Provost’s Announcement
The provost announced the following in The Daily Bulletin on Thursday, January 23, 2014:
Buffalo State is proceeding with the implementation of a new general education program (IF 2014) for new undergraduate students effective September 2014. Following consultation with numerous campus constituencies, including the deans and the President’s Cabinet, we announce that the following will apply to currently enrolled students graduating in December 2014 or later:
- The 3-credit Technology and Society requirement is waived.
- 3 credits in each of the four cognate areas (Arts, Humanities, Natural Science, Social Science) are waived.
- All other degree requirements for current students remain in effect for December 2014 graduation or later.
Keep in Mind:
- A minimum of 120 credit hours must be completed to graduate.
- Students should explore minors or double majors to make productive use of the credits they need to get to 120 hours
- These waivers will be reflected in Degree Works end of the summer.
- Currently enrolled students remain in the Intellectual Foundations program. The waivers do not place students into the IF 2014 program.
- Advisors are to use the current Intellectual Foundations (IF) Advisement Record sheet. Mark the forms accordingly to reflect the waiving of the 3-credit Technology and Society requirement, 3 credits in Arts, 3 credits in Humanities, 3 credits in Natural Science, and 3 credits in Social Science.
- Students still need to complete the remaining Intellectual Foundations requirements: Basic Oral Communication, Diversity, Writing across the Curriculum, Basic Writing, Foreign Language, 3 credits in each Cognate (Arts, Humanities, Natural Science, and Social Science), Foundations of Civilizations, and Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning.
- Students, who completed the categories prior to the January 23rd announcement of the waivers (e.g., Cognates and Technology and Society), will receive all-college electives for the waived courses.
• Contact your Associate Dean or the Assistant Dean of Intellectual Foundations by phone,716-878-5906, or by email, hodgeaa@buffalostate.edu.
