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:
HEA 655 Intercollegiate Athletics and the Student Athlete

Course Revisions:
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America
ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America
ANT 323 Disease and Global Health (formerly ANT 323 Anthropology of Disease)
ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America
BUS 640 Strategic Human Resources

Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation:
SOCIAL SCIENCES
ANT 101 Understanding Culture

Change of Status: Program Deactivation:*
Minor in Gerontology

*Deactivation effective fall 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into this program after summer 2023.

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

New Program:
M.S.Ed. Adolescence Education English 7-12

New Course:
ENG 171 Portrait Magazine Editing and Production. Creating, assembling, and editing the materials required for the production of Portrait Magazine, the student-led literary arts journal of Buffalo State. May be taken up to four times for credit. Offered every semester.

Course Revisions:
FTT 359 Fashion Retail Environment Design (formerly Fashion Visual Communication). Prerequisite: FTT 150. Designing fashion retail spaces in physical and digital environments to strengthen a brand's image and engage customers; visual merchandising design principles, elements, and composition; off-the-shelf technology for physical store design; merchandise presentation in online and mobile retail platforms; virtual retail space design; and virtual reality and augmented reality technology. Offered every semester.

FTT 365 Fashion Digital Retailing. Prerequisite: FTT 150. Evolving landscape of fashion retailing in the digital era; technological and cultural shifts in fashion retailing and relationship with consumers; various models of fashion digital retailing; digital marketing concepts and practices; challenges and opportunities of fashion digital retailing; and environmental, social, and governance implications of fashion digital retailing strategies. Offered spring semester.

NFS 448 Nutrition Care D. Prerequisites: NFS 403 and NFS 447. The fourth in a series of supervised experiential learning clinical nutrition care courses. Emphasis on independence in applying evidence-based medical nutrition therapy including nutrition education to patients in an acute care setting. Clinical experiences include parenteral and enteral nutrition. Clinical dress required. Offered spring semester.

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

Program Revision:
Advanced Certificate - Assessment in Higher Education (formerly Assessment in Student Affairs)

From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
The last day for curricular submissions in KissFlow is Monday, May 1, at 11:59 p.m.

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

New Program:
M.F.A. Television, Film, and Streaming Media

Program Revision:
B.A. Spanish

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

New Course:
PSY 468 Professional Skills in Psychology

Course Revisions:
MAT 315 Differential Equations
PSY 458 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology

Change of Status: Program Deactivations:
Minor in French and Francophone Culture*
Minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)**
Minor in Italian*
Minor in Professional French*

* Deactivation effective fall 2023; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after May 2023.

** Deactivation effective summer 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after May 2024.

General Education 2023 Designations:
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America
ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America
ANT 330 Indigenous Hawaiians
ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America
BUS 305 Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
ENG 353 American Indian Literature
GEG/PLN 309 Introduction to Urban Geography
SOC/AAS 321 The African American Family
SOC 310 Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOC 312 Women in Society
SOC/AAS 351 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

HUMANITIES
ENG 190 Introduction to Literature
ENG 231 Women in Literature
ENG/AAS 240 African American Literature to 1940
ENG/AAS 241 African American Literature since 1940
ENG 243 Introduction to Latinx Literature
PHI 112 Ethics of Business

MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
MAT 103 Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
MAT 311 Introductory Probability and Statistics

NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
ANT 323 Disease and Global Health
GES 101 Introductory Geology
GES 132 The Solar System

U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
GEG 362 Geography of the United States and Canada

WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America
ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America
ANT 312 Archaeology of North America
ANT 330 Indigenous Hawaiians
ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America
GEG 359 Arctic Geography from an Inuit Perspective
GEG 360 Geography of Asia
PHI 301 Justice: Liberty v. Equality

Core Competencies:
CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
BME 415 Student Teaching in Business Education I
BME 416 Student Teaching in Business Education II
BUS 430 Strategic Management
CIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design
CRJ 303 Criminal Justice Theory
CTE 302 Curriculum and Evaluation in Career and Technical Education
CTE 404 Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Subjects
CTE 413 Student Teaching Career and Technical Education
EDU 311 The Teaching of Reading and the Other Language Arts in the Elementary School
EDU 322 Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School
ENT 465 Electrical Design I
ENT 422 Machine Design II
FCS 415 Student Teaching I
FCS 416 Student Teaching II
FTT 450 Global Issues in the Fashion and Textile Industry
HEW 411 Critical Issues in Health and Wellness
HTR 455 Advanced Human Resource Management in Hospitality
NFS 430 Introduction to Nutrition Research
SLP 411 Introduction to Language Disorders in Children
SWK  317 Research Methods in Social Work
TEC 403 Systems Analysis
TED 450 Student Teaching in Technology Education I
TED 451 Student Teaching in Technology Education II

