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February 16, 1999
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Volume XXVII |
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 Blue Sheets. 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)
February 23, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 5
Item #016 - Technology Integration Minor for Pre-Service Teachers
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Spring Semester 1999.
Item #032 - H P A 394W (HOLD)
March 20, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 6
Item #048A - COMM 187H (HOLD)
Item #064 - Minor in Law and Liberal Arts
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
April 17, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 7
Item #001 - Major in Landscape Contracting (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
Item #034 - Major in Nursing (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
September 1, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 1
Item #007 - ENT 456
Approved -- effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #012 - Major and Minor in Criminal Justice (CJBA), Altoona College
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #013 - Major in Criminal Justice (CJBS), Altoona College
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #013A- Major in Criminal Justice (2 CJ), Altoona College
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Items #014-026 - CJ 100, CJ 210, CJ 220, CJ 230, CJ 297, CJ 420, CJ 430, CJ 460, CJ 494, CJ 495, CJ 496,CJ 497, CJ 498
Approved--effective Spring Semester 1999.
Items #058-061 ART H 211, ART H 212, ART H 213, ART H 214 (HOLD)
Item #063 - Major in Computing Information Science and Technology, Berks-Lehigh Valley College
Approved with change in name to Computing Technology and Science (BSCTS) and change in objective.
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #064 - Major in Culture Studies, Berks-Lehigh Valley College
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
Item #93 - Major in Jewish Studies (HOLD)
Reviewed by the Board of Trustees at its meeting of January 22, 1999--effective Summer Session 1999.
October 13, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 2
Item #002 - ENT 429 (HOLD)
Item #008 - Architecture Studies Minor (HOLD)
Item #017 - Major in Biology (Pre-Professional Option) (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #053 - BIOL 429 (HOLD)
November 24, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 3
Item #001 - Agronomy Major, College of Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #002 - ENT 313
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 1999
Item #008 - TURF 230
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 1999
Item #010 - PPATH 318
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 1999
Item #015 - Theatre Arts Major, College of Arts and Architecture
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 1999.
Item #054 - Accounting Major, The Smeal College of Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 1999.
Item #059 - ACCTG 200
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 1999.
Item #060 - ACCTG 204
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 1999.
Item #070 - ECEEM 484W (HOLD)
Item #071 - ECEEM 490 (HOLD)
Item #072 - ECEEM 491 (HOLD)
Item #077 - Communication Disorders Major, College of Health and Human Development
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 1999.
Item #094 - New Major in Japanese, College of the Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
Item #096 - French Major, College of the Liberal Arts
Approved -- effective Summer Semester 1999.
Item #097 - Drop Major in Prelaw, College of the Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #098 - Sociology Major, College of the Liberal Arts
Approved -- effective Summer Semester 1999.
Item #123 - Biology Major, New Neuroscience Option, Eberly College of Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
The following Course Proposals were placed on HOLD pending receipt of the up-to-400 Words Descriptions:
Item #011 - TURF 237January 12, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 4
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:
Item #003 - Major in Environmental Soil Science (HOLD)
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 (863-0221) on or before March 19, 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.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS
Ronald Bettig (CM)
Garry L. Burkle (EX-OFFICIO)
Louis J. Campbell III (AL)
Peter Deines, Chair (EM)
Richard B. Englund (BD)
Gary J. Fosmire (HH)
George W. Franz (CC)
Dennis Gouran (LA)
Sally Heffentreyer (RESOURCE)
Gretchen Kline (STUDENT)
Darla Lindberg (AA)
Herberta M. Lundegren (ACUE)
J. Daniel Marshall (ED)
Norbert Mayr (WS)
Robert A. Novack (BA)
Henry O. Patterson (BL)
Judith Ozment Payne (AB)
M. Susan Richman (CL)
Shelley M. Stoffels (EN)
Jessica L. Stuart (STUDENT)
James Thomas (IST)
Roger P. Ware (SC)
Diane Zabel (LIBRARIES)
Gregory R. Ziegler (AG)
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
Behrend College
Berks-Lehigh Valley College
Business Administration, The Smeal College of
Capital College (No proposals submitted)
Commonwealth College
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
Information Sciences and Technology, School of
Intercollege Programs (No proposals submitted)
Liberal Arts, College of the(No proposals submitted)
Life Sciences Consortium (No proposals submitted)
Science, Eberly College of (No proposals submitted)
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
Visit the Senate's home page for a listing of the 1998-99 curricular deadlines: www.psu.edu/ufs/
CURRICULAR DEADLINES
1998-99
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 at the Senate Office four (4) weeks prior to registration:
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Summer Session 1998 and Fall Semester 1998 |
May 5, 1998 |
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Spring Semester 1999 |
December 11, 1998 |
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Summer Session 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 |
May 5, 1999 |
Cultural Diversity and Writing-Intensive Course Proposals
All requests for one-semester offerings should be submitted to the Curriculum Coordinator at the Senate six (6) weeks prior to registration:
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Summer Session 1998 and Fall Semester 1998 |
May 5, 1998 |
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Spring Semester 1998 |
November 20, 1998 |
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Summer Session 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 |
April 16, 1999 |
Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheet) Schedule
All course and major/option/minor proposals are due in Senate Office on the following dates:
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August 21, 1998 |
for the September 1, 1998 issue |
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October 2, 1998 |
for the October 13, 1998 issue |
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November 13, 1998 |
for the November 24, 1998 issue |
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December 23, 1998 |
for the January 12, 1999 issue |
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February 2, 1999 |
for the February 16, 1999 issue |
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March 5, 1999 |
for the March 19, 1999 issue |
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April 9, 1999 |
for the April 19, 1999 issue |
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*The following alpha letters have been reserved for identifying special types of 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 (cannot be used for common course numbers)
T - both an honors and a First-Year Seminar course (cannot be used for common course numbers)
U - both diversity focused by section and honors
V - diversity focused by section offering
W - writing intensive courses
Y - both diversity focused by section and writing intensive