Staff & Advisors

• A single course can count toward both a UB Curriculum requirement and a major, minor, or certificate requirement. A single course cannot count toward more than one UB Curriculum requirement.
• Only courses approved for permanent cross-list may be used in the UB Curriculum with the following exceptions: UB Seminars may not be cross-listed.
• Test credit may be used to meet UB Curriculum requirements through direct articulation only.

In accordance with SUNY rules, students must be able to complete 7 of 10 of their SUNY GEs within their first two years of study. This includes: Communication Literacy 1 (Communication - Written and Oral); Math and Quantitative Reasoning [Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)]; Scientific Literacy and Inquiry [Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)]; First two courses in both the Thematic and Global Pathway (covering 4 of the 7 remaining SUNY GE: Humanities, Social Sciences, The Arts, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, US History and Civic Engagement, World History and Global Awareness, and World Languages).

• For UB Seminar placement and repeat policy, please visit the Undergraduate Catalog.
• Per the repeat policy, students who earn a passing grade in the UB Seminar (199 or 198) may not repeat the course.
  

• All UB seminars are coded in HUB so that students are not able to drop or resign themselves. Students will need administrative assistance from their academic advisor to drop/resign.    

• Prior to the end of Drop/Add the student wishes to change their seminar due to a schedule issue or they are changing in or out of SEAS or ARC, advisors should assist them, but ensure that they understand they must make another selection or the UBC office will exception register them in another seminar that fits their schedule.

• Students seeking to resign the seminar must discuss with their advisor the ramifications of doing so and create an appropriate plan for repeating the requirement. Enrollment in a subsequent semester is limited by the Course Enrollment Control policy and it is unlikely they will granted a seat in a fall or spring semester.

• UB Curriculum Action Required Hold will be applied when students fail or resign their UB Seminar in their first semester.
• The UBC hold is not enforced until the specified start term (Please see the image below), so students are able to add, drop, and resign courses before the start term. 
• Once students register for the UB Seminar, their UBC hold will be removed.

• Students must take a minimum of two courses totaling at least 7 credits, including one credit of lab.
• All SLI courses may be paired together to meet the requirement with the exception of PAS 313 (formerly PAS/ANA 113) and ARC 352. 

• Students whose major courses will fulfill SLI (mostly STEM majors) will see their SLI requirement as satisfied in the AAR, along with a notice that states they will complete the requirement via courses required for their major.
  • The notice also indicates that students may need to complete one of the SLI options in the Undergraduate Catalog if they change their majors.

• SUNY Natural Science GETA must be paired with a UB or directly articulated SLI course that meets all the learning outcomes (All SLI courses except PAS 313 & ARC 352).
• 999 TRNS1 or 999 TRNS2 courses must be paired with a UB or directly articulated SLI course that meets all the learning outcomes (All SLI courses except PAS 313 & ARC 352).
• Directly articulated SLI course (regardless of credit) may be paired with a UB or directly articulated SLI course. 

• A Pathway may not be comprised of a single subject (meaning course subject prefix, not department) with the exception of the Language and Culture Track of the Global Pathway. In all other instances, two of the three possible courses may come from the same subject provided that within the Pathway at least two different UB Areas are met.
• A Pathway may include a STEM course. However, specific STEM courses approved for the Scientific Literacy & Inquiry requirement are not eligible for inclusion in the Pathways.
• CL2 and MQR-approved courses are not eligible for inclusion in the Pathways.

• Students are encouraged to indicate which courses they intend to take to fulfill their Pathways early in their career via the Path Finder tool. Academic Advisors should assist students in planning and selecting Pathway topics and courses. Students have the ability to easily make a change to their selections, should they change their mind.
• If the student selects a particular Pathway but fulfills a different one, the requirement would still be met. (For example, student indicates they will study aboard, but before doing so, s/he completes three courses that are within the Global Reflections Track). In order for the different path to be used to meet the requirement, students must update their Path Finder tool.
• As Pathways are approved, any student may take them (even those who started their program at UB prior to approval of that particular Pathway).

• Test credit may be used only where a direct articulation to a Pathway course exists. The corresponding UB Area of that articulated course will be given.
• For specific information on transfer coursework applying to the Pathways, visit the Undergraduate Catalog. 
• The UB Curriculum Transfer Credit Change Form is needed in some instances where SUNY GETAs from transfer coursework are not appearing in the Path Finder tool. A description of these unusual SUNY GETA situations can be found on the form.

• If Pathways become inactive, they will be considered inactive for all students regardless of their catalog year. The Pathway will no longer appear in the Path Finder Tool. Students who have already selected that Pathway in the Path Finder Tool (and the HUB Academic Advisement Report) will be able to complete the inactivated Pathway.  Changes to courses within an inactivated topic must be made manually through the UB Curriculum office and cannot be made by the student in the Path Finder tool.
• Please refer to 2017-2018 Catalog Pathway Course Inventory (See the spreadsheet below) to find the Pathway topics and courses available to students who entered UB fall 2016 through spring 2018. The previous Pathways can be updated only when the requested course is listed in this inventory.

