The Daily Bulletin

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 will be forwarded to the president for review:

New Program:
M.S. Multidisciplinary Studies (Data Analytics Track), SOP

Program Revisions:
B.S.Ed. Exceptional Education and Childhood Education, BSED-SOE EXED
M.S.Ed. Childhood and Early Childhood Education (Birth-Grade 6), Including Initial Teacher Certification, EDU-MIITC SOE

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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 2017 review:

Program Revisions:
B.A. French, BA-AH FRE
B.A. Spanish, BA-AH SPA
M.S.Ed. New Language Education 7–12; 1–6 Extension), MSED-AH NLE (formerly M.S.Ed. Foreign Language Education [7–12; 1–6 Extension])

New Courses:
EXE 321 Remediating and Adapting Literacy Instruction for Students with and At Risk for Disabilities. Prerequisites: Exceptional education major; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.6; CWP 102; EDU 211 (minimum grade of C); EXE 100 (minimum grade of C); EXE 221 (minimum grade of C); one of the following: ECO 305, MAT 103, MAT 114, MAT 122, MAT 124, MAT 126, MAT 161, MAT 311, or PHI 107. Corequisites: EDU 322 and EXE/EDU 323. Developing teacher candidates’ knowledge and skills for effectively serving elementary-aged students with and at risk for disabilities in the area of literacy. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2018.

EXE/EDU 323: Field Placement in Literacy Methods for Children with and without Disabilities. Prerequisites: Exceptional education major; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.6; CWP 102; EDU 211 (minimum grade of C); EXE 100 (minimum grade of C); EXE 221 (minimum grade of C); one of the following: ECO 305, MAT 103, MAT 114, MAT 122, MAT 124, MAT 126, MAT 161, MAT 311, or PHI 107. Corequisites: EXE 321 and EDU 322. Field experience course in literacy methods emphasizing assessment and instructional design and delivery. Includes effective practices for students with typical development, at-risk, and with disabilities. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2018.

Course Revisions:
EXE 362 Behavior and Classroom Management. Prerequisites: Exceptional education or childhood education major; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.6 for EXE majors; and EXE 100 (minimum grade of C for EXE majors). Understanding the nature of behavior. Developing awareness of tools and strategies for managing the classroom environment and instruction to minimize challenging behavior. Techniques for handling challenging student behaviors. Offered every semester, beginning in fall 2017.

MUS 620 Graduate Music Theory. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Exploration of philosophical, pedagogical, and practical approaches to teaching music theory. Development of analytical tools and critical thinking skills to analyze articles, texts, and pedagogical models through the lens of a historically, sociologically, and technologically informed perspective. Offered summer semester, beginning summer 2017.

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology. Introduction to the study of human society, its culture, institutions, processes, and change, including an examination of socialization and relationships between and among individuals and groups in society. A prerequisite for many other courses in sociology and a requirement for all sociology majors. Useful for students planning careers in which they must interact with people of varying social and economic statuses.