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Senators,

I attached and pasted below the CC Report to the FS for the meeting tomorrow. Please check it for errors. I have been working on it for three days, and it is 27 pages long (sorry!). I have double-checked the document, but I might be reading over something.

Michael

(link to online version)

Curriculum Committee Report to the Faculty Senate

February 22, 2012

The Curriculum Committee approved the following course or program proposals and asks the Faculty Senate to accept the committee’s recommendations.

Courses

Course Modifications

ACC 134 Income Tax Preparation (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: This proposed modification is based on UHCC Accounting Program Coordinating Council tentative articulation agreement on 11/9/09. The Council met on 12/9/11 and will meet again to finalize the agreement. Other modifications are being made to update the field in Curriculum Central.

New Recommended Preparation: MATH 18 with a grade of C or better or equivalent and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.

Previous Recommended Preparation: MATH 1B and ENG 21 or ENG 22 with grades of C or better or equivalent.

Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained

ACC 137 Business Income Taxes (3 credits)

Modification

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Rationale for Change: This proposed modification is based on UHCC Accounting Program Coordinating Council tentative articulation agreement on 11/9/09. The Council met on 12/9/11 and will meet again to finalize the agreement. Other modifications are being made to update the field in Curriculum Central.


ACC 150 Using QuickBooks in Accounting (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: This course is being modified to agree with what is being taught at other campuses and better help students transfer across the University of Hawaii's Community College Campuses.

New Prerequisite: ACC 124 with a grade of “C” or better or ACC 201 with grade of “C” or better. BUS 101 or BUSN 150 or ICS 100 or ICS 101 or equivalent or consent of instructor.

Previous Prerequisite: ACC 201 with a grade of C or better, or ACC 125 with a grade of C or better or concurrent; and BUS 101 or BUSN 131 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent; or Instructor approval.


ACC 255 Using Spreadsheets in Accounting (3 credits)

(Formerly ACC 155)Modification

Rationale for Change: Answers

New Prerequisite: ACC 202 or concurrent. BUS 101 or BUSN 150 or ICS 100 or ICS 101 or equivalent or consent of instructor.

Previous Prerequisite: ACC 125 with a grade of C or better, or ACC 202 or concurrent; and BUS 101 or BUSN 131 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent or instructor approval.


CHEM 161B General Chemistry I (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The changes were made as part of the course review process and the SLOs were changed.

New Prerequisite: MATH 103 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.

Previous Prerequisite: MATH 103 or equivalent.


CHEM 162B General Chemistry II (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The changes were made as part of the course review process and the SLOs were changed.

New Prerequisite: CHEM 161B or equivalent, and Math 135 with a grade of C or equivalent.

Previous Prerequisite: CHEM 161B or equivalent, and Math 135 or equivalent.


CHN 101 Elementary Chinese I (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: To update for currency.

New Recommended Preparation: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.

Previous Recommended Preparation: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better.


DMED 140 Principles of Animation (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for assessment. The course will be more coherent with new program and methods, considering there was also a change in instructors.

New Recommended Preparation: None

Previous Recommended Preparation: DMED 130


DMED 141 Introduction to 3D Animation (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for assessment. There was a change in instructors. A new tutorial is used and therefore adjustments have to be made to fit new lessons.


DMED 242 Character Animation (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for assessment. There was a change in instructor and with that a change in tutorial materials. Therefore, it is expected that the class will assume a different organization.


DMED 243 3D Modeling and Animation (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for assessment. The course is now focused on 3D animation techniques and can be assessed during class and the final production of a film. There was a change in instructors, and also a change in tutorials. Therefore, it is expected that the structure of the class is going to change.

New Prerequisite: DMED 141 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.

Previous Prerequisite: ENG 21 or ENG 22 or equivalent and DMED 141, all with a Grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.


DRAM 170 Introduction to Children’s Theatre (3 credits)

(Formerly DRAM 170 Creative Drama)Modification

Rationale for Change: Changes to the fields are all up-to-date .

New Prerequisite: ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.

Previous Prerequisite: Not listed in Curriculum Central


DRAM 262 Local Style Theatre (3 credits)

(Formerly DRAM 262 Hawaiian Style Theatre)Modification

Rationale for Change: Changes to the fields are all to update for currency.

