Curriculum Committee
Meeting Minutes
May 15, 2013
1:00 p.m.
Fulp, Room 400
Members
Present: Doug Allen, Gayle Arries,
Jackie Blakley, Suzanne Ellenberger, Janet Fuller, Scott Harvey, Suzanne
Konieczny, Marla Roberson, Danny Stovall, and John Woodson
Members
Absent: John Price
1. Approve Minutes
Suzanne Ellenberger suggested adding that
there should be two representatives from the Arts and Sciences Division.
2. Introductions
The Committee introduced themselves.
3. Ideas
John Woodson is meeting with a subgroup on
Friday, May 17. He would like to know
“What should the Committee do or not do? What should our responsibilities be?”.
He feels that the Committee should not be responsible for correcting grammar
and mistakes.
Marla Roberson suggested spending 10 minutes
of each meeting discussing where each division is headed. She also suggested letting her know what new
programs or courses that divisions are considering because the library can
order material to have on hand for reference.
Danny Stovall suggested not bringing
pre-requisite and co-requisite changes that do not affect other programs to the
Committee. Scott Harvey felt that there was added benefit to bringing all
curriculum changes to the Committee. By
brining all changes, the Committee can verify that there are no “hidden”
pre-requisites, possible financial aid implications, or issues with Degree
Works. He feels that it is not as much
about the paperwork as it is the communication.
The suggestions for I & ET are isolated because the suggested
pre-requisites are already included in the degree and no other class would be
added.
Doug Allen mentioned that there were a lot of
pre-requisites added to General Education courses such as Humanities, Sociology,
Psychology, etc. that his division was unaware of. It has hindered their students and their
General Education courses.
Janet Fuller noted that previously the
Committee approved changes electronically, so there was no discussion about how
it might affect other areas. She feels
the Committee should look at the broader implications of changes that come
through.
Scott also mentioned that he received an
e-mail from Stephanie Evans that brought up a good point. She said that sometimes things go through the
Curriculum Committee that are approved, but never make it to the catalog. Currently, there is not an automated way of
tying the two together. Scott suggested
updating Acalog when changes are approved.
The new catalog is currently available for updates.
Marla reminded John to add an area in WIDS
where she can suggest or add information to library resources.
Jackie suggested developing a timeline for
catalog changes. Scott suggested verifying
when Galen DeHay needed everything by and go backwards from there. All changes
need to be approved before Christmas break.
John said to go ahead and develop new
courses, program changes, course changes, etc. using the old forms as templates
and transfer everything over to the new forms when the new process takes
place. He stressed that no one should
wait to make changes because the new forms are not out.
4. Changes that need approval
The following course changes were approved by
the Committee:
Arts
& Sciences Division
SOC 102 – Pre-requisite
change from SOC 101 to SOC 101 with a C or better
Engineering
& Industrial Division
ACR
102 – 3 class hours to 2 class hours; no lab hours to 3 lab hours
AUT
124 – Pre-requisite change from no pre-requisite to AUT 231
AUT
145 – Pre-requisite change from AUT 156 to AUT 231 and AUT 156
AUT
152 – Pre-requisite change from no pre-requisite to AUT 231
AUT
211 – Pre-requisite change from AUT 111 to AUT 111 and AUT 132
AUT
241 – Pre-requisite change from no pre-requisite to AUT 231
AUT
242 – Pre-requisite change from no pre-requisite to AUT 231 and AUT 241
AUT
245 – Pre-requisite change from AUT 145 to AUT 145 and AUT 231
AUT
252 – Pre-requisite change from AUT 152 to AUT 152 and AUT 231
EEM 151 – Pre-requisite
change from EEM 116 to no pre-requisite
EGT
151 – Co-requisite change from EEM 101 to no co-requisite
EGT 165 – Pre-requisite
change from EGT 152 to no pre-requisite; co-requisite change from no co-requisite to MTT 253 or
permission from Department Head
MTT 124 – Pre-requisite change
from MTT 122 to MTT 122 or permission from Department Head; co-requisite change
from MTT 123 to no co-requisite
MTT 251
–
Pre-requisite change from MTT 250 to no pre-requisite
MTT 252
–
Pre-requisite change from MTT 251 to no pre-requisite; co-requisite change from
no co-requisite to MTT 251 or permission from Department Head
MTT 254
–
Pre-requisite change from MTT 248 to MTT 253 or permission from Department Head
MTT 255
–
Pre-requisite change from no pre-requisite to MTT 254 or permission from Department
Head
MTT 258 – Pre-requisite
change from MTT 254 to EGT 265 or permission from Department Head; co-requisite
change from EGT 265 to no co-requisite
Health
Education Division
NUR 162 – Co-requisite
change from NUR 101 to no co-requisite
The following New Course Proposals were
approved by the Committee:
Engineering
& Industrial Division
EGR 150 – Troubleshooting
EGR 175
–
Manufacturing Processes
EGR 234
–
Control Principles
FPT 102
–
Papermaking
The following Program Changes were approved
by the Committee:
Engineering
& Industrial Division
CAD/CAM/CNC
Fundamentals
– Required credit hours decreased from 9 credit hours to 8 credit hours; Class
Hours decreased from 4 hours to 3 hours
Introduction
to CNC
– Required credit hours decreased from 11 credit hours to 10 credit hours; lab
hours decreased from 18 hours to 11 hours
The following Program Deletions were approved
by the Committee:
Engineering
& Industrial Division
CNC Math and Print Reading
5. New Business
John wants everyone to start making changes
in Acalog. If a curriculum crisis
arises, let John know.
Janet noted that Vet Tech was looking at
courses that are not currently in the CAC.
The new courses involve large animals.
John will be presenting a name change for the
Radio and Television Broadcasting program.
The new program will be called Media Technology Arts (MTA). John is working on a new Media Arts degree
and a new Digital Arts degree. Both degrees prepares students to work across
both media platforms.
The
meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
Recorded
by: Melissa Dover
