August 28 , 2007

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.

November 21, 2006, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 3
Item #109 MGMT 425/IST 425/ENGR 425/ENTR 425, Course Add, Business (HOLD)
Item #110 MGMT 426/IST 426/ENGR 426/ENTR 426, Course Add, Business (HOLD)

January 16, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 4
Item #227 I E 306, Course Change, Engineering
Approved academically with prerequisites of I E 305 and I E 322--effective Spring Semester 2008.

March 20, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 5
Item #095 EDTHP 425, Course Add, Education (Approval Pending)

April 10, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 6
Item #005 FORT 260, Course Add, Agricultural Science
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #020 ART 314, Course Change, Arts and Architecture (Approval Pending)
Item #464 Integrated Labor Studies and Employment Relations, B.S., and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. Degree Program, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #466 Integrated Spanish B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. Degree Programs, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

June 12 , 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 7
The entire Curriculum Report was approved.

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 September 27, 2007. 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
Meteorology B.S., Add Option, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--Weather Risk Management.
Information Sciences and Technology for Aerospace Engineering Minor, New, Engineering/Information Sciences and Technology.

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
None.