Meeting & Agendas
- Core Curriculum 2025-26 Updates (Ron John, Alina Satkosk, Vanessa Lazo, John McMinn, Julie Vieyra,) 2
- Under Life & Physical Sciences (030)
- Add GEOL 1401 (Earth Science for Non- Science Majors
- Add GEOL 1402 (Earth Science 2: Texas Issues for Non-Science Majors)
- Under Language, Philosophy, and Culture (040)
- Add LATI 1411 (Latin I)
- Add LATI 1412 (Latin II)
- Under Social & Behavioral Sciences (080)
- Add CRIJ 1301 (Introduction to Criminal Justice)
- Move course from Language, Philosophy, and Culture (040) to Creative Arts (050)
- Move HUMA 1315 (Arts in Contemporary Society)
Motion by Lisa Coppoletta
Second by Victoria Taylor
Approved
Dec 13th Minutes
Motion by Victoria Taylor
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Jan 17th Minutes
Motion by Victoria Taylo
Second by Jorge Lynch
Approved
Revise Awards – Program CIP Code: 22.0302 Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Paralegal Advanced Technical Certificate – moving required course LGLA 2331 from Semester III to the Restricted Elective course options footnote; moving LGLA 2335 from Restricted Elective course options footnote to be a required course in Semester III
Paralegal AAS – moving required course LGLA 2331 from Semester V to the Restricted Elective course options footnote; moving LGLA 2335 from Restricted Elective course options footnote to be a required course in Semester V
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by LMC
Approved
Add NEW Courses
MUSC 2457 Audio Engineering V (4-3-2)
MUSC 2458 Audio Engineering VI (4-3-2)
Revise Award – Program CIP Code: 50.1003 Music Management
Music Business, Performance and Technology AAS – adding new Audio Engineering courses to Restricted Elective course options in Semesters II, III, IV
Motion by Toño Ramirez
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Add New Course
ARTV 2335 Portfolio Development for Animation (3-2-4) – will replace expired course ARTV 1377 in 2D Animation Specialization AAS and 2D Animation Level 2 Certificate
Modify Course
ARTV 2430 2D Animation II (4-3-3) – adding ARTV 2401 to prerequisites; updating student outcomes and objectives, course title, and course description to align with WECM
Expire Course
ARTV 1377 Stop Motion Animation (3-1-6)
Revise Awards – Program CIP Code: 50.0102 Digital Arts: updating/resequencing courses and updating prerequisites
2D Animation Specialization AAS – moving ARTV 1378 from Semester IV to replace expired course ARTV 1377 in Semester III; moving Social and Behavioral Sciences from Semester IV to Semester III; moving MOTG 1475 from Semester V to replace ARTV 1378 in Semester IV; replacing MOTG 1475 with new course ARTV 2335 in Semester V
2D Animation Level 2 Certificate – moving ARTV 1378 from Semester IV to replace expired course ARTV 1377 in Semester III; replacing MOTG 1475 with new course ARTV 2335 in Semester V
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by LMC
Approved
Graphic Design Program 824
Modify Courses – updating course prerequisites
ARTC 1317 Design Communication I (3-2-4)
ARTC 2317 Typographic Design (3-2-4)
Revise Awards – Program CIP Code: 50.0401 Design and Visual Communications, General
Graphic Design Specialization AAS – resequencing courses; updating prerequisite courses
Graphic Design Level 2 Certificate – resequencing courses; updating prerequisite courses
Graphic Media Production Occupational Skills Award – renaming to Graphic Design OSA: courses are included in the Graphic Design Specialization AAS
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Graphic Media Production Program 845
Expire Course – from Graphic Media Production award plans
ARTC 2348 Digital Publishing III (3-2-4) – no longer needed: part of the expired Graphic Media Production AAS and Level 2 certificate award plans
Expire Awards – Program CIP Code: 50.0401 Design and Visual Communications, General
