CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING
Friday, November 6, 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 October 23, 2009
IV.
Curriculum Operations Report – Tim Stamm
V.
General Education / Articulation Initiatives – Tim Stamm
VI.
New Business
a)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-102: Essentials of the Nursing
Assistant/Geriatric (2-4-3 / 90). Delete the course, PRNU-102: Essentials
of the Nursing Assistant/Geriatric from the catalog of course offerings.
The course is no longer used in the Technical Diploma program in
Practical Nursing.
b)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-104: Fundamentals of Gerontological Nursing
(4-8-6 / 180). Delete the course, PRNU-104: Fundamentals of
Gerontological Nursing from the catalog of course offerings. The course is
no longer used in the Technical Diploma program in Practical Nursing.
c)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-105: Fundamentals of Practical Nursing (6-12-
9 / 270). Delete the course, PRNU-Fundamentals of Practical Nursing
from the catalog of course offerings. The course is no longer used in the
Technical Diploma program in Practical Nursing.
d)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-109: Medical Surgical Nursing I (7-8-9 / 225).
Delete the course, PRNU-109: Medical Surgical Nursing I from the catalog
of course offerings. The course is no longer used in the Technical Diploma
program in Practical Nursing.
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e)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-120: Medical Surgical Nursing II (9-24-15 /
495). Delete the course, PRNU-120: Medical Surgical Nursing II from the
catalog of course offerings. The course is no longer used in the Technical
Diploma program in Practical Nursing.
f)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-126: Special Needs: Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and
Mental Health Nursing (7-8-9 / 225). Delete the course, PRNU-126:
Special Needs: Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Mental Health Nursing from the
catalog of course offerings. The course is no longer used in the Technical
Diploma program in Practical Nursing.
g)
Nursing/PRNU
Course Deletion:
PRNU-127: Career Readiness (2-0-2 / 30). Delete the
course, PRNU-127: Career Readiness from the catalog of course offerings.
The course is no longer used in the Technical Diploma program in
Practical Nursing.
h)
Allied Health/EMTE
New Course:
EMTE-150: Emergency Telecommunicator (3-1-3 / 60).
Creation of a new course, EMTE-150: Emergency Telecommunicator. The
course is designed to introduce the components necessary to prepare the
student for entry into public /health services employment as an
Emergency Telecommunicator (ETC). Curriculum is standards-based with
interactive multimedia and hands on activities. Topics include
introduction to roles and responsibilities of the ETC, ETC technologies,
interpersonal communications, telecommunication essentials, caller
management, police-fire-medical call classifications, man-made and
natural catastrophic events.
i)
Allied Health/FSED
New Course:
FSED-169: Funeral Directing Practicum (0-8-1 / 120).
Creation of a new course, FSED-169: Funeral Directing Practicum. The
course is designed to give the student an opportunity to apply the
theoretical aspects learned in the classroom to the practical aspects of
funeral directing. The course will be required in the Associate of Applied
Science degree program in Funeral Service Education.
j)
Allied Health/FSED
Course Revision:
FSED-130: Dynamics of Grief. Revise the course
lecture-lab-credit/contact hours of FSED-130: Dynamics of Grief
from
3-0-3 / 45
to
2-0-2 / 30. The hour reductions accurately reflect actual
course content.
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k)
Allied Health/FSED
Program Revision:
Associate of Applied Science in Funeral Service
Education. Revise the Associate of Applied Science degree program in
Funeral Service Education as follows: Add: FSED-169: Funeral Directing
Practicum to Required Courses in Major; Delete: MANG-222: Small
Business Management from Required Related Courses; Add: BUSG-115:
Starting a New Business to Required Related Courses. Total credit hours
for the program remain at 72.
l)
Business & Technology/ENVS
New Course:
ENVS-101: Introduction to the Built Environment (3-0-3 /
45). Creation of a new course, ENVS-101: Introduction to the Built
Environment. The course provides the fundamentals and techniques
relating to the built environment and sustainable construction. Includes
observational and architectural drawing, geometry for building design,
sustainable design and construction principles and techniques, energy
assessment and sustainable architecture in a heritage context.
m)
Business & Technology/ENVS
New Course:
ENVS-102: Building Materials (3-0-3 / 45). Creation of a
new course, ENVS-102: Building Materials. The course provides an
overview of the theory and practice in the selection and use of materials
relating to the built environment and sustainable construction. Covers
brick, timber, ornamental iron and millwork, plasterwork, lime mortar,
and paint.
