Following meetings of the Faculty Senate, the proposals listed below have been approved and are hereby endorsed by the President's Office.
May 2023
#424 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Resolution of the Policy for Required Credit Hours Outside Any One Department |
#423 | Academic Affairs | Approval of revisions to the BS in Music Business |
#422 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions to the BS and BA in Biology |
April 2023
#421 | Academic Affairs | Approval to Deactivate English Writing and Literature BA |
February 2023
#420 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions to the BA and BS in Computer Science |
December 2022
#419 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Resolution on WAYS 301 |
#418 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions to the Exercise Science Program |
#417 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Minor in Finance |
October 2022
#416 | Other | Approval of Resolution on a Second Shred Governance Hour |
#415 | Other | Approval of Resolution on Strategic Priorities |
#414 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions to the GIS Major |
#413 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions to the Environmental Sciences Program |
March 2022
#411 | Other | Approval of Resolution to Support Ukraine |
#410 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Dual Degree Program with KNEU |
#409 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Establishing an Academic Standing Policy for Graduate Students |
#408 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Minor in Marketing |
#407 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Minor in Forensics |
December 2021
#406 | Other | Approval of Resolution in Support of DDEI. |
#405 | Other | Approval of Resolution to Honor Dr. John Graham. |
September 2021
#412 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Graduation with Honors Policy |
May 2021
#404 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Resolution on the Academic Calendar for 2021-2022. |
#403 | Academic Affairs | Approval for Micro-Credential Policy. |
#402 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions and Distance Education Format for the MS in Education – Instructional Design and Educational Technology. |
#401 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions and Distance Education Format for the MS in Education – Literacy. |
#400 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revisions and Distance Education Format for the MS in Community Health. |
April 2021
#399 | Academic Affairs | Approval of MAT in Music Education. |
#398 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Revision to Policy on Numeric Grading. |
#397 |
Academic Affairs |
Approval of Resolution to Count Course Credits for Both Undergraduate and Graduate Program Requirements. |
March 2021
#396 | Academic Affairs | Approval for adding a low pass grade permanently to our grading system |
#395 | Academic Affairs | Approval for Academic Policy Modifications due to COVID-19 for spring 2021 only |
November 2020
#394 | Other | Approval of Resolution to raise funds for a gift to students for COVID-19 compliance. |
#393 | Other | Approval of Resolution to thank students for their COVID-19 compliance. |
#392 | Other | Approval of Resolution strongly supporting the “Message to SUNY Community about the Importance of Diversity Training” issued on October 22. |
October 2020
#389 | Academic Affairs | Approval for Revision to the Special Subjects: Art Program, including a title change to Art Education. |
September 2020
#388 | Academic Affairs | Approval for permanent catalog change of the definition of Excused Absence. |
#387 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval to extend the adjusted Emergency Withdrawal (W*) policy from Spring 2020 to the Fall 2020 term. |
#386 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval of modifications to the course audit policy for the Fall 2020 semester only. |
#385 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval to allow for Fall 2020 courses taken S/P/U to not count against and undergraduate student's S/U limit of 14 hours total. |
#384 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval to move S/P/U and WD deadline to the last day of classes, Friday, December 11, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. |
#383 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval of Continuation of the "P" - Low Pass Grade for undergraduate students that select S/U for Fall 2020 and earn a 1.0, 1.3, 1.7, as approved for Spring and Summer 2020 |
May 2020
#380 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval of a Temporary U/P/S policy for the Spring 2020 and Summer 2020 semesters. |
#379 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the SIIM (Student Initiated Interdisciplinary Major) revisions into the P.E.R.C. (Personalized Educational Results Curriculum). |
#378 | Academic Affairs | Approval of minor in Sustainability. |
#377 | Academic Affairs | Approval to discontinue inactive Adolescence Education Program. |
April 2020
#376 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval of a Temporary Change to the S/U policy for the Spring 2020 semester. |
#375 | Other | Approval of Usage of Gender Neutral Pronouns. |
