Fall 2022 Cumulative Curricular Actions

School of Art and Design

Communication Design Pathways

  • Update prerequisites of AD 381 Creative Principles, 3 cr., 6 studio/lab hrs., from CD 217 or CD 216 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of AD 383 Strategy Planning and Brand Campaigns, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from CD 216 or CD 217 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Online delivery of CD 114 Presentation Graphics for Built Environments, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Online delivery, update course of study of CD 215 Design Studio II, 3 cr., 6 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update co-requisites of DE 216 Foundation in Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update co-requisites of GD 216 Foundation in Graphic Design, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from DE 216 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of GD 331 Typography and Language, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from CD 273 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of GD 332 Design in Cultural Context, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from CD 235 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of GD 345 Core Studio I: Design and Methodology, 3 cr., 6 studio/lab hrs., from CD 217 or CD 216 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Blended delivery of PK 302 Packaging Design for Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved

Spatial Experience Design, BFA Degree Program:

    • Drop EN 323 Specialized Writing and Thesis Preparation, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from Liberal Arts in Semester 7
    • Change Liberal Arts English requirement from EN323 to English: 3 credits. CHOICE of 200- or 300-level EN writing course in Semester 7
    • Change choice - see Foreign Language*, 3 cr., to choice - see Liberal Arts / Foreign Language* G8 in Semester 7
    • Change choice - see Foreign Language*, 3 cr., to choice - see Liberal Arts / Foreign Language* G8 in Semester 8
    • Change Liberal Arts - Foreign Language: 6 credits. to Foreign Language or Modern Languages and Cultures:  6 credits. 
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Fabric Styling

  • Inactivation of FS 000 Fabric Styling, 1-3 cr., 1-3 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 321 Fashion Knit Design, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 322 Fashion Knit Design, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 424 Home Fashion Design, 3 cr., 6 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 431 Fabric Styling II, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 432 CAD for Woven and Print Styling, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 433 Digital Presentation for the Fabric Stylist, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FS 453 Professional Presentation, 1.5 cr., 3 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved

Fashion

  • New course FD 301 Sustainable Design Concepts, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: Students develop and design apparel using sustainable design practice while incorporating innovative methods utilizing previously constructed products and unconventional materials. Students explore new possibilities expanding their own personal aesthetic. Students collaborate on a group project focused on sustainable and design practice, small economy, and community engagement. Students research and collaboratively develop wearable apparel and accessories for now or the near future specifically addressing the impact of climate change, environmental, and societal impact. In the culmination of this course students will engage in an individual research project that reflects an understanding of the design's impact from fiber to finished design.
    Proposed General Education: None
    Minor(s): None
    Type of Course: Major Area Elective and Related Area Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • New course FD 302 Designing For Innovation, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This class is designed as an elective for BFA students in the Fashion Department. Students develop design solutions using emerging technologies, including software, innovative materials and new methods of production. Incorporating advanced techniques in the initial module, students create innovative prototypes of functional solutions using methods and materials that can aid or support their wearer. Students collaborate on researching a new idea in design innovation, utilizing cutting-edge materials and/or tools. Students work together to develop and execute wearable items that address a need ( i.e., health and wellness, seated design, service work, protection, agriculture). In the culmination of this course, students select or create a brand label and design an innovative product with an aesthetic true to the company’s vision. 
    Proposed General Education: None
    Minor(s): None
    Type of Course: Major Area Elective and Related Area Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of JD 117 Enameling for Contemporary Jewelry, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from JD 101 to JD 101 or JD174
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Change course description and prerequisites of JD 122 Jewelry Casting, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from JD 121 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved

Fine Arts
Fine Arts BFA Degree Program:

    • Update writing electives from CHOICE of EN 321, EN 361, EN 362, EN 363, EN 364, or FI 256, 3cr. 3 lec. hrs., to any 200- or 300- level EN Writing Course 3cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
      Action: Approved

Illustration and Interactive Media

Creative Technology Minor:

    • Remove AD 364 Digital Media Advertising, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    • Add a choice CT 305 Digital Design: Visual Communication, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs. or CT 322 Digital Design: Visual Storytelling, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to the minor. 
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

Interior Design

Interior Design 2-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Remove HA 112 History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. from Art and Design History requirements
    • Add “Any 100-level HA course (3 credits, required)” to Art and Design History course requirements
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
      Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of ID 431 Computer Rendering, 1.5 cr., 3 studio/lab hrs., from VP 311 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    Action: Approved