n)
Business & Technology/ENVS
New Course:
ENVS-103: Collaborative Planning for the Built
Environment (3-0-3 / 45). Creation of a new course, ENVS-103:
Collaborative Planning for the Built Environment. The course introduces
the theory, methodology and practice relating to collaboration in the
planning and design of the built environment. Emphasizes Enquiry by
Design (EbD) or charette process. Includes identification of collaborative
participants, public consultation, drawing and modeling, working
drawings, cutting lists and final design selection.
o)
Business & Technology/ENVS
New Course:
ENVS-104: Practicum I (0-12-3 / 180). Creation of a new
course, ENVS-104: Practicum I. The course allows the Student Apprentice
to enhance skills in traditional building craftsmanship by working fulltime
(40 hours per week) on live construction work site with an integrated
design team of Architects, contractors, academics in historic preservation
and mechanical and structural engineers applying built environment and
sustainable construction techniques to the restoration of a historic New
Orleans property.
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p)
Business & Technology/ENVS
New Course:
ENVS-105: Practicum II (0-32-9 / 480). Creation of a new
course, ENVS-105: Practicum II. The course allows the Student
Apprentice to enhance skills in traditional building craftsmanship by
working fulltime (40 hours per week) on live construction work site with
an integrated design team of Architects, contractors, academics in historic
preservation and mechanical and structural engineers applying built
environment and sustainable construction techniques to the restoration of
a historic New Orleans property.
q)
Business & Technology/ENVS
New Course:
ENVS-106: Practicum III (0-12-3 / 180). Student
Apprentice will further enhance their skills in traditional building
craftsmanship by working fulltime (40 hours per week for two weeks) on
live construction work site in a pre-selected Historic Royal palace or
Cathedral in the United Kingdom. This course also includes field
observation in the United Kingdom.
r)
Business & Technology/ENVS
Final Approval of Curriculum:
Certificate of Technical Studies in
Environmental Studies / The Built Environment. Final Approval of the
Curriculum Outline for the Certificate of Technical Studies program in
Environmental Studies / The Built Environment. The twenty-four (24)
credit hour Certificate of Technical Studies program was approved by the
Louisiana Community & Technical College System Board of Supervisors
and by the Board of Regents for Louisiana Higher Education.
s)
Business & Technology/ENVS
Catalog Description:
Certificate of Technical Studies in Environmental
Studies / The Built Environment. Approval of the Catalog Description of
the Certificate of Technical Studies program in Environmental Studies /
The Built Environment: “The Certificate of Technical Studies program in
Environmental Studies will allow students to explore options in
sustainable design, sustainable construction, energy assessment, policy,
law, economics, social aspects, and the interactions of human beings and
the natural environment. The program will also examine sustainable
architecture in a heritage context. The Built Environment curriculum is
based on a model developed by The Prince’s Foundation for the Built
Environment and widely used in the United Kingdom. Environmental
Studies programs focus on environment-related issues using scientific,
social scientific, or humanistic approaches to construction, design,
planning, and development.”
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t)
Communication/ENGL
Master Syllabus Revision:
ENGL-205: Introduction to Short Story
and Novel. Revise the Master Syllabus for the course, ENGL-205:
Introduction to Short Story and Novel to include updated Student
Learning Outcomes. The revision complies with formatting requirements
as outlined in PPM: AA.1503.1A: Master Syllabus.
u)
Communication/ENGL
Master Syllabus Revision:
ENGL-206: Introduction to Poetry and
Drama. Revise the Master Syllabus for the course, ENGL-206:
Introduction to Poetry and Drama to include updated Student Learning
Outcomes. The revision complies with formatting requirements as
outlined in PPM: AA.1503.1A: Master Syllabus.
v)
Business & Technology/CMIN
Change of Course Prerequisite Requirements:
CMIN-255:
Advanced Web Projects. Change the prerequisite requirements of CMIN-
255: Advanced Web Projects to state: “CMIN-206: Web Programming OR
CMIN-216: Web Foundations I.” Currently, the prerequisite requirements
for CMIN-255 are as follows: CMIN-206: Web Programming AND CMIN-
220: Web Foundations II.
VII.
Old Business
VIII.
Next Meeting:
November 20, 2009 (Scheduled Meeting).
IX.
Adjournment
