April 15, 2008

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, The Executive Vice President and Provost of the University, The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of the Departments (Programs, Divisions, Intercollege Programs), Members of the Administrative Council on Undergraduate Education, and Members of The Graduate Council Committee on Programs and Courses.

I. OLD BUSINESS

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, 2008, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVI, Number 4
Item #042 Letters, Arts, and Sciences, B.A., Drop Options, Liberal Arts
--Arts
--Humanities
--Social and Behavioral Sciences
--Science and Mathematics
--Science, Technology, and Society
--Liberal Studies
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 10, 2008--effective Summer Session 2008.

February 26, 2008, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVI, Number 5
Item #001 Animal Bioscience B.S., Name Change, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #002 Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics, B.S., Drop (P-6), Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #035 Rehabilitation Services B.S., Name Change, Education (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #051 INSYS 440, Course Change, Education (Approval Pending)
Item #068 CMPEN 475, Course Add, Engineering (Approval Pending)

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. Changes in existing course offerings will become effective 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 Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before May 15, 2008. 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.

New Programs: Majors, Options, and Minors
Arboriculture Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.S. Add Options, Science
--Biochemistry
--Molecular and Cell Biology
Biology, B.S., Option Name Changes, Behrend
--From Ecology Option to Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Option
--From Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Option to Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry Option
--From Pre-Professional Option to Accelerated Health Programs Option
Communication and Media Studies, B.A., Name Change, Behrend
Disability Studies Minor, New, Intercollege Program
Education and Public Policy, B.S., New, Education
Energy Business and Finance, B.S., Add Option, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--Energy Systems
Entomology Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences
Interdisciplinary Business and Engineering, B.S., New, Behrend
Journalism, B.A., Add Options, Communications
--Broadcast Journalism
--Print Journalism
--Visual Communication

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
Dietetic Food Systems Management, Associate Degree, Drop, Health and Human Development

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Nursing, B.S., February 25, 2008, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is authorized to offer the degree--effective Summer Session 2008.
Applied Psychology, B.A., March 4, 2008, Penn State Hazleton is authorized to deliver the degree--effective Fall Semester 2008.
Business, B.S., April 10, 2008, Penn State Abington, Altoona, Berks, and the University College are authorized to deliver the degree via the World Campus with the Management and Marketing Option--effective Spring Semester 2009.

For curriculum information (guidelines, forms, etc.), visit the Senate's curriculum page at http://www.senate.psu.edu/curriculum.asp.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

Christine C. Avery, Libraries
David M. Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Paul E. Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
John Hannan, Chair, Engineering
Anne M. Hoag, ACUE, Communications
Martin Halstuk, Communications
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Jessica Mallen, Student, Communications
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Robert Novack, Business
Steven A. Peterson, Harrisburg
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
Sherry L. Roush, Liberal Arts
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
David J. Spector, Medicine
Peggy Van Meter, Education
Jack Vickrey, Student, Agricultural Sciences
Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Altoona
Charles Youmans, Arts and Architecture
Robert A. Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)