New Prerequisite: DRAM 221 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.

Previous Prerequisite: None


ED 285 Classroom Management Within the Instructional Process (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The modification of ED 285 is the result of an articulation agreement with Kapiolani Community College.

New Prerequisite: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent; or placement in ENG 100; or consent of instructor.

Previous Prerequisite: ENG 22 or placement in ENG 100 or consent of the instructor.


FAMR 230 Human Development (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The modifications create a course similar to the same course offered at Kapiolani CC, where nursing students will enroll in the Nursing Program. The Social Sciences Division wants this program to accept Leeward's FAMR 230 course.

New Prerequisite: Qualification for ENG 100 and MATH 73.

Previous Prerequisite: ENG 100 or equivalent.New Recommended Preparation: None

Previous Recommended Preparation: MATH 73


GEOG 101 The Natural Environment (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The changes were made to update information, modify SLOs, and meet requirements for course assessment to fulfill accreditation standards.

New Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent; MATH 82 with a grade of C or better.

Previous Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent; MATH 73


GEOG 101L Natural Environment Lab (1 credit)

Modification

Rationale for Change: To update and provide more specific information, modify SLOs, and meet requirements for course assessment to fulfill accreditation standards.

New Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent; MATH 82 with a grade of C or better.

Previous Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent; MATH 73


GEOG 102 World Regional Geography (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: To update information, complete uncompleted portions of the form, modify SLOs, and meet requirements for assessment to fulfill accreditation standards.


GG 103 Geology of the Hawaiian Islands (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The changes were made as part of the course review process. The SLOs were changed, and the fields listed in field 28 were updated.

New Prerequisite: ENG 21 or ENG 24 with a grade of C or better or equivalent, and MATH 18 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.

Previous Prerequisite: NoneNew Recommended Preparation: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENG 100, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 82.

Previous Recommended Preparation: None


HAW 101 Elementary Hawaiian I (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The SLOs were updated for currency.


HAW 102 Elementary Hawaiian II (4 credits)

Modification



HAW 201 Intermediate Hawaiian I (4 credits)

Modification



HAW 202 Intermediate Hawaiian II (4 credits)

Modification



HSER 268 Survey of Substance Abuse Problems (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The HSER 268 SLOs were not conforming to the current model of Bloom's Taxonomy with appropriate action verbs so modifications were made to uniformly have strong, action oriented and measurable SLOs and rid our selves of redundant SLOs. Also, aspects of this document were clarified by responding to the questions in more depth than what was in the original proposal.New Recommended Preparation: HSER 100Previous Recommended Preparation: NoneAction: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained

ICS 125 Personal Computer Maintenance and Repair (3 credits)

(Formerly ICS 125 Microcomputer Mainenance)Modification

Rationale for Change: The SLOs needed to be updated to reflect current industry technology and standards. Other fields were updated as appropriate to reflect the change in SLOs.

New Prerequisite: ENG 21, ENG 22, and MATH 82 or their equivalents with grades of C or better; consent of instructor.

Previous Prerequisite: ENG 21 or ENG 22 and MATH 83 and ICS 110, all with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.


ICS 184 Introduction to Networking (3 credits)

(Formerly ICS 184 NetPrep Network Fundamentals)Modification

Rationale for Change: Changes in the fields are all to update for currency.

New Prerequisite: None

Previous Prerequisite: ICS 100 and MATH 103 or concurrent, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.New Corequisite: ICS 125

Previous Corequisite: None

New Recommended Preparation: None

Previous Recommended Preparation: ICS 125


ICS 185 Introduction to Local Area Networks (3 credits)

(Formerly ICS 185 NetPrep Local Area Networks)Modification



Previous Prerequisite: ICS 184 or consent of instructor.

New Recommended Preparation: ICS 184



ICS 186 Introduction to Wide Area Networks (3 credits)

(Formerly ICS 186 NetPrep Wide Area Networks)Modification







ICS 187 TCP/IP Network Architectures (3 credits)

(Formerly ICS 187 NetPrep TCP/IP Networking Architecture)Modification







KOR 101 Elementary Korean I (4 credits)

Modification



KOR 102 Elementary Korean II (4 credits)

Modification


New Prerequisite: KOR 101 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.

