Policies & Rules for Undergraduate Instruction and Curriculum

Creation of Curricular Policies was approved by the Senate at the September 14, 2021 and January 25, 2022 plenary meetings.  For more information, view  Legislation 9-2021 (September 14, 2021, Appendix G) and Legislation 1-2022 (January 25, 2022, Appendix G). Unless otherwise noted, these policies were previously described in the Guide to Curricular Procedures.

When curricular policy changes/additions are approved in Senate Plenary, there is a note added in the online policies. When the implementation is completed by Undergraduate Education, we then make the changes to the online policies.

For policy numbers under 100, please visit “Policies and Rules for Undergraduate Students.”

Policy NumberPolicy Title
100-00 Faculty Role and ResponsibilityFaculty Role and Responsibility
100-10 Curriculum Principles and Policies
100-20 Curriculum Proposals
130-00Baccalaureate Degree Curriculum
130-10 Credits in a Baccalaureate Degree
130-20 Types of Baccalaureate Degrees
130-50 Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements
130-51 Structure of Bachelor of Arts
132-00 Majors in Baccalaureate Degrees
132-10 Majors in Baccalaureate Degrees
132-20 Course Requirements in the Major
132-30 ROTC Credits
133-00 Concurrent Majors
134-00 Retention and Transfer Requirements
135-00 Minors and Certificates in Baccalaureate Degrees
136-00 Requirements for Minors
136-10 Grade Requirements for Minors
137-00 Requirements for Certificates
140-00General Education
141-00 General Education Learning Objectives
142-00 Baccalaureate Degree Requirements in the General Education Program
143-00 Breadth in General Education
143-10 General Education Statement
143-20 Intentional Breadth in General Education
150-00University Requirements
150-20 United States Cultures (US) and International Cultures (IL) Course Requirements
150-40 Writing Across the Curriculum
150-60 First-Year Seminars/Engagement Plans
150-65 Goals and Objectives of the Penn State First-Year Seminar/Engagement Plan
150-68 Review of FYE
160-00Associate Degree Curriculum
160-10 United States Cultures (US) and International Cultures (IL) Course Requirements for Associate Degrees
160-20 General Education Requirements for Associate Degrees
160-30 Writing across the Curriculum for Associate Degrees
170-00Policies on Courses and Course Curriculum
170-10 Course Uniformity/Course Coherence
171-00 Course Numbers
171-10 Course Numbering System
171-20 Reuse of Course Numbers
171-30 Common Course Numbers
171-40 First Year Seminar Course Numbers
171-50 Crosslisted Courses
171-60 Teaching of Existing Courses in Colleges in Which They Have Not Been Taught Before
171-70 Five-Year Automatic Drop Policy
171-80 Full- and Half-Semester Courses
171-90 Honors (H) Courses
172–00 Prerequisites, Concurrent Courses, Co-requisite Courses, and Recommended Preparation
173-00 Course Credit Expectations
174-00 Variations in Approved Credit
175-00 Courses with Alternative Grades
175-10 Research (R) Grades
175-20 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (SA/UN) Grading
180-00Course Designations and Criteria for University Requirements
180-10 Objectives for United States Cultures (US) and International Cultures (IL) Courses
180-20 US Cultures Courses
180-30 International Cultures
190-00General Education Course Designations and Criteria
190-10 Criteria for General Education Courses
190-20 General Education Foundations Course Criteria
190-40 General Education Knowledge Domain Course Criteria
192-00 General Education Integrative Studies Criteria
192-10 General Principles for the Linked Courses Pathway
192-20 General Principles for the Inter-Domain Pathway