TO ALL SENATORS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS - PROGRAMS - DIVISIONS - INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS, CAMPUS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, AND MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND COURSES.

Questions concerning items that have been held must be resolved within a 90-day period following the approval date of the Senate Curriculum Report. The proposals will be returned to the presenting departments if the hold is not resolved by the end of the 90-day period unless an extension of the hold is granted by the Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs.

January 15, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 4
Item #001A Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

April 8, 2003, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 7
Item #032 HLHED 401, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #033 HLHED 402, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #034 HLHED 405, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #035 HLHED 463, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #036 HLHED 464, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #037 HLHED 468, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #038 HLHED 471, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #039 HLHED 475, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #040 HLHED 479, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #041 HLHED 482, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #042 HLHED 483, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #043 HLHED 485, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)

October 14, 2003, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXII, Number 2
Item #029 Applied Behavioral Science Major, Add two Options, Capital College (HOLD)
--Interdisciplinary Social Science Option
--Social and Human Services Option
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.

January 20, 2004, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXII, Number 4
Item #002 AN SC 421, Course Add, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #032 Meteorology, Add Two Options, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--Atmospheric Sciences Option
--Environmental Meteorology Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 16, 2004--effective Summer Session 2004.

March 2, 2004, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXII, Number 5
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #003 Music Major (MUSBM), Add Three Options/Drop One Option, Arts and Architecture
-- Keyboard Instruments Option
-- Strings, Winds, Brass and Percussion Instruments Option
-- Voice Option
Drop -- Performance Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #004 Nanoscience Minor, New, Behrend College (HOLD)
Item #007 BIOBD 395A, New Course, Behrend College (REJECTED)
Item #005 Global Studies Minor, New, Berks-Lehigh Valley College (HOLD)
Item #015 Psychology Major, Drop Two Options, Capital College
– Experimental Psychology Option
– Psychological Services Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #017 Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology Major, Add Three Options, Capital College
-- Construction Management Option
-- Structural Design Option
-- General Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #034 Business Administration Major, New, Commonwealth College
-- Management Option
-- Marketing Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #036 Human Development and Family Studies, Associate Degree, Add Option, Commonwealth College
-- Early Childhood Care and Education Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #044 Film Studies Minor, New, Communications and Liberal Arts
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #051 Deafness and Hearing Studies Minor, New, Health and Human Development
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

II. NEW BUSINESS

The Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs is considering the attached proposals. New majors, options, and minors become effective following the approval of the Executive Vice President and Provost; new courses and courses being dropped become effective the first semester following the approval of this Report unless otherwise specified, the date upon which changes in existing offerings will become effective is the date of the first published Schedule of Courses listing the changed course, unless written objection is received by the University Curriculum Coordinator Sherry F. Walk (sfw2@psu.edu) at the Senate Office, 101G Kern Building (863-1202) on or before May 13, 2004. A copy of any written objection sent to the Committee must also be sent to the college representative of the sponsoring college. The University Curriculum Coordinator will communicate the objection to the Chairperson of the Committee. Any item to which written objection is made will be reconsidered by the appropriate committee and may be delayed in becoming available for scheduling; however, reconsideration of any specific item will not affect the scheduling date of other items here listed.

Christopher S. Adams, Student, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Phyllis F. Adams, Agricultural Sciences
Laurie P. Breakey, Vice Chair, DuBois
Douglas K. Brown, Altoona
Barton W. Browning, Liberal Arts
Garry L. Burkle, Ex Officio
Chao-Hsien Chu, Information Sciences and Technology
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education and International Programs
Valerie A. Earnshaw, Student, Liberal Arts
Roger A. Egolf, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Christopher J. Falzone, Science
Edgar I. Farmer, Education
David J. Green, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Binh P. Le, Abington College
Robert A. Novack, Business Administration
Mary Beth Oliver, Communications
Robert D. Ricketts, Health and Human Development
David W. Russell, Commonwealth College
Richard J. Simons, Jr., Hershey Medical Center
Loanne L. Snavely, Libraries
Shelley M. Stoffels, Chair, Engineering
Bonj Szczygiel, Arts and Architecture
Rodney L. Troester, Behrend
Horst von Dorpowski, ACUE, Education
Mark L. Wardell, Graduate School
Matthew T. Wilson, Capital

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2004-2005

• 294/394/494/594 - Research Topics
• 295/395/495/595 - Internships
• 296/396/496/596 - Independent Studies
• 097/197/297/397/497/597 - Special Topics
• 098/198/298/398/498/598 - Special Topics
• 099/199/299/399/499/599 - Foreign Studies

All requests for special titles should be submitted to the Curriculum Coordinator, e-mail ID univfs@psu.edu, at the Senate Office four (4) weeks prior to registration:

Intercultural and International Competence and Writing-Intensive Course Proposals
All requests for one-semester Intercultural and International Competence and Writing course offerings should be submitted to the Curriculum Coordinator at the Senate Office six (6) weeks prior to registration:

Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheet) Schedule
All course and major/option/minor proposals are due in the Senate Office on the following dates:

A-G,I,K - special topics courses
H - honors courses or sections
J - individualized instruction courses
L,P,R - lecture, practicum (or laboratory), recitation sections
M - both an honors and a writing intensive course
S - First-Year Seminar course
T - both an honors and a first-year seminar course
U - both diversity focused by section and honors
V - intercultural and international competence courses by section offering
W - writing intensive courses
X - First-Year Seminar courses and writing-intensive courses
Y - both diversity focused by section and writing intensive