CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 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 November 21, 2008
IV.
Curriculum Operations Report – Tim Stamm
V.
New Business
a)
Business & Technology/CULA
Program Revision
: Certificate of Applied Science in Culinary Arts.
Revise the Certificate of Applied Science in Culinary Arts: Delete:
CULA-106: Food Prep II: International Cuisine; CULA-207: Food
Specialties I: Fundamentals of Baking; CULA-209: Culinary Seminar;
and CULA-178-179-180: Introductory Work Experience from Required
Courses in Major; Add: CULA-121: American Regional Cuisine; CULA-
211: Bakeshop Fundamentals; and CULA-282: Supervised Work
Experience to Required Courses in Major. Add an Approved Electives
category to the Certificate program: Select one (1) of the following
courses: ACCT-111: Fundamentals of Accounting, ADOT-105: Survey
of Computer Applications, BUSG-115: Starting a New Business, or
BUSG-224: Business Computer Applications. Total program hours
increase from
37
to
39
.
b)
Business & Technology/ARCH
Change of Co-requisite Requirement
: ARCH-110: Architectural
Design I. Delete the prerequisite requirement of CADD-125: Drafting
I or permission of instructor from ARCH-110: Architectural Design I.
Co-requisite experience to Drafting is not required for student enrolled
in ARCH-110 as the fundamentals of Drafting and Design are
introduced in the course.
c)
Arts & Humanities/PSYC
Revision of Course Master Syllabus
: PSYC-240: Abnormal
Psychology. Revise the Master Syllabus for PSYC-240: Abnormal
Psychology with updated Student Learning Outcomes.
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d)
Science & Mathematics/BIOL
Change of Course Prerequisite and Co-requisite Requirements
:
BIOL-108: Introductory Biology II Laboratory. Delete the co-requisite
requirement of BIOL-102: Introductory Biology II from BIOL-108.
Students may take the Biology II Laboratory at the same time or in a
different semester from BIOL-102. Delete the pre-requisite
requirement of BIOL-107: Introductory Biology I Laboratory from
BIOL-108. The BIOL-101-102-107-108 series is designed to allow
students to select courses and laboratory requirements to meet their
transfer/program major needs. Deleting the co-requisite and
prerequisite is aligned with equivalent courses at other colleges and
universities as represented on the Board of Regents’
Articulation/Transfer Matrix.
e)
Science & Mathematics/GEOL
New Course
: GEOL-106: History of Dinosaurs. Creation of a new
course, GEOL-106: History of Dinosaurs(3-0-3/45). This lecture course
investigates the history of Paleontology, dinosaurs, and other modern
and extinct reptiles, and phylogeny. Theories about dinosaur life
behavior, biology, extinction, and evolution are also covered. The
course has been offered as a “Special Topics” in Science course with
healthy enrollment. A similar course, EES-1006: Dinosaurs, is offered
at the University of New Orleans and the content of both has been
aligned.
f)
Allied Health/FSED
New Course
: FSED-135: Funeral Service Merchandising. Creation of
a new course, FSED-135: Funeral Service Merchandising (3-0-3/45).
This course is designed to introduce the basics of merchandising
including caskets, outer burial containers, creation products, and other
items as they apply to the funeral profession.
g)
Allied Health/FSED
Course Revision
: FSED-145: Embalming Lab I. Increase the
laboratory and credit hours of Embalming Lab I from 0-3-1/45 to 0-4-
2/60 to address competencies required for success in the career field.
h)
Allied Health/FSED
Course Revision:
FSED-146: Embalming Lab II. Increase the
laboratory and credit hours of Embalming Lab II from 0-3-1/45 to 0-4-
2/60 to address competencies required for success in the career field.
i)
Allied Health/FSED
Program Revision
: Associate of Applied Science in Funeral Service
Education. Revise the Associate of Applied Science in Funeral Service
Education as follows: Move the following general education courses to
prerequisites prior to full acceptance into program: ENGL-101:
English Composition I, and MATH-118: Algebra for College Students.