INFORMATION LITERACY
BME 415 Student Teaching in Business Education I
BME 416 Student Teaching in Business Education II
BUS 430 Strategic Management
CIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design
CIS 411 Database Systems
CRJ 315 Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRJ 425 Race, Ethnicity, and the Administration of Justice
CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice
CTE 302 Curriculum and Evaluation in Career and Technical Education
CTE 404 Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Subjects
CTE 413 Student Teaching Career and Technical Education
EDU 211 Introduction to Literacy
ENT 422 Machine Design II
ENT 465 Electrical Design I
FCS 415 Student Teaching I
FCS 416 Student Teaching II
FTT 450 Global Issues in the Fashion and Textile Industry
HEW 401 Assessment and Evaluation in Health and Wellness
HTR 480 Practicum in Hospitality Operations
NFS 430 Introduction to Nutrition Research
SLP 411 Introduction to Language Disorders in Children
SWK  317 Research Methods in Social Work
TEC 313 Statistical Quality Control
TED 450 Student Teaching in Technology Education I
TED 451 Student Teaching in Technology Education II

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From the Associate Provost
The following have been submitted to SUNY System Administration for review:

Program Revisions:
B.S. Fashion, Textile, and Technology (formerly Fashion and Textile Technology)
B.S. Social Work
Advanced Certificate - Assessment in Higher Education (formerly Assessment in Student Affairs)

New Location - International Graduate Programs for Educators (IGPE) - M.S. Multidisciplinary Studies:
Heritage Family Services LTD, Alberta, Canada

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

Program Revision:
B.S. Health and Wellness

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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the Buffalo State Senate Office and forwarded to the Curriculum Committee 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.S. Urban Planning and Public Administration (formerly B.S. Urban and Regional Planning)

New Course:
PAD 508 Housing as Public Policy. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Exploration of housing's place in American society and the role of public policy. Examination of the inequalities of the current housing system and the role of planners and public administrators in creating more socially equitable housing policy from a position of "decent and affordable housing" as a human right. Offered occasionally.

Course Revisions:
BUS 488 Internship (formerly BUS 378 Professional Business Practice). Prerequisites: Upper-division standing and instructor permission. Supervised internship/field experience in a business setting offering practical, hands-on application of business concepts and theories. The internship is under the direction of a faculty internship supervisor with cooperation of company internship supervisor. Students can earn 3-12 credits based on internship hours completed. Offered every semester.

ENG 362 Children's Literature (formerly ENG 260 Children's Literature). Prerequisite: CWP 102. Introduction to children's literature, both fiction and nonfiction, from classic to contemporary. Examination of principles and concerns of literary quality, critical theory, and the historical development of children's literature. Attention is also given to the role of technology and multimodalities in children's literature. Offered every semester.

PHY 410 Advanced Physics Laboratory. Prerequisite: PHY 307 or equivalent. Selected advanced experiments chosen from the areas of modern physics, optics, nuclear physics, solid-state physics, and semiconductors. Offered spring semester.

PLN 315 Land Use Planning and Development (formerly Principles of Urban and Regional Planning). Prerequisite: PLN 215. The composition and administration of municipal development regulations and zoning ordinances, including their relationship to current and long-range planning. Examination of methods to determine site feasibility and design, inventory existing land uses, and determine locations for future land uses. Regulatory approval process for land development projects, including environmental review. Offered occasionally.

Course Revisions with General Education 2023 Designations:
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
PLN 341 Housing and Equitable Urbanism (formerly Housing and Real Estate). Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing; one social science course. Examination of housing's place in American society and the role of public policy. Exploration of the inequalities of the current housing system and the role of planners and public administrators in creating more socially equitable housing policy from a position of "decent and affordable housing" as a human right. Offered occasionally.

WORLD LANGUAGES
FRE 101 Beginning French I. Fundamentals of French, with an emphasis on the spoken and written language at the novice-mid level of proficiency, as well as on common educational, family, and geographically diverse features of French-speaking cultures. Offered every semester.

FRE 102 Beginning French II. Fundamentals of French, with an emphasis on the spoken and written language at the novice-high level of proficiency, as well as on common health, sports, leisure, and culinary features of French-speaking cultures. Offered every semester.

