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.

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 23, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 3
Item #070 MEDVL 108 GH, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)

August 29, 2000, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 1
Item #068 CMLIT 153 GH;GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts
Approved -- effective Summer Session 2001.
Item #084 Information Sciences and Technology for Mathematics Minor, New, Science
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 21, 2001--effective Fall Semester 2001.

November 21, 2000, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 3
Item #001 Business Administration, Change, Altoona College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 12, 2001--effective Summer Session 2001.
Item #013 English, Name Change, Capital College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 19, 2001--effective Summer Session 2001.
Item #014 Psychology, Add Options, Capital College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 24, 2001--effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #063 Mathematics, Change, Science (HOLD)

January 16, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 4
Item #009 Interdisciplinary Humanities, Name Change, Capital College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 24, 2001--effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #010 ENGL 200W, Course Add, Capital College
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #083 MATH 140D, Course Add, Science
Approved with change in course number to MATH 142 -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #084 MATH 140E, Course Add, Science
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #085 MATH 141D, Course Add, Science
Approved with change in course number to MATH 143 -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #086 MATH 141E, Course Add, Science
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 2001.

February 13, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 5
Item #001 Computer Science, New, Behrend College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 9, 2001--effective Summer Session 2001.
Item #002 Software Engineering, New, Behrend College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 9, 2001--effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #011 Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, Name Change, Berks-Lehigh Valley (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

March 13, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 6
Item #002 Digital Arts and Information Sciences and Technology, New, Arts and Architecture
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #005 LARCH 410, Course Add, Arts and Architecture
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item #029 French, Add Option/Drop Option, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

April 10, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 7
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item # 009 WFS 209, Course Change, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item # 026 EDTHP 115A GS, Course Add, Commonwealth College
Approved with a GS listing, but without the GI listing -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
Item # 030 Information Sciences and Technology for Telecommunications Minor, New, Communications (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item # 034 COMM 479, Course Add, Communications
Proposal withdrawn by Department.
Item # 049 Electronic and Photonic Materials Minor, New, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item # 060 S T S 250, Course Add, Engineering (HOLD)
Item # 062 Information Sciences and Technology for HR&IM Minor, New, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item # 063 Kinesiology, Change Teacher Preparation Option, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item # 063A HD FS (AAA S) (PSY) 251 GI, Course Add, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item # 069 KINES 446 GI, Course Add, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item # 092 AAA S (HD FS) (PSY) 251 GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item # 097 GREEK 101, Course Add, Liberal Arts
Approved with change in abbreviated title to "Ancient Greek I."
Item # 098 GREEK 102, Course Add, Liberal Arts
Approved with change in abbreviated title to "Ancient Greek II."
Item # 107 PSY (AAA S) (HD FS) 251 GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item # 111 ANTH 100, Course Change, Liberal Arts
Approved with a change in title to "Anthropology Museum Studies."
Item # 114 CAMS 140, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item # 115 CAMS 150, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item # 132 LING 001 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item # 133 PSY 213 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item # 169 STAT 240, Course Change, Science (HOLD)

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, 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, 101G Kern Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before July 15, 2001. 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.

Phyllis F. Adams, Agricultural Sciences
Alison C. Altman, Student
Kevin Berland, Commonwealth College -- representative for Fall 2000
R. Thomas Berner, Communications -- representative for Spring 2001
Ronald Bettig, Communications -- representative for Fall 2000
Douglas K. Brown, Altoona
Barton Browning, Liberal Arts
Garry L. Burkle, ExOfficio
Jeremy Cohen, ACUE -- representative for Fall 2000
Robert G. Crane, Earth and Mineral Sciences/ACUE -- representative for Spring 2001
Brian Curran, Arts and Architecture
Jennifer L. Flinchbaugh, Student
Gary J. Fosmire, Health and Human Development
William Frank, Earth and Mineral Sciences -- representative for Fall 2000
George W. Franz, Delaware County/Commonwealth College
Louis F. Geschwindner, Chair
Sally Heffentreyer, Resources
J. Daniel Marshall, Vice Chair/Education
Kathleen Mastrian, Shenango -- Spring 2001
Robert D. Minard, Science
Robert A. Novack, Business Administration
Judith Ozment Payne, Abington
Sheila E. Ridley, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Howard Sachs, Capital and Graduate School
Richard J. Simons, Hershey Medical Center
Shelley M. Stoffels, Engineering
James B. Thomas, Information Sciences and Technology
Rodney Troester, Behrend
Diane Zabel, Libraries

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2001-2002

• 294/494 - Research Topics
• 295/395/495 - Internships
• 296/496/596 - 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:

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:

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