January 12, 2010

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.

October 6, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVIII, Number II
Item #002 Turfgrass Science and Management, Associate of Science (A.S.), New, Agricultural Sciences
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost

November 17, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVIII, Number III
Item #001 Environmental Resource Management, B.S., Add new Option, Agricultural Sciences
-- Water Science Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost
Item #034 ENGL 211; Tabled pending information from Penn State Berks

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 February 11, 2010. 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
Agricultural Biosecurity, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, New, Agricultural Sciences
Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies, Dual-Title Graduate Degree (Ph.D), New, Liberal Arts
Art Education, M.P.S., New, Arts and Architecture
Comparative Literature and Asian Studies, Dual-Title Graduate Degree (Ph.D), New, Liberal Arts
Geographic Information Systems, M.G.I.S., Add new Option, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--Geospatial Intelligence Option
German and Language Science, Dual-Title Graduate Degree (Ph.D), New, Liberal Arts
History and Asian Studies, Dual-Title Graduate Degree (Ph.D), New, Liberal Arts
Homeland Security, I.M.P.S., New, Medicine
Psychology and Language Science, Dual-Title Graduate Degree (Ph.D), New, Liberal Arts
Special Education, Integrated B.S/M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction, New, Education
Turfgrass Management, M.P.S., New, Agricultural Sciences


Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
Economics, B.S., Drop, Business

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Letters, Arts and Sciences, A.S., November 24, 2009, Penn State Schuylkill is authorized to discontinue offering the degree offered by Harrisburg (2LACA) and deliver the degree offered by the University College (2LACC) -- Effective Spring Semester 2010
Labor and Employment Relations, B.A., November 24, 2009, College of the Liberal Arts is authorized to deliver the degree through the World Campus -- Effective Spring Semester 2010
Labor and Employment Relations, B.S., November 24, 2009, College of the Liberal Arts is authorized to deliver the degree through the World Campus -- Effective Spring Semester 2010

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 (2009-2010)

David Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Mark Ballora, Arts and Architecture
Paul Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
John Coupland, Agricultural Sciences
Dennis Gingrich, Medicine
Michel Haigh, Communications
Harold Hayford, Altoona
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Brian Hesse, Liberal Arts
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Linda Higginson, Resource, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Gul Kremer, Engineering
Alexandra Kuchler, (Student) Education
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Robert Novack, Business
Judith Ozment, Resource, Schreyer Honors College
Steven Peterson, Harrisburg
Gerald Santoro, Information Sciences and Technology
Karla Schmit, Resource, Libraries
Robert Shannon, Cahir, Agricultural Sciences
Christopher Teats, (Student) Harrisburg
Peggy Van Meter, Education
William Waterhouse, Science
Robert Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)