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November 20, 2001
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Volume XXX |
Number 3 |
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.
November 23, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 3
Item #070 MEDVL 108 GH, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
November 21, 2000, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number
3
Item #063 Mathematics, Change, Science (HOLD)
April 10, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number
7
Item #09 W F S 209, Course Change, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Item #060 S T S 250, Course Add, Engineering (HOLD)
Item #063 Kinesiology, Change Teacher Preparation Option, Health and Human Development
(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 #132 LING 001 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts
Approved--effective Spring Semester 2002.
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 #002 AEE 437, Course Add, Agricultural Sciences
Approved--effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #003 AN SC 417, Course Add, Agricultural Sciences
Approved--effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #004 AN SC 437, Course Add, Agricultural Sciences
Approved--effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #007 Art Minor, Drop, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice
President and Provost.
Item #018 Writing Minor, New, Capital College (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice
President and Provost.
Item #033 Information Sciences and Technology, Name Change to three Options:
--Information Systems: Design & Development
--Information Technology: Integration & Application
--Information Context: People, Organizations, and Society
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost October 19, 2001--effective
Spring Semester 2002.
October 9, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number
2
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions
and corrections:
Item #001 Equine Science Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice
President and Provost.
Item #007 Communication Sciences and Disorders, Name Change, Health and Human
Development
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost November 5, 2001--effective
Spring Semester 2002.
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 December 20, 2001. 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, ExOfficio
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
James B. Thomas, Information Sciences and Technology
Rodney Troester, Behrend
Joshua D. Walker, Student, Altoona
Anthony Wardle, Student, Hazleton
APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College (No proposals submitted)
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College (No proposals submitted)
Arts and Architecture, College of
Behrend College
Berks-Lehigh Valley College (No proposals submitted)
Business Administration, The Smeal College of
Capital College
Commonwealth College
Communications, College
Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of
Education, College of (No proposals submitted)
Engineering, College of
Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies (No proposals submitted)
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
SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER (No proposals submitted)
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:
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Spring Semester 2002 |
- December 7, 2001 |
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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:
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Spring Semester 2002 |
- November 16, 2001 |
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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:
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Proposal Due Date |
Record Publication Date |
SCCA Meeting Date |
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August 13, 2001 |
for the August 28, 2001 Issue |
September 11, 2001 |
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September 24, 2001 |
for the October 9, 2001 Issue |
October 23, 2001 |
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November 5, 2001 |
for the November 20, 2001 Issue |
December 4, 2001 |
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December 20, 2001 |
for the January 15, 2002 Issue |
January 29, 2002 |
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January 28, 2002 |
for the February 12, 2002 Issue |
February 26, 2002 |
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February 25, 2002 |
for the March 12, 2002 Issue |
March 26, 2002 |
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March 25, 2002 |
for the April 9, 2002 Issue |
April 23, 2002 |
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