June 16, 2009

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.

February 24, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 5
Item #021 Applied Behavioral Science, B.S., Drop Option, Incorporate Option, Capital
--Drop Social and Human Services Option
--Incorporate requirements for Interdisciplinary Social Science Option into Major degree requirements
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 20, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009.

April 14, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 6
Item #001 Environmental Resource Management, B.S., Add Options, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
--Environmental Science Option
--Soil Science Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #002 Environmental Soil Science, B.S., Drop, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #021 Accounting, Integrated B.S./Master of Accounting (M.Acc.) in Accounting, Business (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #042 Six Sigma Minor, New, Engineering (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #048 Information Sciences and Technology, B.A., New, Information Sciences and Technology (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #051 Asian Studies Minor, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #052 Chinese, B.A., New, Liberals Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #054 Asian Studies, B.A., Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #061 ENGL 227, Course Add, Liberal Arts (HOLD)

RETENTION AND TRANSFER

The following revisions to Entrance to Major requirements have been APPROVED by the Standing Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer:

Information Sciences and Technology
#RT-166 Information Sciences and Technology (ISTBA) has been approved with the following revisions:

Entrance Requirements: To be eligible for entrance to the Information Sciences and Technology (ISTBA) major, students must:

1. have achieved at least third semester classification and no greater than fourth semester classification while pursuing a program of study appropriate for entry to the major as shown in the Bulletin that includes at least two of the following four
   courses with grades of C or better in each: IST 110, IST 130, IST 210, IST 220.
   
   
2. have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 prior to and through the end of the semester during which the entrance-to-major procedure is carried out.

2. have consulted with an officially designated College of Information Sciences and Technology academic adviser have met with a member of the IST Advising staff, with the outcome being a workable academic plan selected either from a set of example templates (e.g., pre-law) or developed in consultation with the adviser. This meeting must take place prior to the completion of 60 credits. of course work to design a formal and approved program that meets specific and appropriate educational and/or career goals. At campuses other than University Park, students will meet with a local IST adviser to develop their academic plans.

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 July 16, 2009. 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
Elementary Education, B. ELED, Add New Options, Capital
--PK-4 Early Childhood Education Option
--English/Language Arts and Reading (4-8) Option
--Mathematics (4-8) Option
--Social Studies (4-8) Option
Leadership in Elementary Science Teaching, Graduate Certificate, New, Great Valley
Literacy Strategies Across Content and Cultures, Graduate Certificate, New, Great Valley
Sexuality and Gender Studies Minor, New, Liberal Arts
Approved academically with title "Sexuality Studies Minor"; January 13, 2009 Senate Curriculum Report. Withdrawn and resubmitted with new title and description.
Survey Research Methods, Graduate Certificate, New, Liberal Arts
User-Centered Design, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, New, Information Sciences and Technology
Workplace Learning and Performance Improvement Design, Graduate Certificate, New, Great Valley

Academic Programs [Majors/Minors] Phase-Out
Landscape Architecture, Integrated B.L.A./M.L.A., Drop, Arts and Architecture

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
American Studies, B.A., April 20, 2009, Penn State York is authorized to discontinue offering the degree--effective Summer Session 2009. The program will continue to be offered at Abington, Brandywine and Worthington Scranton.
Biology, B.S., May 19, 2009, Penn State Berks is authorized to deliver the Major --effective Fall Semester 2009 with the following Options:.
--General Biology Option
--Genetics and Developmental Biology Option
Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor, April 20, 2009, Penn State Berks is authorized to deliver the Minor--effective Fall Semester 2009.
Political Science, B.A., April 20, 2009, Penn State Altoona is authorized to deliver the degree--effective Fall Semester 2009.

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 (2008-2009)

David Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Mark Ballora, Arts and Architecture
Paul Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
Ralph Crivello, (Student) Engineering
Dennis Gingrich, Medicine
Edward Glantz, Business
Martin Halstuk, Communications
John Hannan, Chair, Engineering
Harold Hayford, Altoona
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Linda Higginson, Resource, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Anne Hoag, ACUE, Communications
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Steven Peterson, Harrisburg
Henry Pisciotta, Resource, University Libraries
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
Sherry Roush, Liberal Arts
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
Peggy Van Meter, Education
Michael Wallace, (Student) Business
Mark Wardell, Graduate School
William Waterhouse, Science
Robert Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)