Curriculum Report to Senate
February 24, 2005

 The Curriculum Committee has approved the following proposals.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION

Add new course Allied Health Organization Leadership II (AHLTH 252):  T05-310

• Justification:  This new course would allow students acting as officers in allied health professional organizations to receive credit for their efforts. 

Add new courses Multimedia Web Applications (CITPT 344) and Web Database Technologies (CITPT 413):  T05-311, T05-312

• Justification:  These two courses were recommended by the Web Development advisory board as necessary skills for students.  These proposals represent the upper division course options.    

Change in course title for Human Relations in Organizations (HRPT 185):  T05-313

NATURAL SCIENCES DIVISION

Add new emphases to the Computer Science major in Computer Information Systems and Web-based Systems:  A05-212

• Justification:  The goal of the Computer Science program is two fold – to provide graduates ready to enter graduate school and the workforce. The program assessment in Spring 2004 indicated that we have three types of students enrolled in CS. One wants to go to graduate school, a second wants to work in a business environment and a third wants a job associated with the Internet.  All three are legitimate goals that can be easily met by restructuring the degree into the three emphases outlined above. The three emphases share a 36-hour program core of computer science and mathematics courses. Each emphasis then allows specialization in an area to meet the students' goals: CS theory, Business courses, or Web Development courses. These revisions of the CS curriculum reflect the program assessment and are done in the context of the ACM and AIS curriculum models.

Add Introduction to Forensic Science (FSCI 101) to the list of laboratory classes that fulfills the General Education core requirements:  A05-305

• Justification:  FSCI 101 has a laboratory component that strongly emphasizes the scientific method.  Students in the Forensic Science lab will use applied chemistry and biology to examine different types of evidence.

SOCIAL SCIECNES DIVISION

Add new course Human Relations in Organizations (SS 185) which will be cross-listed with HRPT 185 and fulfill the distributive component of the General Education core:  T05-314

• Justification:  HRPT 185 is currently part of the General Education core.  Adding SS 185 will streamline the process by which academic students can enroll in this course. 

TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

 Add new courses Industrial Controls I & II (IETTI 201/204) and delete current courses Industrial Controls I & II (IETTI 202/203:  T05-317 through T05-320

• Justification:  Deleting the current Industrial Controls I & II courses and establishing the new 201/204 courses will better match existing programs within the T & I Division.  Content will also be reorganized to provide a more logical flow of topics. 

Replace the GENEL course prefixes with IETTI prefixes:  T05-235

 Change catalog description of Advanced Electricity and Electronics (IETTI 104):  T05-316

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