Meeting & Agendas

Mike Midgley chaired this meeting. Attending Members: Cathy Angell, Jonathan Buckstead, Michelle Fitzpatrick, Lyman Grant, Carol Hawk, Ron Johns, Shirin Khosropour, Mary Kohls, Joann Kroll, Mike Midgley, Reed Peoples, Regina Swearengin Proxy Votes: Rebecca Robinson-Francis for Pat Abbott, Ron Johns for Paul Williams Guests and Presenters: Gail Bayeta, Jane Billingsley, Linnea Fletcher, Charlotte Gullick, James Heath, Alida McCullough, Ina Midkiff, Courtney Mlinar, Missi Patterson, Al Purcell, Christian Raymond, Robert Rogers, Gail Spear, Virginia Volpe, Nan Walters, Tomi Welch.

Expire Awards (a second review following 10-14-14 approval to expire) Pre-Dental AS Pre-Medical AS Pre-Pharmacy AS Pre-Veterinary AS Mike Midgley requested this item review be deferred to January 2015 agenda.

Revise Award Social Media Communications AAS Add Course BTCM 2274 Business, Government and Technical Communication Internship (2-2-0) – LOCAL NEED Expire Course ETWR 2264 Practicum (or Field Experience) - English Technical and Business Writing (2-0-2) Jonathan Buckstead moved to accept Business, Government, and Technical Communications proposal; second by Carol Hawk. Approved.

Add Course FSHD 1311 History of Fashion (3-3-0) Expire Course FSHN 2320 Visual Merchandising (3-3-0) Revise Awards Fashion Marketing AAS – replacing FSHN 2320 with FSHD 1311 in semester IV Fashion Marketing Certificate – replacing FSHN 2320 with FSHD 1311 in semester I Jonathan Buckstead moved to approve Marketing proposal; second by Ron Johns. Approved.

Revise Awards Medical Administrative Assistant Specialization Certificate – replacing expired HITT 1305 with HPRS 1206 in semester I Medical Office Assistant Specialization Certificate – replacing expired HITT 1305 with HPRS 1206 Regina Swearingen moved to approve Office Administration award revisions; second by Jonathan Buckstead. Approved.

Modify Courses CDEC 1166 Practicum (or Field Experience) - Child Care Provider/Assistant I – Modified prerequisites; removed corequisite CDEC 1419 (an incorrect co-requisite was entered). CDEC 1392 Special Topics in Child Development (3-3-0) – Modified prerequisites; removed corequisite CDEC 1419 (an incorrect co-requisite was entered). CDEC 1419 Child Guidance (4-3-3) – revised prerequisites; removed corequisites Jonathan Buckstead moved to approve modifications to CDEC 1166, CDEC 1392, and CDEC 1419; second by Shirin Khosropour. Approved.

Recommendation to Add Courses to CORE • Biology (BIOL 1414 and BIOL 1415) • Creative Writing (ENGL 1307) • Drama (DRAM 2336) • History (HIST 2311 and HIST 2312) • Humanities (HUMA 1315) • Music (MUSI 1301) • Radio/Television/Film (COMM 1335) Lyman Grant moved to accept seven courses (ENGL 1307, DRAM 2336, HIST 2311, HIST 2312, HUMA 1315, MUSI 1301, and COMM 1335) for inclusion in the 2015-16 Core Curriculum List; second by Jonathan Buckstead. Approved. Ron Johns will submit the seven courses to the THECB by March 1, 2015. Ron will return to the curriculum committee with BIOL 1414 and BIOL 1415 courses in January 2015.

Student Success Courses and Degree Plans Ron reviewed recent history regarding Dr. Cook’s October 17, 2014 suggestion that a success course be included in all associate degree awards. Ron distributed the four Recommendations and Resolutions of the Discipline Assessment Cycle Committee Regarding the Inclusion of Student Success Courses in All Associate Degrees, and the results of a survey among the DAC committee members on this subject. Members expressed strong feelings in this initial discussion on the DAC recommendation and requested more information be provided. Further discussion on the College’s oral and written communication requirements will occur. Curriculum and Programs Committee recommended further discussion take place at the January 2015 meeting. • Information regarding Speech and Writing requirements for high schools; in other words, do all high school students in AISD and surrounding districts have to take a Speech and/or Composition course. • The requirements of other area colleges, with regard to Speech and Writing • General Education background (this to mean a rundown on the history and framework of the gen ed requirements at ACC). • The oral communication and written communications gen ed rubrics • The student learning outcomes for EDUC 1300/PSYC 1300 and for the SPCH courses • The feasibility of EDUC 1300/PSYC 1300 being in the Core Curriculum • The proposed revisions to AR 1.04.012 • The ACAP for student success goals that was done previously (no one seemed to know when this was done) Ron Johns will provide additional data on these suggestions. Mike Midgley and Ron Johns will contact Tobin Quereau and Russell Wittrup.

