September 14, 2012
SUBJECT: UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING OF March 22, 2012
TO: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
College Deans
Department Chairpersons
FROM: Carole Wells
Vice Provost
The following course and program additions, changes, and deletions have been approved by the Departmental Curriculum
Committees; the College Curriculum Committees; the Graduate Council; the Council for Teacher Education, where appropriate;
and the University Curriculum Committee at its March 22, 2012, meetings and signed by the President on March 28, 2012, and
will be placed into the curriculum effective Spring 2013 semester unless otherwise indicated.
GENERAL EDUCATION
GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES: (Eff. Spring 2013)
Competency
PRO
120
Accounting Survey for Professional Studies Quantitative Literacy
[COB 1238]
PRO
185
Fundamentals of Personal Finance
Critical Thinking
[COB 1239]
ANT
190
Human Cultural Diversity and Adaptations in Pennsylvania Cultural Diversity
[LAS 12091]
ANT
190
Human Cultural Diversity and Adaptations in Pennsylvania Writing Intensive
[LAS 12091]
SOC
260
Social Stratification
Cultural Diversity
[LAS 12172]
SPE
307
The Rhetoric of Visual Media
Critical Thinking
[VPA 1211]
SPE
307
The Rhetoric of Visual Media
Visual Literacy
[VPA 1211]
SPE
245
New Media and Communication
Communication Intensive [VPA 1213]
ARC/WST/HUM 211 Women in the Arts
Cultural Diversity
[VPA 1235]
ARC/WST/HUM 211 Women in the Arts
Visual Literacy
[VPA 1235]
SPE
145
Non-Verbal Communication
Communication Intensive [VPA 1255]
SPE
145
Non-Verbal Communication
Cultural Diversity
[VPA 1255]
MUS
108
Introduction to World Music
Cultural Diversity
[VPA 1277]
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
PREFIX CHANGE: (Eff. Spring 2013)
Prefix change from: WST to WGS for all Women’s Studies courses and cross-listed courses.
[IDC 1201]
GRADUATE STUDIES
PROGRAM ELECTIVE/REQUIREMENT CHANGES: (Eff. Fall 2012)
[COE 1229]
Academic Plan
Program
Degree
CIP
GCOESEUCI
Secondary Education Curriculum and Instruction
M.Ed.
13.1205
The Secondary Education Curriculum and Instruction M.Ed. program has been revised to identify and include courses that
meet new Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations that require Instructional II certificates add Standard Aligned
System (SAS) and Accommodations to graduate degrees.
PROGRAM ELECTIVE/REQUIREMENT CHANGES: (Eff. Fall 2012)
[COE 1230]
Academic Plan
Program
Degree
CIP
GCOESEUEN
Secondary Education English
M.Ed.
23.0101
The Secondary Education English M.Ed. program has been revised to identify and include courses that meet new
Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations that require Instructional II certificates add Standard Aligned System
(SAS) and Accommodations to graduate degrees.
PROGRAM ELECTIVE/REQUIREMENT CHANGES: (Eff. Fall 2012)
[COE 1231]
Academic Plan
Program
Degree
CIP
GCOESEUB
Secondary Education Biology
M.Ed.
26.0101
The Secondary Education Biology M.Ed. program has been revised to identify and include courses that meet new
Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations that require Instructional II certificates add Standard Aligned System
(SAS) and Accommodations to graduate degrees.
PROGRAM ELECTIVE/REQUIREMENT CHANGES: (Eff. Fall 2012)
[COE 1232]
Academic Plan
Program
Degree
CIP
GCOESEUCIM
Secondary Education Mathematics
M.Ed.
27.0101
The Secondary Education Mathematics M.Ed. program has been revised to identify and include courses that meet new
Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations that require Instructional II certificates add Standard Aligned System
(SAS) and Accommodations to graduate degrees.
PROGRAM ELECTIVE/REQUIREMENT CHANGES: (Eff. Fall 2012)
[COE 1233]
Academic Plan
Program
Degree
CIP
GCOESEUSS
Secondary Education Social Studies
M.Ed.
45.0101
The Secondary Education Social Studies M.Ed. program has been revised to identify and include courses that meet new
Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations that require Instructional II certificates add Standard Aligned System
(SAS) and Accommodations to graduate degrees.
PROGRAM ELECTIVE/REQUIREMENT CHANGES: (Eff. Fall 2012)
[COE 1234]
Academic Plan
Program
Degree
CIP
GCOESEUML
Secondary Education Middle Level
M.Ed.
13.1203
The Secondary Education Middle Level M.Ed. program has been revised to identify and include courses that meet new
Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations that require Instructional II certificates add Standard Aligned System
(SAS) and Accommodations to graduate degrees.
COURSE PREREQUISITE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
LIB
480
Introduction to Preservation and Digitization of Archives
and Special Collections
Remove prerequisites.
[COE 1237]
3 SH – 3 CH
COURSE DESCRIPTION/PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
553
Development of Digital and Multimedia Instructional Resources
[COE 1239]
Remove prerequisites.
3 SH – 3 CH
COURSE DESCRIPTION/SYLLABUS/TITLE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
571
Instructional Technology Capstone Project
Title change from: Research Project to: Instructional Technology Capstone Project
3 SH – 3 CH
[COE 1240]
COURSE DESCRIPTION/SYLLABUS/TITLE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
514
Perspectives on Instructional Technology and Learning
[COE 1241]
3 SH – 3 CH
Title change from: Foundations of Instructional Technology to: Perspectives on Instructional Technology and Learning
COURSE DESCRIPTION/PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS/TITLE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
435
Designing Distance Education for the K-12 Educator
[COE 1243]
3 SH – 3 CH
Remove prerequisites.
