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Advising Updates - Number 66
Administrative Enrollment Controls for Baccalaureate Majors
1997 Entering First-Year Students
(SU97, FA97, SP98)
1999 Spring Pool
College of Agricultural Sciences
| Academic Majors |
Number of Juniors
to be Selected |
| Landscape Contracting |
48 |
Smeal College of Business Administration
| Academic Majors |
Number of Juniors
to be Selected |
| Actuarial Science |
50 |
| Finance & Finance/International Business (combined limit) |
275 |
Entrance Criteria: Applicants to Smeal College majors must complete:
ENGL 015 or 030, MATH 110 or 140, CMPSC 203, ECON 002, ECON 004, ACCTG 211,
MSIS 200, M I S 204, B A 243.
College of Communications
| Academic Majors |
Number of Juniors
to be Selected |
| Advertising/Public Relations |
100 |
| Film/Video |
60 |
Entrance Criteria for the Advertising/Public Relations major: Applicants
must be 4th semester or higher and have received a grade of C or
higher in English 015 or 030 and Economics 002.
Entrance Criteria for the Film/Video major: Applicants must be 4th
semester or higher and have received a grade of C or higher in
Communications 150 and a grade of B or higher in Communications 242.
College of Engineering
| Academic Majors |
Number of Juniors
to be Selected |
| Architectural Engineering |
90 |
| Chemical Engineering |
160 |
| Computer Engineering/Computer Science (combined limit) |
120 |
Entrance Criteria: Applicants to Engineering majors must have completed
MATH 140, MATH 141, CHEM 012, and PHYS 201 with a grade of C or
better. (Note: For Computer Science majors, CSE 120 would replace CHEM 012.)
College of Education
| Academic Majors |
Number of Juniors
to be Selected |
| Elementary and Kindergarten Education |
300 |
| Special Education |
50 |
Entrance Criteria for Elementary and Kindergarten Education: Completion of
C I 295, EDPSY 014, EDTHP 115, PSY 002, and PSY 213 with a grade of C or
higher per course and ENGL 015 or 030. No students with less than a 2.50
cumulative grade-point average will be admitted to the major.*
Entrance Criteria for Special Education: Completion of EDPSY 014,
EDTHP 115, PSY 002 and 213, and HD FS 129 with a grade of C or higher per
course. No students with less than a 2.50 cumulative grade-point average
will be admitted to the major.*
*In addition, candidates for both of the above majors must present scores from
the NTE Communication Skills Test and from the Penn State Mathematics Test
and document 80 hours of volunteer or paid work with populations
age-appropriate to the major, including at least 40 hours involving
individuals from an underrepresented group or who are from rural or urban
areas, but different from the candidate's own background.
Source: John Romano, Vice Provost and Dean for Enrollment Management
and Administration
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