Move the following courses from Required Courses in Major to
prerequisites prior to full acceptance into program: BIOL-141: General
Biology I and BIOL-143: General Biology I Laboratory. Delete: FSED-
132: Business Law for Funeral Service, FSED-142: Advanced
Procedures in Embalming, and FSED-165: Funeral Home Practicum
from Required Courses in Major. Add: BUSL-250: Legal Environment
of Business and FSED-135: Funeral Service Merchandising to
Required Courses in Major. Delete: SPCH-131: Interpersonal
Communication as an option to SPCH-130: Fundamentals of Speech
Communication in Required Related Courses. Delete: PSYC-127:
General Psychology from Required Related Courses. Add: MANG-222:
Small Business Management to Required Related Courses. Delete:
Humanities Requirement from General Education Courses as
requirement is met in Required Related Courses (SPCH-130); Add:
Social Science Requirement, 3 hours, to General Education Courses.
Total Credit Hours remain the same. The revisions reflect curriculum
content distribution for Funeral Service Education programs as
identified by the American Board of Funeral Service Education.
j)
Business & Technology/ADOT
Program Revision
: Associate of Applied Science in Administrative
Office Technology. Revise the Computer Applications Specialst
Concentration of the Administrative Office Technology Associate of
Applied Science degree program to allow the following: Either ACCT-
221: Computerized Accounting Using Peachtree OR ACCT-222:
Computerized Accounting Using Quickbooks, but not both.
k)
Business & Technology/CMIN
Program Description Revision
: Associate of Applied Science in
Computer Information Technology. Revise the catalog description of
the Computer Information Technology Associate of Applied Science
degree program to clearly delineate the multiple concentrations
available in this degree program.
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l)
Business & Technology/CMIN
New Course:
CMIN-244: Introduction to Information Security.
Creation of a new course, CMIN-244: Introduction to Information
Security (3-0-3). This course teaches selected models for IS/IT security
strategies and management. Knowledge of collaborating information
security from inside and outside organizational prospectives is
provided. Models, methods, and standards for information security,
risk management, and approaches to different roles and trusts in IT
systems are also presented. This course would be used as a possible
elective in the Programmer/Analyst Concentration and the Web Design
Concentration of the Associate of Applied Science in Computer
Information Technology.
m)
Business & Technology/CMIN
New Course
: CMIN-234: Programming for the Web (3-0-3). Creation
of a new course, CMIN-234: Programming for the Web. This course
teaches how automation and interactivity are produced for websites. It
provides an introduction to some of the most widely used Web
programming technologies, such as XML, JavaScript, Perl, Java
servlets, and JSP. Introductions to the following ware are included:
PHP, ASP, SQL, Ruby, Rails, and Ajax. This course would be used as
a possible elective in the Web Design Concentration of the Associate of
Applied Science degree program in Computer Information Technology.
n)
Business & Technology/CMIN
New Course
: CMIN-236: Database for the Web (3-0-3). Creation of a
new course, CMIN-236: Database for the Web. This course teaches
how to design and develop databases to be used with a website. This
course will include relational database design for websites, use of
ODBC-compliant databases, and examples of techniques used to
accomplish database connectivity. This course would be used as a
possible elective in the Web Design Concentration of the Associate of
Applied Science degree program in Computer Information Technology.
o)
Business & Technology/CMIN/ADOT
Change of Course Prefix
: CMIN-225: Web Animation and
Multimedia with Flash. Change the prefix of CMIN-225: Web
Animation and Multimedia with Flash from CMIN-225 to ADOT-225.
The ADOT prefix more accurately describes the application-based
nature of this course.
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p)
Distance Learning and Instructional
Technology/HOST/INTD/ADOT (Legal Secretary)/CMIN
(Website Design)
Approval to offer programs at 50 percent or more via Distance
Learning Technologies
: Approval to offer the following programs at
50 percent or greater via distance learning technologies: Hospitality
Management Associate of Applied Science; Interior Design Associate of
Arts; Legal Secretary Certificate of Technical Studies; Website Design
Certificate of Technical Studies. Each degree and certificate program
is currently available through Distance Learning Technologies at 50
percent or greater of the total courses (courses required in major,
required related courses, general education courses, and elective
courses) comprising the program.
q)
Business & Technology/ADOT
New Course
: ADOT-263: Project Management Applications.
Creation of a new course, ADOT-263: Project Management
Applications (3-0-3/45). Students will use critical thinking, problem-
solving approach to gain a basic-to-intermediate knowledge of project
management software skills. The current version of Microsoft Project
is used in the course.
VI.
Old Business
a)
Arts & Humanities/INTD
Course Master Syllabus Review
: INTD-243: Computers for Interior
Design II (2-3-3/75).
VII.
Adjournment
VIII.
Next Meeting:
March 6, 2009
(Scheduled Meeting).
