June 14, 2005

TO ALL SENATORS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS - PROGRAMS - DIVISIONS - INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS, CAMPUS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, 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.

November 23, 2004, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIII, Number 3
Item #012 Mathematics Applications Minor, New, Altoona
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 3, 2005--effective Summer Session 2005.

January 18, 2005, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIII, Number 4
Item #161 Media Studies, New IUG Program, Communications
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 4, 2005--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #229 IN SC 431, Course Add, Great Valley
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #230 IN SC 463, Course Add, Great Valley
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #231 IN SC 480, Course Add, Great Valley
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #232 Health Policy and Administration, New IUG Program, Health and Human Development
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 3, 2005--effective Summer Session 2005.

March 15, 2005, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIII, Number 5
Item #009 Business, New, Berks-Lehigh Valley (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #016 ADTED 456, Course Add, Education
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #017 ADTED 457, Course Add, Education
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #018 ADTED 458, Course Add, Education
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.
Item #019 ADTED 459, Course Add, Education
Approved--effective Summer Session 2005.

April 12, 2005, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIII, Number 6
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #007 English, Add Option/Drop Option, Behrend (HOLD)
-- Professioinal Writing (add)
-- Creative Writing (drop)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #043 Communications Minor, New, Capital (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #044 Secondary Education Social Studies, Change Name of Option, Capital (HOLD)
-- Social Studies
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #053 C ART 428, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #054 C ART 430, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #055 C ART 431, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #057 C HIS 320, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #066 C MUS 325, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #067 C MUS 326, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #077 PHLOS 345, Course Drop, Capital
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #152 Bioethics and Medical Humanities Minor, New, Intercollege Programs (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #153 Law and Society, New, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #154 Philosophy, Change Name of Option, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
-- Jutice, Law, and Values
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 May 12, 2005. 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.

Charles W. Abdalla, Agricultural Sciences
Laurie P. Breakey, Vice Chair, DuBois, Commonwealth
Douglas K. Brown, Chair, Altoona
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education and International Programs
Karen Duncan, Ex Officio, University Registrar
Roger A. Egolf, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Christopher J. Falzone, Science
Kelly Gregg, Student, Arts and Architecture, Spring 2005
John J. Hannan, Engineering
Abul Hasan, York, Commonwealth
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Michael J. Hines, Student, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Lee R. Kump, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Binh P. Le, Abington
Alexis A. McCune, Student, Arts and Architecture, Fall 2004
Kidane Mengisteab, Liberal Arts
Karthik Namasivayam, Health and Human Development
Robert A. Novack, Business
Mary Beth Oliver, Communications
Kyle L. Peck, Education
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
Loanne L. Snavely, Libraries
David J. Spector, Medicine
Bonj Szczygiel, Arts and Architecture, Spring 2005
Arkady Tempelman, Science
Rodney L. Troester, Behrend
Horst von Dorpowski, ACUE, Education
Warren K. Wake, Arts and Architecture, Fall 2004
Mark L. Wardell, Graduate School
Matthew T. Wilson, Capital

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2005-2006

• 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:

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