Textile/Surface Design

  • Update learning outcomes and course of study of TD 113 Textile Surface Design: Styles & Sources, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of TD 313 Advanced Photoshop and Illustrator, 3 cr., 6 studio/lab hrs., from TD 224 or TD 114 and TD 271 to TD 224 or TD 114 and TD 207
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved

School of Business and Technology

Cosmetics Fragrance Marking

  • Online delivery of CM 251 The Business of Beauty 360°, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship for the Fashion and Design Industries, BS Degree Program:

    • Drop EN 323 Specialized Writing and Thesis Preparation, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from Liberal Arts - Writing choice
    • Add EN 368 Intentional Objects: Writing About Things, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs to to Liberal Arts - Writing choice 
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Fashion Business Management

  • New course FM 100 Fashion Industry Fundamentals, 3 cr., 3 lec. Hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None 
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This course covers the evolution of fashion, market segmentation, relationships between industry sectors and retailers. Students will explore career paths and emphasize the importance of personal branding. Studies will culminate by exploring the global supply chain from concept to consumer focusing on sustainability and ethics.
    Proposed General Education: None
    Minor(s): None
    Type of Course: Major Area Required
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 117 Introduction to Fashion Marketing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 212 Case Studies in Fashion Marketing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 224 Merchandising Math Applications, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 225 Fashion Merchandising, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 244 Product Development, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 262 Contemporary Retail Management, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FM 268 Team Development Workshop, 2.5 cr., 2 lec., 1 studio/lab hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update student learning outcomes, and update prerequisites of FM 328 Merchandising for Multichannel Retailing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from FM 224 and FM 225 to FM 203 or FM 224 and FM 206 or FM 225
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • New course FM 331 Technology and Transformation in Fashion Management, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: Let’s reimagine fashion! The metaverse is changing the fashion business, and the industry is poised to build upon the blockchain revolution. Digital identities, the Internet of Things, and robotics are altering the nature of fashion products. This course explores these exciting technological transformations and their implications for fashion business practices.
    Proposed General Education: None
    Minor(s): None
    Type of Course: Major Area Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved

Fashion Business Management, 1-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Drop choice - see Related Area Elective* from related area in semester 1
    • Add choice - see Major Area Elective* to Major Area in Semester 1
    • Drop choice - see Major Area Elective* from Major Area in Semester 2
    • Add choice- see Related Area Elective* to Related Area in Semester 2
    • Remove FM 212 Case Studies in Fashion Marketing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from list of Major Area Electives
    • Add CM 251 The Business of Beauty 360°, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., MG 153 Excel for Business, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., and PM 121 Patternmaking I: Misses’ and Women’s Wear, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs., to list of Related Area Electives
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Fashion Business Management 1-Year AAS degree program:

    • Drop FM 108 First Year Experience I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from major area in semester 1
    • Add new course FM 100 Fashion Industry Fundamentals, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.,  to major area in semester 1
    • Drop FM 109 First Year Experience II, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from major area in semester 2
    • Add choice- see Major Area Elective*, 3 cr., to major area in semester 2
    • Major area electives increase from 3 cr. to 6 cr.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
      Action: Approved

Fashion Business Management, 2-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Add CM 251 The Business of Beauty 360°, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., MG 153 Excel for Business, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., PH 162 Photographic Styling, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., and PM 121 Patternmaking I: Misses’ and Women’s Wear, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs., to list of Related Area Electives
    • Drop FM 212 Case Studies in Fashion Marketing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from list of Major Area Electives
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Home Products Development

Home Products, BS degree program:

    • Drop choice - see Requirements*: Liberal Arts Elective(s), 6 credits, from Liberal Arts in Semester 7
    • Add EN 365 Research Writing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., or EN 343 Advanced Public Speaking, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to Liberal Arts in Semester 7
    • Add SS 206 Psychology of Consumer Behavior, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to Liberal Arts in Semester 7
    • Drop choice - see Requirements*: Liberal Arts Elective(s), 3 credits, from Liberal Arts in Semester 8
    • Add PL 300 Business Ethics, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to Liberal Arts in Semester 8
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Marketing Communications