Previous Prerequisite: KOR 101 with a grade of C or better, or KOR 101 equivalent by placement test or instructor.


MATH 18 Essential Mathematics for Algebra (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: MATH 9 (Whole Number Skills) was approved on March 2, 2011. CR in MATH 9 needs to be added to the MATH 18 prerequisite.

New Prerequisite: Any one of the following, or an articulated equivalent, within the past two years will qualify a student for MATH 18: C or better in MATH 1B, CR in MATH 9, OR qualifying placement test score (21 or higher in the COMPASS pre-algebra placement domain)

Previous Prerequisite: Any one of the following, or an articulated equivalent, within the past two years: C or better in MATH 1B OR qualifying placement test score (31 or higher in the COMPASS Pre-Algebra placement domain)


MATH 82 Accelerated Algebraic Foundations (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The student learning outcome is being added as a result of it inadvertently missing from the original proposal.


MATH 103 College Algebra (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The proposed modifications are dictated by the course assessment process.

New Prerequisite: Any ONE of the following, or an articulated equivalent, completed within the past two years will qualify a student for MATH 103: C or better (or CR) in MATH 82 OR C or better in MATH 83 OR qualified placement test score (62 or higher in the COMPASS algebra placement domain).

NOTES: The admissions and records office maintains a database of articulated equivalent courses. The two-year time limit on recognition of math course prerequisites is a UHCC systemwide agreement formulated by the Math Program Coordination Council (Math PCC).

Previous Prerequisite: Any ONE of the following, or an articulated equivalent, completed within the past two years: C or better (or CR) in MATH 82 OR C or better in MATH 83 OR qualified placement test score (62 or higher in the COMPASS algebra placement domain).


REL 202 Understanding Indian Religions (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: REL 202 has been inactive for ten years.

New Recommended Preparation: REL 150



SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (3 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: The course has a few minor, very insignificant changes in the SLOs. Changes to the other fields are all to update for currency.


TAG 101 Elementary Tagalog/Filipino I (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: Course modification was completed to answer the course assessment questions for accreditation and fill in missing information in curriculum central.


TAG 102 Elementary Tagalog/Filipino II (4 credits)

Modification

Rationale for Change: Course modification was completed to answer the course assessment questions for accreditation and fill in missing information in curriculum central.

New Recommended Preparation: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.



TAG 201 Intermediate Tagalog/Filipino I (4 credits)

Modification


New Prerequisite: TAG 102 with a grade of C or better, or instructor's approval.

Previous Prerequisite: NoneNew Recommended Preparation: None

Previous Recommended Preparation: TAG 101, TAG 102, or permission of instructor.


TAG 202 Intermediate Tagalog/Filipino II (4 credits)

Modification


New Prerequisite: TAG 201 with a grade of C or better, or instructor's approval.

Previous Prerequisite: NoneNew Recommended Preparation: None

Previous Recommended Preparation: TAG 101, TAG 102, TAG 201, or permission of instructor.


WS 151 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)

(Formerly WS 151 Introduction to Women)Modification

Rationale for Change: Fill in blank fields and update for currency.


New Courses

ASAN 205 Contemporary Philippine Issues (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: This course has been consistently offered at Leeward CC as an experimental course (ASAN 298). It has been a popular course with an average fill rate of 87%. The course has provided students opportunity to learn not only specific course contents, but valuable learning skills in critical thinking, problem solving, information retrieval, written and oral communication, cooperative learning, leadership, and global community building. As a spring board to the study of regional and global issues, this course creates an opportunity for students to be exposed to global education.

Prerequisite: ENG 100 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.


BUSN 102 Introduction to Health Information Technology (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,” according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.

Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S. Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:

The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost, quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S. Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first is published projections.

* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000 HIT workers by 2018.

* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.

* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful

Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]

According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”

The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.

1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.

2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within 1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments

3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.

4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security standards.

5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification] coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.

6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance exchanges in every state by 2014.

ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to the supply challenge include:

* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers

* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries

* Managing attrition, particularly retirement

* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle accommodation requests

* Lacking experience

Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22, each with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.


