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November 19, 2002

Volume XXXI

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, 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.

April 10, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 7
Item #009 W F S 209, Course Change, Agricultural Sciences
Approved -- effective Summer Session 2002.
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
Approved -- effective Fall Semester 2001.
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)

November 20, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 3
Item #008C MKTG 310, Course Change, Business Administration
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #008D MKTG 327, Course Change, Business Administration
Proposal withdrawn by department.
Item #008E MKTG 420, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008F MKTG 422, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved with prerequisite changed to "MKTG 342" -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008G MKTG 426, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008H MKTG 428, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008I MKTG 435, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008J MKTG 437, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008K MKTG 440, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
Item #008L MKTG 450W, Course Change, Business Administration
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2002.
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.

January 15, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 4
Item #001A Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)

April 9, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 7
Item #046 A ED 401, Course Add, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #085 Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree, Add two Options, Engineering (HOLD)
-- General Option
-- Manufacturing Option
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

August 27, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 1
Item #123 Integrated Statistics B.S./M.A.S., Science (HOLD)
Academically approved; pending review by the Graduate School.

October 8, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 2
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #003 Horticulture, Add two Options, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
-- Business/Production Option
-- Science Option
Academically approved; on hold in the Senate Office for costing.
Item #007 Psychology B.A., New, Altoona College (HOLD)
Academically approved; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #008 Psychology B.S., New, Altoona College(HOLD)
Academically approved; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

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, 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
Lauren M. Applegate, Student, Communications
Laurie P. Breakey, DuBois
William Brockman, Libraries
Douglas K. Brown, Altoona
Barton Browning, Liberal Arts
Garry L. Burkle, Ex Officio
Chao-Hsien Chu, Information Sciences and Technology
Jeremy Cohen, Resource
Robert G. Crane, Earth and Mineral Sciences and ACUE
Roger A. Egolf, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Christopher J. Falzone, Science
Gary J. Fosmire, Health and Human Development
George W. Franz, Delaware County/Commonwealth College
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource
Brandon B. Hunt, Education
Ravinder Koul, Great Valley
Robert A. Novack, Business Administration
Mary Beth Oliver, Communications
Judith Ozment Payne, Vice Chair, Abington
Howard Sachs, Capital and Graduate School
Richard J. Simons, Hershey Medical Center
Summer Spangler, Student, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Shelley M. Stoffels, Chair, Engineering
Bonj Szczygiel, Arts and Architecture
Rodney Troester, Behrend


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 (No proposals submitted)
Capital College
Commonwealth College
Communications, College of (No proposals submitted)
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

APPENDIX D

Dickinson School of Law

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER (No proposals submitted)

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2002-2003

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:

Summer Session 2002 and Fall Semester 2002

- May 1, 2002

Spring Semester 2003

- December 6, 2002

Summer Session 2003 and Fall Semester 2003

- April 14, 2003

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:

Summer Session 2002 and Fall Semester 2002

- April 12, 2002

Spring Semester 2003

- November 15, 2002

Summer Session 2003 and Fall Semester 2003

- March 31, 2003

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 9, 2002

for the August 27, 2002 Issue

September 10, 2002

September 20, 2002

for the October 8, 2002 Issue

October 22, 2002

November 1, 2002

for the November 19, 2002 Issue

December 3, 2002

December 20, 2002

for the January 14, 2003 Issue

January 28, 2003

January 24, 2003

for the February 11, 2003 Issue

February 25, 2003

February 21, 2003

for the March 11, 2003 Issue

March 25, 2003

March 14, 2003

for the April 8, 2003 Issue

April 22, 2003

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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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