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.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee has resumed its review process for the fall semester. Curriculum authors who have not yet submitted revisions (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) requested by the committee chair, Karen Sands O’Connor, are asked to do so. This will allow the committee to start with a clean slate and focus on the many curricular items that have come in for fall review. Your associate dean must approve and sign all curricular items before they are sent to the College Senate Office. The CSCC received many curricular items over the summer and asks for your patience as it begins its review process. Note: Please remember to send electronic copies of all APR revisions, as well as any new items submitted for initial review, to the Curriculum Committee.

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

New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
NON-WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 332 Gender and Archaeology (formerly Men and Women in the Past)

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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 Courses:
EXE 521 Reading Assessment/Instruction for Students with High Incidence Disabilities. Prerequisite: EXE 516; corequisite: EXE 500 or equivalent. Preparing special education teacher candidates to apply and interpret assessment information to plan instruction for students with disabilities who demonstrate significant difficulties with the reading process.

FAR 386 Global Baroque Art and Architecture. Prerequisites: FAR 250 and FAR 251. Survey of baroque art and architecture in Europe, Latin America, China, Japan, and India between 1550 and 1805 within historical, political, religious, and cultural contexts.

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.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
In preparation for the College Senate Curriculum Committee review process, curriculum authors who have not yet submitted revisions (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) requested by the committee chair, Karen Sands O’Connor, are asked to do so. This will allow the committee to start with a clean slate and focus on the many curricular items that have come in for fall review. Your associate dean must approve and sign all curricular items before they are sent to the College Senate Office. The CSCC received many curricular items over the summer and asks for your patience as it begins its review process. Note: Please remember to send electronic copies of all APR revisions, as well as any new items submitted for initial review, to the Curriculum Committee.

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.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
In preparation for the upcoming fall semester, curriculum authors who have not yet submitted revisions (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) requested by the chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee, Karen Sands O’Connor, are asked to do so. This will allow the committee to start with a clean slate and focus on the many curricular items that have come in for fall review. Your associate dean must approve and sign all curricular items before they are sent to the College Senate Office. Note: Please do not forget to send electronic copies of all APR revisions to the Curriculum Committee.

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 will be forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2014 review:

New Courses:
CHE 114 Fundamentals of Chemistry II Laboratory. Prerequisite: CHE 111. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHE 112. Laboratory-based exploration of the basic chemical concepts taught in CHE 112. Experiments exploring the phases of matter, physical properties of solutions, kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, redox reactions, and basic electrochemistry. Safe laboratory practices and basic laboratory skills. Introduction to basic spectrophotometry and the use of pH meters.

PAD 640 Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Prerequisite: PAD 500.
Knowledge and skills necessary in human resource management for public and nonprofit organizations. Includes defining public and nonprofit organizations, human resource management functions and principles, diversity and cultural competence, human resource management applications, current issues, and future trends.

Course Revision:
CHE 112 Fundamentals of Chemistry II. Prerequisite: CHE 111. Continuation of CHE 111. Liquids and solids, phase transitions, mixtures, colligative properties, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibria, chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, general properties of elements, and complex ion formation.

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
NATURAL SCIENCES
CHE 111 Fundamentals of Chemistry I. Fundamental principles of chemistry covering the nature, structure, and properties of the atom; chemical bonding; geometry of molecules; the periodic table; the behavior of gases; stoichiometry; and solution chemistry. Includes laboratory experiences exploring these basic principles. Introduction to safe laboratory practices, introduction to using basic chemical glassware, and analytical balances.

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 will be forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2014 review:

New Courses:
COM 621 Theories of Public Relations. Prerequisite: Admission to the public relations master’s degree program, the public relations management track of the multidisciplinary studies master’s degree program, or graduate status. Corequisite: COM 610. Theoretical body of knowledge in public relations and its application to public relations practice; evolution of public relations; diversity, professional standards, and ethics in public relations.

COM 631 Advanced Public Relations Writing. Prerequisites: COM 610 and COM 621. Advanced practice in writing for various public relations settings for students with prior public relations writing experience or undergraduate public relations writing coursework; focus on writing for news media and organizational media, including social media, with emphasis on mastery of grammar and punctuation rules.

COM 635 Internship in Public Relations. Prerequisites: COM 610, COM 620, and COM 630. Supervised field experience in a professional setting for students who have completed extensive academic preparation in the discipline. Fifty hours of fieldwork per credit.

COM 660 Global Public Relations. Prerequisites: COM 610 and graduate status. Dimensions of public relations practice in international settings; overview of factors that influence communication across cultures and borders and an examination of the effect those factors have on public relations in specific regions of the world.

IDE 104 Elements and Principles of Interior Design. Corequisites: IDE 101 and IDE 103. Introduction to the elements and principles of space and form as the fundamental vocabulary of interior design.

Course Revisions:
COM 610 Public Relations Principles and Practices. Prerequisite: Admission to the public relations master’s degree program, the public relations management track of the multidisciplinary studies master’s degree program, or graduate status. Organizational principles and strategic communication planning practices underscoring effective management of public relations; history and definition of public relations; the role of ethics, corporate social responsibility, and legal issues in public relations.

COM 641 Research Methods in Public Relations. Prerequisites: COM 610 and COM 621. Overview of applied research methodologies for public relations campaigns, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Attention to computer literature searches, research design, questionnaire construction, sampling, measurement techniques, and data analysis.

COM 650 Public Relations Management. Prerequisites: COM 631 and COM 641. Management of public relations in various specialized situations using a case study approach, culminating in the creation of a team communication campaign plan for an actual public relations client.

IDE 204 Materials, Specifications, and Construction Documentation. Prerequisites IDE 103 and IDE 151. The study of interior finishes, materials, and various interior components; professional specification, code restrictions, and environmental concerns of materials; understanding and creation of construction documentation of interior spaces.

IDE 302 Computer Applications for Interior Design I. Corequisites: IDE 301 and IDE 303. Introductory- through intermediate-level 2-D and 3-D instruction in computer-aided architectural drafting software. Production and efficiency implications of computer-aided drafting for interior design. Creating technical drawings as per drafting standards.

IDE 352 Computer Applications for Interior Design II. Prerequisite: IDE 302. Corequisites: IDE 351 and IDE 353. Advanced topics of instruction in computer-aided architectural drafting. Focus on creation and manipulation of the three-dimensional virtual built environment, including lighting and rendering techniques to create presentation-level graphics. Introduction to building information systems (BIM) software.

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.