BUSN 108 Introduction to Diagnosis (3 credits)

New



The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,

quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S. Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first is published projections.



















Prerequisite: HLTH 110, BIOL 130, BIOL 130L, or ZOOL 240 or ZOOL 241, or equivalent each with a grade of C or better or instructor's consent.

Recommended Preparation: BUS 101


BUSN 109 Introduction to Procedure Coding (3 credits)

New






















Prerequisite: HLTH 110, BIOL 130, BIOL 130L or ZOOL 240 or ZOOL 241, or equivalent each with a grade of C or better or equivalent or instructor's consent.

Recommended Preparation: BUS 101


BUSN 115 Reimbursement Methodologies (3 credits)

New








According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need

something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”














Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22, each with a grade of C or better, or equivalent. BUSN 121 or BUSN 123 or BUS 101 or equivalent.


BUSN 208 Advanced Diagnosis (3 credits)

New






















Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better or instructor approval required for: BUSN 108 Introduction to Diagnosis Coding.


BUSN 209 Advanced Procedure Coding (3 credits)

New



The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,

quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S. Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first is published projections.



















Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better or instructor approval required for:BUSN 109 Introduction to Procedure Coding.Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22, each with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.


DRAM 280 Beginning Playwriting (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course:

DRAM 280 will provide students with the tools necessary to think aesthetically and empathetically, and to think about the modes we communicate with and how those methods are perceived/received.

As a beginning playwriting class, DRAM 280 gives students the chance to create theatre from its most basic component: the script. The theatre – like all art – is a created thing, and its very creation determines what it is and what it does. We create the theatre in such a way to express meaning, feeling, and spirit so that the audience member will have an opportunity to experience what we want them to experience. For instance, we may want the audience to experience what it is like to live in a cardboard box in an alley in order to get them to feel and understand urban problems. At the same time, we may want to affirm the worth of persons. A person living in a cardboard box has worth.

Yet the experience of theatre is more than this. It is a part of human nature to separate ourselves from people who are different and live in different situations. The theatre breaks that barrier of separation. Theatre allows us to experience the world of another person and at the same time experience ourselves in our own world. The theatre ties us and our world to

another person and his or her world. We come to experience and understand, emotionally and intellectually, that our lives connect to another's life, and our world connects to another's world. This way, the theatre ties together our own humanity. From the very beginning of civilization, the theatre has helped us discover and understand ourselves and our relationship with our world, with others, and with God (or the gods.) As such, it is and always has been an affirming force in the world.Any writing class, but especially a playwriting class, will reinforce writing skills as well as general communications skills. In writing original plays, as well as in the group discussions surrounding other student’s writing, students will communicate articulately in both the spoken and the written word; read and to listen critically in order to understand the conversation in progress; and adjust diction and style to the anticipated audience, to the subject matter, and to the purpose of the communication. The skills offered in DRAM 280 recognizes the necessity of a student's ability to communicate in order keep pace with the increasing subtlety, precision, and depth of the student's knowledge, as well as the way communication takes place within their scripts.

Students at Leeward Community College have also expressed a keen interest in taking a playwriting class. The Leeward Community College theatre department presents a 10-Minute play festival each February (or thereabouts), and students have tried numerous times to get their work staged during the festival. Offering a beginning playwriting class, like DRAM 280, will give students the skills they need to get their work produced within their community and beyond.

Prerequisite: Students need to have passed ENG 100 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher; or approval from instructor.


ED 279 Educational Media and Technology (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: This course is an elective for the Associates of Arts in Teaching, which was approved by the BOR in September of 2005. This program was developed and implemented in response to the growing need for locally trained and culturally assimilated teachers to fill the many vacancies in the Leeward coast schools. Three campuses which are offering programs in teacher preparation in the State of Hawaii are currently producing only one half of the graduates that the State anticipates will be needed for the public school system.

Prerequisite: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent, or placement of ENG 100 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.


ED 284 Foundations of Inclusion in Teaching (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: This

Prerequisite: This course is articulated with the SPED 304 course at UH Manoa and satisfies an entry requirement to the College of Education at UH Manoa. This course ensures that AAT students have access to specialized content and training associated with teaching special populations within the inclusion model.Recommended Preparation: Students should be prepared to travel off campus for field visits and interviews.


