Curriculum Committee Minutes for the meeting held on March 31, 2020

Minutes

The Academic Senate Committee on Curriculum met on March 31, 2020 at 2:00 pm online via Blackboard Collaborate


Committee Members in Attendance:

D. Fox-Herron, T.Hemraj-Benny, T. Holden (Chair), I. Lizzul, J. Murley, J. Nichols, M. Pullin (Academic Affairs), P. Wallach (Secretary), R. Yuster


Liaisons in Attendance:

Also in attendance:

S. Dahlke (Chair, Academic Senate Steering Committee)


Business:

The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM

  1. The minutes of the February 25, 2020 meeting were approved by the committee. 
  1. The committee discussed the new courses CS-102: “Spreadsheet Programming with MS Excel” and CS-103: “Relational Databases with SQL”, previously submitted by the Mathematics and Computer Science Department. The committee will consider these courses again at the next meeting. 
  1. The committee considered the following course revisions from the Art and Design Department:

    ARTS-191 Introduction to Video Art
    ARTS-192 Web Animation
    ARTS-290 Advertising Design and Layout
    ARTS-291 Electronic Imaging
    ARTS-292 Design for Desktop Publishing
    ARTS-293 Design for Motion Graphics

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee discussed revisions for the S. in Digital Art & Design program. After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the proposal was approved unanimously by those present.  
  1. The committee considered the course revision of HE-200: “Emergency Medical Technician” from the Health, Physical Education, and Dance Department. After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the proposal was approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the following new courses from the Speech Communication and Theatre Arts Department:

    TH-153 Voice and Speech for the Actor
    TH-154 Movement for the Actor

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee discussed revisions for the S. in Theatre (Concentrations: Acting, Technical Theatre) program. After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the proposal was approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the following course deletions from the Speech Communication and Theatre Arts Department:

    TH-133 Theatre Production and Design I
    TH-151 Vocal Production and Movement for the Actor
    TH-152 Standard Speech for Stage, Film, Television and Digital Media
    TH-233 Theatre Production and Design II

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the following course revisions from the Nursing Department:

    NU-101 Safe and Effective Nursing Care Level I
    NU-102 Safe and Effective Nursing Care Level II
    NU-201 Safe and Effective Nursing Care Level III
    NU-202 Safe and Effective Nursing Care Level IV

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved unanimously by those present.
     
  2. The committee discussed revisions for the A.S. in Nursing program. After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the proposal was approved unanimously by those present.

  3. The committee considered the following courses (remedial prerequisite revisions only):

    BU-301 Business Law I
    CIS-202 Computer Programming for Business II
    CIS-203 Object Oriented Programming for Business
    CIS-204 Web Design
    CIS-206 Spreadsheet Business Applications
    CIS-251 Analysis and Design of Systems Projects
    CIS-252 Application Development for Mobile Devices
    CIS-254 Data Security for Business

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the following courses (remedial prerequisite revisions only):

    BI-115 Introduction to Biology for Science Majors
    BI-120 Evolution and Man
    BI-131 Foundations of Biology
    BI-140 Principles of Biology
    BI-160 Ecology
    BI-170 Plants and People
    BI-201 General Biology I
    BI-301 Anatomy and Physiology I
    BI-330 Myology
    BI-480 Environmental Science
    BI-501 Environmental Health
    BI-520 Introduction to Public Health

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the course revision of BI-170: “Plants and People” from the Biological Sciences and Geology Department. After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the proposal was approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the following courses (remedial prerequisite revisions only):

    PH-105 Introduction to Space Science I: Stars and Normal Galaxies
    PH-106 Introduction to Space Science II: The Universe Including Strange Galaxies
    PH-140 Acoustics: The Physics of Sound
    PH-201 General Physics I
    PH-303 Scientific Use of Computers

    After discussing the proposals, the committee voted and the proposals were approved by those present. 
  1. The committee considered the course revision ENGL-101: “English Composition I” from the English Department. After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the proposal was approved unanimously by those present. 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM.

 


Respectfully submitted,

Patrick Wallach
Committee on Curriculum, Secretary

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