Advertising and Marketing Communications, 2-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Drop American History requirement from General Education choice
    • Add SS 206 Psychology of Consumer Behavior, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to Social Sciences choice
    • Add SS 131 General Psychology, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to General Education in Semester 2
    • Update General Education - choice from 6 to 3 credits in Semester 2
    • Update History of Art and Civilization choice to CHOICE of any HA 100-level course
    • Add AC 222 Sales Promotion, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to list of Major Area Electives choice
    • Increase Social Sciences requirement in major from 6 to 9 credits
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Advertising and Marketing Communications BS Degree Program:

    • Drop SS 237 Industrial Psychology, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from Liberal Arts Electives choice
    • Add American History choice of EN 271 Literature and History: The Development of American Culture to 1865, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., EN 272 Identity in America: History and Literature, 1865 to Present, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., EN 274 Voices of Civil Rights in American History, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., or EN 335 Working Women in the United States: 1865 to Present, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., or HI 202 U.S. History: Civil War-Present, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., HI 203 Distant Neighbors: A History of Latin America and the U.S., 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., HI 391 U.S. History and Culture: 1860 to Present, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., HI 392 Religion and Religious Dissent in American History to the Civil War (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., HI 393 New York City and the Invention of America (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., or HI 394 Rebellion and Resistance in America (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    • Correct verbiage under the Note: section for bridge courses by replacing the word 'or' with 'and'.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Production Management

Production Management: Fashion and Related Industries, AAS 2-Year Degree Program:

    • Drop SC 112 Earth Science, 3.5 cr., 3 lec, 1 studio/lab hrs., from General Education in Semester 2
    • Add choice: see Requirements* : Liberal Arts / Science, 3-3.5 cr., to General Education in Semester 2
    • Drop BL 343 Introduction to Business Law, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from Related Area Electives choice
    • Add TT 261 Performance Textiles, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to Related Area Elective choice
    • Drop EN 231 Short Fiction, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., EN 232 Perspectives on American Literature, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., and EN 233 Poetry, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from General Education - English choice
    • Add EN 201 Organizational Communication and Workplace Relationships, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., and EN 203 Your Digital Life: Online Literacies for a Networked World, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to General Education - English choice
    • Add SC 101 Biodesign: Innovation at the Intersection of Science and Design, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., SC 202 The True Cost: A Product’s Life Cycle and the Science of Sustainability, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., SC 253 Ecology and Environmental Problems, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to General Education - Science choice
    • General Education options, changes from 27.5 to 27-27.5 credits
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Technical Design

  • Update prerequisites of PM 221 Computerized Production Patternmaking, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs., from PM 121 or approval of program coordinator to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of PM 236 Patternmaking: Coats and Suits I, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs., from PM 121 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of PM 237 Patternmaking: Coats and Suits II, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs., from PM 122 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of PM 255 Fit Analysis and Technical Documentation, 2 cr., 4 studio/lab hrs., from PM 233 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of PM 283 Patternmaking for Knit Garments, 2 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from PM 122 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved

Textile Development and Marketing

  • Update course description, learning outcomes, and course of study of TS 131 Textile Principles for the Fashion Designer, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Online delivery of TS 215 The History of Textile Trade and Technology, 2 cr., 2 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved

Textile Development and Marketing 1-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Add OR class option in major area required in semester one. Option is for TT 247 Color Creation and Sustainable Applications, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., or TT 261 Performance Textiles, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
      Action: Approved

Textile Development and Marketing 2-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Add OR class option in major area required in semester two. Option is for TT 247 Color Creation and Sustainable Applications, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., or TT 261 Performance Textiles, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
      Action: Approved

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Educational Skills

  • Update course description, learning outcomes and add new SUNY General Education Framework for ES 129 College Composition, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Communication - Oral and Communication - Written
    Action: Approved

English and Communication Studies

  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for EN 142 Composition and Rhetoric (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec., hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Communication - Oral, and Communication - Written
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description of EN 201 Organizational Communication and Workplace Relationships, 3 cr., 3 lec. Hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, learning outcomes and add new SUNY General Education Framework for EN 202 Women Write New York City, 3 cr.,3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
    Action: Approved
  • Update prerequisites of EN 230/FI 204 Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from none to EN 121 or ES 129 or equivalent
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, learning outcomes and add new SUNY General Education Framework for EN 258 Introduction to Performance Studies, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Humanities, and Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, learning outcomes and add new SUNY General Education Framework for EN 279 Women's Writing: 1900 - Present, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, learning outcomes, add course to LGBTQIA Studies minor, and add new SUNY General Education Framework for EN 304 Writing as Activism (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of EN 323 Specialized Writing and Thesis Preparation, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
    Action: Approved

