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August 31, 1999
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Volume XXVIII |
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SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT
(Blue Sheets)
TO ALL SENATORS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS - PROGRAMS - DIVISIONS - INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS, CAMPUS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, DEANS OF RESIDENT INSTRUCTION, 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, 1997, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 3
Items #134-137 - PLPHY 508, 509, 510, 511 (HOLD for crosslistings)
March 20, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 6
Item #048A - COMM 187H (HOLD)
April 17, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 7
Item #001 - Major in Landscape Contracting, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
September 1, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 1
Items #058-061 ART H 211, ART H 212, ART H 213, ART H 214
Approved--effective Summer Session 1999.
October 13, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 2
Item #002 - ENT 429 (HOLD)
Item #008 - Architecture Studies Minor, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #053 - BIOL 429
Approved without crosslisting--effective Fall Semester 1999.
November 24, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 3
Item #001 - Agronomy Major, Drop Major, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #040 - Manufacturing Technology, New Associate Degree Major, Behrend College
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of July 12-13, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #070 - ECEEM 484W (HOLD)
Item #094 - Japanese, New Major, Liberal Arts
Reviewed by Board of Trustees at it meeting of May 14, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #123 - Neuroscience Option, New, Biology Major, Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
The following Course Proposals remain on HOLD pending receipt of the up-to-400 Words Descriptions:
Item #011 - TURF 237
Item #056 - ACCTG 406
Item #057 - ACCTG 432
Item #074 - CH E 435
Item #075 - E E 429
Item #076 - E E 453
January 12, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 4
Item #003 - Environmental Soil Science Major, Name Change, Agricultural Sciences
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of July 12-13, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #007 - Dance Minor, Name Change, Arts and Architecture
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of July 12-13, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
February 16, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 5
Item #001 - Agricultural and Extension Education Major, Name Change, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #001A - Youth and Family Education Minor, Name Change, Agricultural Sciences
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of July 12-13, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #035 - ART 270 (GA), Course Change, Arts and Architecture
Approved--effective Spring 2000.
Item #036 - ART 290 (GA), Course Change (HOLD)
Item #045 - A B E 494H, Course Add, College of Engineering (HOLD)
March 19, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 6
Item #007 CJ 100 GS, Course Change, Altoona (HOLD)
Item #008 CJ 220 GS (HOLD)
Item #024 - Education Policy Studies Minor, New Minor, Education
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of July 12-13, 1999--effective Fall Semester 1999.
Item #030 KINES 190S GHA, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item #040 NURS 464 GHA, (REJECTED)
Item #078 SOC 001 GS, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
April 19, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 7
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:
II. NEW BUSINESS
The Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs is considering the attached proposals. New majors, options, and minors become effective following review by the Board of Trustees; 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, Birch Cottage (863-1202) on or before September 30, 1999. 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.
Visit the Senate's home page for a listing of proposed General Education Courses 400-Word Descriptions: http:// www.psu.edu/ufs/
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS
Connie D. Baggett, Agricultural
Kevin Berland, Commonwealth College
Ronald Bettig, Communications
Garry L. Burkle, Ex Officio
Robert G. Crane, Earth and Mineral Sciences/ACUE
Todd D. Ellis, Student
Richard B. Englund, Behrend
Donald E. Fahnline, Altoona
Gary J. Fosmire, Health and Human Development
George W. Franz, Delaware
Louis F. Geschwindner, Chair
Lisa C. Hatcher, Student
Sally Heffentreyer, Resources
Margaret M. Lyday, Liberal Arts
J. Daniel Marshall, Vice Chair/Education
Annette K. McGregor, Arts and Architecture
Robert D. Minard, Science Representative
Henry O. Patterson, Berks-Lehigh
Judith Ozment Payne, Abington
M. Susan Richman, Capitol
Howard Sachs, Graduate School
Shelley M. Stoffels, Engineering
Arkady Tempelman, Science
James B. Thomas, Information Sciences and Technology
Linda K. Trevino, Business Administration
Diane Zabel, Libraries
APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College (No proposals submitted)
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College
Arts and Architecture, College of
Behrend College
Berks-Lehigh Valley College (No proposals submitted)
Business Administration, The Smeal College of
Capital College (No proposals submitted)
Commonwealth College (No proposals submitted)
Communications College (No proposals submitted)
Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of
Education, College of
Engineering, College of
Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies (No proposals submitted)
Health and Human Development, College of (No proposals submitted)
Information Sciences and Technology, School of
Intercollege Programs (No proposals submitted)
Liberal Arts, College of the
Life Sciences Consortium (No proposals submitted)
Science, Eberly College of
APPENDIX B
Graduate
APPENDIX C
College of Medicine (No proposals submitted)
APPENDIX D
Dickinson School of Law (No proposals submitted)
SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER
CURRICULAR DEADLINES
1999-2000
Common course Numbers (for which special titles may be given--as a one-semester offering--using one of the following letter suffixes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K)*Intercultural and International Compentence and Writing-Intensive Course Proposals
Summer Session 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 - May 1, 1999 Spring Session 2000 - December, 10 1999 Summer Semester 2000 and Fall 2000 - May 3, 2000
Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheet) Schedule
Summer Semester 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 - April 16, 1999 Spring Session 2000 - November 19, 1999 Summer Semester 2000 and Fall Semester 2000 - April 14, 2000
Proposal Due Date
Record Publication Date
SCCA Meeting Date
August 19, 1999
for the August 31, 1999 Issue
September 14, 1999
September 30, 1999
for the October 12, 1999 Issue
October 26, 1999
November 11, 1999
for the November 23, 1999 Issue
December 7, 1999
December 21, 1999
for the January 11, 2000 Issue
February 1, 2000
February 3, 2000
for the February 15, 2000 Issue
February 29, 2000
March 2, 2000
for the March 14, 2000 Issue
March 28, 2000
March 30, 2000
for the April 11, 2000 Issue
April 25, 2000
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*The following alpha letters have been reserved for identifying special types of courses: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