November 27, 2007

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, The Executive Vice President and Provost of the University, The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of the Departments (Programs, Divisions, Intercollege Programs), 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, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 6
Item #464 Integrated Labor Studies and Employment Relations, B.S., and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. Degree Program, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #466 Integrated Spanish B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. Degree Programs, Name Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

August 28, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVI, Number 1
Item #029 Meteorology B.S., Add Option, Earth and Mineral Sciences
--Weather Risk Management
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost November 8, 2007--effective Spring Semester 2008.
Item #036 Biological Engineering B.S., Name Change, Engineering (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Item #039 Information Sciences and Technology for Aerospace Engineering Minor, New, Engineering, Information Sciences and Technology (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

October 9, 2007, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVI, Number 2
The entire Curriculum Report was approved.

Item #005 Business B.S., Add Option, Abington, Altoona (HOLD)
--Accounting
Approved academically; 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. 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 by the University Curriculum Coordinator Sherry F. Walk (sfw2@psu.edu) at the Senate Office, 101G Kern Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before January 3, 2007. 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.

New Programs: Majors, Options, and Minors
Statistics B.S., Add Option, Science
--Actuarial Statistics.

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