Minutes 1-5-2005
Curriculum Gen Ed Committee of the Educational Advisory Council
Minutes
January 5, 2005
SYLVANIA CAMPUS, CC BLDG, CONF ROOM B
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Committee Members:
| X | Kendra Cawley, Chair | X | Diane Kamali | X | Dieterich Steinmetz | X | Adrian Rodriguez |
| X | Michael Cleghorn | X | Pam Kessinger | X | Doris Werkman | Jeff Josifek | |
| X | Marlene Eid | X | Michael Marciniak | X | Joe Wright | X | Moe O’Connor |
| Dan Findley |
Committee Support:
| Amy Alday-Murray | Guy Sievert | X | Susan Wilson | ||
| X | Frost Johnson | X | Brett Williams |
Guests:
Dominique Millard, Walter Morales, Lynn Geis, Taylor Hanna, Carol Handy, Gary Hecht.
The meeting was called to order at 3:02 p.m. with introductions.
Old Business .
147. ENL 173 Grammar 1 – Contact/Credit Change
Lec: 4 Proposed: 2
Load: .272 Proposed: .136
Contact: 4 Proposed: 2
Credits: 4 Proposed: 2
RECOMMENDED;
148. ENL 183 Grammar 2 – Contact/Credit Change
Lec:4 Proposed: 2
Load: .272 Proposed: .136
Contact: 4 Proposed: 2
Credits: 4 Proposed: 2
RECOMMENDED ;
149. ENL 193 Grammar 3 – New Course
See Full Request for Details
RECOMMENDED;
New Business
150. SP 100 – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
151. SP 105 Listening – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
152. SP 130 Business and Professional Communication – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
153. SP 140 Introduction to Intercultural Communication – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
154. SP 214 Interpersonal Communication – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
155. SP 215 Small Group Communication – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
156. SP 217 Theories of Persuasion – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
157. SP 227 Nonverbal Communication – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
158. SP 229 Oral Interpretation – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
159. SP 237 Gender Communication – Requisite Change
Change prerequisite from None to Placement in WR 121 by ASSET or successful completion of WR 115
RECOMMENDED with deletion of “by ASSET”
160. MTH 243 Statistics I – Description Change
Modify to read: TI graphing calculator with advanced statistical programs required and/or computer software.
RECOMMENDED
161. MTH 244 Statistics II – Description Change
Modify to read: TI graphing calculator with advanced statistical programs required and/or computer software.
RECOMMENDED
162. CG 280A Cooperative Education: Career Development – Description Change
Add: May be repeated up to 12 credits.
RECOMMENDED
163. CS 271 Computer Systems II – Course Title, Description, Outcomes Change
Proposed Title: Computer Architecture
See full request for Description & Outcomes changes
RECOMMENDED, without designation on Transfer or Diversity Lists
164. CS 171 Computer Systems I – Course Title, Description, Outcomes Change
Proposed Title: Assembly Language
See full request for Description & Outcomes changes
RECOMMENDED, without designation on Transfer or Diversity Lists
165. CS 200 Computer Systems I – New Course Request
RECOMMENDED, without designation on Transfer or Diversity Lists
with correction of Load Total to 3.42, CCOG attached
166. CS 201 Computer Systems II – New Course Request
RECOMMENDED, without designation on Transfer or Diversity Lists
with correction of Load Total to 3.42 , CCOG attached
167. EET 256 Electronics Project Lab – New Course Request
RECOMMENDED with correction of Load Total to 2.76 and contingent upon receipt of CCOG’s
168. EET 242 Microcontroller Systems – New Course Request
RECOMMENDED with correction of Load Total to 3.42 and contingent upon receipt of CCOG’s
169. EET 238 Operational Amplifier Circuits – Course Number & Requisite Change
Proposed Number: EET 222
Change Prerequisite from EET 218 to EET 221
RECOMMENDED
170. EET 218 Semiconductor Devices and Circuits – Course Number & Requisite Change
Proposed Number: EET 221
Change Prerequisite from EET 131 to EET 221
RECOMMENDED with Change of Prerequisite from EET 131 to EET 113
171. EET 228 RF Communications Circuits – Course Number & Requisite Change
Proposed Number: EET 223
Change Prerequisite from EET 218 to EET 221
RECOMMENDED
172. EET 188 Industrial Safety – Requisite Change
Change Prerequisite from EET111 or EET 176 to EET111 or EET 121
RECOMMENDED
173. EET 179 Digital Systems III– Course Number & Requisite Change
Proposed Number EET 123
Change Prerequisite from EET 177 to EET 122
RECOMMENDED
174. EET 177 Digital Fundamentals II– Course Number, Title & Requisite Change
Proposed Number EET 122
Proposed Title: Digital Systems II
Change Prerequisite from EET 176 to EET 121
RECOMMENDED
175. EET 176 Digital Fundamentals I – Course Number and Title Change
Proposed Number EET 121
Proposed Title Digital Systems I
RECOMMENDED
176. EET 131 Electrical Circuit Analysis III– Course Number & Requisite Change
Proposed Number EET 113
Change Prerequisite from EET 121 to EET 112
RECOMMENDED
177. EET 121 Electrical Circuit Analysis II– Course Number Change
Proposed number EET 112
RECOMMENDED
178. CST 264 C# Multi-Tier .NET Architecture Software Development – New Course Request
RECOMMENDED with correction of Load Total to 3.42
4 Credit Conversion Committee
There was discussion regarding the 4 credit conversion approval process and posting courses on the web as they are approved by the sub-committee and Curriculum Committee. It was confirmed that the sub-committee is empowered to make the decision for recommendation. The web page will be updated when the minutes of the sub-committee are posted.