ITA 101 Beginning Italian I. Fundamentals of Italian, with an emphasis on the spoken and written language at the novice-mid level of proficiency, as well as on common educational, family, and geographically diverse features of Italian-speaking cultures. Offered every semester.

ITA 102 Beginning Italian II. Fundamentals of Italian, with an emphasis on the spoken and written language at the novice-high level of proficiency, as well as on common health, sports, leisure, and culinary features of Italian-speaking cultures. Offered every semester.

SPA 101 Beginning Spanish I. Fundamentals of Spanish, with an emphasis on the spoken and written language at the novice-mid level of proficiency, as well as on common educational, family, and geographically diverse features of Spanish-speaking cultures. Offered every semester.

SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II. Fundamentals of Spanish, with an emphasis on the spoken and written language at the novice-high level of proficiency, as well as on common health, sports, leisure, and culinary features of Spanish-speaking cultures. Offered every semester.

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

New Program:
B.A./M.A. English Combined Pathway

New Course:
BIO 441 Bioinformatics

New Course with General Education 2023 Designation:
WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
ANT 361 Anthropology of Food

Course Revision:
LIB 100 Introduction to Library Research

Course Revisions with General Education 2023 Designations:
HUMANITIES
HUM 100 Introduction to the Humanities

NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
ANT 321 Primate Ecology and Conservation

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 Program:
M.F.A. Television, Film, and Streaming Media

Program Revision:
B.A. Spanish

New Course:
PSY 468 Professional Skills in Psychology

Course Revisions:
MAT 315 Differential Equations
PSY 458 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology

Change of Status: Program Deactivations:
Minor in French and Francophone Culture*
Minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)**
Minor in Italian*
Minor in Professional French*

* Deactivation effective fall 2023; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after May 2023.

** Deactivation effective summer 2024; Buffalo State University will not accept new students into these programs after May 2024.

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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 Designations:
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America
ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America
ANT 330 Indigenous Hawaiians
ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America
BUS 305 Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
ENG 353 American Indian Literature
GEG/PLN 309 Introduction to Urban Geography
SOC/AAS 321 The African American Family
SOC 310 Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOC 312 Women in Society
SOC/AAS 351 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

HUMANITIES
ENG 190 Introduction to Literature
ENG 231 Women in Literature
ENG/AAS 240 African American Literature to 1940
ENG/AAS 241 African American Literature since 1940
ENG 243 Introduction to Latinx Literature
PHI 112 Ethics of Business

MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
MAT 103 Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
MAT 311 Introductory Probability and Statistics

NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
ANT 323 Disease and Global Health
GES 101 Introductory Geology
GES 132 The Solar System

U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
GEG 362 Geography of the United States and Canada

WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America
ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America
ANT 312 Archaeology of North America
ANT 330 Indigenous Hawaiians
ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America
GEG 359 Arctic Geography from an Inuit Perspective
GEG 360 Geography of Asia
PHI 301 Justice: Liberty v. Equality

Core Competencies:
CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING
BME 415 Student Teaching in Business Education I
BME 416 Student Teaching in Business Education II
BUS 430 Strategic Management
CIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design
CRJ 303 Criminal Justice Theory
CTE 302 Curriculum and Evaluation in Career and Technical Education
CTE 404 Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Subjects
CTE 413 Student Teaching Career and Technical Education
EDU 311 The Teaching of Reading and the Other Language Arts in the Elementary School
EDU 322 Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School
ENT 465 Electrical Design I
ENT 422 Machine Design II
FCS 415 Student Teaching I
FCS 416 Student Teaching II
FTT 450 Global Issues in the Fashion and Textile Industry
HEW 411 Critical Issues in Health and Wellness
HTR 455 Advanced Human Resource Management in Hospitality
NFS 430 Intro to Nutrition Research
SLP 411 Introduction to Language Disorders in Children
SWK  317 Research Methods in Social Work
TEC 403 Systems Analysis
TED 450 Student Teaching in Technology Education I
TED 451 Student Teaching in Technology Education II

