CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING

Friday, March 31, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.

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

 

AGENDA

 

I.

 

Call to Order

 

II.

 

Roll Call

 

III.

 

Minutes of meeting of March 10, 2006

 

IV.

 

Debbie Lea’s Report

 

V.

 

New Business

 

a)

 

Business and Technology/HOST

 

Course Title Change/Course Revision:

HOST 200 Hospitality Accounting. Change the title

of HOST 200 Hospitality Accounting to HOST 200 Hospitality Revenue Management. Approval

of Course Master Syllabus.

 

b)

 

Business and Technology/HOST

 

Course Revision:

HOST 200 Hospitality Revenue Management. Revise the catalog description

for HOST 200 to state: “HOST 200 Hospitality Revenue Management. Provides a basis for

understanding current hospitality revenue concepts and procedures, the processing of hospitality

financial data, and the flow of financial information in the accounting cycle that enables managers

to improve profits.”

Current catalog description: “HOST 200 Hospitality Accounting. Process and type of data used

to produce financial statements in hospitality industry. Pre-requisite: HOST 101.”

 

c)

 

Business and Technology/HOST

New Course:

HOST 225 Hospitality Seminar. Creation of a new course, HOST 225 Hospitality

Seminar that focuses on trends and issues in the hospitality food and beverage management

industry.

 

d)

 

Business and Technology/CULA

 

New Course:

CULA 232 Current Issues in Catering. Creation of a new course, CULA 230

Current Issues in Catering that focuses on trends and issues in the catering industry.

 

e)

 

Business and Technology/CULA

 

New Course:

CULA 230 On-Premise Catering. Creation of a new course, CULA 231 On-

Premise Catering that focuses on an in-depth analysis of components of the on-premise catering

profession.

 

f)

 

Business and Technology/CULA

 

New Course:

CULA 231 Off-Premise Catering. Creation of a new course, CULA 232 that

focuses on an in-depth analysis of components of the catering profession off-premises.

 

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g)

 

Business and Technology/CULA

 

New Course:

CULA 287 Catering Work Experience. Fulltime (40 hours per week) work in an

approved catering or foodservice institution. Maintenance of a log describing work experiences

and containing recipe files and photographs of work performed is required.

 

h)

 

Business and Technology/CULA

 

Program Revision:

Addition of a concentration option in the Culinary Arts Associate of Applied

Science Program. New concentration option in catering in addition to current option in chef

apprenticeship.

 

i)

 

Liberal Arts/Liberal Arts & Sciences/THEA

Course Title Change/Course Revision

: THEA 111 Acting Workshop. Change the title of

THEA 111 Acting Workshop to THEA 111 Fundamentals of Acting. Revise course description

to read: “Improvisation and basic acting skills necessary in the development of building a life of a

character; analysis of play structure from an actor’s and critic’s point-of-view. Through exercises,

relaxation, sensory awareness, stage movement, text work, and critiques the student/actor will

heighten awareness, refine focus and concentration, and expand the imagination.”

Current catalog description: “Development of basic acting skills through exercises and projects

that promote relaxation, sensory awareness, expressiveness, stage movement and technique, and

creative interaction.” -- Change of credit hours from one (1) credit hour to three (3) credit hours.

Approval of Course Master Syllabus.

 

j)

 

Liberal Arts/Liberal Arts & Sciences/General Education/Approved Fine Arts Electives

Course Addition

: THEA 111 Fundamentals of Acting. Addition of the course THEA 111

Fundamentals of Acting to the list of approved general education courses that may be used to

meet the Fine Arts requirement for successful completion of certificate and/or degree.

 

k)

 

Liberal Arts/Liberal Arts & Sciences/THEA

Course Deletion

: THEA 161 and THEA 261 Acting Workshop. Delete THEA 161 and THEA

261 Acting Workshop courses from the catalog of course offerings.

 

l)

 

Business and Technology/Business, Technology, and Mathematics/ADOT

Change of Course Prefix:

Change CMIN 209 Web Design Using Frontpage to ADOT 209 Web

Design Using Frontpage to better reflect the nature of the course and its placement in the

Administrative Office Technology Discipline rather than the Computer Information Technology

Discipline.

 

 

VI.

 

Old Business

 

VII.

 

Next Meeting: April 28, 2006

(scheduled meeting)

 

VIII.

 

Adjournment