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

New Program:
Undergraduate Certificate in Exercise Science

Program Revision:
B.A. English, BA-AH ENG

New Courses:
CRS 731 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Creativity Studies
CRS 735 Advanced Applications of Creative Leadership
HEA 730 Data Visualization and Storytelling

Course Revision:
BIO 699 Capstone Experience in Biology

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
ENG 356 Speculative Fiction

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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 spring 2021 review:

Program Revisions:
B.S. Forensic Chemistry, BS-NSS, FRC
Undergraduate Certificate in Sports Communication, SCO-UGCT

New Courses:
CIS 414 Multimedia Methods, Tools, Programming, and Applications. Prerequisite: CIS 151. Examination of various media related to the needs of CIS professionals in business and industry. Students apply a range of methods, tools, and resources in the planning, design, development, and programming of a variety of digital multimedia products for presentation, communication, instructional, and other professional purposes. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

CIS 461 Programming with Python. Prerequisite: CIS 251 or CIS 361. Introduction to Python, a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code-readability. Examination of Python as multi-paradigm language that can be used to develop specific-purpose software. Students develop and present a research project using Python. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021. 

COM 616 Social Media Strategies. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. Uses of social media in the public relations field. Includes definitions; ethical and legal principles; research, strategic planning, writing, and measurement; social media campaigns; applications of social media. Offered summer semester, beginning summer 2022.

ENT 622 Machine Learning for Material Science in Clean Energy. Prerequisites: B.S. in MET or EET and ENT 621 or instructor permission. Broad guidelines and best practices regarding obtaining and treatment of data in materials science and device physics related directly to clean energy. Engineering, model training, validation, evaluation, and comparison. Includes interactive Jupyter notebooks with example Python code to demonstrate important concepts, workflows, and best practices in the field. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

FOR 410 Professional Practices in Forensic Science. Prerequisite: FOR 312. Examination of aspects of forensic lab practice required for a successful career as a forensic scientist. Introduction to the working environment of forensic laboratories, management’s expectations regarding professional and ethical behavior, time management, workflow processes, court testimony. Offered every other spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

Course Revisions:
BIO 316 General Microbiology. Prerequisites: BIO 111, BIO 211, BIO 213, CHE 111/113, and CHE 112/114. Microorganisms and techniques of observing their morphology, growth characteristics, and distribution. Microbial molecular biology and genetics. Relevance of microorganisms to everyday human activities. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

BUS 537 Anatomy of Banking. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Focus on modern banking practices and services; organizational structure, credit, Federal Reserve System, and selected areas of banking operations. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

CIS 410 Computer Operating Systems. Prerequisite: CIS 315, CIS 251, or CIS 361. Computer operating systems, their functions, components, scheduling and execution of jobs, task management, and interrupts. Comparison and exploration of contemporary operating systems. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2021.

NFS 550 Graduate Practicum in Dietetics. Prerequisites: NFS 448, clinical faculty permission, and graduate standing. Students plan, implement, and develop a dietetics practicum and evaluation tool of their performance in a selected area of dietetic practice such as acute care, long-term care, nutrition education, or community service programs. Requires ability to function under minimal supervision. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

PSY 383 Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior. Prerequisite: PSY 101 with a minimum grade of C. Psychosexual aspects of human sexuality. Historical views of human sexuality; sex research; physiology of sex; gender identity; sexuality throughout the lifespan; sexual orientations; social psychological attitudes toward sex; sexual difficulties; atypical sexual behavior; and love, intimacy, and communication in relationships. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2022.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee requires that all Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) contain verbs from Bloom’s Taxonomy. The college will sunset the original Bloom’s Taxonomy verb list on December 31, 2022, in favor of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy, which emphasizes alignment with current practice in curriculum planning, instructional delivery, and assessment. Currently, verbs from either list are acceptable on proposals. Each SLO should use one verb only.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee is continuing with its spring 2021 reviews. The spring 2021 proposal submission deadline is tomorrow, April 9. Any proposals received after the deadline will be reviewed in fall 2021. The Curriculum Committee does not convene over the summer.

From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee

Advanced to the Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

Program Revision:
M.S.Ed. Childhood and Early Childhood Education, Including Initial Teaching Certification (6212)(formerly M.S.Ed. Childhood Education [Grades 1–6], Including Initial Teaching Certification [6212])

New Courses:
EDU 500 Practicum in Childhood Education.Prerequisites: Admission to Childhood and Early Childhood Education (6212) program; cumulative GPA of 2.5; 2.5 minimum GPA in professional sequence; minimum grade of C in methods courses related to respective major (EDU 511 and EDU 682); successful completion of English composition/basic communication and mathematics competency requirements. Supervised teaching experience five full days a week for approximately seven consecutive weeks. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice required.