ED 295A Practicum I: Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure (1 credit)

New

Justify the need for the course: This alternative route is a "one of its kind" in Hawaii. Presently, no public or private college in the State is providing a licensure program for Career and Technical (CTE) teachers who are employed or wish to be employed by the DOE. In response to the request by the Hawaii State Department of Education, an accelerated program has been created by Leeward Community College that will accommodate the work schedule of full-time employees and allow candidates to complete the requirements for Alternative Teacher Certification in the shortest time possible through a program of study that will provide a sound foundation of educational pedagogy necessary to become effective practitioners in CTE classrooms at the secondary level.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure program.

Requirements for admission:

Praxis I with a passing score

Minimum of an Associate Degree

Minimum of 3 years industry experience


ED 295B Practicum II: Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure (1 credit)

New

Justify the need for the course: This alternative route is a "one of its kind" in Hawaii. Presently, no public or private college in the State is providing a licensure program for Career and Technical (CTE) teachers who are employed or wish to be employed by the DOE.

In response to the request by the Hawaii State Department of Education, an accelerated program has been created by Leeward Community College that will accommodate the work schedule of full-time employees and allow candidates to complete the requirements for Alternative Teacher Certification in the shortest time possible through a program of study that will provide a sound foundation of educational pedagogy necessary to become effective practitioners in CTE classrooms at the secondary level.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure program.

Requirements for admission:

Praxis I with a passing score

Minimum of an Associate Degree

Minimum of 3 years industry experience


ICS 136 Introduction to Mobile Device Application Development (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: The number of available positions mentioning either Android or iPhone surged more than threefold from a year ago. Article from business week online sitehttp://www.busniessweek.com

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc2011033_078030.htm

Jobs available for Android developers in 2011 went up 302% from 2010

Jobs available for iPhone programmers went up 220% from 2010.

There is a specific website that advertises mobile development jobs exclusively. Viewed on January 30th 2012.

http://www.mobiledevjobs.org/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217885/Your_next_job_Mobile_app_developer_

Prerequisite: ICS 111 with a grade of C or better or instructor consent.

Recommended Preparation: ICS 113


ICS 170 Ethics for the Digital World (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: The course is designed to meet the Social and Professional Issues requirement of the 2008 Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) core curriculum for computer science programs. This is one of the "hot topics" garnering a significant amount of interest in the computer science community. A meeting to discuss these issues and a workshop to teach the ethics course were the first two events to fill to capacity at the upcoming ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education to be held in Raleigh, NC, February 29-March 3, 2012.

The issues covered in the course are relevant for the unique challenges presented in the digital world. A survey of students taking ICS classes in Spring 2012 indicates that 87% would be interested in taking this course. Military leaders in Hawaii indicate that new specializations are arising from these issues and are sending nearly 200 students to our courses to train for these new specializations.


ICS 171 Introduction to Computer Security (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: The Computing Technology Industry Association, or CompTIA, in late 2009 polled some 1,537 high-tech workers and found 37% intend to pursue a security certification over the next five years. Separately, nearly 20% indicated they would seek ethical hacking certification over the same time period. And another 13% pinpointed forensics as the next certification goal in their career development.


Prerequisite: ICS 184 with a C or better, or consent of the instructor.Recommended Preparation: ICS 170


ICS 172 Network Design and Administration (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: According to Gartner, interest in networking, voice and data communications technologies increased for 2010, meaning skills in that high-tech area will also be in demand. Details can be found at the following link from Network World.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020110-best-it-jobs.html

Corequisite: ICS 184 with a C or better or consent of the instructor.


ICS 236 Mobile Device Management and Programming (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: The number of available positions mentioning either Android or iPhone surged more than threefold from a year ago. Article from business week online sitehttp://www.busniessweek.com


Jobs available for Android developers in 2011 went up 302% from 2010

Jobs available for iPhone programmers went up 220% from 2010.

There is a specific website that advertises mobile development jobs exclusively. Viewed on January 30th 2012.

http://www.mobiledevjobs.org/

Prerequisite: ICS 136 with a C or better or instructor consent.


