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Academic Governance
Current Proposals for Review

For Consideration and Discussion:

Input from Faculty due before response date!

Description Unit Deadline for Response

New credit-bearing microcredential, Communication Skills for Environmental and Science Professionals (file will automatically download)

Open Academy and the Environmental Writing and Rhetoric Program Revisions requested.

New academic minor proposal, Civil Engineering Technology  

(file will automatically download)

Chemical Engineering Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Gary Scott gmscott@esf.edu   and curriculum@esf.edu   by 3/25/2025

New Course Proposal EST 410 Critical Climate Studies

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Michael Mikulewicz mmikulew@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

New Course Proposal EST 610 Critical Climate Studies

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Michael Mikulewicz mmikulew@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

Course Revision EST 366 Environmental Ethics

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Michael Mikulewicz mmikulew@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

Course Revision EST 140, Intro to Native Peoples. Lands , & Cultures

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Madeline Nyblade mlnyblad@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

New Course Proposal  EST 715: Community Based Participatory Research

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Madeline Nyblade mlnyblad@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

New Course Proposal EST 406: Geospatial Methods to Measure Environmental Inequality

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer,  Eun Kyung Lee eklee02@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

New Course Proposal EST 206 - Comics and the Drawn Environment with Zine Lab

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer,  Jon Cairns jocairns@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

Course Revision EST 361 Diverse Histories of the American Environmental Movement

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to the proposer,  Jamie Shinn jeshinn@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 4/14/2025

New Course Proposal EST 134 Research Foundations in Environmental Biology

Environmental Biology Please send comments/questions to the proposer, Terrance Caviness tcaviness@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 5/5/2025

New Course Proposal FCH 490  Chemistry Teaching Practicum

Chemistry Please send comments/questions to proposer, Neal Abrams nmabrams@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 5/5/2025.

New Course Proposal EST 651 Strategic management and the natural environment

Environmental Studies Please send comments/questions to proposer, Sharon Moran smoran@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 5/5/2025.

Course Revision FOR 207 Introduction to Economics

Sustainable Resources Management Please send comments/questions to proposer, John Wagner jewagner@esf.edu and curriculum@esf.edu by 5/5/2025.

 

Forwarded for Academic Governance Approval:

Description Unit Decision
Graduate Student Transfer Credit Policy (file will download) The Graduate School Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/1/25. Awaiting AG approval.
Credit for Prior Learning Policy (file will download) Office of Academic Administration Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/1/25. Awaiting AG approval.
Revision to Academic Minor, Environmental Writing and Rhetoric The Writing Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/1/25. Awaiting AG approval.
 

Approved by Academic Governance Action:

Description Unit Decision

Microcredential Policy

Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 9/3/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 10/8/2024.

New Minor, Plant Science

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/1/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 10/8/2024.

New Policy Proposal, Posthumous Degree Policy

Office of Academic Administration Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/1/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 10/8/2024.

New Course Proposal EFB 433, Flora of Central New York

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/1/2024.

Course Revision EFB 306, Wildlife Field Techniques

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/1/2024.

New Course Proposal SUS 385, Green Building

Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/29/2024.

New Course Proposal SUS 345, Solar Power: Photo voltaic Design and Install

Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/29/2024.

New Course Proposal SUS 205, Sustainable Ecology

Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/29/2024.

Resolution for new policy: Grade Forgiveness

Proposed by SRM Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 10/29/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 11/5/2024.
Course Deactivation, FCH 997 Seminar Chemistry Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024
Course Deactivation, FCH 560 Chromatog/Separation Tech Chemistry Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024
Course Deactivation, FCH 520 Marine Biogeochemistry Chemistry Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024
Course Revision APM 105, Survey of Calculus and its Applications   Math Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024
Course Revision APM 485, Differential Equations for Science and Engineering   Math Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024
New Credit-Bearing Microcredential, Sustainable Design: LEED Foundations & Exam Prep (file will automatically download) Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 12/3/2024
New Credit-Bearing Microcredential, Spatial Data Analysis for Sustainability(file will automatically download) Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 12/3/2024
New Credit-Bearing Microcredential, Data and Systems Analysis in Sustainability(file will automatically download) Open Academy Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 11/12/2024. Approved by Academic Governance 12/3/2024
Course Revision ERE 365 Principles of Remote Sensing Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 12/10/2024.
Course Revision ERE 565 Principles of Remote Sensing Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 12/20/2024, via online voting.

