February 28, 2006

TO ALL SENATORS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS - PROGRAMS - DIVISIONS - INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS, CHANCELLORS, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, AND MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND COURSES.

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.

August 30, 2005, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIV, Number 1
Item #005 Immunology and Infectious Disease, B.S., New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #019 Applied Chemistry Minor, New, Altoona (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

October 11, 2005, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIV, Number 2
Item #092 Information Sciences and Technology for Industrial Engineering Minor, New, Engineering
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost February 9, 2006--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #111 Human Development and Family Studies, B.S., Add, Change, Drop Options, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
--Life Span Human Services (add)
--Life Span Developmental Science (name change)
--Children, Youth, and Family Services (drop)
--Adult Development and Aging Services (drop)
--Community Human Services (drop)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #118 Forensic Science, B.S., Add Options, Science
--Forensic Biology
--Forensic Chemistry
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost February 17, 2006--effective Summer Session 2006.

November 22, 2005, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIV, Number 3
Item #001 Agricultural Business, Associate Degree, Change, Agricultural Sciences
The program name change to Agribusiness Management is not being requested.
Approved--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #017 Building Engineering Technology, Associate Degree, Name Change, Engineering
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost February 9, 2006--effective Summer Session 2006.

January 17, 2006, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIV, Number 4
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #029 Nanotechnology Minor, New, Engineering (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #048 CLJ 250W, Course Add, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #065 Integrated B.S. in Biotechnology-Master of Biotechnology in Biotechnology, New IUG Program, Science
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost February 17, 2006--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #068 Natural Resources Minor, New, University College (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. 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 March 30, 2006. 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
Item #002 Music Technology Minor, New, Arts and Architecture

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

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Arts, B.A., January 19, 2006, Penn State Abington is authorized to deliver the major--effective Summer Session 2006.
Business Administration, Associate Degree, February 9, 2006, University College is authorized to discontinue the offering of the following options--effective Summer Session 2006.
--Penn State Beaver: Information Systems Option
--Penn State DuBois: Accounting Option, Management Option, Marketing Option
--Penn State Fayette: Management Option, Marketing Option
--Penn State Shenango: Information Systems Option, Management Option, Marketing Option
--Penn State Wilkes-Barre: Accounting Option, Information Systems Option, Management Option, Marketing Option

For Curriculum information (guidelines, forms, etc.), visit the Senate's curriculum page at http://www.senate.psu.edu/curriculum.asp.

Michael Adewumi, Graduate School
Laurie P. Breakey, Chair, University College, DuBois
Joseph Cecere, Capital
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
Richard Englund, Behrend
Christopher J. Falzone, Vice Chair, Science
Debra Freedman, Education
John J. Hannan, Engineering
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
James Hilton, Agricultural Sciences
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Lee R. Kump, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Binh P. Le, Abington
Kidane Mengisteab, Liberal Arts
Kenneth Middlemiss, Behrend
Linda Musser, Libraries
Karthik Namasivayam, Health and Human Development
Robert A. Novack, Business
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
John Sanchez, Communications
David J. Spector, Medicine
Bonj Szczygiel, Arts and Architecture
Arkady Tempelman, Science
Horst von Dorpowski, ACUE, Education
Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Altoona
Robert A. Zambanini, Berks

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2005-2007

• 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:

United States Cultures, International Cultures, and Writing-Intensive Course Proposals
All requests for one-semester United States Cultures, International Cultures, 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:

-- Academic Year 2006-2007

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 - honors and writing intensive courses
S - First-Year Seminar courses
T - honors and first-year seminar courses
U - United States cultures and/or international cultures and honors courses
W - writing intensive courses
X - First-Year Seminar courses and writing-intensive courses
Y - United States cultures and/or international cultures and writing courses