Graphic Media Production Specialization AAS – resequencing courses; updating prerequisite courses
Graphic Media Production Level 2 Certificate
Graphic Media Production Level 1 Certificate
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
User Experience Design Program 868
Modify Courses – updating course prerequisites
UXUI 2279 UX Portfolio (2-1-4)
UXUI 2370 UX Writing (3-2-4)
UXUI 2371 Design Research 2 (3-2-4)
UXUI 2372 User Interface Design 2 (3-2-4)
UXUI 2377 Interaction Design (3-2-4)
UXUI 2378 Product Design (3-2-4)
UXUI 2379 Applied UX Lab (3-2-4)
Expire Course – from User Experience Design award plans
UXUI 2374 UX Career Lab (3-2-4) – already removed from User Experience Design AAS and Level 2 certificate award plans
Revise Award – Program CIP Code: 11.0801 Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
User Experience Design AAS – resequencing courses; updating prerequisite courses
Motion by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Second by LMC
Approved
Revise Awards – Program CIP Code: 50.0701 Art/Art Studies, General
Art History AA – removing HUMA 1315 and replacing with ARTS 1311; updating course sequencing, advising notes (award footnotes)
Motion by Cathy Angell
Second by Gretchen Harries
Approved
Studio Art AA – removing HUMA 1315 and replacing with ARTS 1303; updating course sequencing, advising notes (award footnotes)
Modify Courses
ARTS 1311 Design I (2-Dimensional) (3-2-4) – updating course title to Two-Dimensional Design (Design I); adding published note
ARTS 1312 Design II (3-Dimensional) (3-2-4) – updating title to Three-Dimensional Design (Design II); updating prerequisite courses; adding published note
ARTS 1317 Drawing II (3-2-4) – adding department approval required: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2311 Design III (Color Theory) (3-2-4) – updating title to Color Theory (Design III); adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2316 Painting I (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2317 Painting II (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2323 Life Drawing I (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2326 Sculpture I (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2333 Printmaking I (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2346 Ceramics I (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2347 Ceramics II (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2366 Watercolor Painting (3-2-4) – adding department approval: updating prerequisite course requirements and Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
ARTS 2389 Academic Cooperative (3-0-6) – updating/consolidating Student Outcomes and Objectives and Student Evaluation; updating prerequisite courses for Art History path (ARTS 1311 or 1316); adding department approval: updating Prerequisite (TSI) Skills from ‘E-Reading and Writing’ to ‘P-Special Approval’; adding published note
Motion by Cathy Angell
Second by Victoria Taylor
Approved
Expire Course – Need Course Form
MFGT 1302 Introduction to Automated Manufacturing (3-3-1) – no longer needed; no longer offered
Engineering Technology (Alberto Quinonez) 976
Revise Award – Program CIP Code: 15.0303
Electronics Technician Specialization Level 1 Certificate – replacing expired course MFGT 1302 with MFGT 1404; updating total SCH from 21-23 to 22-23
Motion by LMC
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
CE Web Development Program 330
Add NEW Award – Program CIP Code 11.0801 Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
CE Web Development Occupational Skills Award (CE.CIT.WEBDEV.OSA) – 144 total contact hours
Expire Award – Program CIP Code 11.1004 Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster
CE Web Development Institutional Award (CE.WEBDEV.IA) – 168 total contact hours
Motion by Toño Ramires
Second by Victoria Taylor
