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

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 College Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

New Course:
SPA 410 Literacy for Spanish Teachers. Prerequisite: SPA 301. Emphasis on the promotion of literacy skills in Spanish instruction.

Course Revision and Writing-Intensive (W) Designation:
FAR 359W High Renaissance and Mannerism. Prerequisites: FAR 250 and FAR 251. Introduction to stylistic changes and developments in Italian High Renaissance and Mannerist art. Examination of the aspirations, achievements, and disappointments of major artists within their historical, social, and cultural contexts.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Office continues to log incoming course and program submissions for the fall College Senate Curriculum Committee review process. We encourage departments to complete any revisions requested by the CSCC for proposals that have been “accepted pending revisions” (APR) so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic and Student 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.

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

Program Revision:
B.A. Sociology, BA-NS SOC

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Office has continued to log incoming course and program submissions throughout the summer, and the College Senate Curriculum Committee review process will recommence this semester.

Please note that the CSCC cannot begin reviewing courses until the committee roster is approved at the September 14 College Senate meeting. The curriculum review process begins with the September 25 meeting of the CSCC.

We encourage departments to complete any revisions requested by the CSCC for proposals that have been “accepted pending revisions” so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic and Student 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.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The new chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee is Karen Sands-O’Connor, associate professor of English. She has served on the CSCC for many years and will head the committee for the 2012–2013 academic year.

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

Program Revision:
B.A. Sociology, BA-NS-SOC

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

Program Revision:
B.A. Sociology, BA-NS-SOC

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2012 review and approval:

Program Revision:
From B.A. Chemistry to B.S. Chemistry, BA-NS-CHE

New Courses:
SCI 650 Curricular Research Topics in Science Education. Prerequisite: Acceptance to M.S.Ed. science education program. Nature of science educational research: problem analysis; descriptive and inferential statistics; experimental design; strategy of historical, descriptive, and experimental studies. Analysis of contemporary educational research, including studies of teaching effectiveness (classroom management, learning standards, data-driven instructional decision making), student learning (cognitive learning theory, learning progressions, misconceptions), and school culture (beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that characterize a school).

SCI 677 Initial Middle School Science Teaching Experience. Prerequisite: SCI 502. Assignment to a supervised middle school science teaching placement for five full days a week for eight consecutive weeks. Students effectively demonstrate content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development. They collaborate with school professionals and implement reflective practice.

SCI 678 Initial High School Science Teaching Experience. Prerequisite: SCI 502. Assignment to a supervised high school science teaching placement for five full days a week for eight consecutive weeks. Students effectively demonstrate content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development. They collaborate with school professionals and implement reflective practice.

SCI 679 Seminar in Science Education. Prerequisites: Acceptance to M.S.Ed program. Corequisites: SCI 677 and SCI 678. Taken simultaneously with student teaching. Supplements concurrent courses in areas connecting pedagogical theory with in-class experiences and practice.

Course Revision:
SCI 502 Secondary Science Teaching: Theory, Content, and Pedagogy. Prerequisites: EDF 503, EDU 609, EXE 500, and SCI 664 or equivalent (may be taken concurrently); acceptance to the graduate program. Use of inquiry-based teaching techniques to develop candidates’ science teaching skills following standards. Teaching, curriculum design, and lesson-planning strategies and techniques, classroom management, lab safety, science resources, the nature of science, assessment, unit and lesson planning, classroom management, and professional dispositions for teachers. Middle and high school science classrooms. Should be taken the semester before student teaching.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Office has continued to log incoming course and program submissions throughout the summer. The College Senate Curriculum Committee review process will recommence this semester.

We encourage departments to complete any revisions requested by the CSCC for proposals that have been “accepted pending revisions” so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic and Student 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.