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 Program:
B.S. Mathematical Physics, BS-NS-MAT

New Courses:
GLC 600 Great Lakes Center Seminar
HIS 382 History of Christianity to 1500
HIS 383 History of Christianity 1500–Present

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
TECHNOLOGY
FOR 122 Scientific Criminal Evidence Analysis

From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
The deadline for all course and program proposals was Tuesday, March 15. Submissions received after that date may not be reviewed until fall 2011. Because of the large number of course and program proposals recently submitted to the College Senate Office, some curricular items that were received by the March 15 deadline may not appear in the Daily for several weeks. We appreciate your understanding. Please call the Senate Office at ext. 5139 with questions.

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 and approval:

New Program:
Minor in Urban Civic Education

New Course:
ADE 660 Grant Writing for Education and Training

Course Revision:
FRE 301 Introduction to Contemporary Francophone Culture

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Advanced to the Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for spring 2013 review and approval:

New Course:
ADE 500 Introduction to Adult Education. Prerequisite: Graduate status. Exploration of the field of adult education as it exists today in a variety of formal and nonformal settings. Examines core elements of the discipline from past, present, and future trend perspectives. Topics include evolution of the field, major providers and programs, teaching methods and planning approaches, mini-teaching delivery, and review of the literature.

Course Revision:
CWP 102 Argumentation and Research. Prerequisite: CWP 101 or approved equivalent placement (see College Writing Program website). Focus on development of academic communication and research skills. Written and oral assignments emphasize argumentation and persuasion, advanced rhetorical strategies, analysis and synthesis, and critical thinking.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
We encourage departments to complete revisions requested by the College Senate Curriculum Committee for proposals from spring and fall 2012 that have been “accepted pending revisions” (APR) so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic Affairs Office.

Please note: Program routing sheets (majors and minors) must be printed on yellow paper, and course submission routing forms on blue paper. The Senate Office will not accept routing sheets unless the proper forms are submitted on the correct color paper. Please check with your school’s associate dean for details. All forms can be downloaded from the College Senate website Curriculum Committee page, under Forms and Templates. Please make sure when submitting a course revision to the Senate Office that the correct “old” version is included in both hard copy and electronic files.

Any course or program proposals that have recently been sent to the College Senate Office will be reviewed by the CSCC in the spring 2013 semester. The CSCC has finished reviewing courses and programs for this semester.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Because of the revision of the Intellectual Foundations program, the College Senate Curriculum Committee will no longer accept new or revised course proposals for IF designation, effective immediately, until further notice. Course proposals submitted prior to this announcement will still be considered for IF designation; however, departments may opt to withdraw the proposal for IF designation by contacting the College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, at cscc@buffalostate.edu. All current IF courses will remain as designated for now, but once the new IF program has been completely passed by the College Senate, the Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee will publish new procedures and guidelines for the submission of IF courses to the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Course proposal designation procedures for the new IF program will be published as soon as they are available.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The College Senate Office sends holiday greetings to everyone. The Global Engagement section of the new Intellectual Foundations program was approved at the December 14 meeting of the College Senate. The entire IF program will now move to the next several phases of implementation planning.

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:
ENT 481 Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage
FTT 475 Senior Seminar in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing
GLC 688 Internship
HIS 358 History and Culture of Paraguay
HIS 361 History and Culture of Brazil
IDE 102 Digital Presentation Methods
SCI 650 Curricular Research Topics in Science Education
SCI 677 Initial Middle School Science Teaching Experience
SCI 678 Initial High School Science Teaching Experience
SCI 679 Seminar in Science Education

New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
HUMANITIES
MUS 223 Sacred Music in Western Society

Course Revisions:
ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America
ENT 471 Power Systems I
ENT 472 Power Systems II
MAT 270 Discrete Mathematics
SCI 502 Secondary Science Education Teaching: Theory, Content, and Pedagogy

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

Program Revisions:
B.S. Chemistry, BS-NS CHE (formerly B.A. Chemistry, BA-NS CHE)
B.S. Urban and Regional Analysis and Planning, BS-NS URP
M.S.Ed. Science Education, MSED-ED SCI

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee

Correction:
The following two courses were published in the November 8, 2012, issue of the Daily Bulletin as new course proposals when in fact they are course revisions. The course descriptions remain the same; the routing forms have been corrected.

FRE 301 Introduction to Contemporary Francophone Culture
FRE 302 Introduction to Francophone Media

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

New Courses:
ENT 481 Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage
FTT 475 Senior Seminar in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing
HIS 358 History and Culture of Paraguay
HIS 361 History and Culture of Brazil
SCI 679 Seminar in Science Education

Course Revisions:
ENT 471 Power Systems I
ENT 472 Power Systems II

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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 Revision:
Minor in Biology (1725)

New Courses:
CRS 619 Organizational Creativity and Innovation. Prerequisite: CRS 559. Interest in managing and promoting creativity in organizations has grown in recent years. This course explores current research and practice related to organizational creativity and innovation. From an applied perspective, this course focuses on developing students’ skills in leading innovation and change initiatives in organizations.

PSC 398 Political Science Teaching Practicum. Prerequisites: PSC 101, PSC 203, and PSC 204 with a minimum grade of B in each course; nine additional hours in political science; 3.0 cumulative GPA; 3.0 GPA in political science. How political science courses are constructed and administered. Lecture development, exam construction, record keeping, and student engagement. Mentoring, preparing students for examinations and writing assignments.

PSC 421 Discrimination and the U.S. Constitution. Prerequisite: PSC 101. The equal protection provision of the U.S. Constitution and its importance to modern life. Development of equal protection jurisprudence throughout the past 140 years. The reach and potentialities of equal protection analysis: fundamental rights, suspect classes, expansion, and retrenchment.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
We encourage departments to complete revisions requested by the College Senate Curriculum Committee for proposals from spring and fall 2012 that have been “accepted pending revisions” (APR) so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic Affairs Office.

Please note: Program routing sheets (majors and minors) must be printed on yellow paper, and course submission routing forms on blue paper. The Senate Office will not accept routing sheets unless the proper forms are submitted on the correct color paper. Please check with your school’s associate dean for details. All forms can be downloaded from the College Senate website Curriculum Committee page, under Forms and Templates. Please make sure when submitting a course revision to the Senate Office that the correct “old” version is included in both hard copy and electronic files.