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November 23, 1999

Volume XXVIII

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.

October 13, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 2
Item #002 ENT 429
Proposal returned to department.

November 24, 1998, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 3
Item #001 Agronomy Major, Drop Major, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #070 ECEEM 484W (HOLD)
Item #123 Neuroscience Option, New, Biology Major, Science (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending review by Board of Trustees.

The following Course Proposals remain on HOLD pending receipt of the up-to-400 Words Descriptions:

Item #011 TURF 237
Item #074 CH E 435
Item #075 E E 429
Item #076 E E 453

February 16, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 5
Item #036 ART 290 (GA), Course Change (HOLD)

March 19, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 6
Item #007 CJ 100 GS, Course Change, Altoona
Item #008 CJ 220 GS
Proposals withdrawn by department.
Item #030 KINES 190S GHA, Health and Human Development (HOLD)
Item #078 SOC 001 GS, Liberal Arts (HOLD)

April 19, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVII, Number 7
Item #001 AG 160 (GH), Course Add, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved--effective Summer Session 1999
Item #005 MUSIC (MUSBA), Program Change, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #006 MUSIC (MUSBM), Program Change (HOLD)
Item #008 MUSIC ART (MUBMA), Program Change (HOLD)
Item #066 Classical Studies Minor, Drop Minor, Liberal Arts
Approved academically, pending review by Board of Trustees.

August 31, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 1
Item #017A Environmental Studies Major and Environmental Studies Minor, New, Altoona College
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #023 Global Business Strategies for the Earth, Energy and Material Industries Minor, New Interdisciplinary Minor, Earth and Mineral Sciences/Business Administration
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #019G EE BD 323, Course Change, Behrend College
Approved--effective Summer Session 2000.
Item #066 HIST 458W, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #067 L I R 136(DF), Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #068 L I R 458W, Course Change, Liberal Arts (HOLD)
Item #085 PHYS 419, Course Change, Science (HOLD)

October 12, 1999, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXVIII, Number 2
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #004 Kinesiology Major, Wellness Development Specialization Option, New Option, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Approved academically; pending review by the Board of Trustees.
Item #011 ENLSH 404, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #012 ENLSH 453, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)

II. NEW BUSINESS

The Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs is considering the attached proposals. New majors, options, and minors become effective following review by the Board of Trustees; 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, Birch Cottage (863-1202) on or before December 22, 1999. 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 for a listing of proposed General Education Courses 400-Word Descriptions: http:// www.psu.edu/ufs/

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

Connie D. Baggett, Agricultural
Kevin Berland, Commonwealth College
Ronald Bettig, Communications
Garry L. Burkle, Ex Officio
Robert G. Crane, Earth and Mineral Sciences/ACUE
Todd D. Ellis, Student
Richard B. Englund, Behrend
Donald E. Fahnline, Altoona
Gary J. Fosmire, Health and Human Development
George W. Franz, Delaware
Louis F. Geschwindner, Chair
Lisa C. Hatcher, Student
Sally Heffentreyer, Resources
Margaret M. Lyday, Liberal Arts
J. Daniel Marshall, Vice Chair/Education
Annette K. McGregor, Arts and Architecture
Robert D. Minard, Science Representative
Henry O. Patterson, Berks-Lehigh
Judith Ozment Payne, Abington
M. Susan Richman, Capitol
Howard Sachs, Graduate School
Shelley M. Stoffels, Engineering
Arkady Tempelman, Science
James B. Thomas, Information Sciences and Technology
Linda K. Trevino, Business Administration
Diane Zabel, Libraries

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College
Arts and Architecture, College of (No proposals submitted)
Behrend College (No proposals submitted)
Berks-Lehigh Valley College
Business Administration, The Smeal College of
Capital College
Commonwealth College
Communications College (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
Intercollege Programs (No proposals submitted)
Liberal Arts, College of the
Life Sciences Consortium (No proposals submitted)
Science, Eberly College of (No proposals submitted)
APPENDIX B
Graduate
APPENDIX C
College of Medicine (No proposals submitted)
APPENDIX D
Dickinson School of Law
SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

1999-2000

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 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 - May 1, 1999
Spring Session 2000 - December, 10 1999 (No proposals submitted)
Summer Semester 2000 and Fall 2000 - May 3, 2000

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 Semester 1999 and Fall Semester 1999 - April 16, 1999
Spring Session 2000 - November 19, 1999
Summer Semester 2000 and Fall Semester 2000 - April 14, 2000

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 19, 1999

for the August 31, 1999 Issue

September 14, 1999

September 30, 1999

for the October 12, 1999 Issue

October 26, 1999

November 11, 1999

for the November 23, 1999 Issue

December 7, 1999

December 21, 1999

for the January 11, 2000 Issue

February 1, 2000

February 3, 2000

for the February 15, 2000 Issue

February 29, 2000

March 2, 2000

for the March 14, 2000 Issue

March 28, 2000

March 30, 2000

for the April 11, 2000 Issue

April 25, 2000

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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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