Curriculum Transition Committee
(Revised 10/27/05)

Charge:

• Propose curricular policies and procedures that further the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Curricular Integrity and align the AAPPM Curricular Principles.
  

• Identify and propose new or revised policies and procedures to coordinate the equitable review of course and program proposals from campuses and colleges.
  

• Identify and propose new or revised policies and procedures for the extension, addition, revision, and discontinuation of courses and programs as currently defined in the Senate Guide to Curricular Procedures.
  

• Propose ways for University-wide disciplinary groups to have a role in curricular review procedures.
  

• Submit the final report of the committee to the Chair of the Senate, Executive Vice President and Provost, and the Vice Presidents for Commonwealth Campuses and Undergraduate Education, with the expectation that final action on proposals will be subject to legislative and advisory/consultative action (as appropriate) through relevant standing Faculty Senate and administrative committees.

AAPPM Curricular Principles:

1. Curricular programs should reflect disciplinary integrity across all locations of the University.

2. Curricular integrity requires planning and implementation that reflects quality among units with common curricular interests across all Penn State locations and delivery modes.

3. Decisions regarding undergraduate programs, majors, options, and minors require both academic and administrative review and approval.

Guideline-Academic review and approval is conducted by the faculty through the University Faculty Senate Council. Academic review ensures adherence to the University's standards of academic quality and curricular integrity.

Guideline-Administrative review and approval is conducted by the Office of the Provost. Administrative review ensures consideration and fulfillment of the broader University mission, enrollment management, local needs, and resource availability and use, as well as overall academic quality and curricular integrity.

4. New programs must be justified by considerations of quality, cost, enrollment, impact upon availability of senior faculty to engage in lower division instruction, and implications for other programs and courses.

Guideline-Unique majors, minors, and options should be proposed only when the variation from existing curricula is substantial, and when the program fulfills a demonstrable demand by students that is likely to continue.

(Approved by ACUE, 9/04)

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