June 17, 2008

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.

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.

February 26, 2008, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVI, Number 5
Item #001 Animal Bioscience B.S., Name Change, Agricultural Sciences
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 28, 2008--effective Fall Semester 2008.
Item #002 Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics, B.S., Drop (P-6), Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #035 Rehabilitation Services B.S., Name Change, Education
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 28, 2008--effective Fall Semester 2008.
Item #051 INSYS 440, Course Change, Education
Approved academically--effective Fall Semester 2008.
Item #068 CMPEN 475, Course Add, Engineering
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2008.

April 15, 2008, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVI, Number 6
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #002 Arboriculture Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #003 Entomology Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #048A Biology, B.S., Option name changes, Behrend (HOLD)
--Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
--Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
--Accelerated Health Programs
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #048B Communication, B.A., Name Change, Behrend (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #049 Interdisciplinary Business and Engineering, B.S., New, Behrend (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #053 EDUC 285, Course Add, Capital (REJECTED)
Item #054 EDUC 458, Course Add, Capital (REJECTED)
Item #059 Journalism, B.A., Add three Options, Communications (HOLD)
--Broadcast Journalism
--Print Journalism
--Visual Communication
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #061 Energy Business and Finance, B.S., Add Option, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
--Energy Systems
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #065 Education and Public Policy, B.S., New, Education (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #084A Dietetic Food Systems Management, Associate Degree, Drop (P6) Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #085 Disability Studies Minor, New, Intercollege (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #179 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.S., Add 2 Options, Science (HOLD)
--Biochemistry
--Molecular and Cell Biology
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 July 18, 2008. 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
Item #006 American Studies, New Ph.D. Degree program
Item #008 Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, New Dual-Title Graduate Degree Program
Item #009 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment, New Dual-Title Intercollege Degree Program
Item #010 International Affairs, New Joint Degree Program between the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law (J.D.) and the School of International Affairs (M.I.A.)
Item #045 Homeland Security and Defense, New Graduate Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Program

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Biology, B.S., April 28, 2008, Penn State Abington is authorized to offer the degree--effective Fall Semester 2008, with the following Option:
--Genetics and Developmental Biology
.

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

Christine C. Avery, Libraries
David M. Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Paul E. Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
John Hannan, Chair, Engineering
Anne M. Hoag, ACUE, Communications
Martin Halstuk, Communications
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Jessica Mallen, Student, Communications
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Robert Novack, Business
Steven A. Peterson, Harrisburg
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
Sherry L. Roush, Liberal Arts
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
David J. Spector, Medicine
Peggy Van Meter, Education
Jack Vickrey, Student, Agricultural Sciences
Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Altoona
Charles Youmans, Arts and Architecture
Robert A. Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)