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
     

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