April 14, 2009

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, the Executive Vice President and Provost, the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of 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 13, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 4
Item #012 Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S. Degree, New, Education
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 9, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.
Item #023 Ethics Minor, New, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 9, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.

February 24, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 5
Item #021 Applied Behavioral Science, B.S. Degree, Drop Option, Incorporate Option, Capital (HOLD)
--Drop Social and Human Services Option
--Incorporate requirements for Interdisciplinary Social Science Option into Major degree requirements
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

RETENTION AND TRANSFER

The following revisions to Entrance to Major requirements have been APPROVED by the Standing Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer:

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 at the Senate Office, 101 Kern Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before May 14, 2009. A copy of any written objection sent to the Committee must also be sent to the college representative of the sponsoring college. Senate Office staff will communicate the objection to the Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs. Any item to which written objection is made will be reconsidered by the appropriate committee and may be delayed for scheduling.

New Programs: Majors, Options, and Minors
Accounting, Integrated B.S./M.Acc in Accounting, New, Business
Accounting, Master of Accounting (M.Acc.) in Accounting, New, Business
Asian Area Studies Minor, Name Change, Liberal Arts
Chinese, B.A., New, Liberal Arts
Computer and Network Security, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Engineering
East Asian Studies, B.A., Name Change, Liberal Arts
Environmental Resource Management, B.S., Add two new Options, Agricultural Sciences
--Environmental Science Option
--Soil Science Option
Information Sciences and Technology, B.A., New, Information Sciences and Technology
Information Sciences and Technology, M.P.S., New, Information Sciences and Technology
Landscape Architecture, M.S., New, Arts and Architecture
Six Sigma Minor, New, Engineering
Teaching and Curriculum, M.Ed., Add New Option, Capital
--Mathematics Education Option

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
Environmental Soil Science, B.S., Drop, Agricultural Sciences
Secondary Education, B.S., Drop Citizenship Education Option and incorporate requirements into Social Studies Teaching Option.

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Professional Writing Minor, March 31, 2009, Penn State Hazleton is authorized to deliver the Minor--effective Summer Session 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

David Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Mark Ballora, Arts and Architecture
Paul Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
Ralph Crivello, (Student) Engineering
Dennis Gingrich, Medicine
Edward Glantz, Business
Martin Halstuk, Communications
John Hannan, Chair, Engineering
Harold Hayford, Altoona
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Linda Higginson, Resource, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Anne Hoag, ACUE, Communications
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Steven Peterson, Harrisburg
Henry Pisciotta, Resource, University Libraries
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
Sherry Roush, Liberal Arts
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
Peggy Van Meter, Education
Michael Wallace, (Student) Business
Mark Wardell, Graduate School
William Waterhouse, Science
Robert Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)