From the President
I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:
Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ENG 131 Medieval and Renaissance World Literature
Advanced to the President
The following has been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review:
Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ENG 131 Medieval and Renaissance World Literature
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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring 2017 review:
Program Revision:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology, BS-SOP MET
New Courses:
ENT 213 Computer Methods for Technologists. Corequisite: MAT 162 or MAT 127. The applications of commercial software for solving technical problems and performing office functions, including entering and manipulating mathematical functions and equations, analyzing and graphing data, performing symbolic and numerical calculations, and scheduling and managing project. Focus on the analysis and solution of problems in engineering and technology. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2017.
HIS 353 The Early Caribbean. Prerequisite: CWP 102. Introduction to the first three centuries of written history in the Caribbean from Europeans’ first contact with the region’s indigenous societies to the flourishing of the late eighteenth-century sugar colonies of Saint Domingue and Jamaica. Indigenous societies; European exploration in the fifteenth century; the first encounters between European and the indigenous; demographic catastrophe; trade, contraband, and piracy; the transatlantic slave trade; the development of the plantation complex and the economics of sugar; the dreadful peak of slavery in Saint-Domingue and Jamaica and the production of European wealth; centuries-long conflict between Caribs and Europeans; revolt, rebellions, and disaster. Offered every other year, beginning spring 2018.
PAD 101 Introduction to Public Administration and Nonprofit Management. Overview of public and nonprofit agencies, socioeconomic and cultural impact of nonprofits, public-nonprofit partnerships, employment systems, governance in public and nonprofit sectors, ethical challenges. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2017.
PAD 102 Introduction to Public Affairs. Introduction to the public policy process in the United States. Broad coverage of public affairs through critical and analytical inquiry into policy making at national and local levels of government. Theoretical frameworks that explain how official and unofficial actors interact to produce public policies. Core crafts on which schools of public affairs and administration focus; policy analysis and evaluation and public administration and management. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2018.
PAD 347 Evolution and Development of the Nonprofit Sector. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or instructor permission. Overview of the U.S. nonprofit sector, highlighting the unique and distinct roles nonprofits perform in our society. History and evolution of the U.S. nonprofit sector, along with an overview of the scope and functions of tax-exempt organizations, and various theories that explain the existence of the nonprofit sector and why the sector continues to grow. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2018.
PAD 348 Grants Management and Fund Development in Public and Nonprofit Agencies. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Resource development for nonprofit and public organizations, grant-seeking process, fundraising strategies and plans, requests for proposals (RFPs). Students prepare an actual grant proposal and a fundraising plan. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2018.
PAD 403 NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) Management and International Development. Prerequisite: PAD 360 or instructor permission. International development and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as related to their operation, structure and procedures, effectiveness, and influence. New challenges of international development. Offered J-Term only, beginning January 2018.
SSE/SST 671 Technology in the Social Studies Classroom. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Familiarizes students with relevant technology, software, and methodology for their use in the social studies classroom. Enables students to be scholar-practitioners in this field, focusing on both research-based best practices and practical applications to use in a P–12 setting. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2017.
New Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
ARTS
ALT 150 Intro to Digital Media. Introductory survey to digital media authoring tools. Students gain basic skills for creating digital media works including manipulated imagery, video, animation, and interactive projects. Emphasis on learning the metaphors and concepts of digital authoring software in order to make self-teaching more effective. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2017.
Course Revision:
CNS 699 Internship. Twelve-month internship in the individual student specialty, studying under a senior conservator in a conservation studio or laboratory in the United States or abroad. Material covered is determined entirely by the student’s and department adviser’s assessment of the student’s training needs, the availability of internship sites in the student’s conservation specialty, and what those sites can offer in the way of an internship training experience. Offered annually every semester, beginning fall 2017.
Course Revisions with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
IDE 354 Global Design Study Tour. Prerequisites: Visual arts major; sophomore, junior, or senior standing; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; CWP 102; instructor permission. Opportunity to travel and experience a wide range of different cultural and geographical settings and their impact on interior design, art, and architecture. Students study exemplary global designs with an awareness and respect for cultural and social diversity. Offered occasionally, beginning January 2018.
MED 200 Foundations of Teaching Mathematics 7–12 and Field Experience. Prerequisite: MAT 161 or instructor permission. Current policies and practices in the field of mathematics education including content and pedagogy, national and state standards, and psychological, social, cultural, and gender factors that affect the teaching and learning of mathematics. Field experiences in secondary mathematics classrooms that feature racial and ethnic diversity, and diversity in SES, and include students with diverse mathematical abilities as well as those identified as having special needs. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2017.
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Curricular proposals submitted after 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, April 14, will be reviewed in fall 2017. The Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer. If you are considering a proposal that you expect to be offered for fall 2017 or spring 2018, please submit proposals via KissFlow by close of business tomorrow. The Curriculum Committee does not guarantee reviews because of time constraints or other unforeseen circumstances that might prohibit reviews. Please continue to consult with your associate dean or the chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee with inquiries and concerns.