1.       Pathway courses offered in a term with enrollment information

https://buffalo.box.com/s/9lxgs5hzxqwtvt3j83v9m4ii7mjzmx3j contains the database and all relevant tables. Those with an InfoSource account and student records access can download the database and run the query.

2.      Student pathway selections of those who have saved to HUB - SQL

SELECT DISTINCT PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.EMPLID, PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.LAST_NAME, PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.FIRST_NAME, PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.EMAIL_ADDR, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.EFFDT, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.DESCR, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.DESCR254A, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V_1.DESCR, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V_1.DESCR254A

FROM PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V AS PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V_1 INNER JOIN (PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V INNER JOIN PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V ON PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.EMPLID = PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.RQ_AA_WHO_DATA) ON PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V_1.RQ_AA_WHO_DATA = PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.EMPLID

WHERE (((PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.DESCR)="Thematic") AND ((PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.E_ADDR_TYPE)="CAMP") AND ((PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V_1.DESCR)="Global"))

ORDER BY PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.LAST_NAME, PS_RPT_BIODEMODATALOOKUP_V.FIRST_NAME, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.EFFDT, PS_RPT_PS_AA_OVERRIDE_V.DESCR;

Eligibility

• Students are eligible to enroll in UBC 399 once they have completed all components of the UB Curriculum. Concurrent enrollment in any remaining UBC courses with the Capstone is also permitted but not encouraged. UB Seminar is a prerequisite to UBC 399 and therefore cannot be taken concurrently.
  
• The UB Curriculum office will monitor students’ eligibility and deregister any student who becomes ineligible due to:    
  • a failed UBC component course, or
  • dropping a concurrent UBC component course, which previously resulted in eligibility.

Enrollment

• The Capstone is offered in fall, spring, summer and winter (permission required) terms. Note: fall, spring and summer sessions are taught over 7 weeks whereas the winter session is condensed.
• Students are able to self-register into the Capstone via HUB if they meet the eligibility criteria listed above, with the exception of winter. 
• Students who concurrently enroll in their final UB Curriculum requirement will need to wait until the next business day to self-enroll in the Capstone as HUB can only verify eligibility on its nightly refresh.
• Students may submit a Force Registration Request for the Capstone for one of the following three reasons:
  • Prerequisite or Corequisite Missing. Students may plan to complete their final UB Curriculum coursework at another institution. Students will be asked to supply proof of enrollment and completion of the prerequisite or corequisite courses to satisfy any remaining UB Curriculum requirements.
  • Course is Closed. Students may submit a request to be force registered into UBC 399 in a given term if all course sections are closed/seats are occupied only if they are completing their undergraduate degree(s) in the same term.
  • Repeat. Students are permitted to self-enroll in UBC 399 twice. Any attempts to register for the class beyond the two permitted must be approved by the UB Curriculum office through the Force Registration Request form.

UB Curriculum Capstone Repeat Policy

• Students who do not successfully complete the Capstone on their first attempt should be advised to repeat the course in any subsequent term.
•  Students who repeat UBC 399 will be subject to the University's repeat policies.
• Per the repeat policy, students who earn a passing grade in the UBC Capstone (UBC 399) may not repeat the course.
  

• Entering students: a SUNY GETA may be applied to relevant UB Curriculum requirements where applicable. Refer to TAURUS for details.
• Reentering students: GETAs will be applied if they are earned during the break in attendance. GETAs earned by students during the time of their enrollment at UB will not be applied; only direct course articulation will apply in such circumstances. This includes (but is not limited to) GETAs earned at other institutions via cross registration or during summer or winter sessions of an academic year during which the student is an active UB student.

Please visit the Undergraduate Catalog for information on reentry students.

UB Curriculum requirements may not be substituted in place of previous General Education program requirements for students who completed those courses prior to the dates below. For instance, if SOC 101 was taken prior to fall 2016, it may not be applied toward American Pluralism.

•     Students who want to repeat World Civilizations or American Pluralism for the purpose of grade replacement only will need to take one of the following course equivalences:
•     UGC 111 = HIS 141 (effective Fall 2017)
•     UGC 112 = HIS 142 (effective Fall 2017)
•     UGC 211 = ARC 211 = SOC 211 (effective immediately)
  • Grade replacement for UGC 211 is not automatic and must be requested. Requests will be accepted by email to HUB Grading at HUB-GRADING-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
    
•     The course equivalent information will be made available in the Catalog so that the information is publicly available to students (information will be posted in the course descriptions for HIS 141, 142, SOC 211 and ARC 211).