February 24, 2009

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, the Executive Vice President and Provost, the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of 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 18, 2008, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 3
Item #011 Environmental Systems Engineering, B.S. Degree, Add two new Options, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--Environmental Systems Engineering Option
--Environmental Health and Safety Engineering Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost January 20, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.
Item #026 German, B.S. Degree, Add new Option, Liberal Arts
--Applied German Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost January 20, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.
Item #027 International Politics, B.A. Degree, Add three new Options, Liberal Arts
--International Relations Option
--National Security Option
--International Political Economy Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost February 17, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.
Item #029 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Minor, New, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost January 20, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.

January 13, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 4
Item #012 Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S. Degree, New, Education (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #023 Ethics Minor, New, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #025 Sexuality Studies Minor, New, Liberal Arts-WITHDRAWN BY COLLEGE
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 at the Senate Office, 101 Kern Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before March 26, 2009. A copy of any written objection sent to the Committee must also be sent to the college representative of the sponsoring college. Senate Office staff will communicate the objection to the Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs. Any item to which written objection is made will be reconsidered by the appropriate committee and may be delayed for scheduling.

New Programs: Majors, Options, and Minors

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
Applied Behavioral Science, B.S., Drop Option, Penn State Harrisburg
--Social and Human Services Option

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Information Sciences and Technology, B.S. , February 17, 2009, the College of Information Sciences and Technology is authorized to deliver the degree via the World Campus--effective Summer Session 2009 with the following Option:
--Information Technology: Integration and Application Option
Letters, Arts, and Sciences, B.A., February 17, 2009, Penn State Harrisburg is authorized to deliver the degree--effective Summer Session 2009
Theatre, B.A., February 17, 2009, Penn State Berks is authorized to deliver the degree--effective Fall Semester 2009
Nursing, B.S., February 17, 2009, Penn State Altoona is authorized to deliver the degree--effective Fall Semester 2009, with the following Option:
--Second or Additional Degree Option

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

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

David Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Mark Ballora, Arts and Architecture
Paul Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
Ralph Crivello, Engineering
Dennis Gingrich, Medicine
Edward Glantz, Business
Martin Halstuk, Communications
John Hannan, Chair, Engineering
Harold Hayford, Altoona
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Linda Higginson, Resource, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Anne Hoag, ACUE, Communications
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Steven Peterson, Harrisburg
Henry Pisciotta, Resource, University Libraries
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
Sherry Roush, Liberal Arts
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
Peggy Van Meter, Education
Michael Wallace, Business
Mark Wardell, Graduate School
William Waterhouse, Science
Robert Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)