EDU 510 Practicum in Early Childhood.Prerequisites: Admission to Childhood and Early Childhood Education (6212) program; cumulative GPA of 2.5; 2.5 minimum GPA in professional sequence; minimum grade of C in methods courses related to respective major (EDU 511 and EDU 682); successful completion of English composition/basic communication and mathematics competency requirements. Supervised teaching experience five full days a week for approximately seven consecutive weeks. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice required.

Advanced to the President
The following has been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:

Course Revision:
PHY 108 General Physics II

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

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
AED 315 Arts in Living

Intellectual Foundations Designation Only:
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
COM 100 Media Literacy

Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Mathematics (0718)
B.A. Political Science (0722)
B.S. Biology Education (7–12) (0631)
B.S. Biology Education (7–12; 5–6 Extension) (0630) Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification Biology Education (7–12) (7013)
Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification Biology Education (7–12; 5–6 Extension) (7016)

New Course:
SCI 545 Literacy for Teaching Science.Prerequisites: A previous literacy skills course; acceptance into a graduate science teacher degree program. Study of literacy related to secondary science. Promotion of literacy; action research project on identifying literacy levels of students; planning literacy activities based on data collection.

Course Revisions:
HIS 355 History and Culture of Argentina.Prerequisite: Upper-division status. History of Argentina from the time of colonial rule until the return of democracy in the 1980s. Cultural foundations of the nation; role of gauchos and caudillos; challenges of nation building in the nineteenth century. Rise and endurance of Peronism in Argentine politics. Military dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s; transition to democracy in 1983.

MAT 162 Calculus II. Prerequisite: MAT 161 with a minimum grade of C, or equivalent. Corequisite: MAT 164. Area accumulation functions; definition of the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; integration techniques; applications of integrals; improper integrals; sequences and series; function approximation. Graphic, symbolic, and numeric representations are used throughout the course. Appropriate for math majors and students in partner disciplines requiring understanding of fundamental principles of calculus with emphasis on deductive reasoning and proof. Credit issued for either MAT 127 or MAT 162 (or equivalents), but not for both.

PSC 250 Introduction to Law. Basics of law, the judicial system, courtroom procedures, distinctions between different kinds of law, and the importance of these distinctions. Constitution and rights defined in the Constitution. Responsibilities of attorneys in the judicial system and to their clients. Skills involved in learning and practicing law; writing legal briefs; oral presentation of legal arguments.

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
ORAL COMMUNICATION
ECO 490 Senior Seminar. Prerequisites: ECO 305, ECO 307, ECO 308, and senior standing. ECO 424 recommended. Capstone course required of all senior economics and finance majors. Investigation and oral presentation of findings of selected advanced topics in economics and finance. Senior thesis on a topic in economics or finance required.

Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forward to the president for review and approval:

New Course:
HPR 309 Health Sciences for Coaching

New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
ENG 380 History of the Book

Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:
ORAL COMMUNICATION
SSE 409 Student Teaching of the Social Studies in the Middle School
SSE 410 Student Teaching of the Social Studies in the High School

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

Course Revision:
PHY 108 General Physics II

From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
AED 315 Arts in Living

Intellectual Foundations Designation:
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
COM 100 Media Literacy

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

New Courses:
GEG 385 Paleoclimatology
GEG 423 Biogeography

Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:

DIVERSITY and WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America

NATURAL SCIENCE
PHY 104 Physics for K–8 Teachers

ORAL COMMUNICATION
AED 303 Elementary Student Teaching in Art
AED 304 Secondary Student Teaching in Art
MUS 440 Ethnomusicology

WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ENG 130 Biblical and Classical Literature

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 330 Pacific Islanders

From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee

Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following has been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

Intellectual Foundations Designation Only:

TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
COM 100 Media Literacy. Role of mass media in the lives of individuals and society; exploration of development, structure and technology of media, as well as social, economic, ethical, and related issues; focus on roles of both consumers and producers of media.

Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:

New Courses:
GEG 385 Paleoclimatology 
GEG 423 Biogeography

Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:

DIVERSITY and WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America

NATURAL SCIENCE
PHY 104 Physics for K–8 Teachers

ORAL COMMUNICATION
AED 303 Elementary Student Teaching in Art
AED 304 Secondary Student Teaching in Art
MUS 440 Ethnomusicology

WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ENG 130 Biblical and Classical Literature

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 330 Pacific Islanders