From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee (CSCC) encourages departments to complete revisions requested by the CSCC from spring and fall 2012 and spring 2013 for proposals “accepted pending revisions” (APR) so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic Affairs Office.

Please note: Program proposal routing sheets (majors and minors) must be printed on yellow paper, and course proposal routing forms must be printed on blue paper. The Senate Office will not accept routing forms unless they 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.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
CORRECTION APPENDED

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

New Course:
ECO 493 Applied Actuarial Theory

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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following has been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2013 review:

New Course:
PAD 607 Metropolitan Governance. Metropolitan/urban governance, focused on the development and implementation of public policy goals in metropolitan regions. Topics include public policy and the role of governmental and nongovernmental actors and organizations; the importance of institutional, economic, and regional context; economic growth and decline; and urban and neighborhood renewal.

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Correction: September 12, 2013
The original version of this announcement incorrectly listed ECO 493 as advancing to the Curriculum Committee and PAD 607 as advancing to the president.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2013 review:

New Courses:
ANT 322 Research Methods in Primatology. Prerequisite: ANT 321. Study and practice of behavioral observation techniques used in primatology. Students conduct an independent research project on primates at the Buffalo Zoo. At the end of the semester, students present their research results at the Student Research and Creativity Celebration and at the Buffalo Zoo.

ESL 613 Content Area English as a Second Language Instruction. Prerequisite: ESL/FLE 540. Methods and materials used to teach core subject areas to students with limited proficiency in English, including those with disabilities.

PAD 701 Administrative Ethics. Prerequisite: PAD 500. Public and nonprofit management and organizational theories, policies, and practices; public and nonprofit organizational structures; distinctions and similarities in mission, values, and cultures. Effective management and leadership in public and nonprofit organizations; the political environment, power, and policy affecting public and nonprofit management.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee 
During the 2012–2013 academic year, the College Senate Curriculum Committee halted all submissions of courses seeking IF designation. With the revision of the Buffalo State Student Learning Outcomes for the new Intellectual Foundations program (IF 2014) complete, we are ready to accept these submissions again, and in fact will make IF course submissions a priority in fall 2013.

While we will continue to consider non-IF-designation courses and programs as time allows, we will give first consideration to IF 2014 courses and to courses and programs needed for accreditation. Please consider waiting to revise other courses in your department until spring 2014 or later.
To facilitate the provost’s request for a fall 2014 implementation of the new IF program, associate deans should submit courses seeking IF 2014 designation to the Senate Office as early as possible in the fall semester. This will allow ample time for any necessary revisions and for the approval process.

The CSCC roster will be approved at the first College Senate meeting of the 2013–2014 academic year, on September 13, and we will begin considering courses immediately after our roster is approved.
Please direct any questions to Karen Sands-O’Connor, chair of the CSCC.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee (CSCC) encourages departments to complete revisions requested by the CSCC from spring and fall 2012 and spring 2013 for proposals “accepted pending revisions” (APR) so that they may be finalized for approval and forwarded to the Academic Affairs Office.

Please note: Program submission routing sheets (majors and minors) must be printed on yellow paper, and course submission routing forms must be printed on blue paper. The Senate Office will not accept routing forms unless they 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.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2013 review:

Course Revisions:
SPA 302 Introduction to Hispanic Media. Prerequisite: SPA 301 or equivalent. Advanced-low targeted study of the Spanish language through exploration of Spanish-speaking cultures. Taught in Spanish.

SPA 303 Introduction to Reading Hispanic Literatures. Prerequisite: SPA 301. Introduction to the reading of literature written in Spanish, from both Spain and Latin America. Practice in reading and analyzing literary texts. Further development toward the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) advanced-low level language proficiency. Taught in Spanish.

SPA 310 Spanish American Authors: 1492–1810. Prerequisite: SPA 302. Literature-centered overview of representative prose, poetry, and essays by authors from Spanish America from the late fifteenth through early nineteenth centuries, studied in historical and broad artistic context. Further development toward the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) advanced-mid level language proficiency in Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

SPA 311 Spanish American Authors 1810s–Present. Prerequisite: SPA 302. Literature-centered overview of representative prose, poetry, and essays by authors from Latin America from the nineteenth century through the present, studied in historical and broad artistic context. Further development toward the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) advanced-mid level language proficiency in Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

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:

New Courses:
PSC 421 Discrimination and the U.S. Constitution
SPA 321 Issues and Themes in Contemporary Hispanic Cultures

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

New Courses:
PSC 421 Discrimination and the U.S. Constitution
SPA 321 Issues and Themes in Contemporary Hispanic Cultures

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:

New Courses:
BIO 433 Ornithology
FIN 419 Mergers and Acquisitions
PAD 560 The Aging Network

Course Revisions:
BIO 408 Plant Physiology
HIS 320 Modern History of Japan and Korea

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following has been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2013 review and approval:

Course Revision:
IDE 403 Interior Design Professional Practice and Specifications. Corequisite: IDE 488. Introduction to the business principles, practices, and ethics of the interior design profession. Emphasis on regional standards, codes, means, methods, organizational charts, and client interaction. Résumé and portfolio creation, preparation for internship and job interviews, business development, and marketing material creation.