John Wood Community College Board of Trustees Curriculum Committee met March 15.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
The meeting convened at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 15, 2021. Present were Mr. Mike Elbe, president; Mr. Don Hess, trustee (via zoom); Dr. Laurel Klinkenberg, vice president of instruction and Kristen Foster note taker (via zoom). Absent was Mr. Jim Gay, trustee (via zoom).
Computer Science courses were discussed as follows:
New Courses: CSC 256—Web Programming III (3 credit hours)
New Course: CSC 257—Database Management (3 credit hours
New Course: CSC 258—Web Programming IV (3 credit hours)
New Course: CSC 259—Web Server Administration (3 credit hours)
New Degree: Web Development—AAS degree (64 credit hours)
Web Development is a new degree and great opportunity for the college. With the new degree JWCC can form articulation agreements with our 4-year partners. New courses needed to be added for this an AAS degree—New courses are CSC 256, CSC 257, CSC 258, CSC 259.
Don Hess indicated he was excited by the addition. Sees the need for Computer Science degree, especially in web development.
The degree will be offered beginning Fall 2021. The process for approval can be lengthy, but already working towards finishing this process—Financial Aid was discussed and will be available to students.
Music courses were discussed as follows:
New Courses: MUS 173 – Applied Music Lessons: Guitar I (variable 0.5-2 credit hours)
New Courses: MUS 273-- Applied Music Lessons: Guitar II (variable 0.5-2 credit hours)
Guitar has always been offered within Applied Strings courses; however, it was always seen as classical strings such as violin, cello, etc. Students were confused and did not realize that this included guitar (a string instrument). Now the guitar courses will be separated to avoid confusion.
Other:
President Elbe mentioned the Board Meeting will be at the Workforce Development Center and will begin at 6pm. The board agenda was briefly discussed.
Meeting adjourned at 2:14pm.
https://www.jwcc.edu/about/board-of-trustees/board-agendas-minutes/#curriculum-committee
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