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September 2, 2003

Volume XXXII

Number 1

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, 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, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXIX, Number 7
Item #060 S T S 250, Course Add, Engineering
Proposal returned to department.
Item #063A HD FS (AAA S) (PSY) 251 GI, Course Add, Health and Human Development
Proposal returned to department.
Item #092 AAA S (HD FS) (PSY) 251 GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts
Proposal returned to department.
Item #107 PSY (AAA S) (HD FS) 251 GI, Course Add, Liberal Arts
Proposal returned to department.
Item #133 PSY 213 GS, Course Change, Liberal Arts
Proposal returned to department.
Item #169 STAT 240 GQ, Course Change, Science
Proposal returned to department.

November 20, 2001, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 3
Item #017 Secondary Education English, Program Drop, Capital College
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost September 5, 2003--effective Fall Semester 2003.

January 15, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 4
Item #001A Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics Minor, New, Agricultural Sciences (HOLD)
Approved academically; pending administrative approval by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

April 9, 2002, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXX, Number 7
Item #046 A ED 401, Course Add, Arts and Architecture (HOLD)

January 14, 2003, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 4
Item #002 AN SC 213, Course Add, Agricultural Sciences
Approved with BIOL 110 added to prerequisite -- effective Summer Session 2003.
Item #003 AG EC 430, Course Change, Agricultural Sciences
Approved -- effective Spring Semester 2004.
Item #029 CRIMJ 388, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)

March 11, 2003, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 6
Item #012 Management, Drop Options, Business Administration
--General Management Option
--Human Resources Management Option
Approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost June 27, 2003--effective Fall Semester 2003.

April 8, 2003, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 7
Item #032 HLHED 401, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #033 HLHED 402, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #034 HLHED 405, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #035 HLHED 463, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #036 HLHED 464, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #037 HLHED 468, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #038 HLHED 471, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #039 HLHED 475, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #040 HLHED 479, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #041 HLHED 482, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #042 HLHED 483, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)
Item #043 HLHED 485, Course Add, Capital College (HOLD)

June 16, 2003, Senate Curriculum Report, Volume XXXI, Number 8
The entire Curriculum Report was approved.

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, 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, 101G Kern Building (863-1202) on or before October 2, 2003. 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 at http://www.psu.edu/ufs and click on Publications for a listing of proposed and approved General Education Courses. After the courses are approved, the long (up-to-400 word) course descriptions are available in the electronic version of the Undergraduate Degree Programs Bulletin at http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

Christopher S. Adams, Student, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Phyllis F. Adams, Agricultural Sciences
Laurie P. Breakey, Vice Chair, DuBois
Douglas K. Brown, Altoona
Barton W. Browning, Liberal Arts
Garry L. Burkle, Ex Officio
Chao-Hsien Chu, Information Sciences and Technology
Jeremy Cohen, Resource, Undergraduate Education and International Programs
Valerie A. Earnshaw, Student, Liberal Arts
Roger A. Egolf, Berks-Lehigh Valley
Christopher J. Falzone, Science
Edgar I. Farmer, Education
David J. Green, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Sally Heffentreyer, Resource, University Publications
Binh P. Le, Abington College
Robert A. Novack, Business Administration
Robert D. Ricketts, Health and Human Development
Mary Beth Oliver, Communications
David W. Russell, Commonwealth College
Richard J. Simons, Jr., Hershey Medical Center
Loanne L. Snavely, Libraries
Shelley M. Stoffels, Chair, Engineering
Bonj Szczygiel, Arts and Architecture
Rodney L. Troester, Behrend
Horst von Dorpowski, ACUE, Education
Matthew T. Wilson, Capital


TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A (Undergraduate)
Abington College (No proposals submitted)
Agricultural Sciences, College of
Altoona College
Arts and Architecture, College of
Behrend College
Berks-Lehigh Valley College
Business Administration, The Smeal College of
Capital College
Commonwealth College
Communications, College of (No proposals submitted)
Dickinson School of Law (No proposals submitted)
Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of
Education, College of
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

APPENDIX B

Graduate
Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Programs

APPENDIX C

College of Medicine (No proposals submitted)

APPENDIX D

Dickinson School of Law (No proposals submitted)

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER (No proposals submitted)

CURRICULAR DEADLINES

2003-2004

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 2003 and Fall Semester 2003

- February 3, 2003

Spring Semester 2004

- August 8, 2003

Summer Session 2004 and Fall Semester 2004

- February 2, 2004

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 Session 2003 and Fall Semester 2003

- January 20, 2003

Spring Semester 2004

- July 25, 2003

Summer Session 2004 and Fall Semester 2004

- January 19, 2004

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 15, 2003

for the September 2, 2003 Issue

September 16, 2003

September 26, 2003

for the October 14, 2003 Issue

October 28, 2003

November 7, 2003

for the November 25, 2003 Issue

December 9, 2003

January 02, 2004

for the January 20, 2004 Issue

February 3, 2004

February 13, 2004

for the March 2, 2004 Issue

March 16, 2004

March 26, 2004

for the April 13, 2004 Issue

April 27, 2004

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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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