Courtney presented a brief overview of the Know How program's Faculty Teaching Toolbox and the Research Success Tutorials available to faculty and staff.

Revise Awards Computer Programming – Java Track Certificate Web Developer Specialist Certificate Computer Networking MSA Computer Programming MSA Add Courses ITSE 1301 Web Design Tools (3-3-1) ITSE 2356 Oracle Database Administration I (3-3-1) Cathy Angell moved to accept award plan revisions for Computer Programming-Java Track Certificate and Web Developer Specialist Certificate and new courses ITSE 1301 and ITSE 2356; second by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Approved. Proposed Computer Networking MSA and Computer Programming MSA will return to January 2015 Curriculum and Programs agenda.

Revise Awards 2d Animation AAS 2d Animation Certificate 3d Animation AAS 3d Animation Certificate Motion Graphics AAS Motion Graphics Certificate Design Coder ATC Add Courses ARTV 1479 Animation Pre-production (4-3-3) MOTG 1370 Type for Digital Media (3-2-4) – reduced from 4 credits. Modify Courses ARTC 1310 Design Concepts (3-2-4) – remove prerequisite. MOTG 1471 Post Production for Digital Media (4-3-3) – modify prerequisite to ARTV 1451 MOTG 1473 Motion Graphics I (4-3-3) – change course prerequisites to ARTC 1305, ARTV 1451. Expire Courses MOTG 1371 Post Production for Digital Media (3-2-4) MOTG 1470 Type for Digital Media (4-3-3) Michelle Fitzpatrick moved to accept entire Visual Communication proposal; second by Jonathan Buckstead. Approved.

Modify Course HPRS 1106 Essentials of Medical Terminology (1-1-0) – section capacity change request from 35 to 30 Mary Kohls moved approval of HPRS 1106 course capacity change; second by Cathy Angell. Approved.

Expire Course RNSG 2161 Clinical-Nursing – Registered Nursing Training III (1-0-4) expire 215U Jonathan Buckstead moved to accept RNSG 2161 course expiration; second by Carol Hawk. Approved.

Modify Courses DMSO 2441 Sonography of Abdominopelvic Pathology (4-3-3) – revising prerequisites from ‘DMSO 1260, DMSO 1441, and DSAE 1318’ to ‘DMSO 1160 and DMSO 1341.’ First offered 216U. DSAE 2337 Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pathology II (3-3-1) – revising prerequisites from ‘DSAE 2404, DSAE 2461’ to ‘DSAE 1261 and DSAE 2404.’; adding corequisite ‘DSAE 2262.’ First offered 216U. DSVT 1300 Principles of Vascular Technology (3-2-2) – revising prerequisites from ‘DMSO 2461 or DSAE 2461’ to ‘DMSO 2305 or DSAE 2337.’ First offered 216U. Jonathan Buckstead moved approval of DMSO 2441, DSAE 2337, and DSVT 1300 course modifications; second by Shirin Khosropour. Approved.

Modify Courses PHYS 1401 General College Physics I (4-3-3) – Changes made to reflect new student learning outcomes in the ACGM; changed prerequisites to: ‘Grade of C or better in MATH 1314 or equivalent and MATH 1316 OR MATH 2412.’ PHYS 1402 General College Physics II (4-3-3) - Changes made to reflect new student learning outcomes in the ACGM. Lyman Grant moved to approve PHYS 1401 and PHYS 1402 course changes; second by Regina Swearengin. Approved.

Revise Awards Biotechnology AAS – revised footnotes 3-6. Biotechnology Level II Certificate – revised footnotes 3-5 Biotechnology Level I Certificate – added footnote 2 to BIOL 1415 Biotechnology Advanced Technical Certificate – added footnote 2 Add Course BITC 1402 Biotechnology Laboratory Methods and Techniques (4-3-4) Jonathan Buckstead moved to approve Biotechnology award footnote revisions and new BITC 1402 course; second by Shirin Khosropour. Approved.