December 8th meeting included Speech, History, and Anthropology.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:51
CS 200 – Computer Systems I
Date: May 21, 2004
Prepared by: Thomas Niemann
Course Number: CS 200
Course Title: Computer Systems I
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours/Week: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours/Week: 0
Lab Hours/Week: 3
Number of Weeks: 11
Special Fee: none
Course Description For Publication
Introduction to computer systems from a software perspective. Systems programming using C and assembly language. Basic computer organization. Representation of data. Machine instruction sets and assembly programming, relationship between C code and assembly code, C pointers and structures and their machine-level representation. Linking and loading. Program debugging. Recommended: CS 162 or CS 234u.
Addendum To Description
Students will complete several lab/programming exercises techniques. This course is transferable to a four year institution and is applicable toward an Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science Degree.
Intended Outcomes for the Course
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Software Engineering Process
- Follow the software development process (requirements analysis, design, implementation, and test) in the development of small programs.
- Employ good software engineering practices such as incremental development, encapsulation, data integrity checking, and adherence to style guidelines.
- Create appropriate user interfaces for simple programs.
- Identify and use standard design patterns where appropriate.
- Computer Science Theory
- Understand the relationship between a high-level language and machine code.
- Be able to interpret assembly language on a mixed listing.
- Technology and Tools
- Use appropriate tools to compile and debug programs.
- Communication
- Identify and comprehend technical documentation.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will demonstrate, on exams or lab assignments, the following:
- An understanding of internal data representation and manipulation.
- An ability to understand machine-level representation of programs.
- An understanding of linking, loading, and relocation.
Course Content
Concepts:
- representing and manipulating information
- information storage
- integer representation
- integer arithmetic
- floating point
- machine-level representation of programs
- arithmetic and logical operations
- control
- procedures, stacks, arguments
- array allocation and access
- alignment
- linking and loading
- static linking
- object files
- relocatable object files
- symbol tables
- executable object files
- loading executable object files
- dynamic linking with shared libraries
CS 201 – Computer Systems II
Date: May 21, 2004
Prepared by: Thomas Niemann
Course Number: CS 201
Course Title: Computer Systems II
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours/Week: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours/Week: 0
Lab Hours/Week: 3
Number of Weeks: 11
Special Fee: none
Course Description For Publication
Further introduction to computer systems from a software perspective. Basic operating systems concepts and calls. Defining, measuring and improving program performance. The memory hierarchy: storage technologies, caches, virtual memory, memory allocation techniques. Recommended: CS 200.
Addendum To Description
Students will complete several lab/programming exercises techniques. This course is transferable to a four year institution and is applicable toward an Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science Degree.
Intended Outcomes for the Course
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Software Engineering Process
- Follow the software development process (requirements analysis, design, implementation, and test) in the development of small programs.
- Employ good software engineering practices such as incremental development, encapsulation, data integrity checking, and adherence to style guidelines.
- Create appropriate user interfaces for simple programs.
- Identify and use standard design patterns where appropriate.
- Computer Science Theory
- Understand exceptions and interrupts.
- Understand and use system calls.
- Be able to measure performance and execution time.
- Understand storage technologies and memory hierarchy.
- Technology and Tools
- Effectively use software development tools including libraries, compilers, editors, linkers and debuggers.
- Communication
- Identify and comprehend technical documentation.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will demonstrate, on exams or lab assignments, the following:
- An understanding of exceptions and interrupts.
- An understanding of system calls.
- The issues involved in measuring performance and program execution time.
- Storage technology and memory hierarchies.
- Memory allocation.