INFORMATION LITERACY
BME 415 Student Teaching in Business Education I
BME 416 Student Teaching in Business Education II
BUS 430 Strategic Management
CIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design
CIS 411 Database Systems
CRJ 315 Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRJ 425 Race, Ethnicity, and the Administration of Justice
CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice
CTE 302 Curriculum and Evaluation in Career and Technical Education
CTE 404 Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Subjects
CTE 413 Student Teaching Career and Technical Education
EDU 211 Introduction to Literacy
ENT 422 Machine Design II
ENT 465 Electrical Design I
FCS 415 Student Teaching I
FCS 416 Student Teaching II
FTT 450 Global Issues in the Fashion and Textile Industry
HEW 401 Assessment and Evaluation in Health and Wellness
HTR 480 Practicum in Hospitality Operations
NFS 430 Introduction to Nutrition Research
SLP 411 Introduction to Language Disorders in Children
SWK  317 Research Methods in Social Work
TEC 313 Statistical Quality Control
TED 450 Student Teaching in Technology Education I
TED 451 Student Teaching in Technology Education II

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

New Course:
PSY 360 Evaluating Psychological Science. Prerequisite: PSY 350. Overview of the science and methodology of psychology in preparation for applied careers in psychology. Topics include how to be successful as a consumer of psychology information; language and structure of research as a process of scientific inquiry; analysis and evaluation of research articles; fundamentals of writing in the discipline; fundamentals of psychological research; ethical principles. Required for applied psychology majors. Offered every semester.

Course Revisions:
ANT 307 Urban Anthropology. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Ethnography of urban spaces across the globe. Consideration of industrialization, deindustrialization, neoliberal change, migration, and immigration. Analysis of states' and private capital's roles in shaping infrastructure, mass transit, and street forms. How city is navigated and inhabited by humans and other species. Ethnographic approaches to natural disasters and climate change in cities. Offered every other year.

ANT 350 Global Marriage Practices. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Ethnography of cross-cultural structures of marriage, kinship, household, and family. Analysis from premodern to modern family types, transformation in gender roles, empowerment of women, and dissolution of traditional kinship structures and emergence of new family forms. Consideration of legal and religious frameworks and their transformation from comparative perspectives. Offered every other year.

BUS 640 Strategic Human Resources. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Survey of human resources in the workplace. Overview of the human resources life cycle, including strategic human resource management; recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; performance management; diversity, equity, and inclusion; employee rights and labor-management relations; and training and development. Offered fall semester.

FTT 310 Fashion Apparel Production (formerly FTT 310 Sewn Products Industry). Prerequisite: FTT 206. Understanding product quality in fashion; the process of producing high-quality apparel products; evaluation of industry standards and practices; hands-on experience in fabric performance and sewn product testing and evaluation; the process of producing apparel products from conceptualization to final delivery; application of sustainable and ethical practices; costing and pricing strategies. Offered every semester.

Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation
WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
AED 315 Arts in Living. Prerequisite: CWP 102 or sophomore standing. Study of the relationship between how society and culture influence and impact art and artists and how art and artists influence and impact society and culture. Analysis of historic and contemporary art forms as they relate to their time, place, and cultures. Required for art education majors. Offered fall semester.

CORRECTION APPENDED

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 Program:
B.A./M.A. English Combined Pathway

New Course:
BIO 441 Bioinformatics

New Course with General Education 2023 Designation:
WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
ANT 361 Anthropology of Food

Course Revision:
LIB 100 Introduction to Library Research

Course Revisions with General Education 2023 Designations:
HUMANITIES
HUM 100 Introduction to the Humanities

NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
ANT 321 Primate Ecology and Conservation

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

Program Revisions:
B.A. Anthropology
B.A. Spanish

New Course with General Education 2023 Designation:
NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
GEG 103 Introduction to Environmental Sustainability. Introduction to the study of sustainability and human-environment interactions. Application of the principles of sustainability to current environmental and social problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, energy and resource use, waste management, food security, and environmental justice. Offered annually beginning spring 2024.

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Correction: April 13, 2023
The original version of this announcement, published April 6, 2023, omitted the B.A. in Anthropology and B.A. in Spanish program revisions. The correction has been made.

From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
The final day for submission of curricular proposals using the KissFlow system is Monday, May 1.

From the President
I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the Buffalo State 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.S. Fashion and Textile Technology
Advanced Certificate in Student Affairs Assessment

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

Course Revision:
BUS 305 Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

General Education 2023 Designations:
THE ARTS
ENG 151 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 255 The Short Story

DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ENG 354 Ethic American Minority Literatures
ENG 356 Speculative Fiction
ENG 385 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
PSY 387 Psychology of Gender

MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
ECO 305 Statistics for Economics

SOCIAL SCIENCES
ECO 101 The Economic System
ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics

U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
ECO 103 Economic History of the United States

WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS
ENG 353 American Indian Literature