June 12, 2007

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, The Executive Vice President and Provost of the University, The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of the Departments (Programs, Divisions, Intercollege Programs), Members of the Administrative Council on Undergraduate Education, and Members of The Graduate Council Committee on Programs and Courses.

Special Announcements:

There are six Uniform Course Abbreviation (UCA) disciplinary proposals published on this Report. Four of the UCA proposals were approved by the Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs (SCCA) earlier this spring and inadvertently deleted from the January 16 and March 6, 2007, Senate Curriculum Reports: Art, Civil Engineering Technology, Marketing, and Spanish. Two of the UCA proposals were approved at the April 24, 2007, meeting of SCCA: Accounting and Criminal Justice.

The Retention and Transfer Subcommittee approved changes to the academic entrance requirements for the seven College of Business majors: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Supply Chain and Information Systems. Specific information regarding the changes is published under the Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer on this Curriculum Report. The entrance to major requirements for the seven majors will become effective for new admits beginning Fall Semester 2007.

Effective academic year 2007-2008, all colleges are required to submit course add, change, and drop proposals through the Course Submission and Consultation System (CSCS).

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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 21, 2006, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 3
Item #109 MGMT 425/IST 425/ENGR 425/ENTR 425, Course Add, Business (HOLD)
Item #110 MGMT 426/IST 426/ENGR 426/ENTR 426, Course Add, Business (HOLD)

January 16, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 4
Item #001 Community, Environment, and Development, B.S., New, Agricultural Sciences
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 26, 2007--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #227 I E 306, Course Change, Engineering (Approval Pending)

March 20, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 5
Item #001 Horticulture, B.S., Change, Agricultural Sciences
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #035 Elementary Education, Change, Capital College
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #052 EET 312, Course Add, Capital College
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #053 EET 320, Course Change, Capital College
Approved academically--effective Spring Semester 2008.
Item #073 Energy Engineering, B.S., New, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 7, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #074 Energy Engineering Minor, New, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 7, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #095 EDTHP 425, Course Add, Education (Approval Pending)
Item #114 Kinesiology Minor, Name Change, Health and Human Development
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 7, 2007--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #115 Business and the Liberal Arts Minor, Name Change, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 6, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #116 Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Option Name Change, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 7, 2007--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #117 Rhetoric Minor, New, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 7, 2007--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #129 L A 200, Course Add, Liberal Arts
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2007.
Item #203 SPAN 300W, Course Change, Liberal Arts
Approved academically--effective Spring Semester 2008.
Item #204 SPAN 301W, Course Change, Liberal Arts
Approved academically--effective Spring Semester 2008.

April 10, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 6
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #005 FORT 260, Course Add, Agricultural Sciences (Approval Pending)
Item #020 ART 314, Course Change, Arts and Architecture (Approval Pending)
Item #168 Information Systems Management Minor, Name Change, Business
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #169 Operations Management Minor, Drop, Business
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #218 General Business, B.S., Drop (P-6), University College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #306 Energy, Business, and Finance, Add Two Options, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--General Information
--Geographic Information Systems
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #457 Security and Risk Analysis Minor, New, Information Sciences and Technology
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #459 Global Security Minor, New, Liberal Arts and Information Sciences and Technology
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #460 Information Sciences and Technology for Labor Studies and Employment Relations Minor, Name Change, Information Sciences and Technology
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #462 Labor Studies and Employment Relations, B.A., Name Change, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #463 Labor Studies and Employment Relations, B.S., Name Change, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #464 Integrated Labor Studies and Employment Relations, B.S., and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. Degree Program, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #465 Labor Studies and Employment Relations Minor, Name Change, Liberal Arts
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.
Item #466 Integrated Spanish B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. Degree Programs, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #534 Business Administration, Associate Degree, Add and Drop Options, University College
--Professional Studies Option (add)
--Accounting Option (drop)
--Information Systems Option (drop)
--Management Option (drop)
--Marketing Option (drop)
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 8, 2007--effective Fall Semester 2007.

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 July 12, 2007. 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.

New Programs: Majors, Options, and Minors
None.

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
None.