Course Content
- exceptions and interrupts
- processes and process control
- file I/O
- system calls
- measuring program execution time
- improving program performance
- memory hierarchy
- storage technology
- caches
- virtual memory
- memory allocation
Date: October 1, 2004
Course Number: ENL 173
Course Title: Grammar 1
Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Hours per Week: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours per Week: 0
Lab Hours per Week (excludes coop, practicum, or clinical): 0
Number of Weeks: 11/12
Special Fees: None
Course Description for Publication:
This elective class includes the identification and practice of the following grammatical structures: subject-verb agreement; question and negation structure, verb tenses, sentence patterns, and sentence types. It is designed to reinforce concepts in both oral and written contexts. Prerequisites: placement in ENL 150 levels or above. Does not replace courses in the core curriculum.
Intended Outcome(s) for the Course:
Identify grammatical structures listed under section A and use them appropriately in a variety of oral and written contexts.
Outcome Assessment Strategies:
Videotape analysis, assignments, quizzes, tests, and oral presentations.
Course Content: Themes, concepts, issues
A. Grammar Review and Instruction
1. Subject-verb agreement
2. Question/Negation formation
3. Simple and Progressive Verb Tenses
4. Sentence patterns
5. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
B. Critical Thinking Skills
Competencies and Skills
A. Grammar
Verbs and Related Structures
- Use subject-verb agreement structures competently
- Use question/negation structures competently
- Use simple and progressive verb tenses competently
- Use sentence patterns competently
- Use simple, compound, and complex sentences competently
B. Critical Thinking Skills
- Use supplemental materials to practice grammatical structures in a variety of oral and written contexts.
- Demonstrate an awareness of audience and purpose for various registers and settings.
- Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information, eg. contracted verb forms in spoken English
- Determine appropriate uses for various structures, eg. deciding when to use a simple tense instead of a continuous tense.
- learn to look at language in context in order to determine function and purpose
Date: October 1, 2004
Course Number: ENL 183
Course Title: Grammar 2
Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Hours per Week: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours per Week: 0
Lab Hours per Week (excludes coop, practicum, or clinical): 0
Number of Weeks: 11/12
Special Fees: None
Course Description for Publication:
This elective class includes the identification and practice of the following grammatical structures: subject-verb agreement: verb tenses, passive voice, gerunds and infinitives, and articles. It is designed to reinforce concepts in both oral and written contexts. Prerequisites: placement in ENL 160 levels or above. Does not replace courses in the core curriculum.
Intended Outcome(s) for the Course:
Identify grammatical structures listed under section A and use them appropriately in a variety of oral and written contexts.
Outcome Assessment Strategies:
Videotape analysis, assignments, quizzes, tests, and oral presentations.
Course Content: Themes, concepts, issues
A. Grammar Review and Instruction
- Perfect and Perfect Progressive Verb Tenses
- Active/Passive Voice
- Gerunds and Infinitives
- Articles
B. Critical Thinking Skills
Competencies and Skills
A. Grammar
Verbs and Related Structures
- Use perfect and perfect progressive verb tenses competently
- Use active/passive voice competently
- Use gerunds and infinitives competently
- Use articles competently
B. Critical Thinking Skills
- Use supplemental materials to practice grammatical structures in a variety of oral and written contexts.
- Demonstrate an awareness of audience and purpose for various registers and settings.
- Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information, eg. choosing between a gerund and infinitive form
- Determine appropriate uses for various structures, eg. choosing an active or passive voice
- learn to look at language in context in order to determine function and purpose
Date: October 1, 2004
Course Number: ENL 193
Course Title: Grammar 3
Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Hours per Week: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours per Week: 0
Lab Hours per Week (excludes coop, practicum, or clinical): 0
Number of Weeks: 11/12
Special Fees: None
Course Description for Publication:
This elective class includes the identification and practice of the following grammatical structures: modals, conditionals, clause and phrase reductions, parallel structures, and reported speech. It is designed to reinforce concepts in both oral and written contexts. Prerequisites: placement in ENL 250 levels or above. Does not replace courses in the core curriculum.
Intended Outcome(s) for the Course:
Identify grammatical structures listed under section A and use them appropriately in a variety of oral and written contexts.
Outcome Assessment Strategies:
Videotape analysis, assignments, quizzes, tests, and oral presentations.
Course Content: Themes, concepts, issues
A. Grammar Review and Instruction
- Modals
- Conditionals
- Clause and phrase reductions
- Parallel structures
- Reported speech.
B. Critical Thinking Skills
Competencies and Skills
A. Grammar
Verbs and Related Structures
- Use modals effectively
- Use conditionals effectively
- Use clause and phrase reductions effectively
- Use parallel structures effectively
- Use reported speech effectively
B. Critical Thinking Skills
- Use supplemental materials to practice grammatical structures in a variety of oral and written contexts.
- Demonstrate an awareness of audience and purpose for various registers and settings.
- Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information, eg. choice of modals
- Determine appropriate uses for various structures, eg. choosing between quoted and reported speech
- learn to look at language in context in order to determine function and purpose.