Communication Studies, Minor:

    • Add EN 251 Theater Arts, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Approved

Women and Gender Studies, Minor:

    • Add new course FI 212 Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to minor.
    • Add new course FI 323 Sexuality in Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to minor
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

Film, Media, and Performing Arts

  • New course FI 212 Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This lecture/screening class examines the idea of clothing as a cultural performance, as it intersects with gender as masquerade. It will explore the relationships between cross-dressing and theatricality, the way in which clothing constructs (and deconstructs) gender and gender differences, and the performativity of gender.
    General Education: Approved for G7:Humanities
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities
    Minor(s): Film and Media Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Fashion History, Theory and Culture, and Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Studies
    Type of Course: Major Area Elective and Related Area Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • New course FX 213 Second-Year Production II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs. 
    Prerequisite(s): FX 212
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: Building on production skills developed in Second-Year Production I, this course focuses on documentary and creative nonfiction filmmaking. Students will learn all the crucial steps of production from the development of ideas and research through editing and post- production. Students will complete three short documentaries including a biographical portrait, a social change documentary, and a creative nonfiction piece.
    Proposed General Education: None
    Minor(s): None
    Type of Course: Major Area Required
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of FX 232 Documentary Film Production, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Summer 2024
    Action: Approved
    Online delivery of PE 149 Meditation I, 1 cr., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study of PE 216 History of Ballet and Modern Dance, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved

Film and Media Studies, Minor:

    • Add proposed new course FI 212 Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to minor.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Approved

Film and Media 2-Year AAS Degree Program:

    • Drop FX 232 Documentary Film Production, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., from major area in Semester 4,
    • Add new course FX 213 Second-Year Production II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to major area in Semester 4, 
      Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
      Action: Approved

Film and Media BS Degree Program:

    • Add IC 497 Senior Internship, 3 cr. 3 lec. hrs., to the list of Major/Related Area Electives.
    • Replace IC 497 Senior Internship, 3 cr. 3 lec. hrs. in semester 6 with an additional required Major/Related Elective
      Requested Date of Implementation: Pending Fall 2023
      Action: Approved

