From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Please remember that any new or revised course proposal prefix must not be reused from previous years or historical use. Any proposal submitted with a previously used prefix will not be processed for review by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Curriculum authors and departments must verify this detail before submitting a proposal to the associate dean. The College Senate Office will contact the respective associate dean to make corrections. Errors will delay the reviewing process. A full list of all courses, current and historical, is available; please contact the College Senate Office to request a copy.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Updated templates for all curricular submissions are available on the Curriculum Committee website. Curriculum authors, departments, and schools must now use the updated templates when submitting any curriculum proposals. Old templates will not be accepted.

Please ensure that course proposals with the same three-letter course prefix and different course numbers have unique titles regardless of the graduate or undergraduate level. All courses must have different names, and all documents must match the information being entered in Kiss Flow. For example, CSC 100 Introduction to the Curriculum Process and CSC 600 Introduction to the Curriculum Process would not be permissible; one of the titles must be changed to distinguish it from the other.

Please use the CSCC website for all your curricular needs and information. Updated proposal templates and all the latest CSCC information are posted there.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Associate deans and department chairs should regularly check their e-mail from KissFlow; this is the main communication device used in the Curriculum Committee reviewing process. Title changes and prefixes must be correctly updated in KissFlow when changes are made to original submissions. Please remember that any new course proposal prefix must not be reused from previous years or historical use.

Curriculum authors, department chairs, or associate deans who experience technical problems with KissFlow, including uploading documents, workflow processes, and additions, should create a ticket in the IT self-service portal or contact Neil Palmer, network support programmer in Information Technology Services, who handles all technical issues within KissFlow. Neither the Senate Office nor the Curriculum Committee has access to proposals in the workflow system.

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

New Course:
COM 547 Data Analytics for Strategic Communication

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From the Associate Provost
The following has been withdrawn from review by SUNY System Administration:

Program Revision:
M.S. Multidisciplinary Studies (Dietetics Track)

The following has been submitted to SUNY System Administration for review:

Letter of Intent - New Program: 
M.S. Dietetics

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

New Course:
COM 547 Data Analytics for Strategic Communications

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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 fall review:

SWK 307 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I. Prerequisites: Social work major; junior or senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 101, CWP 102, any PSY course, any SOC course; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. Conceptual frameworks for client assessment; theories and perspectives of life span development; professional communication, professional reflection, social work assessment, library research. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

SWK 493 Field Practicum I. Prerequisites: Social work major; senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 102, SWK 220, SWK 301, SWK 307, SWK 308, SWK 317, SWK 320, SWK 422, SWK 423, and SWK 424; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. Supervised internship in which students develop and complete a learning agreement in conjunction with their field practicum agency that includes demonstrating mastery of the required social work competencies and practice behaviors. Concurrent on-campus seminar class with social work supervision that integrates and supports all previous social work coursework and demonstration of mastery. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Meg Knowles, associate professor of communication, serves as chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee for 2020–2021. The committee has resumed its curricular review process. The deadline to submit proposals for fall 2020 review is Friday, November 20. Any proposal received after this deadline will be reviewed in spring 2021. The deadline to submit proposals for spring 2021 is Friday, April 9. Any proposal received after the deadline will be reviewed in fall 2021.

Proposals that have been approved pending revisions (APR) should be acted on immediately to process those requests. All proposals must be approved by the respective associate dean before final approvals by the chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee. All processes go through Kiss Flow.

Please consult with your associate dean if you have questions regarding proposals that have already been submitted. Please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, with all other general questions.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Please remember that any new or revised course proposal prefix must not be reused from previous years or historical use. Any proposal submitted with a previously used prefix will not be processed for review by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. Curriculum authors and departments must verify this detail before submitting a proposal to the associate dean. The College Senate Office will contact the respective associate dean to make corrections. Errors will delay the reviewing process. A full list of all courses, current and historical, is available; please contact the College Senate Office to request a copy.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Updated templates for all curricular submissions are available on the Curriculum Committee website. Curriculum authors, departments, and schools must now use the updated templates when submitting any curriculum proposals. Old templates will not be accepted.

Please ensure that course proposals with the same three-letter course prefix and different course numbers have unique titles regardless of the graduate or undergraduate level. All courses must have different names, and all documents must match the information being entered in Kiss Flow. For example, CSC 100 Introduction to the Curriculum Process and CSC 600 Introduction to the Curriculum Process would not be permissible; one of the titles must be changed to distinguish it from the other.

Please use the CSCC website for all your curricular needs and information. Updated proposal templates and all the latest CSCC information are posted there.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Associate deans and department chairs should regularly check their e-mail from KissFlow; this is the main communication device used in the Curriculum Committee reviewing process. Title changes and prefixes must be correctly updated in KissFlow when changes are made to original submissions. Please remember that any new course proposal prefix must not be reused from previous years or historical use.

