CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 2:00 p.m.

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

 

AGENDA

I.

 

Call to Order

 

II.

 

Roll Call

 

III.

 

Vice Chancellor’s Charge for the Curriculum Committee

 

IV.

 

Curriculum Committee Functions

 

a)

 

Membership List

 

b)

 

Curriculum Development Calendar

 

c)

 

Charter: Committee on Curriculum PPM – Policy No. AA-1622.1D

 

d)

 

The College Curriculum PPM – Policy No. AA-1510.1A

(Committee Operating Procedures – Pages 11-13)

 

e)

 

Master Syllabus PPM – Policy No. AA-1503.1A

 

f)

 

Board of Regents Approved Academic Degree Terms and Designations –

Policy No. 2.11

 

g)

 

Board of Regents Definitions of Undergraduate Certificates and Degrees –

Policy No. 2.15

 

h)

 

Board of Regents Statewide General Education Requirements – Policy

No. 2.16

 

i)

 

Louisiana Community & Technical College System: Guide to Quality

General Education Experiences for Two-Year College Students

 

V.

 

Minutes of meeting of May 1, 2009

 

 

VI.

 

Curriculum Operations Report – Tim Stamm

 

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VII.

 

General Education / Articulation Initiatives – Tim Stamm

 

a)

 

Board of Regents for Louisiana Higher Education Master Course

Articulation Matrix – AY: 2009-2010

 

b)

 

Success Through Articulation (STArt): Statewide Articulation Agreement

for Secondary to Postsecondary Articulated Credit

 

c)

 

Delgado Community College Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice to

Southern University at New Orleans Bachelor of Science in Criminal

Justice with a minor in Sociology

 

d)

 

Delgado Community College Associate of General Studies in Mathematics

to Southern University at New Orleans Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

 

e)

 

Delgado Community College Associate of Science in General Science with

a Concentration in Biology to Southern University at New Orleans

Bachelor of Science in Biology

 

f)

 

Delgado Community College Associate of Applied Science in Hospitality

Management to University of New Orleans Bachelor of Science in Hotel,

Restaurant, and Tourism Administration

 

g)

 

Delgado Community College Associate of Applied Science in Computer

Information Technology with a Concentration in Technical Specialist to

Southeastern Louisiana University Bachelor of Science in Computer

Science with a Concentration in Information Technology

 

VIII.

 

Louisiana Community & Technical College System / Board of Regents

for Louisiana Higher Education Initiatives – Tim Stamm

 

a)

 

Louisiana Act 356 (Senate Bill 285): Senator Nevers; Representative

Hutter, et. al.: Provides for a comprehensive system of articulation and

transfer of credit between and among public secondary and postsecondary

educational institutions.

 

b)

 

LCTC System Proposal: 60 Credit Hour Transferrable Associate degree

with 39 hours of General Education.

 

c)

 

LCTC System Proposal: Designate all current Associate of Arts and

Associate of Science degree programs: 60 credit hour maximum; 39 credit

hours of General Education Courses; 21 credit hours of professional

coursework – Does not apply to Associate of Applied Science degree

programs and Associate (non-designated) degree programs.

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IX.

 

New Business

 

a)

 

Allied Health/PTAP

Change of Program Description:

Revise the last sentence of program

admission criteria #3 to state: “Additional hours are strongly

recommended and are considered in the calculation for admission.”

Criteria #3 currently states: “Additional hours are strongly

recommended.” The revision, though minor, will provide clarity to

prospective program applicants and realistically reflect evaluation criteria

for admission into the program.

 

b)

 

Business & Technology/METC

Course Deletion:

METC-150: Statics. Delete the course, METC-150:

Statistics, from the catalog of course offerings. The Mechanical

Engineering Technology Associate of Science degree was cancelled in 1994

and the course is not currently used in any degree or certificate program.

 

c)

 

Business & Technology/METC

Course Deletion:

METC-201: Dynamics. Delete the course, METC-201:

Dynamics, from the catalog of course offerings. The Mechanical

Engineering Technology Associate of Science degree was cancelled in 1994

and the course is not currently used in any degree or certificate program.

 

d)

 

Business & Technology/METC

 

Course Deletion:

METC-202: Strength of Materials. Delete the course,

METC-202: Strength of Materials, from the catalog of course offerings.

The Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate of Science degree was

cancelled in 1994 and the course is not currently used in any degree or

certificate program.

 

e)

 

Business & Technology/METC

Course Deletion:

METC-210: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. Delete

the course, METC-210: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, from the catalog

of course offerings. The Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate of

Science degree was cancelled in 1994 and the course is not currently used

in any degree or certificate program.

 

f)

 

Business & Technology/METC

Course Deletion:

METC-215: Robotics I. Delete the course, METC-215:

Robotics I, from the catalog of course offerings. The Mechanical

Engineering Technology Associate of Science degree was cancelled in 1994

and the course is not currently used in any degree or certificate program.

 

X.

 

Old Business

 

 

XI.

 

Adjournment

 

XII.

 

Next Meeting:

October 2, 2009 (Scheduled Meeting).

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