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External Proposal Reviewers

Reviewers for external curriculum proposals include various stakeholders.

They include:

  • Penn State Undergraduate or Graduate Curricular Committee 
  • External Disciplinary Consultation Group
    • Occurs concurrently with final review by Academic School Curricular Committee
  • Penn State Behrend Curricular Committee
  • School Director
  • Penn State Behrend Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs (SCCA) Representative 
  • Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Penn State Behrend
  • Vice President of Commonwealth Campuses 
  • Penn State SCCA
  • Faculty Senate 
  • Final Approval (which can include the University Board of Trustees)
     
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Internal Proposal Chain of Travel

The chain of travel for internal curriculum proposals at Penn State Behrend is as follows: 
Initiating Faculty, Department Chair, Designated School Committees, School Director, Behrend Curricular Committee, Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs & Vice Chancellor, Graduate Studies.