Curriculum authors, department chairs, or associate deans who experience technical problems with KissFlow, including uploading documents, workflow processes, and additions, should create a ticket in the IT self-service portal or contact Andrew Chambers, information management specialist in IT, who handles all technical issues within KissFlow. Neither the Senate Office nor the Curriculum Committee has access to proposals in the workflow system.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall review:

Course Revisions:
CHE 201 Organic Chemistry I. Prerequisite: CHE 112. Chemistry of organic compounds. Chemical bonding and structures of organic molecules. Reactivity and stability of organic compounds. Organic reaction mechanisms. Elementary syntheses of organic molecules. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2021.

CHE 202 Organic Chemistry II. Prerequisite: CHE 201. Continuation of CHE 201. Reactions and mechanisms of organic functional groups, such as alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, acid derivatives, and aromatic compounds. Identifications of organic compounds using spectroscopic methods (UV, IR, NMR, and MS). Organic reaction mechanisms to predict reaction outcomes. Syntheses of organic molecules. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2021.

CHE 406 Analytical Toxicology. Prerequisites: CHE 202 and CHE 301. Introductory analytical toxicology for pharmaceutical, forensic, and clinical analysis. Exploration of the main categories of inorganic and organic toxins, sample collection and treatment, chromatographic separation, spectroscopic and mass spectral determination of various toxic compounds in clinical, forensic, and environmental samples. Offered every other spring semester, beginning spring 2021.

FOR 416 Chemical Microscopy. Prerequisites: PHY 112 and FOR 312. Introductory optical and chemical microscopy for forensic analysis. Fundamental theory of microscopy. Physical properties of materials (refractive index, density, etc.). Basic topics in optics (electromagnetic radiation, refraction, reflection, interference, etc.). Operation, varieties, and capabilities of optical and chemical microscopes. Applications in analysis of physical features and chemical compositions of trace evidence such as hair, fiber, fabric, and minerals. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2021.

SWK 320 Social Services Organizations. Prerequisites: Social work major; junior or senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 102, SWK 220, SWK 301/319, SWK 307, SWK 308, and SWK 422; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. History, descriptions, and functions of social services organizations. Creation, implementation of social welfare policy and programs. Community assessment and community organizing. Social justice, human rights, NASW Code of Ethics. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

SWK 419 Social Welfare Policy. Prerequisites: Social work major; senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 101, CWP 102, any PSY course, any SOC course, SWK 220, SWK 301, SWK 307, SWK 308, SWK 317, SWK 320, SWK 422, SWK 423, and SWK 424; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. The American social welfare state and its historical responses to need for diverse and different populations. Human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice. The interrelationship of poverty, marginalization, oppression, alienation, privilege, power, and acclaim. The impacts of justice and injustice on well-being, access to services, and the delivery of services. Students learn the social work skills of policy research, policy analysis, policy creation, macro social work ethics, online petitions, community needs assessments, researching community experts, community task force development, and writing letters to legislators. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

SWK 424 Groups. Prerequisites: Social work major; junior or senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 102, SWK 220, SWK 301, SWK 307, SWK 308, SWK 317, SWK 320, and SWK 422; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. Generalist social work group practice: outlines the basic issues and key concepts of group process and practice. Primary focus on group work at the generalist practice level. Includes developing and facilitating a psychoeducational group designed for a specific population and problem issue. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

SWK 429 Policy Practice. Prerequisites: Social work major; senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 102, SWK 220, SWK 301, SWK 307, SWK 308, SWK 317, SWK 320, SWK 419, SWK 422, SWK 423, SWK 424, SWK 493, and SWK 496; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. Capstone policy course for social work majors. International human rights, and social, economic, and environmental justice are examined at agency, community, and federal levels. Examines the interrelationship of poverty, marginalization, oppression, alienation, privilege, power, and acclaim. Students learn culturally competent policy analysis, policy creation, community needs assessment, ethical research, program creation, grants, policy briefs, and presenting to legislative bodies. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

SWK 496 Integrated Seminar I. Prerequisites: Social work major; senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 102, SWK 220, SWK 301, SWK 307, SWK 308, SWK 317, SWK 320, SWK 422, SWK 423, and SWK 424; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. The integration of coursework and the demonstration of social work practice behaviors and skills required by the Council on Social Work Education. Emphasis on the engagement and assessment phases of generalist practice. Students individualize learning objectives focused on engagement and assessment. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
SWK 301 Poverty and Public Policy. Prerequisite: sophomore, junior, or senior standing. Social welfare policies and social welfare programs. Historical treatment of poverty and the poor. Theories of poverty causation. Measurement of poverty and poverty demographics including race, age, gender, immigration status, and socioeconomic status. Social change strategies and advocacy. Requires 20 hours of volunteer work in addition to coursework. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2022.

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Infusion:
SWK 317 Research Methods in Social Work (CT, IM, W). Prerequisites: Social work major; junior or senior standing; BIO 101, CWP 102, SWK 220, SWK 301, SWK 307, SWK 308, and SWK 422; minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major and overall. Application of research methods to generalist social work practice. Research ethics, evidence-based practice, and research design commonly used in social work practice evaluation. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022. 

CT = Critical Thinking   IM = Information Management   W = Writing