From the Associate Provost
The following has been approved by SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department:
Program Revision (Title Change):
M.S. Creativity and Change Leadership (formerly M.S. Creative Studies)
From the President
I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:
New Courses:
BIO 434 Experimental Behavioral Ecology
ENG 391 Junior Seminar
FTT 252 Fashion Styling
New Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
ENG 254 Culturally Diverse American Literature in Middle and High Schools
Course Revisions:
EXE 521 Curricular and Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities
HEW 203 Introduction to Sports Administration
Course Revisions with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
ENG 390 Literary Criticism and Theory (CT, IM, W)
ENG 490 Senior Seminar (CT, IM, W)
CT=Critical Thinking, IM=Information Management, W=Writing
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review:
New Courses:
BIO 434 Experimental Behavioral Ecology
ENG 391 Junior Seminar
FTT 252 Fashion Styling
New Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
ENG 254 Culturally Diverse American Literature in Middle and High Schools
Course Revisions:
EXE 521 Curricular and Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities
HEW 203 Introduction to Sports Administration
Course Revisions with Intellectual Foundations Infusion (INF):
ENG 390 Literary Criticism and Theory (CT, IM, W)
ENG 490 Senior Seminar (CT, IM, W)
CT=Critical Thinking, IM=Information Management, W=Writing
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The following has been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring 2021 review:
Program Revision:
Undergraduate Certificate in World Languages Advantage, UGCT-WLA
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The College Senate Curriculum Committee will begin its spring 2021 review process in early February. The deadline to submit proposals for spring 2021 review is Friday, April 9. Any proposal received after the deadline will be reviewed in fall 2021. The Curriculum Committee does not convene over the summer break.
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. Proposals that have been approved pending revisions (APR) should be acted on immediately to expedite the process. All proposals must go through Kiss Flow. Please do not send proposals as e-mail attachments at any point in the process.
Proposal authors, please remember that any new or revised course proposal prefix must not be reused from previous years or current or historical use. Any proposal submitted with a previously used prefix will not be processed for review by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and will delay the reviewing process. A full list of courses, current and historical, is available; please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate Office, to request a copy.
Please use newly formatted curriculum templates and required naming conventions for your proposal documents. Updated templates and naming conventions for all curricular submissions are available on the Curriculum Committee website. 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. 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. All courses must have unique titles, and all documents must match the information being entered in Kiss Flow.
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.
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.
From the President
I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:
Course Revisions:
CHE 201 Organic Chemistry I
CHE 202 Organic Chemistry II
CHE 406 Analytical Toxicology
FOR 416 Chemical Microscopy
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review:
New Courses:
FLM 612 Screenwriting Workshop. Prerequisites FLM 501 and FLM 510. Advanced theory, analysis, and writing in different screenwriting genres and platforms; may be taken for credit up to three times. Offered summer semester, beginning summer 2024.
FLM 630 Writing the Feature Screenplay II. Prerequisite: FLM 530. Construction of the second and third acts of a screenplay and development of a marketing plan. Part two of a two-part sequence. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2023.
FLM 631 Post-Production for Television, Film, and Streaming Media. Prerequisite: FLM 501. Exploration and application of history, theories, and techniques of post-production for film and television including video editing, audio editing, color grading, and visual effects. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2024.
FLM 640 Writing the TV Pilot. Prerequisite: FLM 540. Hands-on screenwriting course exploring development of structure, character, theme, and style of the TV pilot; storytelling in a variety of script genres; screenplay analysis; development of voice; developing characters over multiple episodes. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2024.
FLM 641 Sound Design. Prerequisites: FLM 501 and FLM 511. Theoretical and practical exploration of film sound and its use in furthering the dramatic impact of cinematic storytelling. Focus on both production and post-production processes of sound design. Offered summer semester, beginning summer 2024.
FLM 650 The Business of Television, Film, and Streaming Media II. Prerequisite: FLM 550. Evaluation of relevant business models for television, film, and streaming media focusing on advanced theories and practices for business and legal affairs, finance, and marketing and distribution. Part two of a two-part sequence. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2024.
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 Revision and Title Change:
B.A. Applied Psychology (formerly B.A. Psychology)
New Courses:
FLM 511 Principles of Image and Sound Production
FLM 610 Producing the Short Film
FLM 620 Television, Film, and Streaming Media Seminar
FLM 621 Directing
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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 2023 review:
New Courses:
BIO 375 Global Change Ecology. Prerequisite BIO 211 or BIO 213. Introduction to the concepts and applications of global change ecology, including species invasion, habitat fragmentation and climate change. Ecological and sustainable applications in academic, government and private settings toward evaluating and addressing the impacts of global change. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2024.
BIO 675 Origin of Species. Charles Darwin’s seminal book, “Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,” changed the world in 1859. ‘Origin of Species’ revolutionized science, particularly biology, and what would later be ecology and evolution, as well as politics, sociology and religion. With time, however, Darwin’s Victorian prose became outdated, with anachronistic references, yet much of the science remains surprisingly relevant. The class will read, present, and discuss an annotated ‘Origin of Species’ to both deconstruct Darwin’s original masterpiece and achieve a better understanding of its underpinnings and relevance in modern science. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2024.
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. As of December 2022, authors of course and program proposals should make use of the revised version of Bloom's Taxonomy when writing SLOs. The revised taxonomy emphasizes alignment with current practice in curriculum planning, instructional delivery, and assessment.
From the President
I have approved the following curricular items, which have been recommended by the appropriate dean, the College Senate, and the provost:
Course Revision:
MAT 301 Introduction to Group Theory
General Education 2023 Designations:
THE ARTS
MUS 201 Survey of Western Music History
MUS 208 Survey of World Music Cultures
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
AAS 100 Introduction to Africana Studies
MUS 206 Foundations of American Popular Music
PLN 215 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
SWK 230 Intersectionality and Difference
SWK 301 Poverty and Public Policy
WGS 101 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
WGS 201 Introduction to LGBTQAI2+ Studies
HUMANITIES
PHI 111 Ethics for Scientists
PHI 113 Environmental Ethics
PHI 115 Minds and Machines
MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
CIS 121 Introduction to Coding
PHI 107 Introduction to Mathematical Logic
NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
ANT 100 Human Origins
GEG/GES 241 Meteorology
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SWK 101 Introduction to Social Work