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 final spring 2022 review:

New Program:
B.S./M.S. Dietetics Combined Pathway, BS-MS DEP

Program Revisions:
B.S. Urban and Regional Planning
Minor in Urban and Regional Planning

New Courses:
BIO 622 Foundations of Animal Development. Prerequisite: At least one upper-division undergraduate course in cell or molecular biology, or instructor permission. Fundamental principles and processes of animal development with emphasis on molecular and cell mechanisms underlying differentiation, pattern formation, morphogenesis, and regeneration. Topics include fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, and organogenesis. Experimental paradigms and techniques explored through primary literature. Offered every other year, beginning spring 2023.

BIO 661 Quantitative PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). Prerequisite: BIO 303 or equivalent. Theory and practice of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), a technique used to quantify nucleic acid molecules in biological and environmental samples. Emphasis on experimental design, instrumentation, data analysis, and MIQE standards. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2023.

BIO 662 Immunofluorescence Microscopy. Prerequisite: BIO 314 or BIO 440 or equivalent. Theory and practice of immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy, a technique used to determine the subcellular localization of proteins in a wide range of fixed cells or tissues using specific antibodies and fluorescence microscopy. Emphasis on experimental design, procedures, instrumentation, and data analysis. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2023.

BIO 663 Western Blot. Prerequisite: BIO 305 or BIO 440 or equivalent. Theory and practice of Western blot, a laboratory technique used to detect and quantify specific proteins in cell or tissue extracts. Emphasis on experimental design, procedure, instrumentation, and data analysis. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2023.

BIO 664 Animal Care and Handling in the Laboratory. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Theory and practice of handling and care of non-primate animals in a laboratory setting. Overview of animal handling, care, and management for biomedical experiments. Special emphasis on rodent models commonly used in biomedical and cancer research. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2023.

EXE 572 Teaching Adolescents with Disabilities. Prerequisite: EXE 500 or equivalent. Focus on instructional procedures necessary for effective teaching of adolescent students with disabilities and those with diverse or complex support needs. Adaptations and management strategies for supporting the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of adolescent students with disabilities. Offered occasionally, beginning fall 2022.

EXE 641 Adolescent Literacy and Students with Mild Disabilities. Prerequisite: EXE 521. Methods, strategies, and resources for teaching students with disabilities in grades 6–12 who struggle to read complex narrative and expository text. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2022.

EXE 643 Advanced Methods in Teaching Math to Secondary Students with Disabilities. Prerequisites: EXE 501, EXE 502, and EXE 503. Effective math instruction for students with disabilities at the secondary level. Emphasis on application of research-based math strategies across domains of math content knowledge. Differentiated instruction, technology integration, and effective mindsets to meet the needs of diverse learners. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2022.

FOR 475 Capstone Research in Forensic Chemistry. Prerequisites: FOR 312 and CHE 404. Forensic chemistry research on a topic agreed upon by the faculty and student. Creation of a written research plan for investigation of the topic through either laboratory or field research methods. Collection, documentation, and analysis of research data. Preparation of a formal research report and presentation at a conference or seminar. Offered occasionally, beginning fall 2022.

NFS 435 Senior Research Seminar. Prerequisites: NFS 403 and NFS 430. Detailed exploration of an area of interest in dietetics or nutrition chosen by the student. Includes review of the scientific literature, preparation of a reference paper, and presentation of findings to peers. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023.

SWK 230 Intersectionality of Difference. Exploration of culture, diversity, inclusion, personal biases, power, privilege, intersectionality, and the role of social work in addressing anti-racism, anti-discrimination, and anti-oppression. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2022.

SWK 302 Social Justice Advocacy. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Overview of human rights, social injustices, and social justice advocacy. Discussion of activist efforts, including social movements and voting. Student reflection on their own involvement as social justice advocates. Use of Just Practice foundation framework to understand social justice with social work. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2023.

SWK 330 Foundations of Social Work. Prerequisites or corequisites: SWK 101, SWK 201, SWK 230, and SWK 302; social work majors only. Focus on the practice behaviors and skills used in social work. Emphasis on social work professionalism and professional skills, social work ethics, engagement at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels using Just Practice social justice framework, and the role of the social worker within human services organization and the community. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2022.

SWK 340 Applied Social Work. Prerequisite: SWK 330; social work majors only. Assessment and application of theoretical perspectives of social work using the Just Practice social justice approach to social work on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Overview of foundational theories used to create the Just Practice social justice framework. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023.

SWK 350 Social Work in Action. Prerequisite: SWK 330; social work majors only. Evidence-based interventions and ethical implementation of interventions at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels using the Just Practice social justice approach to social work with diverse populations across the life cycle. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023.

