November 17, 2009

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO: All Senators, the Executive Vice President and Provost, the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Deans, Chancellors, Heads of 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.

January 13, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 4
Item #012 Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S. Degree, New, Education
Originally approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost March 9, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009 with the following options:
--Early Education PK-4 Option
--English 4-8 Option
--Social Studies 4-8 Option
Approved for implementation by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 17, 2009--effective Summer Session 2009 with the following option:
--Early Education PK-4 Option
Implementation of English 4-8 and Social Studies 4-8 Options - HOLD pending Pennsylvania Department of Education action.

April 14, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 6
Item #061 ENGL 227, Course Add, Liberal Arts (Approved)

June 16, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVII, Number 7
Item #004 Elementary Education, B. ELED, Add New Options, Capital --(HOLD)
--PK-4 Early Childhood Education Option
--English/Language Arts and Reading (4-8) Option
--Mathematics (4-8) Option
--Social Studies (4-8) Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost August 18, 2009--effective Fall Semester 2009.
Implementation Pending Pennsylvania Department of Education Action.

August 25, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVIII, Number I
Item #017A American Studies, B. Hum, Drop, Capital
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost October 21, 2009--effective Spring Semester 2010.
Item #017B Industrial Health and Safety, B.S., Drop, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost October 21, 2009--effective Spring Semester 2010.

October 6, 2009, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXVIII, Number II
Item #002 Turfgrass Science and Management, Associate of Science (A.S.), New, Agricultural Sciences
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 at the Senate Office, 101 Kern Graduate Building (863-1202) on or before Decmber 17, 2009. A copy of any written objection sent to the Committee must also be sent to the college representative of the sponsoring college. Senate Office staff will communicate the objection to the Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs. Any item to which written objection is made will be reconsidered by the appropriate committee and may be delayed for scheduling.

New Programs: Majors, Options, and Minors
Architecture, Ph.D., New, Arts and Architecture
Environmental Resource Management, B.S., Add new Option, Agricultural Sciences
-- Water Science Option

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

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S., July 29, 2009, Penn State Altoona is authorized to deliver the degree with the following Option:
--Early Education PK-4 Option (Hold)
Implementation may not occur for this option until the College of Education and the Office of Undergraduate Education concur on an appropriate implementation date.

For curriculum information (guidelines, forms, etc.), visit the Senate's curriculum page at http://www.senate.psu.edu/curriculum.asp.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS (2009-2010)

David Babb, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Mark Ballora, Arts and Architecture
Paul Barney, Erie
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
John Coupland, Agricultural Sciences
Dennis Gingrich, Medicine
Michel Haigh, Communications
Harold Hayford, Altoona
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Brian Hesse, Liberal Arts
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Linda Higginson, Resource, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Gul Kremer, Engineering
Alexandra Kuchler, (Student) Education
Ronald McCarty, Vice Chair, Erie
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Health and Human Development
Robert Novack, Business
Judith Ozment, Resource, Schreyer Honors College
Steven Peterson, Harrisburg
Gerald Santoro, Information Sciences and Technology
Karla Schmit, Resource, Libraries
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
Christopher Teats, (Student) Harrisburg
Peggy Van Meter, Education
William Waterhouse, Science
Robert Zambanini, Berks

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)