From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
If you are submitting a course proposal, please make sure that the prefix number you are choosing has not been used in the past. The Registrar’s Office requires that all prefixes be new and previously unused. If a prefix must be changed after you’ve submitted a course proposal to the College Senate Office, you do not need to resend the routing form. The number can be changed on the submitted routing form; however, this must be done before the review and approval process is complete to ensure that the correct number will be entered in Banner.

All curricular templates and routing forms for courses, major programs, and minor programs are now featured on their own page on the College Senate website. Please note that the website will change in early 2015.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee (CSCC) reviewing process has recessed for winter break.* If you have received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the committee chair, Karen Sands O’Connor, please respond in a timely manner so that your curricular proposal can move forward to the final approval process. Your associate dean must approve and sign all curricular items before they are sent to the College Senate Office. Please make sure that the routing form information and the information on the proposal documents are correct. The Senate Office occasionally receives these with contrasting information. This delays the process and may also cause incorrect information to be passed on in the approval process. The originating submitter is responsible for making sure this information is correct before it is signed by the associate dean and submitted to the Senate Office.

Please remember to send electronic copies of all APR revisions, as well as any new items submitted for initial review, to the Curriculum Committee.

*Please note that the CSCC does not meet during the winter break. Any curricular items received in the Senate Office after November 25 will be reviewed during the spring 2015 semester.

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 Programs:
Minor in Film Studies
Minor in Energy Systems, SP-ESM

Program Revisions:
B.S. Criminal Justice, BS-SP CRJ
B.A. Physics, BA-NS PHY
B.S. Physics, BS-NS PHY
B.S. Dietitian Education Program, SP-DEP BS
Minor in Legal Studies, LGL
Minor in Physics, PHY
Minor in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management, 1019/PUB

New Courses:
PAD 307 Metropolitan Governance
PAD 390 Research Methods in Public Administration
PLN 431 Planning Practicum

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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 2015 review:

New Program:
Minor in Drawing

Program Revisions:
B.S. Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics, SP-DPND BS
M.S. Criminal Justice, MS-SP CRJ

From the President

CORRECTION APPENDED

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

New Program:
M.S. Public Relations

Program Revisions:
B.A. International Relations, BA-NS INR
B.A. Political Science, BA-NS PSC

New Courses:
PAD 435 Administrative Processes in Public and Nonprofit Sectors
PAD 640 Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
THA 459 Musical Theater II

Course Revision:
FTT 350 Fashion Merchandising Applications

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Correction: December 12, 2014
The original version of this announcement, posted on December 11, incorrectly listed PAD 435 as PAD 425.

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:
M.S. Public Relations

Program Revisions:
B.A. International Relations, BA-NS INR
B.A. Political Science, BA-NS PSC

New Courses:
PAD 435 Administrative Processes in Public and Nonprofit Sectors
THA 459 Musical Theater II

Course Revision:
FTT 350 Fashion Merchandising Applications

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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 review:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Physics, BA-NS PHY
B.S. Physics BS-NS PHY

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:
ACM 613 Spreadsheets and Databases for Math/Science Professionals
COM 621 Theories of Public Relations
COM 635 Internship in Public Relations
COM 660 Global Public Relations

Course Revisions:
COM 610 Public Relations Principles and Practices
COM 650 Public Relations Management

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 Courses:
ACM 613 Spreadsheets and Databases for Math/Science Professionals
COM 621 Theories of Public Relations
COM 635 Internship in Public Relations
COM 660 Global Public Relations
PAD 640 Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Course Revisions:
COM 610 Public Relations Principles and Practices
COM 650 Public Relations Management

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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 review:

New Program:
Minor in Energy Systems, SP-ESM

Program Revisions:
B.S. Criminal Justice, BS-SP CRJ
Minor in Legal Studies, LGL

New Courses:
HIS 413 Latin American Environmental History. Prerequisite: Upper-division status or instructor permission. How humans have shaped the landscape, water, and air of Latin America. Pre-Columbian farming. Mining in Mexico and the Andes, deforestation, pollution of rivers and waterways for commodities. European livestock in the region and environmental degradation. Urbanization and ecotourism in Latin America.

PLN 225 Planning Methods. Prerequisite: PLN 215. Introduction to planning methods and techniques commonly used in plan-making. Methodological skills, including data collection and analysis; survey design; public participation and engagement; the use of technology such as GIS, SketchUp, Google Earth, and Excel; public speaking; and development of technical writing.

PLN 431 Planning Practicum. Prerequisites: PLN 225, planning major, and senior status. Capstone experience; students engage in a group project focused on applying specific knowledge and skills gained in the program to a real-world planning problem. Uses a project-based research approach to identify a problem or issue and develop a plan to address it.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee (CSCC) reviewing process is ongoing. If you have received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the committee chair, Karen Sands O’Connor, please respond in a timely manner so that your curricular proposal can move forward to the final approval process. Your associate dean must approve and sign all curricular items before they are sent to the College Senate Office. Please make sure that the routing form information and the information on the proposal documents are correct. The Senate Office occasionally receives these with contrasting information. This delays the process and may also cause incorrect information to be passed on in the approval process. The originating submitter is responsible for making sure this information is correct before it is signed by the associate dean and submitted to the Senate Office.

Please remember to send electronic copies of all APR revisions, as well as any new items submitted for initial review, to the Curriculum Committee.

The CSCC asks for your patience during the review process. Please note that the CSCC does not meet during the winter break. Any curricular items received in the Senate Office after November 25 will be reviewed during the spring 2015 semester.

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

Program Revision:
B.A. Art History, BA-AH ARH

New Course:
COM 631 Advanced Public Relations Writing

Course Revision:
FTT 110 Fundamentals of the Fashion Industry

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 Revision:
B.A. Art History BA-AH ARH

New Course:
COM 631 Advanced Public Relations Writing

Course Revision:
FTT 110 Fundamentals of the Fashion Industry