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Senate Bill 1112-26
UNIVERSITY SENATE
UNVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by: UAC
Date: May 14, 2012
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT TO CHEMISTRY B.S.,
CHEMICAL BIOLOGY EMPSHASIS
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED:
1. That this takes effect for the Fall 2012 semester.
2. That this proposal be forwarded to President George M. Philip for
approval.
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March 20, 2012
To Whom It May Concern:
This cover letter explains the Department of Chemistry's proposal for
the additional requirement of a three-credit advanced chemistry laboratory
course for our B.S. Chemistry, Chemical Biology Emphasis. While our B.S.
Chemistry, Chemistry Emphasis (general program) has long been certified
by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and our two Forensics Emphases
have recently been certified, the Chemical Biology Emphasis currently lacks
sufficient advanced laboratory hours to be certified. It is our desire to have
all of our B.S. degree programs to be certified by ACS, hence this proposal.
The Chemical Biology Emphasis was originally proposed and approved
several years ago with a total of 68 credits. At that time, we had some
difficulty in getting approval at that level of credits, which was more than
the usual 66 credits; thus, we did not incorporate the "extra" lab course,
which would have raised the total to an even higher 71 credits. In the
interim, we have gained University approval for our Comprehensive
Forensics Emphasis (82 credits); there are other degree programs, notably
in the Nano School, that require even higher numbers of credits. Thus, this
seemed to be an auspicious time to propose this small addition to the
Chemical Biology track, so that it will be able to be certified by ACS when
our programs are evaluated again in the next couple of years.
We note that we have an accompanying course action that has been
submitted in order to develop an Honors B.S. Chemistry degree with
Chemical Biology Emphasis. If you have further questions, please do not
hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely,
Pash ) econ
Paul Toscano
Associate Professor of
Chemistry
and Director of UG
Studies, Chem
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University at Albany - State University of New York
College of Arts and Course and Program Action Proposal No. _ 12-057
Please check one: LE] Course Proposal Program Proposal
Please mark all that apply:
New Course Revision of: Number Description
Cross-Listing Title rerequisites
Shared-Resources Course Credits
Deactivate/Activate Course (boldface & underline as Other
Department: Chemistry Effective Semester, Year: Spring 2013
Current -
Course Number : tla New: Credits: n/a
Course Title: Chemistry Department Program revised bulletin copy
Course Description to appear in Bulletin:
Please see attached changes to Bulletin Copy below. Additions/changes are underlined.
Prerequisites statement to be appended to description in Bulletin:
If S/U is to be designated as the only grading system in the course, check nia
This course is (will be) cross listed with (i.e., CAS ###):
This course is (will be) a shared-resources course with (i.e., CAS ###):
Explanation of proposal:
We propose to add an advanced chemistry laboratory course requirement to our Chemical Biology Emphasis in
order to allow this program to be certified the next time that the American Chemical Society evaluates our B.S.
degree programs.
Other departments or schools which offer similar or related courses and which have certified that this proposal
does not overlap their offering:
Chair of Proposing Department Date
Li Niu
3/20/12
‘Approved by Chair(s) of Taving cross-listed
course(s) [Copy of e-mail approval on following page.) Date _| Dean of College Date
Gregory Stevens
4n1o/11
Chair of Academic Programs Committee Date | Dean of or Graduate Studies Date
Pinka Chatterji
anon2
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General Program B.S. Within this program, a student has a choice of four
tracks: Chemistry Emphasis (66 credits); Chemical Biology Emphasis (71 credits);
Chemistry/Forensics Chemistry Emphasis (69 credits); Comprehensive Forensics
Chemistry Emphasis (82-83 credits). The specific requirements for individual
tracks are outlined below:
Chemical Biology Emphasis B.S. Combined major and minor sequence
consisting of 71 credits: A CHM 120 or 130 or TCHM 130, 121 or 131 or TCHM
131, 124, 125, 220, 221, 222, 223, 225, 350 or 444, 351 or 445, 352Z, 420, 442,
443, 446, 3 credits in advanced chemistry laboratory to be chosen from A CHM
417, 426 or 430; A BIO 110 or 120 & 122, 111 or 121 & 123, 212; A MAT 111 or
112 or 118; 113 or 119; A PHY 140 or 141, 145, 150 or 151, 155.
