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Academic Governance
Current Proposals for Review

Proposals:

Input due before response date

Description Unit Status

New Course Proposal- EST 206 Comics and the Drawn Environment

Environmental Studies Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 12/9/2025.

New Minor Proposal- Civil Engineering Technology

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Chemical Engineering Conditionally approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 2/3/2026. Awaiting AG review. 

Course Revision EFB 423 Marine Ecology

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 11/11/2025

Course Revision EFB 623 Marine Ecology

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 11/11/2025

Course Revision ESF 797 Grad Seminar in Research, Writing, and Resources

Library Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 11/11/2025

Curriculum Revision MPS Ecological Restoration

Environmental Biology Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 11/11/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 12/2/25.

Policy Revision- Posthumous Degree

Office of Academic Administration Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 11/11/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 12/2/25.

Curriculum revision B.S. Biochemistry

Chemistry Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 12/9/2025. Approved by Academic Governance 1/27/2026.

Course revision EST 366 Environmental Ethics

Environmental Studies Revision requested.

Curriculum Revision, B.S. Environmental Resources Engineering

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 3/3/2026. Awaiting AG vote

New Course Proposal GNE 274 Statics and Mechanics of Materials

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 3/3/2026.

New Course Proposal ERE 504 Emerging Contaminants

Environmental Resources Engineering Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 3/3/2026.

Undergraduate Minor Policy

Office of Academic Administration Approved by Academic Affairs Committee, 3/3/2026. Awaiting AG vote. 

 

   

Visiting Student Enrollment Policy- Undergraduate

Office of Academic Administration Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Sarah Yurka smyurka@esf.edu by 3/16/2026.

New Program Proposal- Graduate Certificate, Indigenous People and the Environment

Graduate Program in Environmental Science Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Kyle Artelle kaartell@esf.edu by 3/16/2026.

Online Course Form- FOR 333 Natural Resources Managerial Economics

Sustainable Resources Management Comment to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer John Wagner jewagner@esf.edu by 3/16/2026

Online Course Form- FOR 533 Natural Resources Managerial Economics

Sustainable Resources Management Comment to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer John Wagner jewagner@esf.edu by 3/16/2026

Online Course Form- FOR 110 Environmental Physics

Sustainable Resources Management Comment to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Danielle Kloster dpkloste@esf.edu  by 3/16/2026

Online Course Form- FOR 372 Fundamentals of Outdoor Recreation

Sustainable Resources Management Comment to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Danielle Kloster dpkloste@esf.edu  by 3/16/2026

New Course Proposal- ESF 132 First Year Seminar for Undeclared Students

Division of Student Affairs Comment to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Renee McNamara rlmcnama@esf.edu by 3/16/2026

Undergraduate Minor revision- Native People and the Environment

EST/EFB Comment to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Maddy Nyblade mlnyblad@esf.edu by 3/30/2026

New Course Proposal- EFB 313 Respectful Wildlife Research Approaches

Environmental Biology Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Kyle Artelle kaartell@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

New Course Proposal- EFB 314 Plants and Culture

Environmental Biology Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Tusha Yakovleva teyakovl@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

New Course Proposal- EFB 455 Conservation Brightspots

Environmental Biology Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Kyle Artelle kaartell@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

New Course Proposal- EFB 655 Conservation Brightspots

Environmental Biology Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Kyle Artelle kaartell@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

New Course Proposal- EFB 556 Indigenous-Led Conservation International Field School

Environmental Biology Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Kyle Artelle kaartell@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

New Program Proposal- Graduate Certificate Sustainable Enterprise and the Environment 

Environmental Studies Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Sharon Moran smoran@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

Summer Session Maximum Credit Load

Office of Academic Administration Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Sarah Yurka smyurka@esf.edu by 3/30/2026.

 

   

Course Revision- FOR 480 Urban Foresty

Sustainable Resources Management Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Danielle Hilbert rhilber@esf.edu  by 4/1/2026.

Course Revision- FOR 680 Urban Foresty

Sustainable Resources Management Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Danielle Hilbert rhilber@esf.edu  by 4/1/2026.

Course Revision- FOR 481 Intro to Arboricultural

Sustainable Resources Management Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Danielle Hilbert rhilber@esf.edu  by 4/1/2026.

Course Revision- FOR 681 Intro to Arboricultural

Sustainable Resources Management Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Danielle Hilbert rhilber@esf.edu  by 4/1/2026.

New Course Proposal- EFB 528 Stream Ecology

Environmental Biology Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Emily Arsenault emarsena@esf.edu by 4/1/2026

New Course Proposal- EST 418 Political Ecologies of Food & Agriculture

Environmental Studies Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Erica Zurawski ezurawsk@esf.edu by 4/1/2026

New Course Proposal- EST 618 Political Ecologies of Food & Agriculture

Environmental Studies Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Erica Zurawski ezurawsk@esf.edu by 4/1/2026

Course Revision- EST 390 Social Processes and the Environment

Environmental Studies Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Erica Zurawski ezurawsk@esf.edu by 4/1/2026

New Course Proposal- EST 411 Water, Climate, and Society

Environmental Studies Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Jamie Shinn jeshinn@esf.edu by 4/1/2026

New Course Proposal- EST 611 Water, Climate, and Society

Environmental Studies Comments to curriculum@esf.edu and proposer Jamie Shinn jeshinn@esf.edu by 4/1/2026

 

   

 

   
     

 

 

 

Approved Administratively:

Description Unit Decision

Administrative Approval Course Revision EFB 899 Master's Research

Environmental Biology Approved by Associate Provost Thomova 11/5/2025

Curriculum Revision MS Environmental Biology

Environmental Biology Approved by Associate Provost Thomova 10/2/2025

Administrative Approval Course Revision ENS 899 Master's Research

Graduate Program in Environmental Science Approved by Associate Provost Thomova 11/5/2025

Curriculum Revision MS Environmental Science

Graduate Program in Environmental Science Approved by Associate Provost Thomova 10/2/2025

Course Revision EFB 523 Tropical Ecology

Environmental Biology Approved by Associate Provost Thomova 11/5/2025

Curriculum Revision B.S. Chemistry

Chemistry Approved by Associate Provost Thomova 3/10/2026.