June 22, 2010

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, Executive Vice President and Provost, Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of Departments (Programs, Divisions, Intercollege Programs), Administrative Council on Undergraduate Education, and 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 23, 2010, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVIII, Number V
Item #029 Energy and Sustainability Policy, B.A., New, Earth and Mineral Sciences via the World Campus
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 17, 2010--effective Fall Semester 2010
Item #035 Biological Engineering, B.S., Add new option; Change name of option, Engineering
--Add new option in Natural Resources Engineering
--Change name of option from Biological and Food Engineering to Food and Biological Processing
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 16, 2010--effective Summer Session 2010
Item #036 Chemical Engineering Minor, Drop, Engineering
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 16, 2010--effective Summer Session 2010
Item #037A General Engineering, B.S., New, Engineering
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost May 17, 2010--effective Fall Semester 2010
Item #058 Global Health Minor, New, Health and Human Development
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost April 18, 2010--effective Summer Session 2010
Item #100 International Studies, Interdisciplinary Degree, Name Change; Liberal Arts (HOLD)
-- to Global and International Studies
Pending additional consultation
Item#146 MATH 041, Course Change, Science (HOLD)

April 13, 2010, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVIII, Number VI
Item #009 Music Minor, Name Change, Arts and Architecture
--to Music Performance Minor
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 7, 2010--effective Fall Semester 2010
Item #011 Music Studies Minor, New, Arts and Architecture
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 7, 2010--effective Fall Semester 2010


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 22, 2010. 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
None.

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

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Applied Psychology, B.A., June 7, 2010, Penn State Beaver, Greater Allegheny, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley and New Kensington are authorized to phase out the offering of the degree--effective Fall Semester 2010
Business, B.S., May 17, 2010, Penn State Berks is authorized to deliver the Accounting Option. This option is currently offered at Penn State Abington and Penn State Altoona.
Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S., April 16, 2010, Penn State Brandywine is authorized to deliver the degree with the Early Education PK-4 option as an extended degree of the College of Education -- effective Fall Semester 2010
Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S., April 16, 2010, Penn State Lehigh Valley is authorized to deliver the degree with the Early Education PK-4 option as an extended degree of the College of Education -- effective Fall Semester 2010
Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S., May 4, 2010, Penn State Altoona is authorized to deliver the degree with the Early Education PK-4 option as an extended degree of the College of Education -- effective Fall Semester 2010
Psychology, B.A., June 7, 2010, Penn State Beaver, Greater Allegheny, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley and New Kensington are authorized to deliver the degree--effective Fall Semester 2010. This program is currently offered at Penn State Altoona.
Psychology, B.S., June 7, 2010, Penn State Beaver, Greater Allegheny, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley and New Kensington are authorized to deliver the degree--effective Fall Semester 2010. This program is currently offered at Penn State Altoona.
Science, B.S., May 17, 2010, Penn State Worthington Scranton is authorized to deliver the General Science Option and Life Science Option--effective Fall Semester 2010. This program is currently offered at Penn State Abington, Altoona, Berks, Capital, York and University Park.
Women's Studies Minor, May 17, 2010, Penn State Berks is authorized to deliver the minor--effective Fall Semester 2010. This program is currently offered at Penn State Abington, Altoona, Brandywine, DuBois, Erie, Mont Alto and University Park.

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 (2009-2010)

David Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Mark Ballora, Arts and Architecture
Paul Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
John Coupland, Agricultural Sciences
Dennis Gingrich, Medicine
Michel Haigh, Communications
Harold Hayford, Altoona
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Brian Hesse, Liberal Arts
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Linda Higginson, Resource, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Gul Kremer, Engineering
Alexandra Kuchler, (Student) Education
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Robert Novack, Business
Judith Ozment, Resource, Schreyer Honors College
Steven Peterson, Harrisburg
Gerald Santoro, Information Sciences and Technology
Karla Schmit, Resource, Libraries
Robert Shannon, Chair, Agricultural Sciences
Christopher Teats, (Student) Harrisburg
Peggy Van Meter, Education
William Waterhouse, Science
Robert Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)