<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-3d912015-7fff-ffe3-b185-0a6895e34117"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All students completing the Cardinal Core Curriculum will need to complete 6 credits of CCC classes at the 300 or 400 level. These classes CAN double-dip with major requirements. In addition, there are many majors that will need these to come from courses outside of their own discipline. Most students who began in the Cardinal Core Curriculum in Fall 2021 will be ready to start upper-level CCC courses in Fall 2022, however there are still limited selections being offered.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We need your help in expanding the number of 300 or 400 level courses in CCC. Upper division CCC courses should be accessible to a wide range of students, but can include an expectation of some level of "academic maturity." Appropriate prerequisites could include completion of a course in the applicable CCC category (e.g., completion of a course in Human Communities) or a minimum class standing (e.g., sophomore standing or above). Courses will primarily be rooted in the liberal arts and sciences and should be aimed at exploring multiple points of view around a topic.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please reach out to me or Shawna Mefferd-Kelty, chair of the General Education Committee (we are filling in as points of contact while Wendy Gordon the CCC coordinator is on sabbatical) with any questions or ideas you have regarding the Cardinal Core Curriculum. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">JoAnn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>JoAnn Gleeson-Kreig, PhD</b></font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial">Kehoe 807</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial">518-564-2195</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">101 Broad Street</a></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</a></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><br></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018.jpg" class="gmail-CToWUd"></b></p>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