Approved
CE STEPS College and Career Readiness Program 340
Add NEW Award – Proposed Program CIP Code has been revised from 52.0201 Business Administration and Management, General to 52.0408 General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
CE STEPS College and Career Readiness Level 1 Certificate (CE.BUS.STEP.CERT) – 480 total contact hours: to replace one expired Institutional Award and two expired Occupational Skills Awards, approved at January 17, 2025 Curriculum and Programs Committee meeting, continent on CIP Code being revised
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
CE Certified Medical Assistant Program 349
Revise Award – Program CIP Code 51.0801 Medical/Clinical Assistant
CE Certified Medical Assistant with Apprenticeship Certificate (CE.MEAS.CERT) – adding MDCA 1052 and MDCA 1091; updating total contact hours from 720 to 740
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
CE Certified Medical Billing and Coding Program 356
Revise Award – Program CIP Code 51.0714 Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller
CE Medical Billing Certified Coding Specialist Certificate (CE.MEDBILLCOD.CERT) – adding HITT 1053; increasing HITT 2045 contact hours from 48 to 64; updating total contact hours from 400 to 464
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
CE Medication Aid Program 363
Expire Award – Program CIP Code 51.0711 Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist
CE Medication Aid Occupational Skills Award (CE.MEDAIDE.MSA) – program was created as a business partnership and is now obsolete
Motion by Cathy Angell
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
CE Phlebotomy Program 370
Revise Award – Program CIP Code 51.1009 Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist
CE Phlebotomy Occupational Skills Award (CE.PLEB.MSA) – increasing PLAB 1023 contact hours from 90 to 96; updating total contact hours from 202 to 208
Motion by Cathy Angell
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Accounting Technician/ Entrepreneurial Bookkeeping Program 381
Add New Courses
ACNT 1304 Introduction to Accounting II (3-3-1)
ACNT 1375 Survey of Accounting for Nonaccounting Majors) (3-3-1) – Local Needs: replacing ACNT 1303 in non-Accounting awards at future C&P meeting
ACNT 1378 Career Success in Accounting (3-1-1) – Local Needs course: soft skills course that prepares students for a career in the accounting/bookkeeping field
ACNT 2311 Managerial Accounting (3-1-1)
Modify Courses
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I - Non-Business Majors (3-3-1) – deleting ‘- Non-Business Majors’ from title to align with WECM; updating student outcomes and objectives and course description to align with WECM; deleted published note
ACNT 1311 Introduction to Computerized Accounting (3-2-2) – updating prerequisite course; updating student outcomes and objectives and course description to align with WECM
ACNT 2386 Internship - Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping (3-0-13) – updating prerequisite non-course text, student outcomes and objectives, and course description to align with other curriculum changes and WECM
Expire Courses – replacing with new 3-credit hour courses
ACNT 1403 Introduction to Accounting I (4-3-2)
ACNT 1404 Introduction to Accounting II (4-3-2)
ACNT 1426 Managerial Accounting (4-3-2)
Revise Awards
Accounting Technician Occupational Skills Award – CIP Code 52.0302 Accounting Technician: replacing 4-credit hour course with 3-credit hour; updating total program hours from 11 to 9 SCH
Accounting Technician Quickbooks Level 1 Certificate – CIP Code 52.0302 Accounting Technician: replacing 4-credit hour courses with 3-credit hour; adding new career course ACNT 1378; updating total program hours from 17 to 18 SCH