Title change from: Distance Learning and the K-12 Educator to: Designing Distance Education for the K-12 Educator
COURSE DESCRIPTION/PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS/TITLE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
527
Problem-based Learning Through Instructional Technology
[COE 1244]
3 SH – 3 CH
Remove prerequisites.
Title change from: Integrating Instructional Technology into the K-12 Classroom 3 to: Problem-based Learning Through
Instructional Technology
COURSE DESCRIPTION/PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS/TITLE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
536
Emerging Technologies for Educators
[COE 1245]
Remove prerequisites. Remove LIB cross listing from ITC/LIB 536.
Title change from: Integrating the Internet for Educators to: Emerging Technologies for Educators
3 SH – 3 CH
PROGRAM PLACED IN MORATORIUM: (Eff. Fall 2012)
Academic Plan
Program
GLASTVR
Electronic Media
[LAS 12118]
Degree
M.S.
CIP
09.0702
SELECTED TOPICS ANNOUNCED: (Eff. Spring 2013)
CSC
480
Selected Topics in Computer Science: Introduction to Semantic
Web Technologies
[LAS 12178]
3 SH – 3 CH
ADD DISTANCE EDUCATION TO EXISTING COURSE: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ENG
551
Postcolonial Literary Theory and Texts
[LAS 12179]
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
SELECTED TOPICS ANNOUNCED: (Eff. Fall 2012)
PRO
290
Selected Topics in Professional Studies:
Services Marketing for Professionals
[COB 1241]
3 SH – 3 CH
SELECTED TOPICS ANNOUNCED: (Eff. Fall 2012)
PRO
290
Selected Topics in Professional Studies: Entrepreneurship Start Your Own Business
[COB 1242]
3 SH – 3 CH
COURSE PREREQUISITE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ITC
331
Media and Technology in Education
Remove prerequisite: ITC 125 or permission of the instructor.
[COE 1235]
3 SH – 3 CH
COURSE CREDIT HOUR REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
LIB
390/391 Clinical Experience and Practicum I and II
Change in credit hours from 7 SH – 7 CH to 6 SH – 6 CH
[COE 1236]
6 SH – 6 CH
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
COURSE PREREQUISITE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
ANT/SOC 130 Marriage and Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective
[LAS 12110]
Remove prerequisite: ANT010 (Cultural Anthropology) or SOC 010 (Principles of Sociology).
3 SH – 3 CH
COURSE DESCRIPTION/SYLLABUS REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
MAR/GEL 358/359 General Geophysics Lecture/Laboratory
[LAS 12148]
3 SH – 5 CH
IDEA objectives and Assessment have been added. The course outline and instructional resources have been updated.
COURSE PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
GEL
362/363 Hydrogeology Lecture/Laboratory
[LAS 12149]
3 SH – 5 CH
Prerequisite change from: Two semesters of Geology/Marine Science and PHY 040/042 or 100/102 to: PHY 040 or 100,
Corequisite: PHY 042 or 102.
COURSE PREREQUISITE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
CSC
356
Introduction to Database Management Systems
[LAS 12155]
3 SH – 3 CH
Prerequisite: CSC 237 or CSC 253 and completion of 18 credits of CSC courses numbered 125 or higher and a GPA in CSC courses
of at least 2.25.
COURSE PREREQUISITE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
CSC
325
Introduction to Computer Science Theory
[LAS 12156]
3 SH – 3 CH
Prerequisite: CSC 225 and CSC 237 and completion of 18 credits of CSC courses numbered 125 or higher and a GPA in CSC
courses of at least 2.25.
COURSE SYLLABUS REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
CSC
352
UNIX: Systems Programming and Administration
COURSE PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
CSC
135
Computer Science I
Prerequisite changed to: MAT 105 or higher or permission of instructor.
COURSE SYLLABUS REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
CSC
237
Data Structures
[LAS 12165]
3 SH – 3 CH
[LAS 12166]
3 SH – 3 CH
[LAS 12167]
3 SH – 3 CH
COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
COURSE DESCRIPTION/PREREQUISITE/SYLLABUS/TITLE REVISION: (Eff. Spring 2013)
SPE
101
Introduction to Communication Studies
[VPA 1273]
3 SH – 3 CH
Prerequisite/Corequisite: SPE 010.
Title change from: Introduction to Speech Communication Theory and Research to: Introduction to Communication Studies
COURSE DELETION OF CROSS LISTING/COURSE ARCHIVE: (Eff. Fall 2012)
ARU
329
Arts and Crafts for the Atypical
[VPA 1285]
ARU prefixed deleted from ARU/SPU 329 Arts and Crafts for the Atypical. ARU 329 archived.
3 SH – 3 CH
SELECTED TOPICS ANNOUNCED: (Eff. Fall 2012)
ARH
385
Selected Topics in Art History: Theory and Criticism
in Contemporary Art
3 SH – 3 CH
[VPA 1286]
ADD DISTANCE EDUCATION TO EXISTING COURSE: (Eff. Summer I 2012)
MUS
311
Music from Ancient Times to 1750
[VPA 1288]
ADD DISTANCE EDUCATION TO EXISTING COURSE: (Eff. Summer II 2012)
SPE
170
Introduction to Public Relations
MUS
312
Music from 1750 to the Present
[VPA 1280]
[VPA 1289]
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