Southern State Community College

Curriculum Committee Minutes

Sept. 17, 2004

Meeting called to order at 10:30 by Bill Horne.

Agenda was approved with additions (Bill Horne/Jon Davidson)

Bob Headley was nominated and approved as chair (Ken Holliday/Terry Flum)

Tom Stroup volunteered to be vice-chair

Ken Holliday volunteered to be secretary

New Business

Louis Mays – Articulation/Collaborative Agreement with Belmont Technical College Library Para-Professional Degree – Louis discussed this program with the committee. Students would take about two-thirds of their credits at SSCC but would earn the degree at Belmont. Louis was advised to take this program to the Program resources Committee to keep that committee informed. Motion by Larry Hartsock – seconded by Ken Holliday. Curriculum committee approved the articulation.

Ken Shull – Accounting/Business Management double major – Ken proposed a double major if students complete the 39 courses he outlined. Motion to approve by Jon Davidson and seconded by Terry Flum. Motion carried.

Becky Storer – recommended lowering the enrollment cap on EDUC 101, EDUC 102, and PSYC 241 to 25 for each. She also recommended the following education course changes: EDUC 224 and EDUC 124 – omit lab hours; ECED 235 – change prerequisite to EDUC 240 or EDUC 101 or EDUC 102; ECED 120, ECED 118, and ECED 245 – Omit prerequisites. Motion to approve by Terry Flum and seconded by Jeff Ladrach. Motion carried.

Teresa Grooms – PRAC 102 Fundamentals of Nursing II course objectives (tabled)

Ken Holliday – HPER course updates. Ken presented updates in the following courses: HPER 120, HPER 208, HPER 230, HPER 236, HPER 239, and HPER 250. This was done in response to the academic dean’s request for updated syllabi in all departments. Virginia Ferguson motioned to accept the updates. Jeff Ladrach seconded. Motion carried.

Julia Basham – OFIT 130 Word Processing I (drop prerequisite and changes to course description, textbook, objectives, and methodology) and OFIT 131 Word Processing II (changes in course description, textbook, objectives, evaluation, and methodology). Jon Davidson moved to approve. Ken Holiday seconded. Motion carried.

Bruce Fugate – EMPT 101 EMT-Basic course changes due to a new textbook (course objectives, grading, course outline, evaluation, and methodology). Terry Flum moved to accept. Ken Holliday seconded. Motion carried.

Jon Davidson – MATH 117 Elementary Algebra syllabus changes due to textbook edition change (outline) and MATH 281 Elementary Statistics syllabus change due to new textbook edition (outline). Ginny Ferguson moved to accept and Tom Stroup seconded. Motion carried.

Discussion

Review of Syllabi:

· ADA Compliance

· FERPA Compliance

· Course Methodology

Faculty members have been told they are required to have ADA (disabilities) and FERPA (privacy) statements on all syllabi. In addition, word has it that faculty are supposed to pass out to all students in each class the original course syllabus approved by the Curriculum Committee. Bob Headley will check with the Attorney General about which syllabi students are entitled to receive and about coming up with official wording to comply with ADA and FERPA that could be stamped on all syllabi.

Tom Stroup advised the committee to have a requirement that syllabi should have a mandated course outline and “course outline at the discretion of the instructor not be used on official syllabi. Bob said he would send word to area coordinators about this and mention it at Faculty Senate.