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February 15, 2000

Volume XXVIII

Number 5

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 24, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 3
Item #001 Agronomy Major, Drop Major, Agricultural Sciences
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 21, 2000--effective Spring Semester 2000.
Item #011 TURF 237, Course Change, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #070 ECEEM 484W, Course Change, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
Item #074 CH E 435, Course Change, Engineering (HOLD)
Item #123 Neuroscience Option, New, Biology Major, Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.

February 16, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 5
Item #036 ART 290 GA, Course Change (HOLD)

March 19, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 6
Item #030 KINES 190S GHA, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item #078 SOC 001 GS, Liberal Arts (HOLD)

April 19, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 7
Item #005 MUSIC (MUSBA), Program Change, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #006 MUSIC (MUSBM), Program Change, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #008 MUSIC ART (MUBMA), Program Change, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #066 Classical Studies Minor, Drop Minor, Liberal Arts
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 21, 2000--effective Spring Semester 2000.

August 31, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 1
Item #017A Environmental Studies Major and Environmental Studies Minor, New, Altoona College
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 21, 2000--effective Spring Semester 2000.
Item #023 Global Business Strategies for the Earth, Energy and Material Industries Minor, New Interdisciplinary Minor, Earth and Mineral Sciences/Business Administration
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 21, 2000--effective Spring Semester 2000.
Item #066 HIST 458W, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #067 L I R 136 DF, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #068 L I R 458W, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #085 PHYS 419, Course Change, Science (HOLD)

October 12, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 2
Item #004 Kinesiology Major, Wellness Development Specialization Option, New Option, Berks-Lehigh Valley (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.

November 23, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 3
Item #002 Psychological and Social Science B.A. Major, New, Abington College (HOLD)
Item #003 Psychological and Social Science B.S. Major, New, Abington College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #004 Agricultural and Extension Education, Leadership Development and Communication Option, New Option, Agricultural Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #005 Leadership Development Minor, New, Agricultural Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #014 KINES 461W, Course Add, Berks-Lehigh Valley (HOLD)
Item #015 KINES 462W, Course Add, Berks-Lehigh Valley (HOLD)
Item #035 EGEE 102 GN, Course Add, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
Item #049 Integrated Spanish B.S. and Industrial Relations and Human Resources M.S. Degree Programs, New, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #067 HIST 107 GH/MEDVL 107 GH, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #068 L I R 101 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #069 MEDVL 107 GH/HIST 107 GH, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #070 MEDVL 108 GH, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #071 PL SC 014 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)

January 11, 2000, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 4
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #012 E R M 415, Course Drop, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #014 E R M 423, Course Drop, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #016 Management Major, Human Resources Management Option and Minor Option, New Options, Business Administration (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #040 Computer Science Minor, New, Capital College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #068 PSYC 300W, Course Add, Capital College
Approved with "(or its equivalent for students transferring from outside the Penn State system)" stricken from the prerequisite.
Item #085 MA SC 475, Course Change, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #086 Media Studies Minor, New, Communications (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #089 Environmental Systems Engineering Major, Name Change, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #104 Bioengineering Major, New, Engineering (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #120A BIOE 450W, Course Add, Engineering (HOLD)
Held pending review by the University Writing Subcommittee.
Item #136 IST 240, Course Change, Information Sciences and Technology
Approved with "PREREQUISITE OR" inserted before CONCURRENT TO: IST 230.

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 March 16, 2000. 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 and approved General Education Courses and the long (up-to-400 word) course descriptions: http:// www.psu.edu/ufs/

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

Connie D. Baggett, Agricultural
Kevin Berland, Commonwealth College
Ronald Bettig, Communications
Barton Browning, Liberal Arts
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
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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College (No proposals submitted)
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College (No proposals submitted)
Arts and Architecture, College of (No proposals submitted)
Behrend College
Berks-Lehigh Valley College
Business Administration, The Smeal College of
Capital College
Commonwealth College
Communications, College (No proposals submitted)
Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of
Education, College of (No proposals submitted)
Engineering, College of
Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies (No proposals submitted)
Health and Human Development, College of
Information Sciences and Technology, School of (No proposals submitted)
Intercollege Programs (No proposals submitted)
Liberal Arts, College of the
Life Sciences Consortium (No proposals submitted)
Science, Eberly College of (No proposals submitted)
APPENDIX B
Graduate
APPENDIX C
College of Medicine
APPENDIX D
Dickinson School of Law (No proposals submitted)
SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER (No proposals submitted)

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)*

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:

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

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:

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

Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheet) Schedule
 All course and major/option/minor proposals are due in the Senate Office on the following dates:

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

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