Approved: November 9, 2007

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Friday, October 26, 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 2:04 p.m. by

Harold Gaspard, Chair.

II.

Roll Call

Present were: Lester Adelsberg Sarah Inman

Mary Bartholomew Leroy Kendrick

Jennifer Bennett Anne LaVance

Wayne Chalona Mary Ellen Logan

Maria Cisneros Warren Puneky

Janet Colletti Sallye Raymond

Harolyn Cumlet Dolores Smith

Patricia Egers Tim Stamm

Harold Gaspard Dianne Thames

Thomas Gruber

Absent/attending

to other business: Donna Alley Cheryl Myers

Sal Anselmo

Mike Nixon

Ashley Chitwood Suzanne Riche

Arnel Cosey

Kim Rugon

Greg Dawson Vance Roux

Chris Doyle

Deborah Skevington

Sheila Hickman Lauren Tarantino

Melissa LaCour Elizabeth Wilson

Patrice Moore

Guests: Patrick Conroy Claudia Martinez

David Coughran Jeffery L. Smith

Warren Duclos Janet G. Stephens

III.

Minutes of Meeting of September 21, 2007

The Minutes of the meeting of September 21, 2007 were reviewed and unanimously

accepted as written.

IV.

Curriculum Operations Report – Tim Stamm

Tim Stamm reported all curriculum proposals from the September 21, 2007 meeting

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

Development. The information has been forwarded to the Catalog Editor for inclusion

in the 2008-2009 College Catalog.

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New Business

Note

: The agenda was reordered and items were combined for discussion.

Original Agenda Placement: Items V. a. to V.b.

Allied Health/PSOM

Concept of New Program

: Associate of Applied Science in Polysomnographic

Technology, a program designed to prepare students to perform quality sleep

studies and to work in comprehensive sleep centers located in hospitals and

independent sleep centers. Polysomnography is the physiological measurement

of sleep for identification of sleep disorders.

Allied Health/PSOM

Concept of a New Program

: Certificate of Technical Studies in

Polysomnographic Technology. The Certificate will serve as an exit point for

students and is designed to meet an articulated workforce need.

Motion to accept proposals

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Leroy

Kendrick; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.c.

Allied Health/FSED

Course Deletion

: FSED-227: Funeral Service Microbiology and Pathology.

Delete the course FSED-227: Funeral Service Microbiology and Pathology from

the catalog of course offerings. Curricular revision will replace this course with

another in the “Courses Required in Major” of the Funeral Services Associate of

Applied Science degree program. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary

Bartholomew; Second: Leroy Kendrick; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.d.

Allied Health/FSED

New Course

: FSED-228: Funeral Service Pathology. Creation of a new course,

FSED-228: Funeral Service Pathology. The course is designed to cover the basic

principles of pathology as applied to funeral service education. Topics include:

sanitation, disinfection, public health, embalming practice. Course description:

Basic principles as applied to funeral service education, especially as they

pertain to sanitation, disinfection, public health, and embalming practice. The

development and use of personal, professional, and community hygiene and

sanitation are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on tissue pathology and

major causative agents of death. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary

Bartholomew; Second: Jennifer Bennett; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered and items were combined for discussion.

Original Agenda Placement: Items V. e. to V.g.

Allied Health/FSED

Course Modification

: FSED-164: Funeral Home Embalming and Cosmetic

Practicum. Reduce the credit hours of FSED-164: Funeral Home Embalming

and Cosmetic Practicum from four (4) credit hours to three (3) credit hours.

Allied Health/FSED

Course Modification

: FSED-168: Funeral Home Office and Arrangement

Practicum. Reduce the credit hours of FSED-168: Funeral Home Office and

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Arrangement Practicum from four (4) credit hours to three (3) credit hours.

Allied Health/FSED

Course Modification

: FSED-270: Funeral Service Seminar. Reduce the credit

hours of FSED-270: Funeral Service Seminar from three (3) credit hours to two

(2) credit hours. Motion to accept proposals

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew;

Second: Wayne Chalona; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.h.

Allied Health/FSED

Program Revision

: Associate of Applied Science in Funeral Services Education.

Revise the FSED Associate of Applied Science degree program as follows: Delete

FSED-227: Funeral Service Microbiology and Pathology from Required Courses

in Major; Add BIOL-211: Microbiology of Human Pathogens to Required Courses

in Major (course satisfies Natural Sciences General Education Requirement);

Add FSED-228: Funeral Service Pathology to Required Courses in Major. Total

program credit hours remain the same.

*Note: course was changed from BIOL-

210 as a result of discussion in committee*

Motion to accept proposal

[Motion:

Mary Bartholomew; Second: Pat Egers; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.i.

Allied Health/FSED

Change of Course Title

: FSED-130: Grief Counseling. Change the title of

FSED-130 from “Grief Counseling” to “Dynamics of Grief” to eliminate the

emphasis on counseling that may imply the student is qualified to counsel

families. The purpose of this course is to understand the psychology of grief and

identify counseling needs and refer the family to the appropriate organizations,

counselors, etc. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew;

Second: Tom Gruber; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered and items were combined for discussion.

Original Agenda Placement: Items V. j. to V.l.

Business and Technology/ADOT

Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: ADOT-264: Database Applications.

Modify the prerequisite requirement of ADOT-264: Database Applications to

state: “Prerequisite: ADOT-105: Survey of Computer Applications or CMIN-201:

Computer and Internet Literacy or CMIN-204: Fundamentals of Information

Technologies and Systems.” Current prerequisite states: “Prerequisite: ADOT-

105: Survey of Computer Applications or CMIN-201: Computer and Information

Literacy.”