New Course with Intellectual Foundations Infusion:
SWK 201 Professional Skills for Social Workers (W). Focus on the professional obligations of a social worker, including skills and ethics used in social work. Emphasis on social work as a science-based profession. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2022.
W=Writing

Course Revisions:
BIO 322 Genes and Society (formerly BIO 322 Human Heredity). Prerequisite: BIO 100 or BIO 101 or BIO 111. The influence of genes on the human condition, including diseases, behavior and evolution, and the emerging technologies to alter human genes. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2023.

BIO 412 Developmental Biology. Prerequisites: BIO 211 and BIO 305 or BIO 314 or BIO 333. Principles and processes of animal development with emphasis on molecular, cellular, and physical mechanisms. Topics include cell fate specification, axis formation, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, organogenesis, and regeneration. Comparative aspects of development across different phyla of the animal kingdom. Offered every other year, beginning spring 2023.

BIO 450 Recombinant DNA Technology. Prerequisite: BIO 303 or BIO 314. Extensive hands-on experience using the techniques of biotechnology. Emphasis on techniques involving the construction of recombinant DNA molecules and their analysis. Offered every other year, beginning spring 2023.

Course Revision with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SWK 101 Introduction to Social Work (formerly SWK 220). Focus on introduction to generalist social work practice in the United States, social work values, roles, and settings of practice. Contemporary issues facing social workers with emphasis on social work practice with vulnerable populations. Offered every semester, beginning spring 2023.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The deadline to submit curricular proposals for spring 2022 review was April 8. Any proposals received after this date will be reviewed in fall 2022.

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 Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
NON-WESTERN CIVILIZATION
MUS 215 Caribbean Music and Cultures

Course Revisions:
MUS 209 Sub-Saharan African Music and Cultures
PSY 421 Physiological Psychology

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 Course with Intellectual Foundations Designation:
NON-WESTERN CIVILIZATION
MUS 215 Caribbean Music and Cultures

Course Revisions:
MUS 209 Sub-Saharan African Music and Cultures
PSY 421 Physiological Psychology

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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following has been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for spring 2022 review:

New Course:
PSY 423 Psychology and Physiology of Eating. Prerequisites: PSY 101 and an additional 6 credit hours in psychology. Sensory, hormonal, and neural control of eating; role of reinforcement as a contributing factor to energy intake; individual physical disparities that cause variations in food intake; food preference; obesity; overlap between food intake and drugs of abuse. Offered occasionally, beginning spring 2023.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Tomorrow, April 8, is the last date to submit curricular proposals for spring 2022 review. Any proposals received after tomorrow will be reviewed in fall 2022.

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 Course:
MUS 615 Piano Pedagogy for Children

Course Revisions:
MUS 161 Class Piano I
MUS 162 Class Piano II
MUS 261 Class Piano III
MUS 262 Class Piano IV

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From the Associate Provost
The following have been approved by SUNY System Administration and the New York State Education Department:

New Program:
B.S. Nutrition and Dietetics (from existing B.S. Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics)

Program Revisions:
B.S. English Education (7–12)
B.S. Dietetics

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 Course:
MUS 615 Piano Pedagogy for Children

Course Revisions:
MUS 161 Class Piano I
MUS 162 Class Piano II
MUS 261 Class Piano III
MUS 262 Class Piano IV

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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 review:

New Courses:
FLM 520 Screenplay Analysis. Prerequisite: Admission to the M.F.A. in television, film, and streaming media program. Analysis of television and feature film screenplays focusing on theory, story structure, conflict, characters, dialogue, theme, and professional script coverage. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2023 (pending program approval).

FLM 530 Writing the Feature Screenplay I. Prerequisites: FLM 501, FLM 510, and FLM 520 (prerequisites offered fall semester). Construction of a pitch for an original feature film, character sketches, treatment, and the first act of a screenplay. Part one of a two-part sequence. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2024 (pending program approval).

FLM 540 Writing the TV Spec Script. Prerequisites: FLM 501, FLM 510, and FLM 520 (prerequisites offered fall semester). Construction of two speculation (spec) scripts for a TV series currently on a broadcast television, cable network, or streaming service. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023 (pending program approval).

FLM 550 The Business of Television, Film, and Streaming Media I. Prerequisites: FLM 501, FLM 510, and FLM 520 (prerequisites offered fall semester). Examination of current business models for television, film, and streaming media, including pre-production, production, and post-production; business and legal affairs; finance; and marketing and distribution. Part one of a two-part sequence. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023 (pending program approval).

