From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the President
The following has been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review:
New Course:
COM 320 Investigative Reporting for Multimedia Platforms
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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Curriculum Committee for review:
Program Revision:
B.S. Chemistry
New Courses:
CAR 501 Principles in Conflict Resolution. Survey course designed to introduce students to the practical and theoretical foundations of conflict and conflict resolution to ground students in theories of conflict, their application, and the dynamics of conflict. Students are presented the basic concepts of conflict analysis and resolution, as well as various forms of intervention. Offered occasionally.
COM 403 Digital Sports Journalism. Prerequisite: COM 312 or instructor permission. Practice in hands-on sports reporting techniques, sports news-gathering research skills, live sporting event video recording, writing, audio and video editing, producing podcasts of sports reports. Offered every semester.
PSY 379 Psychology of Money. Prerequisite: PSY 101. Examination of how psychology informs an analysis of the ways people interact with money. Focus on how major cognitive, social, developmental, and learning principles affect how we view and manage risk, as well as how we use money. Discussion of issues including the relationships between money and happiness and freedom. Offered occasionally.
Course Revisions:
CHE 301 Analytical Chemistry. Prerequisites: CHE 112 and CHE 114. Fundamental principles and laboratory applications of analytical chemistry. Elementary statistics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, redox reactions, gravimetry, separations, spectrophotometry, and basic electrochemistry. Laboratory experiences including acquisition of hands-on analytical laboratory skills and guided experiments selected from the course topics. Offered annually.
CIS 101 Computer Fundamentals. Basic computer literacy. The computer and its components. Hands-on experience in creating business productivity products, such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation documents. Examination of relevant application software. The Internet, its impact on society, and use as a communication and research tool. Investigation of future trends and emerging technologies. Offered every semester.
CIS 151 Computer Programming I (formerly CIS 151 Computer-Based Information Processing I). Overview of computers and programming languages. Introduction to basic programming concepts, skills, tools, and principles of good practice. Students design, develop, and execute programs using a modern programming language such as Python. Structured programming approach is used. Implementation of basic list and string data structures. Offered every semester.
CIS 251 Computer Programming II (formerly CIS 251 Computer-Based Information Processing II). Prerequisite: CIS 151. Introduction of advanced programming concepts, methods, and tools, such as objects, list and string manipulation, exception handling, lambda expressions, file I/O, complex data structures. Both procedural and object-oriented programming approaches examined and used. Offered every semester.
CIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design. Prerequisite: CIS 151. Introduction to information systems analysis and design, including concepts, approaches, methods, models, and tools and their application to various types of business and industry information system problems and challenges. Exploration of systems development life cycle. Offered every semester.
CIS 391 Information Technology Project Management (formerly CIS 391 Information Systems Project Management). Prerequisite: CIS 370. Current practices in IT project management as applied to information systems projects. Hands-on experience with tools and techniques required in different phases of an information system project's life cycle, including project planning, staffing and organization, task scheduling, scope management, budgeting, and progress reporting. Considerations for agile/adaptive environments. Offered occasionally.
CIS 411 Database Systems II (formerly CIS 411 Database Systems). Prerequisite: CIS 370. Advanced concepts and uses of database management systems. Topics include data definition language (DDL), data query language (DQL), data manipulation language (DML), data normalization, and database management system principles. Components of relational database are presented along with SQL programming. Offered every semester.
CIS 470 Data Communications. Prerequisite: CIS 315. Focus on computer communication networks. Fundamental concepts in the design and implementation of networks, their protocols, and applications. Topics include overview of network architectures, applications, network programming interfaces, transport, congestion, routing (topologies), data link protocols, and addressing. Offered occasionally.
CIS 471 Networking Laboratory I. Prerequisites: CIS 410 and CIS 470. Hands-on experience in installing, configuring, and administering a modern operating system in a networked environment. Fundamental building blocks of a computer network, including hardware, topologies, protocols, and the OSI model. Related concepts such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, network architecture, segmentation, virtual networks, performance optimization, and trouble shooting. Offered occasionally.
CIS 478 Cybersecurity (formerly CIS 478 Information System Security). Prerequisites: CIS 410 and CIS 470. Application of important concepts and theories in the areas of computer/information security to the real world. Major topics include computer ethics, threat management, cybersecurity resources, endpoint security, cryptography, network security, and enterprise security. Offered occasionally.
CRJ 202 The Police Process. Comprehensive introduction to the basic elements of policing in the United States, designed to acquaint students with the most current knowledge about police organizations, police officers, police work, and police problems. Offered every semester.
CRJ 404 White-Collar and Corporate Crime. Prerequisites: CRJ 101, CRJ 303, and upper-division standing. Physical and financial harm caused by wayward corporations, corporate officials, employees, and other white-collar offenders. Emphasis on ethical and legal decision making and regulatory monitoring, and control of white-collar and corporate activity. Offered spring semester.
CRJ 604 Criminal Courts. Theory of courts and the legal, social, and political processes that significantly affect the operation of the criminal courts, the administration of justice, and judicial decision making; the interrelationship among the social and political forces that influence court decisions and justice. Offered spring semester.
ENT 314 Applied Solid Modeling (formerly ENT 314 Solid Modeling). Prerequisites: TEC 101 and ENT 301. Three-dimensional (3D) parts and assembly creation; defining high-level features like cuts and holes in addition to low-level geometry; using advanced parametric modeling; 3D solid modeling; analyzing solid models with finite element technique for engineering problems; applying solid models on rapid prototyping machines. Offered every semester.
FTT 303 Fashion Illustration I. Prerequisite: FTT 110. Foundational skills in fashion illustration; sketching the fashion figure and drawing the drapery of garments as they fall on the human figure; diversity in fashion figure types; development of personalized illustration style; creation of design collections using original concepts and themes. Offered every semester.
FTT 308 Fashion Illustration II. Prerequisite: FTT 303. The dynamic convergence of technology and fashion in digital fashion design; how to use industry-standard software to create fashion illustration, with a focus on technical flats, textile rendering, and digital presentation; the digital proficiency required to translate design visions into fashion illustration; and digital fashion design portfolio development. Offered every semester.
FTT 329 Garment Construction III (formerly FTT 329 Apparel Construction III). Prerequisite: FTT 324. Mastering techniques and skills in garment construction incorporating various specialty fabrics; sewing tools and equipment for specialty fabrics; advanced techniques for achieving impeccable finishes and exquisite embellishments while applying sophisticated design elements to their garments; and construction of complex garment design and professional presentation. Offered occasionally.
Course Revision with General Education 2023 Designation:
DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
COM 333 Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Media (formerly SPC 333 Race, Class, and Gender in the Media). Prerequisite: CWP 101. Study of the intersection of race, social class, gender, and sexuality in popular culture and media, through a critical analysis of media representations of these identities. Offered fall semester.