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Course or program challenges must be received by the College Senate Curriculum Committee chair within 15 days of their initial publication in the Daily Bulletin. Challenges will not be honored after the 15-day period.
Please note that all proposals must be submitted via KissFlow. Associate deans can provide guidance on this process. Any proposals not submitted through KissFlow will not be accepted unless previous arrangements have been made between the curricular chair and the respective associate dean. All programs and credit-bearing certificates must meet SUNY mandates.
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
As part of the new curricular process, all associate deans must submit curricular proposals to the College Senate Office via KissFlow by the 15th of each month. The College Senate Office will log and forward all submissions received by the 15th to the Curriculum Committee for review. Proposals received after the 15th will be reviewed the following month. Please continue to check the curricular announcements in the Daily Bulletin on Thursdays to see when proposals have been received, reviewed, and forwarded to the president.
From the President
Advanced to SUNY/NYSED
I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost. This program will now advance to SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department for final review:
Program Revision:
M.S.Ed. New Language Education (7–12; 1–6 Extension), MSED-AH NLE (formerly M.S.Ed. Foreign Language Education [7–12; 1–6 Extension])
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I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:
Program Revisions:
B.A. French, BA-AH FRE
Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification Mathematics Education (7–12), UG-PBC NS MTS
New Courses:
EXE 321 Remediating and Adapting Literacy Instruction for Students with and at Risk for Disabilities
EXE 323 Field Placement in Literacy Methods for Children with and without Disabilities
Course Revision:
EXE 362 Behavior and Classroom Management
CORRECTION APPENDED
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review:
Program Revisions:
B.A. French, BA-AH FRE
Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification Mathematics Education (7–12), UG-PBC NS MTS
M.S.Ed. New Language Education 7–12; 1–6 Extension), MSED-AH NLE (formerly M.S.Ed. Foreign Language Education [7–12; 1–6 Extension])
New Courses:
EXE 321 Remediating and Adapting Literacy Instruction for Students with and at Risk for Disabilities
EXE 323 Field Placement in Literacy Methods for Children with and without Disabilities
Course Revision:
EXE 362 Behavior and Classroom Management
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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring 2017 review:
New Course:
PSC 344 Comparative Democracy. Prerequisite: PSC 101 or PSC 230 or instructor permission. The history and development of democracy with strong emphasis on comparing and analyzing various forms of democracy found throughout the Western and non-Western world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2018.
Course Revisions:
BIO 619 Plant Ecology. Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in ecology. The relationship between plants and their environment from the scale of individuals to ecosystems. Plant physiological ecology, plant community composition and structure, competition and facilitation, effects of human activities, disturbances, succession, and plant-animal interactions. Offered every other year, beginning spring 2018.
HEW 412 Community Health Promotions Programs. Prerequisite: HEW 312W. Applying community health promotion concepts. Major components of planning and implementing community health promotion programs. Current behavioral and cognitive theories and models of health promotion programs. Health promotion planning experiences. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2017.
HEW 488 Internship. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; prerequisite or corequisite: HEW 412.
Practice of professional skills of an entry-level community health education and promotion specialist through mentored field experience. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2018.
HIS 354 The Modern Caribbean. Prerequisite: CWP 102. Introduction to the conundrums of freedom, independence, and sovereignty as experienced in the modern Caribbean. The Haitian Revolution; abolitionism and emancipation; labor conflicts between freed people and planters; race, religion, and imperialism; American expansionism and occupation; decolonization, departmentalization, and independence; globalization and nonsovereignty; contemporary politics and society. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2017.
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Correction: April 10, 2017
The original version of this announcement, published April 6, 2017, omitted BIO 619: Plant Ecology and recorded the incorrect course description for HEW 488: Internship. This listing has been amended.
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Curricular proposals submitted after April 14, 2017, will be reviewed in fall 2017. The Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer. If you are considering a proposal that you expect to be offered for fall 2017 or spring 2018, please submit proposals via KissFlow by April 14. The Curriculum Committee does not guarantee reviews because of time constraints or other unforeseen circumstances that might prohibit reviews. Please continue to consult with your associate dean or the chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee with inquiries and concerns.
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Course or program challenges must be received by the College Senate Curriculum Committee chair within 15 days of their initial publication in the Daily Bulletin. Challenges will not be honored after the 15-day period.
Please note that all proposals must be submitted via KissFlow. Associate deans can provide guidance on this process. Any proposals not submitted through KissFlow will not be accepted unless previous arrangements have been made between the curricular chair and the respective associate dean. All programs and credit-bearing certificates must meet SUNY mandates.
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
As part of the new curricular process, all associate deans must submit curricular proposals to the College Senate Office via KissFlow by the 15th of each month. The College Senate Office will log and forward all submissions received by the 15th to the Curriculum Committee for review. Proposals received after the 15th will be reviewed the following month. Please continue to check the curricular announcements in the Daily Bulletin on Thursdays to see when proposals have been received, reviewed, and forwarded to the president.