Approved: September 21, 2007

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Friday, September 7, 2007 - 2:00 p.m.

City Park Campus – Lac Maurepas (Building 23, Second Floor)

Call to Order

Curriculum Committee Meeting was called to order at 2:10 p.m. by

Harold Gaspard, Chair.

II.

Roll Call

Present were: Lester Adelsberg Leroy Kendrick

Sal Anselmo Melissa LaCour

Jennifer Bennett Anne LaVance

Wayne Chalona Debbie Lea

Maria Cisneros Mary Ellen Logan

Janet Colletti Patrice Moore

Greg Dawson Sallye Raymond

Patricia Egers Suzanne Riche

Harold Gaspard Dolores Smith

Thomas Gruber Tim Stamm

Sheila Hickman Dianne Thames

Absent/attending

to other business: Donna Alley Mike Nixon

Mary Bartholomew Wesley Payne

Ashley Chitwood Warren Puneky

Arnel Cosey Kim Rugon

Harolyn Cumlet Vance Roux

Chris Doyle Deborah Skevington

Sarah Inman Lauren Tarantino

Cheryl Myers Elizabeth Wilson

III.

Vice Chancellor’s Charge for the Curriculum Committee

Vice Chancellor Deborah Lea addressed the committee and reviewed the role, scope,

and mission with current members.

IV.

Curriculum Committee Functions

The membership list, curriculum calendar, PPM: AA-1622.1D, AA.1510.1A, AA-

1503.1, Board of Regents Policy 2.11, Policy 2.15, and Policy 2.16 were distributed and

reviewed.

Updated membership lists and Curriculum Proposal Coversheet Forms

(1510/001) were distributed.

Minutes of the Meeting of April 13, 2007

The Minutes of the meeting of April 13, 2007 were reviewed an accepted as written

[Motion: Pat Egers; Second: Patrice Moore; Carried, Unanimously]

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VI.

Curriculum Operations Report

Tim Stamm reported that all curriculum proposals from the April 13, 2007 meeting

were reviewed and approved by the Vice Chancellor for Learning & Student

Development. Most all curriculum committee actions from the 2006-2007 academic

year were included in the 2007-2008 College Catalog with the exception of those

requiring review and action by the Louisiana Community & Technical College System

and the Board of Regents for Louisiana Higher Education that occurred after the

catalog printing deadline. A suggestion was made by Lester Adelsberg to forward

committee agendas and minutes to the catalog editor to assist in the process of catalog

revision. Tim Stamm reminded the committee that the agenda and approved minutes

are available for viewing on the Docushare intranet site. The proposed concentrations

for the Administrative Office Technologies Associate of Applied Science degree

program remain under review at the Board level. The proposed Certificate of

Technical Studies (CTS) in Entrepreneurship has been approved by the Louisiana

Community & Technical College System Board of Supervisors. A proposal to create

separate and distinct concentrations in the Culinary Arts Associate of Science degree

program was approved at LCTCS; however, was modified by the Board of Regents. As

opposed to concentrations, the program modifications were approved as options. A

discussion followed regarding the implications of concentrations versus options, the

Regents definition of each, and the rationale for modification by the Board of Regents.

VII.

General Education Initiatives

A document, “Guide to Quality General Educational Experiences for Two Year College

Students,” produced jointly by the Louisiana Community & Technical College System

and The Board of Regents for Louisiana Higher Education was distributed and

reviewed. Additional discussion regarding the classification of History courses and

Board of Regents policy interpretation followed.

VIII.

New Business

Science & Mathematics

/BIOL

Course Revision

: Removal of BIOL-161: Introductory Anatomy and

Physiology and BIOL-163: Introductory Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory

from the list of courses approved to meet Natural Sciences General Education

Requirements. The course and laboratory counterpart, as designed, are

applied in nature and are designed to meet the needs of occupational

programs not designed for transfer. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion:

Wayne Chalona; Second: Lester Adelsberg; Carried, Unanimously]

IX.

Consent Agenda

Allied Health/PTAP

Course Revision

: Removal of prerequisite requirement from PTAP-206:

Clinical Science II. Students may successfully complete PTAP-206 while

being concurrently enrolled in PTAP-205 or without having first taken the

course. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Sheila Hickman; Second: Pat

Egers; Carried, Unanimously]

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Old Business

None

XI.

Next Meeting:

September 21, 2007

(scheduled meeting)

XII.

Adjournment:

2:50 p.m.