education

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I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:

New Courses:
PAD 508 Housing as Public Policy
PSC 323 New York State Government and Budget (cross-listed with ECO 323) (previously submitted as PSC 323 Governing New York State through Crisis [cross-listed with ECO 323]).

Course Revision:
ENG 311 Language, Literacy, and Culture in English Teaching (formerly ENG 311 Methods in Teaching Language)

Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation:
WORLD LANGUAGES
SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II

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 Revisions:
B.A. Physics
B.S.Ed. Special Education and Childhood Education

New Courses:
PAD 508 Housing as Public Policy
PSC 323 New York State Government and Budget (cross-listed with ECO 323) (previously submitted as PSC 323 Governing New York State through Crisis [cross-listed with ECO 323]).

Course Revision:
ENG 311 Language, Literacy, and Culture in English Teaching (formerly ENG 311 Methods in Teaching Language)

Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation:
WORLD LANGUAGES
SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II

From the Interim President
I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost. This course must now advance to SUNY System Administration for General Education designation: 

Program Revision:
M.S.Ed. English Education 7-12

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I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:

Program Revision:
Minor in Physics

New Courses:
ENG 171 Portrait Magazine Editing and Production
EXE 311 Writing IEPs across the P-12 Grade Span
PSY 360 Evaluating Psychological Science

Course Revisions:
CHE 406 Analytical Toxicology
ENG 362 Children's Literature (formerly ENG 260 Children's Literature)
EXE 321 Adapting and Intensifying Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities (formerly EXE 321 Remediating and Adapting Literacy Instruction for Students with and at Risk for Disabilities)
EXE 390 Strategies and Technology to Access and Adapt Content Area Instruction (EXE 390 formerly Strategies and Technology to Adapt Content Area Instruction)
FTT 109 Garment Construction I (formerly FTT 109 Fundamentals of Apparel Construction)
FTT 224 Technical Apparel Design I (formerly FTT 224 Pattern Drafting and Grading for Industry)
FTT 310 Fashion Apparel Production (formerly FTT 310 Sewn Products Industry)
FTT 324 Garment Construction II (formerly FTT 324 Industrial Apparel Assembly)
FTT 326 Digital Fashion Design I (formerly FTT 326 Traditional/Computer Flat Pattern)
FTT 348 Fashion, Society, and History (formerly FTT 348 History of Costume)
FTT 359 Fashion Retail Environment Design (formerly FTT 359 Fashion Visual Communication)
FTT 365 Fashion Digital Retailing
IDE 152 Rapid Ideation and Visualization (formerly IDE 152 Introduction to Color Rendering)

Course Revisions with General Education 2023 Designations:
SOCIAL SCIENCES
ANT 385 Visual Anthropology

WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
AED 315 Arts in Living

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From the Associate Provost
The following has been approved by SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department:

Program Revision
B.A. Spanish

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The following has been submitted to SUNY System Administration for review:
New Program
M.F.A. Television, Film, and Streaming Media

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 Revisions:
M.S.Ed. English Education 7-12
Minor in Physics

Course Revisions:
FTT 109 Garment Construction I (formerly FTT 109 Fundamentals of Apparel Construction)
FTT 224 Technical Apparel Design I (formerly FTT 224 Pattern Drafting and Grading for Industry)
FTT 310 Fashion Apparel Production (formerly FTT 310 Sewn Products Industry)
FTT 324 Garment Construction II (formerly FTT 324 Industrial Apparel Assembly)
FTT 348 Fashion, Society, and History (formerly FTT 348 History of Costume)

From the Interim President
I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost. This program must now advance to SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department for final review:

Program Revision:
B.F.A. Art and Design

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I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:

Program Revision:
Minor in Photography and Documentary Studies (formerly Minor in Photography)

From the Associate Provost
The following have been approved by the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and the associate provost:

Microcredentials:
Chemical Analysis of Medicinal Plants
Medicinal Plant Science