#374 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Amended Diversity Attribute Policy. |
#373 | Academic Affairs | Due to COVID-19, Approval of Temporary Policy Change for Undergraduate Academic Dismissals to be Automatically Converted to Probation Status for the Spring 2020 semester. |
March 2020
#372 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Distance Education Format for MS in Management. |
#371 | Academic Affairs | Approval to discontinue Theater Education Program. |
#370 | Academic Affairs | Approval to discontinue Natural Science Program. |
#369 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Open Access Policy. |
December 2020
#367 | Student Affairs | Approval to fully endorse the optional student Green Fee and Green Fund sustainability initiatives and to hold regular elections for all faculty representatives on the Green Fund Initiative Committee. |
#366 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Minor in International Studies. |
#365 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Campus Readmission Policy Revisions. |
October 2019
#364 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Campus Textbook Policy Revisions . |
#363 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Minor in LatinX and Latin American Studies. |
#362 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Minor in Public Policy and Administration. |
#361 | Academic Affairs | Approval of a Minor in Public Policy and Homeland Security. |
April 2019
#360 | Academic Affairs | Approval of a "Diversity Rich" attribute that the Registrar will assign to courses. Approval of the formation of a committee to review the courses, a process for approval, and a commitment to ongoing assessment. |
#359 | Academic Affairs | Approval of a revision of the Tutorial Study Policy in the Academic Catalog. |
#358 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. |
March 2019
#356 | Academic Affairs | Approval of new Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership. |
February 2019
#357 | Academic Affairs | Approval to deactivate the M.S.Ed. Literacy Education program. |
February 2018
#355 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Second Degree Policy Revisions. |
December 2018
#354 | Academic Affairs | Approval of minor in Applied Mathematics. |
May 2018
#353 | Academic Affairs | Approval of minor in Graphic Design and New Media. |
#352 | Academic Affairs | Approval of minor in Disability Studies. |
#351 | Academic Affairs | Approval of minor in Sports Management. |
#350 | Academic Affairs | Approval of B.S. in Computer Science Education. |
April 2018
#349 | Academic Affairs | Approval of curricular revisions and program title change to the MS in Management (previously Organizational Performance & Technology). |
#348 | Academic Affairs | Approval of program name change to Instructional Design and Technology (formerly Educational Technology Specialist). |
#347 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the edits to the College Catalogue regarding Post-Bachelor’s Degree Admissions. |
#346 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new Social Justice minor. |
#345 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new Musical Theatre minor. |
November 2017
#344 | Academic Affairs |
Approval for the Certificate in Applied Anthropology. |
#343 | Academic Affairs |
Approval to create a new policy on course registration. |
#342 | Academic Affairs |
Approval to revise the policy on credit by examination. |
May 2017
#341 | Academic Affairs |
Approval to revise the policy revise the policy on the Maximum Number of Transfer Credits for Graduate Programs (Course Substitutions). |
#340 | Student Affairs | Approval to revise the policy on Dismissal and Future Enrollment. |
#339 | Student Affairs | Approval to create a new policy on reporting class rank. |
#338 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in College Teaching. |
#337 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the revised Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Inclusive and Special Education. |
#336 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new undergraduate education minor. |
#335 | Academic Affairs | Approval to allow the broad approach being taken by the General Education Task Force and Steering Committee to revise SUNY Potsdam’s General Education / College Requirements to continue. |
#334 | Academic Affairs | Approval to revise the policy on development, approval, and re-approval process for course offerings in the College in High School (CHS) program. |
April 2017
#333 | Academic Affairs | Approval to revise the policy on the review and approval of online courses. |
March 2017
#332 | Academic Affairs | Approval for the revision to the Master of Music in Performance (Vocal Track) Degree |
#331 | Academic Affairs | Approval for revision to the Policy on the Timing of the Issuance of Academic Standards and Dismissal |
December 2016
#330 | Academic Affairs | Approval for the Revision to the Policy on Transfer of Upper-Division Courses |
October 2016
#329a | Business Affairs | Approval to create a Fiscal Affairs Strategic Planning (FASP) committee. |
May 2016
#329 | Academic Affairs | Approval for the revisions to the Art Education Program. |
