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Penn State may cut 49 majors

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Metal Mike said:
I was very concerned when I read that PSU may cut 49 Majors. I feel this will hit hardest at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS). EMS has many majors with tiny enrollments. Back in the day I was a metallurgy major. In my last two years we had only 8 people as undergraduates. There were other majors with similar numbers in EMS. I remember the Dean noted how low numbers in classes hurt the college in funding. I fear that losing these majors will change the nature of PSU. These low enrollment major, most in technical areas allowed PSU to full fil the requirement of PSU to support the commonwealth in vital industries.
The low enrollment was due to two factors. First the lack of wide knowledge about the majors. The second was the prerequisites required. For example in my major we had to take Physical Chemistry (PC). This course alone caused many folks to change majors.
Today Metallurgy as a major does not exist. It was morphed into Material Science and Engineering. Still a small enrollment when compared to other majors.
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Man I hope not, EMS would be one of the craziest schools to cut. Many subsets of it are becoming more relevant than ever and we’re perfectly geographically situated to capitalize on that through both student placement and research.
 
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Announced a couple of days ago.
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Penn State Plans to Eliminate 47 Degree Programs

Penn State has finalized recommendations to close 47 low-enrollment degree programs as part of a multi-year review of its academic offerings, the
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
– Professional Photography (BDES)

COLLEGE OF EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES
– Geobiology (BS)
– Geosciences (BA)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
– Elementary and Kindergarten Education (BS)
– Middle Level Education (BS)
– World Languages Education (BS)

COLLEGE OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
– Information Sciences and Technology (BS)
– Security and Risk Analysis (BS)

COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS
– Multidisciplinary Studies (BA)
– Multidisciplinary Studies (AA)

EBERLY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
– Planetary Science and Astronomy (BS)

ABINGTON COLLEGE
– Integrative Arts (BA)
– American Studies (BA)

ALTOONA COLLEGE
– Environmental Studies (BS)
– Security and Risk Analysis (BS)
– Elementary and Kindergarten Education (BS)
– Criminal Justice (BA)
– History (BA)
– Human Development and Family Studies (AS)
– Science (AS)

BEHREND COLLEGE
– English (BA)
– Physics (BS)
– Secondary Education (BS)

BERKS COLLEGE
– Security and Risk Analysis (BS)
– Elementary and Kindergarten Education (BS)
– Global Studies (BA)
– Hospitality Management (BS)

CAPITAL COLLEGE (HARRISBURG)
– American Studies (BA)
– Enterprise Technology Integration (BS)
– Information Sciences and Technology (BS)
– Information Systems (BS)
– Security and Risk Analysis (BS)
– Human Development and Family Studies (BS)
– Humanities (BA)
– Health Policy and Administration (BS)
– Project and Supply Chain Management (BS)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (MULTIPLE COMMONWEALTH CAMPUSES)
– Communication Arts and Sciences (BA)
– Integrative Science (BS)
– Administration of Justice (BA)
– Administration of Justice (BS)
– Arts Administration (BA)
– Corporate Communication (BA)
– American Studies (BA)
– Humanities (BA)
– Mining Technology (AS)

ENGINEERING PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES
– Surveying Engineering (BS)
– Electrical Engineering Technology (AENGT)
 
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kgilbert78 said:
Had an old bumper sticker that read "Honk if you passed P-Chem". I did at both PSU ad tOSU, but Prof. Gerkin's thermodynamics class was a bear (I almost said "put me in a pickle", but...).
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College of Science when I attended PSU had the lowest average GPA of all colleges and therefore the most difficult to get an ”A” in any course. This was followed closely by the college of engineering. I won’t mention the easiest college of the 11 at the time, but I knew people who had majors in that college and some of classes were attendance based - if you attended all classes you got an A grade.

This was at the time kgilbert78 attended and I can attest to the difficulty of some of the college of science and engineering courses because most of the people on my dorm floor in Snyder Hall were science or engineering majors, including myself.
 
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Big_O said:
College of Science when I attended PSU had the lowest average GPA of all colleges and therefore the most difficult to get an ”A” in any course. This was followed closely by the college of engineering. I won’t mention the easiest college of the 11 at the time, but I knew people who had majors in that college and some of classes were attendance based - if you attended all classes you got an A grade.

This was at the time kgilbert78 attended and I can attest to the difficulty of some of the college of science and engineering courses because most of the people on my dorm floor in Snyder Hall were science or engineering majors, including myself.
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We were in the same House as I recall....
 
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