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March 12, 2002

Volume XXX

Number 6

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

(Blue Sheets)

TO ALL SENATORS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS - PROGRAMS - DIVISIONS - INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS, CAMPUS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, DEANS OF RESIDENT INSTRUCTION, 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.

April 10, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 7
Item #009 W F S 209, Course Change, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #060 S T S 250, Course Add, Engineering (HOLD)
Item #063A HD FS (AAA S) (PSY) 251 GI, Course Add, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item #069 KINES 446 GI, Course Add, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item #092 AAA S (HD FS) (PSY) 251 GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #107 PSY (AAA S) (HD FS) 251 GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #133 PSY 213 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #169 STAT 240, Course Change, Science (HOLD)

June 15, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 8
Item #003 Energy, Environmental, and Mineral Economics, Name Change, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

August 28, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 1
Item #018 Writing Minor, New, Capital College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

November 20, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 3
Item #003 Theatre (THRBA), Name Change, Arts and Architecture
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 11, 2002--effective Summer Session 2002.
Item #004 Theatre (THRFA), Name Change, Arts and Architecture
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 11, 2002--effective Summer Session 2002.
Item #004A Theatre Minor, Name Change, Arts and Architecture
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 11, 2002--effective Summer Session 2002.
Item #008C MKTG 310, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008D MKTG 327, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008E MKTG 420, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008F MKTG 422, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008G MKTG 426, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008H MKTG 428, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008I MKTG 435, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008J MKTG 437, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008K MKTG 440, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #008L MKTG 450W, Course Change, Business Administration (HOLD)
Item #009 Accounting, Name Change, Capital College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #012 English, Add two Options, Capital College (HOLD)
-- General English Option
-- Secondary Education Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #017 Secondary Education English, Program Drop, Capital College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval (via Policy P-6) by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #073 Radiological Sciences, New Associate Degree Program, Capital College and Commonwealth College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #074 Science, Change Associate Degree Program/Drop three Options, Altoona College, Capital College, and Commonwealth College (HOLD)
-- Biotechnology Option
-- General Option
-- Radiologic Technologist Radiographer Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #089 Meteorology, Add four Options, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
-- Air-Quality Option
-- Climatology Option
-- Weather Forecasting & Communications Option
-- General Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

January 15, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 4
Item #001 Business Minor, New, Abington College, Berks-Lehigh Valley College, and Commonwealth College (HOLD)
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.
Item #001A Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #003 Off-Road Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #017 Secondary Education Social Studies, Add two Options, Capital College (HOLD)
-- Citizenship Education Option
-- Social Sciences Option
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.
Item #021 Media Studies, Drop of Option, Communications (HOLD)
-- Media Theory and Research Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #027 Meteorology Minor, New, Earth and Mineral Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.
Item #082 Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor, New, Engineering (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #115 Biology Minor, New, Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.

February 12, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 5
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #001 Corporate Communication Major, New, Abington College (HOLD)
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.
Item #007 Professional Writing Minor, New, Berks-Lehigh Valley College (HOLD)
Approved academically; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.
Item #013 Kinesiology Major, Change, Health and Human Development (HOLD)

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, the date upon which changes in existing offerings will become effective is 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 Building (863-1202) on or before April 11, 2002. 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.

Visit the Senate's home page at http://www.psu.edu/ufs and click on Publications for a listing of proposed and approved General Education Courses. After the courses are approved, the long (up-to-400 word) course descriptions are available in the electronic version of the Undergraduate Degree Programs Bulletin at http://www.psu.edu/academic/bluebook/.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

Phyllis F. Adams, Agricultural Sciences
R. Thomas Berner, Communications
Laurie P. Breakey, DuBois
Daniel T. Brinker, Arts and Architecture
William Brockman, Libraries
Douglas K. Brown, Altoona
Barton Browning, Liberal Arts
Garry L. Burkle, Ex Officio
Robert G. Crane, Earth and Mineral Sciences and ACUE
Roger A. Egolf, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Gary J. Fosmire, Health and Human Development
George W. Franz, Delaware County/Commonwealth College
Louis F. Geschwindner, Chair, Engineering
Sally Heffentreyer, Resources
Robert A. Novack, Business Administration
Judith Ozment Payne, Abington
Ravinder Koul, Great Valley
Howard Sachs, Capital and Graduate School
Roger C. Shouse, Education
Richard J. Simons, Hershey Medical Center
Shelley M. Stoffels, Vice Chair, Engineering
James A. Strauss, Science
Chao-Hsien Chu, Information Sciences and Technology
Rodney Troester, Behrend
Joshua D. Walker, Student, Altoona
Anthony Wardle, Student, Hazleton

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College (No proposals submitted)
Arts and Architecture, College of (No proposals submitted)
Behrend College
Berks-Lehigh Valley College (No proposals submitted)
Business Administration, The Smeal College of (No proposals submitted)
Capital College
Commonwealth College
Communications, College of
Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of (No proposals submitted)
Education, College of (No proposals submitted)
Engineering, College of (No proposals submitted)
Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies (No proposals submitted)
Health and Human Development, College of (No proposals submitted)
Information Sciences and Technology, School of (No proposals submitted)
Intercollege Programs (No proposals submitted)
Liberal Arts, College of the
Life Sciences Consortium (No proposals submitted)
Science, Eberly College of (No proposals submitted)

APPENDIX B

Graduate

APPENDIX C

College of Medicine (No proposals submitted)

APPENDIX D

Dickinson School of Law (No proposals submitted)

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2001-2002

Common Course Numbers (for which special titles may be given--as a one-semester offering--using one of the following letter suffixes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K)*

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:

Spring Semester 2002

- December 7, 2001

Summer Session 2002 and Fall Semester 2002

- April 15, 2002

 

Intercultural and International Competence and Writing-Intensive Course Proposals
All requests for one-semester Intercultural and International Competence and Writing course offerings should be submitted to the Curriculum Coordinator at the Senate Office six (6) weeks prior to registration:

Spring Semester 2002

- November 16, 2001

Summer Session 2002 and Fall Semester 2002

- April 1, 2002

Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheet) Schedule
All course and major/option/minor proposals are due in the Senate Office on the following dates:

Proposal Due Date

Record Publication Date

SCCA Meeting Date

August 13, 2001

for the August 28, 2001 Issue

September 11, 2001

September 24, 2001

for the October 9, 2001 Issue

October 23, 2001

November 5, 2001

for the November 20, 2001 Issue

December 4, 2001

December 20, 2001

for the January 15, 2002 Issue

January 29, 2002

January 28, 2002

for the February 12, 2002 Issue

February 26, 2002

February 25, 2002

for the March 12, 2002 Issue

March 26, 2002

March 25, 2002

for the April 9, 2002 Issue

April 23, 2002

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*The following alpha letters have been reserved for identifying special types of courses:
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 - both an honors and a writing intensive course
S - First-Year Seminar course
T - both an honors and a first-year seminar course
U - both diversity focused by section and honors
V - intercultural and international competence courses by section offering
W - writing intensive courses
X - First-Year Seminar courses and writing-intensive courses
Y - both diversity focused by section and writing intensive


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