Accounting Technician Bookkeeper Level 1 Certificate – CIP Code 52.0302 Accounting Technician: replacing 4-credit hour courses with 3-credit hour; adding new career course ACNT 1378; resequencing courses; total program hours remains 30 SCH
Entrepreneurial Bookkeeping/Tax Level 1 Certificate – CIP Code 52.0301 Accounting: replacing 4-credit hour courses with 3-credit hour; adding new career course ACNT 1378; resequencing courses; updating total program hours from 32 to 33 SCH
Accounting Technician Full Charge Bookkeeper AAS – CIP Code 52.0302 Accounting Technician: replacing 4-credit hour courses with 3-credit hour; adding new career course ACNT 1378; resequencing courses
Revise Awards
Motion by LMC
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Add, Modify, Expire
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
Professional Accountant/Accounting Specialist Program 469
Add New Course
ACNT 2345 Technical Writing for Accountants (3-3-0) – replacing Local Needs course ETWR 2377
Modify Courses
ACNT 1313 Computerized Accounting Applications (3-2-2) – updating course description, following WECM course description, student outcomes and objectives for QM and alignment for accreditation and WECM
ACNT 1329 Payroll and Business Tax Accounting (3-2-2) – updating prerequisite course, student outcomes and objectives, and course description to align with other curriculum changes and WECM
ACNT 1331 Federal Income Tax: Individual (3-3-1) – updating prerequisite courses
ACNT 1373 Accounting Data Analytics (3-3-1) – Local Needs: removing prerequisite course ACNT 2332
ACNT 1392 Special Topics in Accounting Technician (3-3-0) – updating prerequisite course, student outcomes and course objectives, and course description/published notes to align with other curriculum updates and WECM; reinstating topic course Basic Income Tax Preparation
ACNT 1392 Special Topics in Accounting Technician (3-3-0) – updating prerequisite course, student outcomes and course objectives, and course description to align with other curriculum updates and WECM; reinstating topic course Basic Income Tax Preparation
ACNT 2332 Accounting Information Systems (3-3-0) – adding one lab hour/updating contact time from 48 (3-3-0) to 64 (3-3-1) for QM alignment; adding $50 course fee
ACNT 2371 Small Business Accounting (3-2-2) – Local Needs: updating student outcomes and objectives and course description
ACNT 2386 Internship - Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping (3-0-13) – updating prerequisite non-course text, student outcomes and objectives, and course description to align with other curriculum changes and WECM
Expire Course
ETWR 2377 Advanced Business Communication (3-3-0) – Local Needs: being replaced by ACNT 2345
Revise Awards
Professional Accountant Advanced Technical Certificate – CIP Code 52.0301 Accounting: replacing expired course ETWR 2377 with ACNT 2345
Accounting Specialist Advanced Technical Certificate – CIP Code 52.0301 Accounting: replacing expired course ETWR 2377 with ACNT 2345
Accounting Specialist AAS – CIP Code 52.0301 Accounting: replacing expired course ETWR 2377 with ACNT 2345
Tax Specialist AAS – CIP Code 52.0301 Accounting: replacing expired course ETWR 2377 with ACNT 2345
Revise Award
Motion by LMC
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Add, Modify, Expire
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Victoria Taylor
Approved
Revise Award – Current Catalog 2024-2025
Journalism AA – footnote corrections
1) Semester II – four credit hours Life and Physical Sciences footnote: clarified that course option is with a lab
2) Semester IV – Creative Arts footnote incorrectly referenced MATH 1342: replaced with "Select from the appropriate section of the Core Curriculum Course List."
3) Semester IV – three to four credit hours Life and Physical Sciences incorrectly referenced MATH 1342: replaced with "Select from the appropriate section of the Core Curriculum Course List."
