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.

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The following legislative report was approved May 19, 2004, by President Graham B. Spanier:

Effective Date: Summer Session 2005

Proposal for Revising the Intercultural/International Competence Requirement.

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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.

March 2, 2004, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXII, Number 5
Item #005 Physics Major, New, Behrend College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

April 13, 2004, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXII, Number 6
Item #001 Toxicology Major, New, Agricultural Sciences
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost August 6, 2004--effective Fall Semester 2004.
Item #109 Secondary Education, Add two Options, Drop six Options, and Name Change of one Option, Education
--Add: Environmental Education Teaching Option, General Science Teaching Option
--Drop: Bilingual Teaching Option, French Teaching Option, German Teaching Option, Latin Teaching Option, Russian Teaching Option, Spanish Teaching Option
--Name change: Social Studies/Citizenship Education Teaching Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost August 16, 2004--effective Fall Semester 2004.

June 15 , 2004, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXII, Number 7
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #009 Surveying Engineering, Name Change, College of Engineering (HOLD)
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 Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before September 30, 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.

Charles W. Abdalla, Agricultural Sciences
Laurie P. Breakey, Vice Chair, DuBois
Douglas K. Brown, Chair, Altoona
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education and International Programs
Karen Duncan, Ex Officio
Roger A. Egolf, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Christopher J. Falzone, Science
John J. Hannan, Engineering
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Michael J. Hines, Student, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Lee R. Kump, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Binh P. Le, Abington College
Alexis A. McCune Student, Arts and Architecture
Kidane Mengisteab Liberal Arts
Robert A. Novack, Business
Mary Beth Oliver, Communications
_________, Health and Human Development
Kyle L. Peck, Education
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
David W. Russell, Commonwealth College
Loanne L. Snavely, Libraries
David J. Spector, Medicine Hershey Medical Center
Arkady Tempelman, Science
Rodney L. Troester, Behrend
Horst von Dorpowski, ACUE, Education
Warren K. Wake, Arts and Architecture
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