CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.

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

 

AGENDA

 

I.

 

Call to Order

 

II.

 

Roll Call

 

III.

 

Debbie Lea’s Report

 

IV.

 

Minutes of meeting of February 3, 2006

 

V.

 

New Business

 

a)

 

Business and Technology/Business, Technology, & Mathematics/BUSG

Course Title Change:

Change the title of BUSG 115 Entrepreneurship to BUSG 115 Starting a

New Business to better reflect the nature of the course.

 

b)

 

  

New Course:

BUSG 210 Business Ethics. Focuses on the ethical and legal considerations used

by managers in the business environment.

 

c)

 

Business and Technology/Business, Technology, & Mathematics/BUSG

General Education Course Addition:

Inclusion of BUSG 210 Business Ethics as an approved

Humanities course that meets general education requirements for degree.

 

d)

 

Business and Technology/Business, Technology, & Mathematics/ACCT

 

New Course:

ACCT 230 Governmental Accounting. Introductory course to concepts and

procedures of fund accounting as applied to government and non-profit institutions.

 

e)

 

Business and Technology/Business, Technology, & Mathematics/BUSL

New Course:

BUSL 210 Cyberlaw. Designed to teach important legal concepts related to the

Internet for both business and personal use.

 

f)

 

Curriculum and Program Development/GSTD

Concept for New Program

: Certificate of General Studies. A state-wide, LCTCS initiative

designed to provide students with a broad foundation of fundamental academic skills.

 

g)

 

Allied Health/RSPT

Course Revision:

RSPT 157 Proficiency Seminar I. Remove prerequisite of “Completion of all

RSPT course in the technician program (except RSPT 155) with a grade of “C” or better” from

RSPT 137 Proficiency Seminar I.

 

 

 

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h)

 

Allied Health/FSED

Course Revision:

FSED 227 Funeral Service Microbiology and Pathology. Remove prerequisite

of high school biology or BIOL 101/BIOL 107 from FSED 227 from FSED 227 Funeral Service

Microbiology and Pathology.

 

i)

 

Business and Technology/HOST

Course Revision:

HOST 221 Hospitality Marketing. Addition of prerequisite option to HOST

221 Hospitality Marketing. Prerequisite: HOST 101

or

MARK 201.

 

j)

 

Business and Technology/HOST

Course Title Change:

Change the name of HOST 200 Hospitality Accounting to HOST 200

Revenue and Asset Management to better reflect the nature of the course.

 

 

VI.

 

Old Business

 

VII.

 

Next Meeting: March 10, 2006

(scheduled meeting)

 

VIII.

 

Adjournment