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March 19, 1999
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Volume XXVII |
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 Blue Sheets. 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, 1997, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 3
Items #134-137 - PLPHY 508, 509, 510, 511 (HOLD for crosslistings)
Item #032 - H P A 394W
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2000.
March 20, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 6
Item #048A - COMM 187H (HOLD)
Item #064 - Minor in Law and Liberal Arts
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
April 17, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVI, Number 7
Item #001 - Major in Landscape Contracting (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
Item #034 - Major in Nursing (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
September 1, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 1
Items #058-061 ART H 211, ART H 212, ART H 213, ART H 214 (HOLD)
October 13, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 2
Item #002 - ENT 429 (HOLD)
Item #008 - Architecture Studies Minor (HOLD)
Item #017 - Major in Biology (Pre-Professional Option) (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #053 - BIOL 429 (HOLD)
November 24, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 3
Item #001 - Agronomy Major, College of Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #040 - New Associate Degree Major in Manufacturing Technology (HOLD) The Behrend College
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #070 - ECEEM 484W (HOLD)
Item #071 - ECEEM 490 (HOLD)
Item #072 - ECEEM 491 (HOLD)
Item #094 - New Major in Japanese, College of the Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
Item #097 - Drop Major in Prelaw, College of the Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #123 - Biology Major, New Neuroscience Option, Eberly College of Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.
The following Course Proposals remain on HOLD pending receipt of the up-to-400 Words Descriptions:
Item #011 - TURF 237
Item #039 - KINES 395D
Item #056 - ACCTG 406
Item #057 - ACCTG 432
Item #058 - B A 302
Item #062 - BUS 305
Item #063 - BUS 340
Item #064 - CINSY 446
Item #065 - MNGMT 451
Item #074 - CH E 435
Item #075 - E E 429
Item #076 - E E 453
January 12, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 4
Item #003 - Major in Environmental Soil Science, College of Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
February 16, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 5
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:
Item #035 ART 270 (GA), Course Change, College of Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #036 ART 290 (GA), Course Change (HOLD)
Held pending receipt of a list of PSU locations that have taught the courses over the last 3-5 years and pending evidence of consultation with these locations.
Item #038 ED&G 100S, Course Add, The Behrend College (HOLD)
Held pending written evidence of consultation with the College of Engineering.
Item #040 ENGL 107T, Course Add, Berks-Lehigh Valley College (REJECTED)
After extensive discussion, the course was rejected because it was felt that the course should be offered under a current English or American Studies course number.
Item #045 A B E 494H, Course Add, College of Engineering (HOLD)
Held pending evidence of consultation with the Schreyer's Honor College.
Item #047 New Major in Information Sciences and Technology, School of Information Sciences and Technology (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #048 New Associate Degree Major in Information Sciences and Technology (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
II. NEW BUSINESS
The Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs is considering the attached proposals. New majors, options, and minors become effective following review by the Board of Trustees; 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, Birch Cottage (863-0221) on or before April 19, 1999. 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.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS
Ronald Bettig (CM)
Garry L. Burkle (EX-OFFICIO)
Louis J. Campbell III (AL)
Peter Deines, Chair (EM)
Richard B. Englund (BD)
Gary J. Fosmire (HH)
George W. Franz (CC)
Dennis Gouran (LA)
Sally Heffentreyer (RESOURCE)
Gretchen Kline (STUDENT)
Darla Lindberg (AA)
Herberta M. Lundegren (ACUE)
J. Daniel Marshall (ED)
Norbert Mayr (WS)
Robert A. Novack (BA)
Henry O. Patterson (BL)
Judith Ozment Payne (AB)
M. Susan Richman (CL)
Shelley M. Stoffels (EN)
Jessica L. Stuart (STUDENT)
James Thomas (IST)
Roger P. Ware (SC)
Diane Zabel (LIBRARIES)
Gregory R. Ziegler (AG)
APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College
Arts and Architecture, College of
Behrend College (No proposals submitted)
Berks-Lehigh Valley College (No proposals submitted)
Business Administration, The Smeal College of (No proposals submitted)
Capital College
Commonwealth College (No proposals submitted)
Communications College (No proposals submitted)
Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of
Education, College of
Engineering, College of (No proposals submitted)
Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies
Health and Human Development, College of
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
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 (No report attached)
Visit the Senate's home page for a listing of proposed General Education Courses 400-Word Descriptions: http:// www.psu.edu/ufs/
CURRICULAR DEADLINES
1998-99
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 at the Senate Office four (4) weeks prior to registration:
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Summer Session 1998 and Fall Semester 1998 |
May 5, 1998 |
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Spring Semester 1999 |
December 11, 1998 |
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Summer Session 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 |
May 5, 1999 |
Cultural Diversity and Writing-Intensive Course Proposals
All requests for one-semester offerings should be submitted to the Curriculum Coordinator at the Senate six (6) weeks prior to registration:
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Summer Session 1998 and Fall Semester 1998 |
May 5, 1998 |
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Spring Semester 1998 |
November 20, 1998 |
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Summer Session 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 |
April 16, 1999 |
Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheet) Schedule
All course and major/option/minor proposals are due in Senate Office on the following dates:
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August 21, 1998 |
for the September 1, 1998 issue |
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October 2, 1998 |
for the October 13, 1998 issue |
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November 13, 1998 |
for the November 24, 1998 issue |
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December 23, 1998 |
for the January 12, 1999 issue |
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February 2, 1999 |
for the February 16, 1999 issue |
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March 5, 1999 |
for the March 19, 1999 issue |
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April 9, 1999 |
for the April 19, 1999 issue |
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*The following alpha letters have been reserved for identifying special types of 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 (cannot be used for common course numbers)
T - both an honors and a First-Year Seminar course (cannot be used for common course numbers)
U - both diversity focused by section and honors
V - diversity focused by section offering
W - writing intensive courses
Y - both diversity focused by section and writing intensive