Administrative Actions
	AMENDED REPORT
	April 3, 2007

ARTS AND HUMANITIES SUBCOMMITTEE

I.   SCHOOL OF MUSIC	Music Education
A. Terminate Course	Eff. 	Summer 2007
MUED-549	Directed Teaching: Public School Music
	(3)
Observation and teaching under the guidance of a university supervisor and a directing teacher.
> APPROVED
The directed teaching begins during USC’s spring term and continues into USC’s summer term, so it was divided into two courses, ‘a’ and ‘b’.  Part of the School of Education’s MAT program.  Revision of MAT program is shown in the Social Sciences section of the April Administrative Actions report.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC				Music Education
B.  New	Course	Eff. 	Fall 2007
MUED-549a	Directed Teaching: Public School Music
	(2)
Observation and teaching under the guidance of a university supervisor and a directing teacher.
>APPROVED
Part of the School of Education’s MAT program. Formerly MUED 549 (3).  Revision of MAT program is shown in the Social Sciences section of the April Administrative Actions report.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC				Music Education
C.  New	Course	Eff. 	Fall 2007
MUED-549b	Directed Teaching: Public School Music
	(1)
Observation and teaching under the guidance of a university supervisor and a directing teacher.
>APPROVED
Part of the School of Education’s MAT program. Formerly MUED 549 (3).  Revision of MAT program is shown in the Social Sciences section of the April Administrative Actions report.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUBCOMMITTEE
II. VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING		  Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
A.  Revise	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering
	128
Replace AME 441bL (3) with new course AME 443L (3) as a degree requirement.  No change in units.
>	Approved
Includes one new course, AME 443L, approved on SES report.
VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING                Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
B.  Revise	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering (Petroleum Engineering)
	128
Replace AME 441Lb (3) with new course AME 443L (3) as a degree requirement.  No change in units.
>	Approved
Includes one new course, AME 443L, approved on SES report.
VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
C.  Revise	Course	Eff. 	Fall 2008
AME-550a	Seminar in Aerospace Engineering
	(1)
New: Seminar in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
Recent developments and research in aerospace and mechanical engineering and related fields. Oral and written reports. Open only to AME graduate students. Graded CR/NC. 

Current: Recent developments and research in aerospace engineering and related fields. Oral and written
reports. Graduate standing is required. Graded CR/NC.
>	Approved
Change in title and description reflects merger of the formerly separate Departments of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
D.  Revise	Course	Eff. 	Fall 2008
AME-550b	Seminar in Aerospace Engineering
	(1)
New: Seminar in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
Recent developments and research in aerospace and mechanical engineering and related fields. Oral and written reports. Open only to graduate students in AME.  Graded CR/NC. 

Current: Recent developments and research in aerospace engineering and related fields. Oral and written
 reports. Graduate standing is required. Graded CR/NC.
>	Approved

VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING	Biomedical Engineering
E.  Terminate Course	Eff. 	Fall 2007
BME-412	Fundamentals of Craniofacial Biotechnology
	(3)
Biomedical engineering and technology applied to oral health professions. Dental biomaterials, CAD-
CAM, digital dental technology and tissue engineering applications to craniofacial diseases, disorders and
 enhancements.
>APPROVED
Replaced by new course DENT 412, which is part of new Dentistry minor  (on HPS report).

III.  COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES	Physics
A.  New	Course	Eff. 	Fall 2007
PHYS-499	Special Topics
	2-4, 
	max 4
Lectures and discussions on specialized topics in physics.
>APPROVED

SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
IV.  ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION 	Communication
Revise	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
Ph.D.	Communication
	(76)
Add COMM 641 to the list of options in the organizational communication track.
>APPROVED

V.  ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
 Revise	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
MAT	Master of Arts in Teaching, Single Subject 
	(34)
Required course MUED 549 (3, Sp) replaced with MUED 549ab (2-1, Sp-Su)
>APPROVED
Includes one new course (MUED 549ab) and one dropped course (MUED 549).   The drop of MUED 549 and add of MUED 549ab is shown in the Arts and Humanities section of the April Administrative Actions report.

VI.  SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
Revise Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2008
MPP	Master of Public Policy
	(48)
>	APPROVED
Add PPD 662 and PPD 687 to the list of management courses from which students choose 4 units.