From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
All schools and departments are asked to complete and return by May 1 any outstanding curricular items from the 2014–2015 academic year that were approved pending revisions (APR)* by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Several outstanding APRs must be finalized and advanced to the president. If you received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the previous College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, please complete these revisions by May 1 so that your course proposal can move forward to the final local** approval process if the expectation is for the course to be offered in fall 2016. The Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer.

The respective associate dean must sign all routing forms and provide paper and electronic copies of updated course descriptions reflective of the revisions requested by the Curriculum Committee. Please check with your associate dean or department chair to ensure that these are completed. You may also check with the College Senate Office on the status of your curricular item.

The College Senate thanks those schools that have followed up with APRs from last year. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

*Curricular items that were approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee pending minor revisions.

**All programs must meet SUNY guidelines; SUNY reviews are conducted in Albany, following local reviews. Approval or denial of all programs is at the discretion of SUNY.

The College Senate Curriculum Committee is moving toward an all-electronic process for the submission of curricular proposals using a software program called KissFlow. The system will eventually be used for all curricular proposals, inclusive of programs, minors, and newly added certificates. Certificates will now be reviewed by the CSCC just as other proposals currently are, and will go through the same processing. Further information will be provided over the summer, as will training for department chairs on KissFlow and the e-submission process. The move from paper submissions is part of an effort endorsed by the administration to move to a more updated paperless workflow process, as many SUNY institutions and campuses nationwide have done.

When submitting course proposals, please make sure that the assigned prefix number has not been used in the past. This stipulation will remain in place as we transition to the electronic curricular submission process using KissFlow. Old or historical prefixes may not be used for new course submissions. New courses must have new prefixes.

Paper routing forms and templates will be phased out as we transition to KissFlow. The Senate Office will begin accepting electronic proposals in the fall. All electronically submitted proposals will undergo the same rigorous submission process as in the past. Submitters are responsible for ensuring that information is correct, and that their respective associate dean has checked submissions for accuracy before they are sent to KissFlow. Incorrectly submitted proposals will not be accepted by the College Senate Office.

Further information will be provided over the summer, as will training on KissFlow and the e-submission process for deans and chairs. The campus should begin using the KissFlow system for fall 2016 submissions once training begins and the system is functional. Please do not submit paper proposals without first checking with your associate dean on the status of the submission process. Associate deans have been informed of the updates and can guide departments with questions or concerns.

From the President
CORRECTION APPENDED
I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:

New Course:
IDE 404 Interior Design Thesis Research

New Course with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
HIS 477 Tales of the City: A Televisual Introduction to Urban History (W)

Course Revision:
ENG 300 Writing for the Professions

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
THA 316 Script Analysis II (CT, IM, W)

CT=Critical Thinking, IM=Information Management, W=Writing

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Correction: April 28, 2016
The original version of this announcement, published April 28, incorrectly recorded the title of HIS 477 as Tales of the City: Urban History and The Wire.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
CORRECTION APPENDED
Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:

Program Revision:
B.S. Physics, BS-NS PHY

New Course:
IDE 404 Interior Design Thesis Research

New Course with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
HIS 477 Tales of the City: A Televisual Introduction to Urban History (W)
W=Writing

Course Revision:
ENG 300 Writing for the Professions

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
THA 316 Script Analysis II (CT, IM, W)

CT=Critical Thinking, IM=Information Management, W=Writing

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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received by the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for the final review of the semester on May 10:

New Courses:
EXE 617 Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities through Team-Based Approaches. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Models and methods for working within team contexts to meet the needs of students with and at risk for disabilities. Strategies and skills for co-teaching, consultation, communication, collaboration, and working with families and caregivers.

HEW 426 Applied Data Analytics for Health Promotion Sciences. Prerequisite: HEW 326 with a minimum grade of C or MAT 311 with a minimum grade of C. Expansion of core concepts introduced in prerequisite courses. Focus on developing competencies in applied methods for analyzing and visualizing health-related data. Complete multiple labs and research projects using health data to enhance the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs.

PHI 221 Philosophy and Yoga. Introduction to Indian philosophy through the study of the theory in and the practice of yoga. Examination of the eight limbs of yoga, as well as the practice of yoga as a whole, including the more familiar part popular in the United States. Description and examination of the other seven limbs. Philosophical issues such as the nature of the self, the nature of reality, the correct forms of knowledge, and what it means to be good, among others, from the perspective of this tradition. Offered annually.