#328 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the implementation of the Probation Program. |
#327 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Policy on Awarding Credits Toward Multiple Graduate Degrees. |
#326 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Arts Management major. |
#325 | Academic Affairs | Approval for the policy regarding Student Appeal procedures. |
#324 | Academic Affairs | Approval for the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) major. |
April 2016
#323 | Academic Affairs | Approval for the curriculum changes for the Physics Department. |
February 2016
#322 | Academic Affairs | Approval to the changes to the Dismissal Policy. |
December 2015
#321 | Academic Affairs | Approval to the procedures for organizations to verify leader eligibility. |
June 2015
#320 | Academic Affairs | Revisions to the BA programs in Theatre and in Dance |
March 2015
#319a | Academic Affairs | Approval to revise the Environmental Studies minor |
#319b | Academic Affairs | Approval to revise the Environmental Studies major |
December 2014
#319 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the creation of deadlines for graduate students In Progress grades. |
#318 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the revisions to the dates for graduate students to withdraw from a course and to change their system of grading system (i.e. S/U) and alterations to undergraduate policy so that the dates of this proposal and #316 coincide. |
October 2014
#317 | Academic Affairs | Approval of a new minor in Music Composition for music students who are not composition majors. |
#316 | Academic Affairs | Revision to the dates of undergraduates to withdraw from a course and to change the system of grading (i.e. S/U), effective Spring 2015 semester. |
Following meetings of the Faculty Senate, the proposals listed below have been approved by Interim President Hefner.
June 2014
#315 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Graduate Enrollment Policies |
May 2014
#314 | Academic Affairs | Approval to the revisions to the tracks in Musical Studies |
#313 | Academic Affairs | Revision in the First Year Success Seminar, to be raised to two academic credits |
#312 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new Interdisciplinary Major in Exercise Science |
#311 | Academic Affairs | Approval of two new majors in Graphic Design and Media Arts |
#310 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new interdisciplinary minor in Arts Management |
#309 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the revisions to the Art Studio and Visual Arts Majors |
#308 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new International Studies Major |
September 2013
#307 | Academic Affairs | Approval of Community Health?s minor for Therapeutic Recreation. |
Following meetings of the Faculty Senate, the proposals listed below were approved by President Schwaller.
February 2013
#305 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Advanced Certificate in Special Education |
October 2012
#306 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the new academic policy on electronic devices in the classroom |
#304 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Biomedical Anthropology Minor |
March 2012
#303 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the addition of a January graduation date to accommodate students completing their degree requirements during Winterim. |
#302 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Fitness minor in Community Health. |
December 2011
#301 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the Environmental Technology minor in Geology. |
September 2011
#300 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the revision to one minor and the approval for three new minors in Community Health. |
March 2011
#299 | Other | Renaming the archives in Crumb Library to the College Archives. Resolution approved by College Council on February 18, 2011. |
October 2010
#298 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the BA/MST in Mathematics and Physics |
March 2010
#297 | Other | Revision to the College Sponsored Activity definition |
Revision to the Enhanced Early Alert System | ||
#296 | Academic Affairs | Approval of the M.S. Ed. Literacy Specialist program (grades B-6 and 5-12) for the Branch Campus (JCC) application |
Approval of the MST Childhood Education (grades 1-6) for branch campus (JCC) application | ||
Revision of the A.A./B.A. Childhood Education (B-6) program jointly registered with JCC, also renamed Childhood Education/Early Childhood (B-6) | ||
#295 | Academic Affairs | Policy for Minor Revisions |
Revision to the B.A. in Environmental Studies | ||
Revision to the Minor in Environmental Studies | ||
Revision to the Minor in Environmental Science | ||
Revision of the B.A. Program in Anthropology | ||
#294 | Academic Affairs | Revision to the B.A. in Art History |
Revision to the B.A. in Criminal Justice, including a name change to B.A. in Criminal Justice Studies | ||
Revision to the Criminal Justice Minor, including a name change to Criminal Justice Studies Minor | ||
Revision to the B.A. in Philosophy | ||
Revision to the Philosophy Minor |
February 2010
#293 | Academic Affairs | Revision to the M.S.Ed. in Information and Communication Technology |