ICS 281 Ethical Hacking (3 credits)

New


According to Network World, IT training and employment industry specialists report that interest in acquiring new security skills continue to grow among IT professionals and hiring managers who seek the latest skill sets to better secure their environments.

Details can be found at the following link from Network World.


Prerequisite: ICS 170 and ICS 171 with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor.


ICS 282 Computer Forensics (3 credits)

New


According to Network World, IT training and employment industry specialists report that interest in acquiring new security skills continue to grow among IT professionals and hiring managers who seek the latest skill sets to better secure their environments.



Prerequisite: ICS 170 and ICS 171 with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor.


ICS 283 Advanced Network Routing and Optimization (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: According to Gartner, interest in networking, voice and data communications technologies increased for 2010, meaning skills in that high-tech area will also be in demand.


http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020110-best-it-jobs.htmlPrerequisite: ICS 172 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.


IS 16 Math Study Skills (1 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: The 2007 report "Remedial and Developmental Education in the University of Hawaii Community College System White Paper Group Committee" and 2008-2009 Leeward CC Developmental Education Committee Initiatives both call for the introduction of study skills into developmental curriculum.

In “The Effects of Counseling and Study Skills Training on Mathematics Academic Achievement”, Dr. Paul Nolting discusses several interesting discoveries from his study on math study skills. The first is that instruction in study skills and relaxation techniques can improve student performance. Students who received such instruction in a developmental mathematics course had a success rate of 66% whilestudents in the control group, who were instructed only in math, had a 33% success rate. Clearly, learning about study skills and practicing anxiety-reducing relaxation techniques helped students succeed.

Nolting also discovered that general study skills instruction works well for all subjects except Mathematics and Chemistry. For Mathematics and Chemistry, subject specific study training is required. Math is unique in how it requires students to study and demonstrate their knowledge. For this reason, a math specific study skills course is necessary.


MGT 135 Agricultural Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

New

Justify the need for the course: MA’O Farms is located in Lualualei Valley in Waianae. For three years youth from the Waianae area participated in a 10-month program related to community food security, which is “a comprehensive strategy to address many of the ills affecting our society and environment due to an unsustainable and unjust food system.” Central to the program was instruction in the principles of community food security and work in a business operation to grow and sell organically grown produce. After three years the directors of the Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation (the umbrella organization for MA’O Farms) approached the college to see if the educational components of the program could be translated into credit courses at Leeward CC. In fact, two Leeward CC courses were already part of the program and the materials obtained from national community food security resources easily translate to credit courses.The college also saw this as an opportunity to link with a program, which had a very successful track record for recruiting and retaining Waianae youth and providing them with knowledge and skills to be part of the workforce or to further education.

Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.


Programs

Program Modifications

AS Information and Computer Science

Modification

Rationale for Change:

All changes made to the program are designed to update content to current technology, prepare students for several vendor neutral industry certifications, respond to current trends in the industry, and facilitate transfer to baccalaureate programs.

ACC 201 Financial Accounting is being eliminated as a program requirement. When the ICS program was initiated in 1969, computer usage in organizations was typically placed within the Finance or Accounting department. Most of the applications were related to financial reporting. As the industry developed, computer usage became decentralized in organizations. The proliferation and power of application software allows computer usage to be customized within a diverse collection of departments in the organization. The elimination of ACC 201 reflects this trend.ECON 130 or ECON 131 is being replaced by one DS course. The decentralization of computer usage in organizations reduces the need for Economics. One DS course provides the student with additional choices and complies with the AS degree task force recommendations. PHIL 101 or PHIL 110 is being replaced by a new course, ICS 170 Ethics for the Digital World. The new course will focus on the wide spectrum of ethical issues related to computer usage. Our majors need a course in practical issues they will face on the job such as hacking, viruses, intellectual property, identity theft, and the various information security regulations and more. MATH 135 Elementary Functions is being replaced by a choice of either MATH 103

