From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee is continuing with its spring 2021 reviews. The spring 2021 proposal submission deadline is Friday, April 9. Any proposals received after the deadline will be reviewed in fall 2021. The Curriculum Committee does not convene over summer break.

Attention, proposal authors! 

• Please be sure to check the College Senate Curriculum Committee (CSCC) website for the Curriculum Handbook, proposal templates, curriculum review checklists, and other helpful resources before submitting curriculum proposals to KissFlow.
• Do not use historical or in-use prefix numbers, as this can delay the reviewing process. A full list of current and historical courses is available. Please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, to request this list.
• Always use newly formatted curriculum templates and use the required naming conventions for your proposal document. Updated templates and naming conventions for all curriculum submissions are available on the Curriculum Committee website. Old templates will not be accepted. 
• Course proposals with the same course prefix and different course numbers must have unique course titles regardless of the graduate or undergraduate level. For example, CSC 100 Introduction to the Curriculum Process and CSC 600 Introduction to Curriculum Processes would be inaccurate; please vary the titles to distinguish graduate and undergraduate courses.
• Please do not send proposals or supporting documents as e-mail attachments at any point in the process. All proposal documents must go through KissFlow.
• If a proposal gets approved pending revisions (APR), please act immediately to process those requests.
• If you have questions about a proposal you have submitted, please consult with your associate dean. With general questions, e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
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 College Senate Office nor the Curriculum Committee has access to proposals in the workflow system.

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.

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:

New Courses:
PAD 515 NYS Government and Budget
PSC 221 Judicial Process and Politics
PSC 426 Mediation
PSC 430 UN and Global Affairs

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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 2021 review:

Program Revision:
B.F.A. Art and Design, Concentrations in Ceramics, Design History, Digital Media Arts, Fibers, Graphic Design, Metals/Jewelry, Painting, Photography and Documentary Studies, Printmaking, Product Design, Sculpture, Wood/Furniture, BFA-AAD

New Courses:
AAS/ANT 373 “Saving” Africa. Prerequisite: AAS 100 or upper-division standing or instructor permission. Examination of Western efforts at foreign development, including contemporary globalization, from an African vantage. Incorporates ethnographic case studies, theoretical lenses, and practical implications for doing development work. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

ENG 447 Selected Topics in Diverse Literatures. Prerequisite: ENG 147. Capstone course featuring advanced study of a selected period, writer(s), or movement in diverse literature. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2022.

New Courses with Intellectual Foundations Designations:
DIVERSITY
ENG 147 Introduction to Diverse Literatures. Introductory survey of diverse literatures of the United States with an emphasis on literatures by ethnic and racial minority writers, LGBTQ+ writers, women writers, and members of underrepresented groups. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

HUMANITIES
PHI 115 Minds and Machines. Introduction to questions in the study of the philosophy of the mind. Explores the difficulties of studying the mind and limitations of scientific investigation into the mind; the problem of other minds; questions regarding free will; what it means to be conscious; and the possibility of consciousness or intelligence in animals, in the natural world, and in machines. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2022.

Course Revision:
PSY 340 Cognitive Psychology
Prerequisites: PSY 101 with minimum grade of C. Introduction to the mind and thinking from a cognitive psychology viewpoint. Classic and contemporary research examining perception, attention, memory processes and structures, imagery, language processing, problem-solving and creativity, and decision-making. Theories of cognition based on information-processing, embodied cognition, and neural circuits and processing in the brain. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2021.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee requires that all Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) contain verbs from Bloom’s Taxonomy. The college will sunset the original Bloom’s Taxonomy verb list on December 31, 2022, in favor of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy, which emphasizes alignment with current practice in curriculum planning, instructional delivery, and assessment. Currently, verbs from either list are acceptable on proposals. Each SLO should use one verb only.

From the President
I have approved the following curricular item, which has been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost. This program must now advance to SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department for final review:

New Program:
B.S. Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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

New Course:
CRS 899 Dissertation

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:

New Program:
B.S. Manufacturing Engineering Technology

New Course:
CRS 899 Dissertation

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The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring 2021 review:

New Program:
B.S. Computer Science Education

New Course:
EXE 561 Introduction to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. Prerequisite: EXE 500. Study of the physical, educational, psychological, and cultural standards and norms of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HOH) students. Examination and discussion of the spectrum of physical hearing loss, types of schooling, classroom modifications for D/HOH students and the cultural values shared among this community. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2021.

Course Revisions:
FTT 206 Introduction to Textiles. Basic introduction to the production, use, and selection of textiles and textile products; covers fibers, yarns, fabric production, dyeing, printing, finishing, performance characteristics, care, and textile-specific legislation; addresses sustainability and environmental-related issues surrounding textiles and textile production. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2022.

FTT 306 Textile Evaluation. Prerequisites: FTT 110 and FTT 206. Advanced textiles course focused on fabric performance evaluation and quality; understanding of standard test methods commonly used in the textile and apparel industry; use of equipment and techniques to assess selected physical and aesthetic properties of textile products. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2022.

HEA 670 Movements of Resistance: College Student Activism. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Exploration of how college students work to challenge and change the social, political, economic, and cultural systems on campus that uphold the status quo through an examination of the philosophies, actions, tactics, and demands within student movements of resistance. Focus on student activism from 1960 to present day. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2022.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee requires that all Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) contain verbs from Bloom’s Taxonomy. The college will sunset the original Bloom’s Taxonomy verb list on December 31, 2022, in favor of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy, which emphasizes alignment with current practice in curriculum planning, instructional delivery, and assessment. Currently, verbs from either list are acceptable on proposals. Each SLO should use one verb only.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee is continuing with its spring 2021 reviews. The spring 2021 proposal submission deadline is Friday, April 9. Any proposals received after the deadline will be reviewed in fall 2021. The Curriculum Committee does not convene over summer break.

Attention, proposal authors! 

• Please be sure to check the College Senate Curriculum Committee (CSCC) website for the Curriculum Handbook, proposal templates, curriculum review checklists, and other helpful resources before submitting curriculum proposals to KissFlow.
• Do not use historical or in-use prefix numbers, as this can delay the reviewing process. A full list of current and historical courses is available. Please e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, to request this list.
• Always use newly formatted curriculum templates and use the required naming conventions for your proposal document. Updated templates and naming conventions for all curriculum submissions are available on the Curriculum Committee website. Old templates will not be accepted. 
• Course proposals with the same course prefix and different course numbers must have unique course titles regardless of the graduate or undergraduate level. For example, CSC 100 Introduction to the Curriculum Process and CSC 600 Introduction to Curriculum Processes would be inaccurate; please vary the titles to distinguish graduate and undergraduate courses.
• Please do not send proposals or supporting documents as e-mail attachments at any point in the process. All proposal documents must go through KissFlow.
• If a proposal gets approved pending revisions (APR), please act immediately to process those requests.
• If you have questions about a proposal you have submitted, please consult with your associate dean. With general questions, e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
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 College Senate Office nor the Curriculum Committee has access to proposals in the workflow system.

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.

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

Program Revision (Title Change):
Minor in Africana Studies (formerly African and African American Studies)

New Courses:
AAS 343 Why Africa Matters
CRJ 511 Advanced Crime Analysis
EXE 324 Sign Language for Students with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
EXE 583 Practicum in High School Special Education

New Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
IDE 357 American Diversity and Design

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
ARTS
DAN 200 Modern Dance Techniques

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From the Associate Provost
The following has been approved by the dean of the School of Education, the interim dean of the School of the Professions, and the associate provost:

Microcredential:
Communication Strategies for Individuals Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Who Have a Disability