Business and Technology/ADOT

Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: ADOT-265: Spreadsheet

Applications. Modify the prerequisite requirement of ADOT-265: Spreadsheet

Applications to state: “Prerequisite: ADOT-105: Survey of Computer Applications

or CMIN-201: Computer and Internet Literacy or CMIN-204: Fundamentals of

Information Technologies and Systems.” Current prerequisite states:

“Prerequisite: ADOT-105: Survey of Computer Applications or CMIN-201:

Computer and Information Literacy.”

Business and Technology/CMIN

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Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: CMIN-203: Logic and Design.

Modify the prerequisite requirement of CMIN-203: Logic and Design to state:

“Prerequisite: ADOT-105: Survey of Computer Applications or CMIN-201:

Computer and Internet Literacy or CMIN-204: Fundamentals of Information

Technologies and Systems.” Current prerequisite states: “Prerequisite: CMIN-

201: Computer and Information Literacy.”

Motion to accept proposals

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Warren

Puneky; Carried, Unanimously].

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.m.

Business and Technology/CMIN

Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: CMIN-255: Advanced Web Projects.

Modify the prerequisite requirement of CMIN-255: Advanced Web Projects to

state: “Prerequisite: CMIN-206: Web Programming and CMIN-220: Web Site

Design and XHTML.” Current prerequisite states: “Prerequisite: ADOT-131:

Photo Editing for Windows and CMIN-206: Web Programming.” Motion to

accept proposal

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Warren Puneky;

Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.n.

Business and Technology/CMIN

Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: CMIN-291: Systems Analysis

Methods. Modify the prerequisite requirement of CMIN-291: Systems Analysis

Methods to state “Prerequisite: CMIN-212: Visual Basic II or CMIN-250: JAVA

Programming.” Current prerequisite states: “Prerequisite: CMIN-212: Visual

Basic II and CMIN-250: JAVA Programming.” Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Jennifer Bennett; Carried,

Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.o.

Business and Technology/ACCT

Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: ACCT-201: Accounting I. Addition of

the prerequisite requirement “eligibility for MATH-118.” Currently, the course

has no prerequisite requirements. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Warren

Puneky; Second: Wayne Chalona; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.p.

Business and Technology/ACCT

Program Revision

: Remove the option of CMIN-201: Computer and Internet

Literacy from the Required Courses in Major of the Accounting Associate of

Science degree program. The programmatic revision will require students to

take BUSG-224: Business Computer Applications. BUSG-224 will better serve

Accounting majors due to expanded coverage of business applications

particularly electronic spreadsheets. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary

Bartholomew; Second: Warren Puneky; Carried, Unanimously]

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Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.q.

Business and Technology/MANG

Change of Prerequisite Requirements

: MANG-215: Management

Information Systems. Modify the prerequisite requirement of MANG-215:

Management Information Systems to state “Prerequisite: BUSG-224: Business

Computer Applications

CMIN-201: Computer and Internet Literacy

CMIN-204: Fundamentals of Information Technologies and Systems.”

Prerequisite currently state: ““Prerequisite: BUSG-224: Business Computer

Applications

CMIN-201: Computer and Internet Literacy.” Motion to accept

proposal

[Motion: Maria Cisneros; Second: Mary Bartholomew; Carried,

Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.r.

Business and Technology/CMIN

Program Revision

: Revision of the Computer Information Technology

Associate of Applied Science degree program to offer two separate and distinct

concentrations. Concentrations include: Programmer/Analyst Specialist and

Web Design Specialist. The addition of concentrations to the Computer

Information Technology Associate of Applied Science degree program will allow

students to focus study. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary

Bartholomew; Second: Wayne Chalona; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered and items were combined for discussion.

Original Agenda Placement: Items V. s. to V.u.

Business and Technology/PSSE

Course Deletion

: PSSE-100: Basic Corrections. Delete the course, PSSE-100:

Basic Corrections, from the catalog of course offerings. The course is not used in

any current certificate or degree program and has not been offered in the past

five (5) years.

Business and Technology/PSSE

Course Deletion

: PSSE-102: Juvenile Corrections. Delete the course, PSSE-

102: Juvenile Corrections, from the catalog of course offerings. The course is not

used in any current certificate or degree program and has not been offered in the

past five (5) years.

Business and Technology/PSSE

Course Deletion

: PSSE-112: Introduction to Public Services. Delete the course,

PSSE-112: Introduction to Public Services, from the catalog of course offerings.

The course is not used in any certificate or degree program; it was last offered in

the summer session of 2004 with low enrollment.

Motion to accept proposals

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Maria

Cisneros; Carried, Unanimously]

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Note

: The agenda was reordered. Original Agenda Placement: Item V.v.

Business and Technology/ENTE

Final Approval of Curriculum

: Certificate of Technical in Entrepreneurship.

Final approval of curriculum and catalog description for the Certificate of

Technical Studies (CTS) in Entrepreneurship. Motion to accept proposal

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Pat Egers; Carried, Unanimously]

Note

: The agenda was reordered and items were combined for discussion.

Original Agenda Placement: Items V. w. to V.x.

Business and Technology/MANG

Program Modification

: Associate of Science in Management. Change the

degree designation of the Management program from Associate of Science to

Associate of Applied Science and modify curricular content to reflect the goal of

the program: to prepare students for immediate employment; the program is not

designed for transfer.

Business and Technology/MANG

Change of Program Title

: Management. Change the name of the Management

degree program from “Management” to “Business and Management.”

Motion to accept proposals

[Motion: Mary Bartholomew; Second: Wayne

Chalona; Carried, Unanimously]

VI.

Old Business

VII.

Next Meeting

November 9, 2007

(Scheduled Meeting)

VIII.

Adjournment

2:57 p.m.