When submitting curricular proposals, please be sure to check all appropriate boxes and fill in all relevant areas on course, program, or minor approval routing forms. If a course is IF infused (INF), please indicate which infusions are being requested. Please make certain the titles of submitted curricular items match the proposal form titles on all routing forms.

Submitters are responsible for ensuring that this information is correct and that the respective associate dean has checked its accuracy before sending it on to the College Senate Office. The Senate Office reviews all items before publishing them in the Daily Bulletin, but the office is not responsible for information that is listed incorrectly on original forms.

All curricular templates and routing forms for courses, major programs, and minor programs are available on the College Senate website.

Several outstanding curricular items remain from the 2014–2015 academic year that were approved pending revisions (APR)* by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. The College Senate Office requests that all schools and departments please follow up with these outstanding APRs. If you received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the previous College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, please respond in a timely manner so that your curricular proposal can move forward to the final local** approval process if the expectation is for the course to be offered in spring 2016. The respective associate dean must sign all routing forms and provide paper and electronic copies of updated course descriptions reflective of the revisions requested by the Curriculum Committee. The College Senate thanks those schools that have followed up with APRs from last year.

Several curricular items are awaiting revisions before they can be finalized and advanced to the president. Please check with your associate dean or department chair to ensure that these are completed. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

*Curricular items that were approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee pending minor revisions.

**All programs must meet SUNY guidelines; SUNY reviews are conducted in Albany, following local reviews. Approval or denial of all programs is at the discretion of SUNY.

When submitting a course proposal, please make sure that the assigned prefix number has not been used in the past. The Registrar’s Office requires that all prefixes be new and previously unused. If a prefix must be changed after a course proposal has been submitted to the College Senate Office, the routing form does not need to be resubmitted. The prefix number can be changed on the original submitted routing form; however, this must be done before the review and approval process is complete to ensure that the correct number will be entered in Banner.

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 Revisions:
B.F.A. Photography, BFA-AH PHO
Minor in Photography, PHO

New Course:
EDT 608 Distance Education Methods and Tools

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 and approval:

New Course:
EDT 608 Distance Education Methods and Tools

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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:

Program Revision: 
M.P.A. in Public and Nonprofit Management, MPA-NS

New Courses:
PAD 503 Introduction to Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Focus on bringing students up to the writing standards necessary in the fields of public and nonprofit organizations. Introduction to the field and the processes used for planning, writing, editing, revising, and analyzing professional papers, reports, and digital documents in order to refresh and enhance students’ professional development.

PAD 604 Nonprofit Management and Governance. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Examination of nonprofit (third-sector) organizations and their role in society; management issues including strategic leadership, governance, organizational attributes, accountability, and ethics. Primary emphasis on U.S. organizations, with consideration of this sector’s increasingly global nature.

PAD 608 Intergovernmental Relations. Prerequisite: PAD 500. The federal system of government, intergovernmental relations, and intergovernmental management. The constitutional basis for American federalism, the evolution of American federal relations, policy making in the American system, fiscal federalism, role of local and state governments, cooperation and conflict in managing the delivery of public services, and contemporary challenges.

PAD 646 Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Theory and practice of strategic planning and management for the public and nonprofit sectors; conceptual framework for developing, managing, and evaluating the strategic planning process; development of strategic management skills supporting decision making and goal achievement.

PAD 647 The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. History of the voluntary, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors and the role they play in American and international society; history, structure, and theoretical (economic, political, philosophical, and social) basis for nonprofit and voluntary sectors; interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives of this evolving and complex sector.

PAD 700 Migrations Policy. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and admission to the M.P.A. program. Domestic and international challenges of migration; historical context; dilemmas faced by governments, IGOs, and INGOs in addressing population movement; and regional challenges. Special emphasis on U.S. migration policy.

PAD 704 Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and admission to the M.P.A. program. International human rights and humanitarian assistance covering legal aspects and major practical and policy considerations.

The chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee has initiated new forms for submitting curricular proposals through the College Senate. Forms for new and revised program and course proposals streamline, clarify, and correct information in all categorical areas. Associate deans have been informed of these updates and will be able to guide departments with questions or concerns.

When submitting curricular proposals, please be sure to check all appropriate boxes and fill in all relevant areas on course, program, or minor approval routing forms. If a course is IF infused (INF), please indicate which infusions are being requested. Please make certain the titles of submitted curricular items match the proposal form titles on all routing forms.

Submitters are responsible for ensuring that this information is correct and that the respective associate dean has checked its accuracy before sending it on to the College Senate Office. The Senate Office reviews all items before publishing them in the Daily Bulletin, but the office is not responsible for information that is listed incorrectly on original forms.

All curricular templates and routing forms for courses, major programs, and minor programs are available on the College Senate website.

Several outstanding curricular items remain from the 2014–2015 academic year that were approved pending revisions (APR)* by the College Senate Curriculum Committee. The College Senate Office requests that all schools and departments please follow up with these outstanding APRs. If you received a request to revise your submission (a.k.a. green revisions or APRs) from the previous College Senate Curriculum Committee chair, Karen Sands-O’Connor, please respond in a timely manner so that your curricular proposal can move forward to the final local** approval process if the expectation is for the course to be offered in spring 2016. The respective associate dean must sign all routing forms and provide paper and electronic copies of updated course descriptions reflective of the revisions requested by the Curriculum Committee. The College Senate thanks those schools that have followed up with APRs from last year.

Several curricular items are awaiting revisions before they can be finalized and advanced to the president. Please check with your associate dean or department chair to ensure that these are completed. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

*Curricular items that were approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee pending minor revisions.

**All programs must meet SUNY guidelines; SUNY reviews are conducted in Albany, following local reviews. Approval or denial of all programs is at the discretion of SUNY.

When submitting a course proposal, please make sure that the assigned prefix number has not been used in the past. The Registrar’s Office requires that all prefixes be new and previously unused. If a prefix must be changed after a course proposal has been submitted to the College Senate Office, the routing form does not need to be resubmitted. The prefix number can be changed on the original submitted routing form; however, this must be done before the review and approval process is complete to ensure that the correct number will be entered in Banner.

When submitting a course proposal, please make sure that the assigned prefix number has not been used in the past. The Registrar’s Office requires that all prefixes be new and previously unused. If a prefix must be changed after a course proposal has been submitted to the College Senate Office, the routing form does not need to be resubmitted. The prefix number can be changed on the original submitted routing form; however, this must be done before the review and approval process is complete to ensure that the correct number will be entered in Banner.