Curriculum Committee Minutes for the meeting held on March 26, 2024

Minutes

The Academic Senate Committee on CURRICULUM COMMITTEE met on March 26, 2024 at 2:05 pm via Zoom


Committee Members in Attendance:

R. Apkinar, D. Armstrong (Health, Physical Education & Dance), C. Chaves-O'Flynn (Foreign Languages & Literatures), B. Flaherty, W. Ford (Business), T. Hemraj-Benny, I. Lizzul (Chair), C. Manzo (Business), K. Mason, H. Morales (Business), J. J. Osorio (Foreign Languages & Literatures), M. Sánchez (Foreign Languages & Literatures), V. Shekoyan (Secretary), N. Sullivan

Absent: G. Fragopoulos, D. Fox-Herron, M. Pullin (Academic Affairs), C. Vasquez (Student Representative)


Business:

The meeting was called to order at 2:05 PM

1. The committee welcomed Daniel Armstrong from the Health, Physical Education & Dance Department to discuss the following course revision:

 

        Course revision: HE -106 First Aid and Safety Education

 

The revision was considered by all present, and it passed unanimously.

 

2. The committee welcomed José J. Osorio, Melinda Sánchez, and Carolina Chaves-O'Flynn from the Foreign Languages & Literatures Department to discuss the following new course proposal:

 

        New course proposal: LS-300 Intermediate Spanish for Health Care Professionals

 

The proposal was considered by all present, and it passed unanimously.

 

3. The committee welcomed Chrsitina Manzo, Humberto Morales, and Wendy Ford from the Business Department to discuss the following proposals:
 

        Course revisions: BU- 600 Business Internships

        New course proposal: CIS- 156 Data Visualization

        New course proposal: CIS-211 Data Mining and Business Analytics

        New course proposal: CIS-255 Data Analytics Capstone

        New course proposal: CIS-155 Introduction to Data Analytics

 

The proposals course revisions were considered by all present, and it passed unanimously.

 

4. The minutes of the February 27, 2024 meeting were approved by the committee.

 

5. The chair updated the committee on upcoming changes: CUNY is planning to use CourseDog for future course proposals/revisions, Rezan’s and Kendra’s terms are ending this semester, voting for new chair and secretary will take place either in the April 16th meeting or in May).

 

The meeting was adjourned at 2:43 PM.


Respectfully submitted,

Vazgen Shekoyan (as of Sept. 2023)
Committee on CURRICULUM COMMITTEE , Secretary

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