Quincy Reporter

John Wood Community College Curriculum Committee met Dec. 15.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

The meeting convened at 2:00 p.m. Present was Dr. Randy Greenwell; trustee, attended virtually via zoom conference were, Mr. Andy Sprague; trustee, Mr. Mike Elbe; president, Dr. Laurel Klinkenberg; vice president of instruction, and Kristina Johnson; note taker.

• Education course was discussed as follows:

o New Course: EDU 235 Guidance of the Young Child (3 credit hours)

• Adult Education courses were discussed as follows:

o New Course: ABE 003 – Beginning Skills – Math (3 credit hours)

o New Course: ABE 004 – Intermediate Skills – Math (3 credit hours)

o New Course: ASE 002 – Advanced Skills – Math (3 credit hours)

• OFT Course pre-requisite changes were discussed as follows:

o Pre-requisite for OFT 171 was changed to read OFT 170 with ‘C’ or better

o Pre-requisites for OFT 284 and OFT 285 were changed to read OFT 281 and HSC 175 are required for each course

• Degree changes in Industrial Maintenance Technology were discussed as follows:

o The Advisory Council suggests reducing the 1st semester requirements from 18 hours to 15 hours and also adding the MFG 150 Handling Tool Operations/Programming (includes robotics content) course to the program.

The new Ag courses have been tabled for approval until February and will be submitted to the State with the Agriculture Conservation Certificate as the ICCB curriculum system continues to be unavailable for submissions.

The Board is in the process of reviewing Chapter 3: Instruction Board policies and procedures, in preparation for the HLC 10-year comprehensive review.  

Meeting adjourned at 2:40 pm.

https://www.jwcc.edu/about/board-of-trustees/board-agendas-minutes/#curriculum-committee