ProposalsAcademic Year 2013-2014

Currently Under Review by the Academic Affairs Committee:
Input from Faculty due before response date!

Description	Unit	Deadline for Response
Environmental Chemistry Curriculum Proposal Environmental Chemistry (B.S.)	FCH	Temporarily withdrawn from Faculty review
OIGS Policy Proposal 2014.2 (revised) Proposed policy and procedures for ESF student use of SUNY intra-system Cross Registration	OIGS	Forwarded to Faculty Governance for review by IQAS. No further comments will be accepted by Committee on Curriculum.

For Consideration and Discussion:

Description	Unit	Deadline for Action
ENS 470 ENS 470 Environmental Risk Assessment	Env. Science	Discussed by Committee on Curriculum on April 24, 2014, and remanded back to the proposer for clarification.

Forwarded for Faculty Approval:

Description	Unit	Next Meeting
There are no items forwarded at this time.

Approved by Faculty Governance Action:

Description	Unit	Date Approved
General Education Requirement - Foreign Language GER Foreign Language attachment - SU Foreign Language offerings	COC	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance April 30, 2014.
Program Deactivation, Reactivation and Discontinuation Policy	COC	Approved by CoC on May 20, 2013. Approved by Faculty Governance on September 18, 2013.
EFB proposals for two new minors EFB Marine Science Minor (revised 3/4/14) EFB Native Peoples and the Environment Minor (revised 3/6/14) - Native Peoples and the Environment Minor attachment - Marine Science Minor attachment - Marine Science Minor explanation of March 4 revisions (added 3/4/14) --- Marine Science Minor emails from Syracuse faculty (added 3/4/14)	EFB	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance on March 19, 2014
EFB Request to Drop Courses Memorandum from EFB requesting that courses be dropped from the Catalog	EFB	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
Env Science B.S. curriculum revision Environmental Science BS program revision Environmental Science BS program revision attachment	Env. Science	Approved by Committee on Curriculum January 29, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance February 19, 2014.
ERE 640 ERE 640 Water Pollution Engineering (revised per CoC discussion 4/24)	ERE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014.
ERE Curriculum revision ERE Curriculum revision -- ERE Curriculum revision attachment -- ERE Curriculum revision attachment #2 (Chair resource statement)	ERE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance on April 30, 2014.
ERE 489 ERE 489 Environmental Resources Engineering Planning and Design (revised per CoC discussion 4/24) -- ERE 489 attachment	ERE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014.
ERE 545 ERE 545 Environmental Soil Physics	ERE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014
ERE 488 ERE 488 Engineering Project Management	ERE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014.
Environmental Studies Curriculum Revision Environmental Studies BS curriculum revision Environmental Studies BS curriculum revision attachment	ES	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance on April 30, 2014.
Environmental Studies Curriculum Revision Environmental Studies BS curriculum revision - topic replacement -- ES curriculum revision - attachment 1 (changes to main curriculum description) -- ES curriculum revision - attachment 2 (topic changes) -- ES curriculum revision - attachment 3 (statement of resource use)	ES	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance on April 30, 2014.
Environmental Studies - Environmental Writing and Rhetoric Minor revision Environmental Writing and Rhetoric Minor (revised) -- original document showing changes -- EWR minor revision attachment	ES	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26th, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance April 9th, 2014.
EST 255 EST 255 Research Methods for Environmental Studies	ES	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
EWP 444 EWP 444 Professional Writing for Paper & Bioprocess Engineers	ES	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
EWP 407 EWP 407 Writing for Environmental & Science Professionals	ES	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
FCH 110 revision - to be considered as fulfilling General Education requirements FCH 110 - Survey of Chemical Principles	FCH	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
FCH 232 FCH 232 Career Skills for Chemists	FCH	Approved by Committee on Curriculum January 15, 2014.
FCH 511 Course Proposal revision FCH 511 Atmospheric Chemistry (formerly Environmental Chemistry II) revision	FCH	Approved by Committee on Curriculum January 15,2014.
FOR 458 / 658 FOR 458 Advanced GIS (revised per CoC discussion 4/24) FOR 658 Advanced GIS (revised per CoC discussion 4/24) Attachment to proposal for FOR 458 / 658	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum April 24, 2014.
FOR 499 FOR 499 Internship in Forest and Natural Resources Management	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26, 2014.
FOR 333 / 533 FOR 333 Natural Resources Managerial Economics FOR 533 Natural Resources Managerial Economics	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26th, 2014.
FOR 454 FOR 454 Renewable Energy Finance and Analysis	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26th, 2014.
FOR 232 Course revision FOR 232 Natural Resources Ecology	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
FOR 740 FOR 740 Advanced Watershed Hydrology and Biogeochemistry (as revised)	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 5, 2014
FOR 540 FOR 540 Watershed Hydrology	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum January 29, 2014
FOR 340 FOR 340 Watershed Hydrology	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum January 15,2014.
FNRM Curriculum revisions Forest Ecosystem Science Natural Resources Management Sustainable Energy Management Forest Resources Management	FNRM	Approved by Committee on Curriculum December 16, 2013 and January 15, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance on January 22, 2014.
Cover Memo FOR 557 FOR 557 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	FNRM	Approved by CoC at the October 9, 2013 meeting.
Doctoral Candidacy Examination Procedures	OIGS	Approved by CoC on October 9, 2013. Approved by Faculty Goverance on October 16, 2013.
Computer and Information Technology Minor - revision Computer and Information Technology Minor Computer and Information Technology Minor - attachment (revised 3/3/14, 3/24/14)	PBE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26th, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance April 9th, 2014.
Two New Minors - Mathematics and Physics Minor in Mathematics - Mathematics Minor attachments (revised 3/24/14) Minor in Physics - Physics Minor attachments (revised 3/24/14)	PBE	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26th, 2014. Approved by Faculty Governance April 9th, 2014.
CME 422 / 622 CME 422 Composite Materials for Sustainable Construction CME 622 Composite Materials for Sustainable Construction (revised 3/19/14)	SCME	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26th, 2014.
CME 387 / 587 CME 387 Renewable Materials for Sustainable Construction CME 587 Renewable Materials for Sustainable Construction (revised 3/19/14)	SCME	Approved by Committee on Curriculum March 26, 2014.

Approved Administratively:

Description	Unit	Date Approved
BTC 420 BTC 420 Internship in Biotechnology	EFB	Administratively approved by Dean Shannon on November 25, 2013
Chemistry Department- Minor Course Changes (15 Courses) FCH 325 - Organic Chemistrsy III FCH 151 - General Chemistry 1 Lab FCH 360 - Physical Chemistry I FCH 381 - Analytical Chemistry II FCH - 210 - Elements of Organic Chemistry FCH 150 - General Chemistry I FCH 360 - Physical Chemistry I FCH 390 - Drugs from the Wild FCH 498 - Introduction to Research FCH 384 - Spectrometric Identification Organic Compounds FCH 510 - Environmental Chemistry I FCH 361 - Physical Chemistry II FCH 560 - Chromatography and Related Separation Sciences FCH 540 - Carbohydrates I: Structure. Reactions and Analysis FCH 798 - Research in Chemistry	FCH	Administratively approved by Dean Shannon on August 21, 2013.

Description

Unit

Date Approved

BTC 420