History of Art

  • Update course title and SUNY GE requirements HA 112 from History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era to History of European Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • New course HA 115 Crossroads: Global Art and Its Histories, 1450-1750, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This course introduces the art histories of global cultures,1450-1750. Students think critically about the impact of cultural exchanges and colonization on art, religion, politics, and societal values. Diverse cultural definitions of art and artists are explored, with focus on perspectives from Eurasia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands.
    General Education: Approved for G7:Humanities and G9: Other World Civilizations
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, World History and Global Awareness
    Minor(s): History of Art
    Type of Course: Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 116 Indigenous Art of North America, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • New course HA 117 East Asian Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This course introduces the major characteristics and artistic traditions of East Asian countries. Through lectures and surveys, students will examine the historical, religious, and social aspects of these civilizations. Consideration will be given to how East Asian countries respond to the arts of their neighbors, near and far, in comparison with other major civilizations. Emphasis is placed on art techniques and materials unique to East Asian art.
    General Education: Approved for G7:Humanities and G9: Other World Civilizations
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Minor(s): History of Art and Asian Studies
    Type of Course: Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, learning outcomes, and update course title of HA 204 from History of East Asian Costume to History of East Asian Dress, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 205 Italian Art in Context, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, learning outcomes, and add new SUNY General Education Framework for HA 211 Asian American Art and Design, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, and United States History and Civic Engagement
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 214 Art In New York, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of HA 216 American Indian Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. Course was renumbered to HA 116
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY GE requirements of HA 219 African American Art, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice, Humanities, and US History and Civic Engagement
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of HA 221 East Asian Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY GE requirements of HA 225 Art and Civilization of India, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 229 Korean Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY General Education Framework to HA 231, update course title from Modern Art to Modern Art in Europe and North America, 3 cr., 3 lec. Hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World History and Global Awareness and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 240 Modern and Contemporary Korean Art, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • New course HA 242 Andean Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This course explores the art and visual culture of the South American Andes (modern-day Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia), from their origins through the Inka and European invasion, with an emphasis on textiles. The class will also examine ceramics, metalwork, and stone that express fundamental aspects of Indigenous philosophy and cosmovision.
    General Education: Approved for G7:Humanities and G9: Other World Civilizations
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, World History and Global Awareness
    Minor(s): History of Art, Latin American Studies
    Type of Course: Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY General Education requirements of HA 245 Art of the United States, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2024
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 271 Japanese Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, update learning outcomes, and update prerequisites of HA 303 Tradition and Innovation in Asian Art and Design, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from HA 112 or HA 221 to HA 112, HA 115, or HA 117 Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, and update learning outcomes of HA 309 History of Business in the Visual Arts: 1800-2000 (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY GE Framework, update learning outcomes, and  update prerequisites, of HA 331 Contemporary Art and Culture: 1945 to the Present, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. from HA 112 to HA 112 of HA 115 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of HA 341 History of Minor Arts/Crafts, 3 cr., 3 lec., hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course title, description and course of study of HA 344 European Fashion: Ancient Origins to Modern Styles, 3 cr, 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY GE requirements and prerequisites of HA 344 European Fashion: Ancient Origins to Modern, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities, and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, learning outcomes, add course to Ethnic Dress minor, update prerequisites from HA 111 or HA 112 or HA 121 or HA 221 or HA 225 or HA 226 or HA 229 or HA 271 qualification for the Presidential Scholars Program (3.5 GPA or higher) to Any of the following: HA 111, HA 112, HA 115, HA 117, HA 121, HA225, HA 226, HA229, or HA271 and qualification for the Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA and permission of Dean of Liberal Arts, and add new SUNY General Education Framework for HA 383 Art of the Silk Road: Cross-Cultural Encounters (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of HA 384 American Narratives in New York City Museums (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY General Education requirements and prerequisites of HA 385 Racism and Antiracism in Public Art and Architecture of the United States (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.; update prerequisite from HA 112 and qualification for Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts to Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, Humanities, US History and Civic Engagement
    Action: Approved
  • Inactivation of HA 392 The Art of Venice: Titian to Tiepolo (Honors), 3 c.r, 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY GE requirements of HA 397 Studies in Maya Art and Culture (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Update SUNY GE requirements of HA 462 Art and Ethics, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice, and Humanities
    Action: Approved

Art History and Museum Professions, BS Degree Program:

    • Drop IC 497 Senior Internship: Career Planning, 3 cr., from Related Area in semester 8
    • Add choice - see Requirements*: Major/Related Area Elective(s) to Major Area in semester 8
    • Add CHOICE of 300- or 400- HA course not previously taken, or IC 497 to list of Major/Related Area Electives
      Requested Date of Implementation: Pending Fall 2023 
      Action: Approved

Ethics and Sustainability, Minor:

    • Add FM 480A Structural Racism and the Challenges of Diversity in the Fashion Business Retail Industry, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Not Approved - Temporary special topics course not to be permanently added to minor

Fashion History, Theory, and Culture, Minor:

    • Add new course FI 212 Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to minor.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Approved

History of Art, Minor:

    • Add proposed new course HA 115 Crossroads: Global Art and Its Histories, 1450-1750, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor.
    • Add new course HA 242 Andean Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