Course Revisions:
BUS 612 Accounting Information for Decision-Making (formerly BUS 512 Introduction to Using Accounting Information for Decision-Making). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Overview of fundamental financial and managerial accounting statements and reports, including their structure, contents, underlying concepts, analysis, interpretation, and use for economic decision-making. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023.

BUS 715 Management Strategy (formerly BUS 715 Management Practice and Techniques). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Study of management theories and strategies used in organizations, including conflict resolution, negotiation strategies, creative problem-solving, and leadership skills and requirements. Offered summer semester, beginning summer 2023.

MAT 202 Introduction to Linear Algebra. Prerequisite: MAT 161 or MAT 126. Linear systems of equations, vector spaces, and linear transformations, solving linear equations, matrix algebra, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrices as linear transformations, basis of a vector space, orthogonality of vectors, projecting vectors into subspaces. Offered every semester, beginning fall 2022.

MAT 301 Introduction to Group Theory (formerly MAT 301 Fundamentals of Abstract Algebra). Prerequisites: MAT 202 and MAT 300. Definition of a group, examples of groups, commutative and noncommutative groups, subgroups, cyclic groups and cyclic subgroups, permutation groups, dihedral groups, cosets and Lagrange’s theorem, normal subgroups, group homomorphisms and group isomorphisms, quotient groups, and the isomorphism theorems. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023.

MAT 309 Combinatorics (formerly MAT 309 Discrete Mathematics II). Prerequisite: MAT 270. Basic counting principles including permutations, combinations, the multiplication and addition rules, and the pigeonhole principle; distribution problems; combinatorial proofs; counting the complement and inclusion-exclusion arguments; breaking counting problems down into smaller subproblems; generating functions; permutation groups and Polya’s enumeration theorem; combinatorial block designs. Offered occasionally, beginning fall 2023.

MAT 315 Differential Equations. Prerequisite: MAT 162 or instructor permission. Preliminary ideas of order, degree, linear/nonlinear, direction fields, and solutions; formation of differential equations; first order differential equations; second order differential equations; higher order differential equations; systems of differential equations; series solutions of differential equations. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2022.

MAT 417 Introduction to Real Analysis. Prerequisites: MAT 263 and MAT 300. Elementary real analysis, including properties and axioms of the real number system; relations and functions; sequences; continuity; differentiation; infinite series; power series; Riemann integral. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2022.

PHY 320 Introduction to Theoretical Physics. Prerequisites: PHY 108 and MAT 127 or PHY 112, or instructor permission. Introduction to advanced mathematical applications in physics: complex numbers, linear algebra, eigenvalue problems, multiple integrals, vector analysis, Fourier series and transforms, differential equations, and Legendre polynomials. Required for physics majors. Offered spring semester, beginning spring 2023.

PHY 425 Classical Mechanics. Prerequisites: PHY 310 and PHY 320, or instructor permission. Particle mechanics in one, two, and three dimensions; rigid body motions in three dimensions; motion in central fields; moving frames of reference; forced harmonic oscillators; and introduction to mechanics in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations. Offered every other fall semester, beginning fall 2023.

From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The last date to submit curricular proposals for spring 2022 review is Friday, April 8. Any proposals received after that date will be reviewed in fall 2022.

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:
FLM 510 Writing the Short Film

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:
FLM 510 Writing the Short Film

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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 2022 review.

New Course:
ENG 639 Studies of Literary Genres. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. Introduction to studies in a particular literary genre, such as the novel, poetry, drama, or film. Course content may be thematically or historically based. Offered once a year, beginning in spring 2023.

Course Revisions:
MAT 381 Probability Theory. Prerequisites: MAT 127 or MAT 162 and MAT 270.
Calculus-based introduction to the theory of probability and its applications; axioms of probability and theorems; discrete and continuous random variables; joint, marginal, and conditional distributions; independence of events; mathematical expectation; moment generating functions; and application of special probability distributions and densities. Offered fall semester, beginning fall 2023.

MED 308 Methods in the Teaching of Secondary School Mathematics. Prerequisites: Minimum of 30 hours of MAT courses with a GPA of 2.75. Minimum of 9 hours of professional courses including MED 200 and MED 307 with a GPA of 2.5. Instructor permission. Corequisite: MED 300. Introduction to research-based practices that lead to success for all students; practices that support learning in culturally responsive environments and respond to learners with unique needs; instruction that effectively integrates technology; national and state standards and standards-based curricula; national and international achievement data; assessment practices; lesson design. Offered as needed, beginning spring 2023.