SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS
Standing Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer

The following entrance to major requirements have been APPROVED by the Standing Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer:


COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE

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Major in Art Education (A ED)
--effective Summer Session 2010

Add entrance to major requirements as follows:

All candidates seeking entrance to Art Education for Schools option must meet the following entrance to major criteria:

1. Minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA and at least 48 credits completed (at the time of application).
2. Meet PRAXIS PPST-READING current qualifying scores
3. Meet PRAXIS PPST-WRITING current qualifying scores
4. Meet PRAXIS PPST-MATHEMATICS current qualifying scores
5. Complete 6 credits in Quantification (GQ)
6. Complete ENGL 015 or 030
7. Complete 3 credits in literature (GH) (C or higher required)
8. Complete early field experience: A ED 101S (C or higher required)
9. Complete education foundation courses: EDPSY 014, PSYCH 100 (C or higher required)
10. Complete art education foundation courses: A ED 201W, 211, 212
11. Complete art studio & art history foundations: ART 110S, 111, 122Y, ART H 111, 112 (C or higher required)
12. Complete and document a minimum of 80 hours of paid or volunteer work with age appropriate population. At least 40 of these age-appropriate 80 hours would be satisfied by working with "under-represented" learners whose cultural, social, or ethnic backgrounds differ from the candidate's own.


PENN STATE ERIE, THE BEHREND COLLEGE

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Major in Physics (PHYBD)
--effective Summer Session 2010

Add entrance to major requirements as follows:

To be eligible for entrance to the Physics major, a student must have: 1) attained at least a 2.00 cumulative grade-point average; 2) completed CHEM 110 GN(3), MATH 140 GQ(4), MATH 141 GQ(4), PHYS 211 GN(4), and PHYS 212 GN(4) and earned a grade of C or better in each of these courses.


SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER
Pamela Hufnagel
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Chair
Karen Schultz
Peggy Van Meter
Eric White



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