New Course Proposal, EPH 201 Physics I

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 12/10/2024.

New Course Proposal, EPH 203 Physics II

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 12/10/2024.

New Course Proposal EPH 204 Physics II Lab

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 12/10/2024.

Course revision, ERE 311 Ecological Engr in the Tropics 

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 2/4/2025

Course revision, ERE 511 Ecological Engr in the Tropics 

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 2/4/2025

New credit-bearing microcredential, Public Engagement and Environmental Decision Making (file will automatically download)

Open Academy and Environmental Studies Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 2/4/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 2/25/2025

New non-credit bearing microcredential, Grant Writing Fundamentals (file will automatically download)

 

Open Academy and the Writing, Rhetoric and Communication Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 2/4/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 2/25/2025

New Course Proposal, EPH 101 Fundamentals of Physics I

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal, EPH 102 Fundamentals of Physics I Lab

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal, EPH 103 Fundamentals of Physics II

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal, EPH 104 Fundamentals of Physics II Lab

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal, EPH 202, Calculus Based Physics I Lab

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

Revision to academic minor, Economics

Sustainable Resources Management Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 3/25/25

Revision to academic minors, Urban Forestry

Sustainable Resources Management Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 3/25/25

Revision to academic minor, Paper Science ->Paper Engineering Minor

Chemical Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 3/25/25

New Course Proposal EWP 360 Queer Ecologies

Writing Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal EWP 292, Art of Fiction

Writing Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal EWP 295, World Literature: Ecological Perspectives

Writing Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal EWP 293, Art of Poetry

Writing Program Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025. 

New Course Proposal EST 709 Indigenous Research Methods

Environmental Studies Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/15/2025.

Course Revision EHS 150, U.S. History & Environmental Health

Environmental Science Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/15/2025.

Course Replacement BTC 250 Research and Prof. Dev. (previously BTC 497)

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/15/2025.

Course Revision EST 604 Quantitative Social Science Research Methods 

Environmental Studies Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/15/2025.

Course Revision FOR 360 Principles of Management for Environmental Professionals

Sustainable Resources Management Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/15/2025.

Course Revision FOR 560 Principles of Management for Environmental Professionals

Sustainable Resources Management Approved by Academic Affairs Committee 4/15/2025.
     

Approved Administratively:

Description Unit Decision

Revision to Academic Minor, Biotechnology

Environmental Biology Administratively approved by Interim Assistant Provost Erin Tochelli, 6/4/2024.

Course Revision ERE 335 and ERE 550, Numerical and Computing Methods

Environmental Resources Engineering Administratively approved by Interim Assistant Provost Erin Tochelli, 5/10/2024.

Course Revision ERE 339, Fluid Mechanics

Environmental Resources Engineering Administratively approved by Interim Assistant Provost Erin Tochelli, 5/10/2024.

Course Revision LSA 581, Introduction to Historic Preservation and Cultural Landscapes

Landscape Architecture Administratively approved by Associate Provost Dr. Zora Thomova, 12/11/2024

Revision to academic minor, Applied Statistics

Sustainable Resources Management Administratively approved by Associate Provost Dr. Zora Thomova, 2/10/2025

Revision to academic minor,  Construction Management

Sustainable Resources Management Administratively approved by Associate Provost Dr. Zora Thomova, 2/10/2025

Revision to academic minor,  Management

Sustainable Resources Management Administratively approved by Associate Provost Dr. Zora Thomova, 2/10/2025

Revision to academic minor, Sustainable Construction 

Sustainable Resources Management Administratively approved by Associate Provost Dr. Zora Thomova, 2/10/2025

Memo on curriculum changes: ESF Physics courses

Office of Academic Administration Endorsed by Academic Affairs Committee 3/4/2025, upon approval of all EPH courses.
     

Tabled

Description Unit Decision
New non-credit bearing microcredential, Data Science and Knowledge Discovery for Environmental Sciences and Forestry Open Academy Tabled
New non-credit bearing microcredential, Digital Technologies for Environmental Science and Forestry  Open Academy Tabled
New non-credit bearing microcredential, Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Environmental Science and Forestry  Open Academy Tabled
New non-credit bearing microcredential, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science and Forestry Open Academy Tabled