REL 107 Introduction to Islam. Introduction to the fundamental concepts and approaches within Islam including the history of Islam, essentials of Islamic faith, the impact of Islamic civilization on the world’s social and cultural development, Islamic art, and contemporary interpretations of the Islamic tradition. Offered at least every other year.

SPF 612 Foundations of Social Justice. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Overview of the intellectual traditions informing social justice scholarship and activism. Includes the philosophical and sociological dynamics of capitalism, human consciousness, racism, history, rationality, institutions, and ideology. Course provides a multilayered analytical framework for critical examination of social justice and inequality within and across modern societies with an emphasis on issues in Buffalo.

SPF 615 Foundations of Social Change. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Overview of social justice perspectives on social change. In-depth examination of current conceptualizations of social change and practical alternatives to contemporary economic, institutional, and nature-society relations from a social justice perspective. Transformations within the global economy have contributed to new structural and cultural expressions of injustice and have inspired interest in alternative policies and frameworks that can address these developments.

Course Revision:
PLN 380 Neighborhood Planning and Community Development. Prerequisite: PLN 215. Exploration of the forms, methods, and tools of neighborhood planning, community development, and engagement efforts aimed at revitalization in the context of historical and contemporary public and private sector policies and practices that have contributed to current challenges. Offered every other year.

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Correction: April 28, 2016
The original version of this announcement, published April 21, incorrectly recorded the title of HIS 477 as Tales of the City: Urban History and The Wire.

The College Senate Curriculum Committee is moving toward an all-electronic process for the submission of curricular proposals using a software program called KissFlow. The system will eventually be used for all curricular proposals, inclusive of programs, minors, and newly added certificates. Certificates will now be reviewed by the CSCC just as other proposals currently are, and will go through the same processing. Further information will be provided over the summer, as will training for department chairs on KissFlow and the e-submission process. The move from paper submissions is part of an effort endorsed by the administration to move to a more updated paperless workflow process, as many SUNY institutions and campuses nationwide have done.

When submitting course proposals, please make sure that the assigned prefix number has not been used in the past. This stipulation will remain in place as we transition to the electronic curricular submission process using KissFlow. Old or historical prefixes may not be used for new course submissions. New courses must have new prefixes.

Paper routing forms and templates will be phased out as we transition to KissFlow. The Senate Office will begin accepting electronic proposals in the fall. All electronically submitted proposals will undergo the same rigorous submission process as in the past. Submitters are responsible for ensuring that information is correct, and that their respective associate dean has checked submissions for accuracy before they are sent to KissFlow. Incorrectly submitted proposals will not be accepted by the College Senate Office.

Further information will be provided over the summer, as will training on KissFlow and the e-submission process for deans and chairs. The campus should begin using the KissFlow system for fall 2016 submissions once training begins and the system is functional. Please do not submit paper proposals without first checking with your associate dean on the status of the submission process. Associate deans have been informed of the updates and can guide departments with questions or concerns.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
All schools and departments are asked to complete and return by May 1 any outstanding curricular items from the 2014–2015 academic year that were approved pending revisions (APR)* by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Several outstanding APRs must be finalized and advanced to the president. If you received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the previous College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, please complete these revisions by May 1 so that your course proposal can move forward to the final local** approval process if the expectation is for the course to be offered in fall 2016. The Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer.

The respective associate dean must sign all routing forms and provide paper and electronic copies of updated course descriptions reflective of the revisions requested by the Curriculum Committee. Please check with your associate dean or department chair to ensure that these are completed. You may also check with the College Senate Office on the status of your curricular item.

The College Senate thanks those schools that have followed up with APRs from last year. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

*Curricular items that were approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee pending minor revisions.

**All programs must meet SUNY guidelines; SUNY reviews are conducted in Albany, following local reviews. Approval or denial of all programs is at the discretion of SUNY.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The deadline to submit curricular proposals for spring review was April 15. Proposals received beyond the deadline will be reviewed in fall 2016. The committee does not review curricular proposals during the summer.

The College Senate Curriculum Committee is moving toward an all-electronic process for the submission of curricular proposals using a program called KissFlow. The program will eventually be used for all curricular proposals, inclusive of programs, minors, and newly added certificates. Certificates will now be reviewed by the CSCC just as other proposals are currently, and will go through the same processing. Further information will be provided over the summer, as will training for department chairs on KissFlow and the e-submission process. The move from paper submissions is part of an effort endorsed by the administration to move to a more updated paperless workflow process, as many SUNY institutions and campuses nationwide have done.