Add New Courses
RNSG 1119 Integrated Nursing Skills I (1-0-4) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 1129 Integrated Nursing Skills II (1-0-4) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 1423 Introduction to Professional Nursing for Integrated Programs (4-4-1) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2230 Professional Nursing Review and Licensure Preparation (2-2-1) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2261 Clinical - Nursing - Registered Nurse Training - Integrated Students II (2-0-8) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2360 Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse - Accelerated Clinical Immersion IV (3-0-12) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Traditional Track AAS and Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2361 Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse - Integrated Students III (3-0-12) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2404 Integrated Care of the Patient with Common Health Care Needs (4-4-1) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2514 Integrated Care of the Patient with Complex Health Care Needs (5-5-1) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
RNSG 2535 Integrated Patient Care Management (5-5-1) – to be added to revised Professional Nursing - Mobility Track AAS
Revise Awards – Program CIP Code 51.3801 Professional Nursing
Nursing Mobility Track AAS – revising program map description; adjusting award plan to reduce time to completion; adding, updating, and removing courses
Nursing Traditional Track AAS – revising program map description; adding RNSG 2360; updating courses
Modify Courses – Course Capacity Adjustments from 10 to 6
RNSG 1160 Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training: Foundations of Nursing (1-0-4) – also updating course title to align with WECM and removed waitlisting
RNSG 1161 Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training I (1-0-4) – also updating course title to align with WECM
RNSG 1262 Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training: Childbearing/Childrearing Family Clinical (2-0-8) – also updating course title to align with WECM
RNSG 1341 Common Concepts of Adult Health (3-3-1)
RNSG 1360 Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training II (3-0-12) – also updating course title to align with WECM
RNSG 1412 Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family (4-4-1) – also updating student evaluation; updating course description to align with WECM
RNSG 2121 Professional Nursing: Leadership and Management (1-1-1)
RNSG 2160 Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training: Mental Health (1-0-4) – also updating course title to align with WECM
RNSG 2362 Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training IV (3-0-12) – also updating course title to align with WECM
RNSG 2363 Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse: Articulating Students II (3-0-12) – also updating prerequisite and corequisite courses; updating student outcomes to align with WECM; changing course title to match new naming convention
Modify Courses – Course Capacity Adjustments from 20 to 6
RNSG 1413 Foundations for Nursing Practice (4-3-3) – also updating student evaluation; updating course description to align with WECM
RNSG 1443 Complex Concepts of Adult Health (4-4-1) – also updating student outcomes and objectives and student evaluation
Modify Courses – Course Capacity Adjustments from 30 to 6
RNSG 2213 Mental Health Nursing (2-2-1) – also updating student evaluation
Modify Courses – Course Capacity Adjustments from 40 to 6
RNSG 1247 Concepts of Clinical Decision-Making (2-2-1) – also updating course title to align with WECM
RNSG 2432 Enhanced Concepts of Adult Health I (4-4-1) – also updating corequisite course options; updating course title to align with WECM
New Courses & Revise Awards
Motion by Cathy Angell
Second by LMC
Approved
Modify Course Capacity has been Tabled
Modify to Update Courses (Outcomes, Corequisites, Objectives, Evaluations) & Align to WECM
Motion by Cathy Angell
Second by Amber Luttig-Buonodono
Approved
Add NEW Course
EMSP 1391 Special Topics in Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (3-2-3) – with two topic courses: 1) Preparatory Module; and 2) Medical Module
Modify Course
EMSP 1160 Clinical-Emergency Medical Technology/Technician-Basic Clinical (1-0-4) – adding to corequisite course requirement: “or EMSP 1391 topic course Medical Module”
Add NEW Award – to existing Program CIP Code: 51.0904 Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Level 1 Certificate – 16 total semester credit hours
Motion by Jorge Lynch
Second by Cathy Angell
Approved
Honors-Biology
Modify Courses
BIOL 1308 Biology Fundamentals (3-3-0) – adding Honors topic course: Honors Biology Fundamentals - Body & Beyond: Integrating Biology, Anatomy, and Modern Science
BIOL 2401 Anatomy and Physiology I (4-3-3) – adding two Honors topic course: 1) Honors Anatomy and Physiology I - Body & Beyond: Integrating Biology, Anatomy, and Modern Science (to be paired with BIOL 1308 Honors Biology Fundamentals - Body & Beyond: Integrating Biology, Anatomy, and Modern Science); and 2) Honors Anatomy and Physiology I - From Molecules to Medicine: Transformative Learning in A&P
BIOL 1406 Cellular and Molecular Biology (4-3-3) – adding Honors topic course: Honors Cellular and Molecular Biology - SEA PHAGES Discovery
Honors-Economics
Modify Course
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics (3-3-0) – adding Honors topic course: Honors Microeconomics in a Global World
Honors-Philosophy
Modify Course
PHIL 2306 Ethics (3-3-0) – adding Honors topic course: Honors Health, Sickness, and the Mysteries of Living a Good Life
Motion by Victoria Taylor
Second by Gretchen Harries
Approved
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