October 10 , 2006

SENATE CURRICULUM REPORT

TO ALL SENATORS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS - PROGRAMS - DIVISIONS - INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS, CHANCELLORS, 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 11, 2006, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXIV, Number 6
Item #001 Integrated B.S. in Animal Sciences and Master of Biotechnology in Biotechnology, Graduate Degree name change.
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost September 28, 2006--effective Spring Semester 2007.
Item #082 Operations & Supply Chain Management Minor, New, Behrend (HOLD)
Item #205 GEOG 434, Course Add, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #206 GEOG 436, Course Add, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #207 GEOG 439, Course Add, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #208 GEOG 440, Course Add, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item #209 GEOG 493, Course Add, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Approved academically--effective Summer Session 2006.
Item # 348 Integrated B.A. in Mathematics and Master of Applied Statistics, New, Science
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost September 28, 2006--effective Spring Semester 2007.
Item # 349 Integrated B.S. in Mathematics and Master of Applied Statistics, New, Science
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost September 28, 2006--effective Spring Semester 2007.

August 29, 2006, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXV, Number 1
The entire Curriculum Report was approved with the following exceptions and corrections:

Item #032 ART 203, Course Add, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)
Item #148 C E 332, Course Change, Engineering (Approval Pending)
Item #149 C E 335, Course Change, Engineering (Approval Pending)
Item #156 E SC 211, Course Change, Engineering
Approved with change in prerequisite to "CHEM 101, MATH 081; PHYS 150 or PHYS 250."
Item #158 E SC 213, Course Change, Engineering (HOLD)
Item #183 Information Sciences and Technology for Communication Arts and Sciences Minor, Name Change, Information Sciences and Technology; Liberal Arts (HOLD)
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 November 9, 2006. 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
Item #072 and #120 Integrated B.S./M.S. in Meteorology, New IUG, Earth and Mineral Sciences

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

Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Campuses of the University
Nursing, Associate Degree, September 28, 2006, Penn State Erie is authorized to deliver the major--effective Spring Semester 2007.
Integrated B.A./B.S. in Mathematics and Master of Applied Statistics, September 28, 2006, the Eberly College of Science is authorized to offer the majors--effective Spring Semester 2007.

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

Michael Adewumi, Graduate School
Joseph Cecere, Vice Chair, Harrisburg
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education
Richard Englund, Erie
Christopher J. Falzone, Chair, Science
Debra Freedman, Education
John J. Hannan, Engineering
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Nancy Herron, ACUE, University College
Anne Hester, University College, Hazleton
Anne Kepler, Resource, University Registrar
Michelle Kline, University College, Lehigh Valley
Ellen Knodt, Abington
Lee R. Kump, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Jessica Mallen, Student, Communications
Kidane Mengisteab, Liberal Arts
Linda Musser, Libraries
Karthik Namasivayam, Health and Human Development
Robert A. Novack, Business
Mary Beth Rosson, Information Sciences and Technology
John Sanchez, Communications
Adam Seitz, Student, Liberal Arts
Robert Shannon, Agricultural Sciences
Ian Simpson, Medicine
Kim Steiner, Agricultural Sciences
Arkady Tempelman, Science
Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Altoona
Charles Youmans, Arts and Architecture
Robert A. Zambanini, Berks