Modern Languages and Cultures

  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for AB 111 Arabic I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for AB 112, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for AB 122 Arabic Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for CH 111 Chinese I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for CH 112 Chinese II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for CH 122 Chinese Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for CH 213 Chinese III, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for CH 214 Chinese IV, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for CH 223 Chinese Conversation II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for FR 111 French I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Add new SUNY General Education Framework to HA 231, update course title from Modern Art to Modern Art in Europe and North America, 3 cr., 3 lec. Hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World History and Global Awareness and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for FR 122 French Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for FR 213 French III, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for FR 214 French IV, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for FR 223 French Conversation II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for IT 111 Elementary Italian, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, course description and add new SUNY General Education Framework to IT 112 Italian II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for IT 113 Made in Italy: Italian Language through Food, Fashion and Film, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for IT 122 Italian Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for IT 213 Italian III, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, course description, update prerequisites from IT 214 or equivalent to IT 213 or 223 or permission of the instructor, and add new SUNY General Education Framework to IT 311 Italian for Business, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for IT 312 Italian Fashion Culture, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 111 Japanese I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 112 Japanese II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 113 Japanese Conversation in Japan, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 122 Japanese Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 213 Japanese III, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 214 Japanese IV, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for JA 223 Japanese Conversation II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC 200 Mediterranean Crossings: Migration, Integration, and Social Unrest, 3 cr., 3 lec. Hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, World History and Global Awareness and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC/FI 201 Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Offer MC 202 Rome: The Making and Unmaking of the Eternal City in Rome, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., as a study abroad course in Rome
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for MC 202 Rome The Making and Unmaking of the Eternal City, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World History and Global Awareness and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC 203 Gender as Performance: Representation of Masculinities in Latin American/Latinx Theatre, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, World History and Global Awareness, and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC 206 Arab Literature and Culture: An Introduction, 3 cr., 3 lec., hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, World History and Global Awareness, and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework, and  propose course for SUNY General Education to MC/FI 207 Devouring the Screen: Food in Film, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Pending SUNY General Education: G6: The Arts 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for MC 208 Paris Imagined and Real, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and World History and Global Awareness 
    Action: Approved
  • Update course title of MC 211 from Inventing Places: Spatial Myths in Brazilian Cinema to Brazilian Cinema: Inventing Places and Spatial Myths, 3 cr,. 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., and add new SUNY General Education Framework
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, World History and Global Awareness, and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for MC 251/FI 246/IT 251 Italian Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Offer MC 262 Revolution as Spectacle: Mexico, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., as a study abroad course in Mexico
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC 303 Black in Paris: African American, African, and Caribbean Writers in the City of Lights (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, Humanities and World History and Global Awareness
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for MC 305 Tang Poetry and Calligraphy: Classical Traditions of China (618-907 CE), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World History and Global Awareness, The Arts, and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course title of MC 306 from Narratives of Global Capital: Francophone Africa from the 1960's to the Present to Africa: Contemporary Voices in Francophone Culture, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC 306 Africa: Contemporary Voices in Francophone Culture, 3 cr., 3 lec. Hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, World History and Global Awareness, and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC/SS 308 White Gold: Sugar, Power and the Creation of Atlantic Capitalism (Interdisciplinary), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, Social Sciences, and World History and Global Awareness and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework to MC 313 Writing Women of the Italian Renaissance, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, update prerequisites from none to any FI, HA ,or MC course, add new SUNY General Education Framework, add course to Women and Gender Studies Minor, and update course title of MC 331/FI 335 from Film Genres: Melodrama to Emotion Pictures: Film and Television Melodrama, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.,Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: The Arts and Humanities
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for MC 345 Food for Thought: Gastronomy in Italian Literature and Culture, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: Humanities and World History and Global Awareness 
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for PO 111 Portuguese I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, course description, and add new SUNY General Education Framework to PO 112 Elementary Portuguese II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for PO 122 Portuguese Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for SP 111 Spanish I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study, course description and add new SUNY General Education Framework to SP 112 Spanish II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for SP 122 Spanish Conversation I, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for  SP 141 Spanish for Spanish Speakers I, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Online delivery of SP 142 Spanish for Spanish Speakers II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for  SP 213 Spanish III, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course of study and add new SUNY General Education Framework for SP 214 Spanish IV, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved
  • Update course description, learning outcomes, and add new SUNY General Education Framework for SP 223 Spanish Conversation II, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023 
    SUNY GE Framework Fall 2024 Implementation: World Languages
    Action: Approved


Latin American Studies, Minor:

  • Add new course HA 242 Andean Art and Civilization, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
     Action: Approved


Science and Mathematics

  • New course SC 103 Environmental Justice Through the Lens of Chemistry, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Mathematics Proficiency
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: In this course, a descriptive chemical and biochemical approach will be used to explore environmental chemistry, and further students' understanding of ethics, social injustice and sustainability. Selected case studies of environmental injustice will set a context for their learning and understanding of science. Specific examples of industrial processes, their environmental impacts, and the safety of consumer products are some of the environmental concerns that will drive students' exploration of science.
    Proposed General Education: Pending: G3 Natural Sciences
    Minor(s): Ethics & Sustainability
    Type of Course: Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
    Action: Approved


Mathematics, Minor:

    • Add MA/HA 272 Islamic Art and Mathematics (Interdisciplinary), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to the minor
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

Sustainable Materials and Technology, Minor:

  • Creation of new minor Sustainable Materials and Technology (SM&T)
    The Sustainable Materials and Technology (SM&T) Minor offers all FIT students the opportunity to gain an understanding to evaluate the different types of challenges faced by our societies through fundamental scientific knowledge and practice applying this to real-world scenarios and problems.
    • Required Courses:
      • SC 102 Climate Change, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      • SC 202 The True Cost: A Product’s Life Cycle and the Science of Sustainability, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
    • Electives:
      • CS 100 Societal Impact of Computing, Security, and Ethics, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • SC 100 Wired, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      • SC 101 Biodesign: Innovation at the Intersection of Science and Design, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      • SC 201 Plants, Pollinators, and People, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • SC 203 Disease Ecology in a Changing World, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • SC 204 Designing with Emerging Materials (Interdisciplinary), 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      • SC 245 Chemistry of the Everyday World, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • SC 253 Ecology and Environmental Problems, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • HA 319 Art History and Conservation, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • ID 472 Ecology and the Built Environment, 2 cr., 1 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
      • SS 302 Economics of Energy and Fossil Fuels, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • SS 336 Psychology for Sustainability, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
      • TT 247 Color Creation and Sustainable Applications, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs.
        Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
        Action: Approved

Social Sciences

  • Update prerequisites of HI 204 Leisure in America, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., from EN 121 or ES 129 to none
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • New course HI 212 America at Night, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: Nights are different. Throughout American history, nighttime has been more fun, dangerous, and revealing of our unconscious. Learn about electric light and its historical consequences: 24-hour manufacturing, new leisure activities, changes in sexual and gender practices. Learn to help people suffering common afflictions of the night: depression, addiction, isolation.
    Proposed General Education: G10: American History and G7: Humanities
    Minor(s): American Studies and History
    Type of Course: Liberal Arts Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • New course SS 314 Economics of Art and Culture, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Prerequisite(s): SS 141 and SS 242
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This course reviews economic theory and its application to the arts and culture sectors. Students explore topics related to supply and demand analysis, market structure in the cultural sector, consumer behavior, the role of the economic agents in the art industry, and public support for the arts. The course examines the economic concept of the value and its application in arts, including how art trades in the market, whether art is a good investment or not, how art is financed, and what role art plays in the local community and economy.
    Proposed General Education: Pending G4: Social Sciences
    Minor(s): Economics, History of Art
    Type of Course: Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved
  • New course SS 400 Economics of Recreation, Leisure, and Tourism, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SS 242, and SS/MC 304
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Description: This course offers students an application-oriented introduction to the economics of recreation, leisure, and tourism through a comprehensive analysis of the market mechanism, demand, supply, and consumer behavior. Throughout the course, students learn to master core economic theories essential for understanding the recreation, leisure, and tourism industry, firm and consumer behavior and strategy, business transactions and their economic impact, and the role of government.
    General Education: Approved for G4: Social Sciences
    Minor(s): Caribbean Studies, Economics
    Type of Course: Elective
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
    Action: Approved

American Studies, Minor:

    • Add new course HI 212 America at Night, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Approved

Caribbean Studies Minor:

    • Add SS 400 Economics of Recreation, Leisure, and Tourism, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. to the minor. 
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

Economics Minor:

    • Add SS 400 Economics of Recreation, Leisure, and Tourism, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. to the minor.
    • Add SS 314 Economics of Art and Culture, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. to the minor  
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

Ethnic Dress in a Global Context, Minor:

    • Add HA 383 Art of the Silk Road:  Cross-Cultural Encounters (Honors), 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Approved

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Studies, Minor:

    • Add new course  FI 212 Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema, 3 cr., 2 lec., 2 studio/lab hrs., to minor.
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023
      Action: Approved

History, Minor:

    • Add new course HI 212 America at Night, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs., to minor
      Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
      Action: Approved

School of Graduate Studies

Art Market Studies

  • Update course title, description, learning outcomes and course of study of AM 533 Market Structures and Dynamics, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved

Global Fashion Management

  • Inactivation of GF 511 Fashion for Global Markets, 3 cr., 4.5 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Winter 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Update course title, course description and course of study of GF 551 Global Supply Chain and Sourcing, 3 cr., 3 lec.hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Change course title, description, learning outcomes, and course of study of GF 561 21st Century Marketing, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Fall 2023
    Action: Approved
  • Blended delivery of GF 602 Capstone III: Applied Research, 2 cr., 2 lec. hrs. 
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
    Action: Approved
  • Blended delivery of GF 612 Financial Management, 3 cr., 3 lec. hrs.
    Requested Date of Implementation: Spring 2023 
    Action: Approved