College Algebra or ICS 141 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science I. This option is being introduced to respond to the growing popularity of the BA in ICS program offered at UH Manoa. The mathematics requirement for the BA in ICS at UH Manoa is MATH 100 or higher. It is strange for a AS in ICS to have a more stringent math requirement than the BA in ICS in the same system. ICS 141 is required for both BA and BS degrees in ICS at UH Manoa and will facilitate transfer for students wishing to pursue those degrees.One FG course is being added to comply with the AS degree task force recommendations. ICS 100 Computing Literacy & Applications is being moved to the core requirements and ICS 101 Digital Tools for the Information World is being added as an option for the course. ICS 101 requires the completion of more rigorous problems using application software compared to ICS 100. The addition of ICS 101 facilitates transfer to baccalaureate programs at UH Manoa. ICS 125 Microcomputer Maintenance is being moved to the core requirements. The course is being redesigned to prepare students to take the A+ national certification exam. It is being retitled as Personal Computer Maintenance. ICS 184 is being updated to reflect current network technology. It remains as a core requirement and is being redesigned to prepare students to take the Network+ national certification exam. It is being retitled as Introduction to Networking. ICS 171, 172 & 283 update the content of ICS 185, 186 & 187 to reflect current network technology. ICS 171 is being designed to prepare students to take the Security+ national certification exam. ICS 151 & 251 are being updated to reflect current practice and technology for online access and manipulation of databases. The webmaster specialization is eliminated due to lack of student demand. Students desiring careers as webmasters will take the database support

specialist option. ICS 281 & 282 are being created to respond to industry needs for trained security practitioners. A new specialization in information security is being created to respond to this rapidly developing field in the industry.

ICS 136 & 236 are being created to respond to industry needs for mobile application developers.

The program modifications are being proposed to prepare students to receive several internationally-recognized certifications in the industry. These include A+, Network+, Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker, and Certified Information System Security Professional certifications.

The program modifications are being proposed to facilitate completion of the program within two academic years. The course prerequisites are being restructured to allow the student to complete the program more quickly than the existing program. Students who adhere to all of the prerequisites and recommend preparations in our current program require more than three years of study to complete the program.

The program modifications are being made to implement a 2+2 program initiative with the baccalaureate programs at UH Manoa. Program requirements are being revised to reduce the number of extra courses students would need to take to earn both our AS degree and a BA or BS degree at UH Manoa.


ASC Philippine Studies

Modification

Rationale for Change: Program outcomes were revised in terms of meeting student, community and State needs. Their relation to the current Leeward CC's Mission Statement, Institutional Learning Outcomes, and Strategic Plan (2008-2015) were likewise reflected.


ASC Plant and Bioscience Technology

Modification

Rationale for Change: The revised program will facilitate an easy articulation to and fulfillment of course requirement of two undergraduate programs in the College of tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), namely Tropical Plant and Soil Science (TPSS) and Plant and Environment Protection Science (PEPS). It will also allow students interested to join the workforce after the Associate degree a basic level of preparation by giving them a less rigorous set of courses in BIOL, CHEM and ICS.


CCP Web Architecture

Modification

Rationale for Change: The proposed modification is to replace DMED 221 NetPrep Dynamic Web Publishing with ICS 151 Structured Database Program.


New Programs

AA Hawaiian Studies

New

Catalog Description: The Associate in Arts in Hawaiian Studies (AAHS) is a 60-credit degree program intended to either provide the first two years of a baccalaureate program in Hawaiian Studies or prepare the student for study in other, broader fields of science, humanities, arts, and social sciences.


AS Health Information Technology

New

Catalog Description: The Associate in Science (AS) Program of Study builds upon the Health Information Technology (HIT) foundation presented in the Certificate of Completion (CC) and Certificate of Achievement (CA) Programs of Study. Students will expand their records and information management skills in medical coding and medical records, including electronic records. Combined with the biological science, health statistics, and management courses, the students will be able to pursue careers as an Admissions Clerk, Cancer Registrar, Coder, Health Information Management (HIM) Technologist, Patient Access Supervisor, Privacy Officer, and/or Release of Information Technologist.


CA Information and Computer Science

New

Catalog Description: The Certificate of Achievement in Information and Computer Science is designed to provide the student with entry-level skills or job upgrading for positions under direct supervision in computer support, cabling and basic networking, office application support, and database management. Student must earn a GPA of 2.0 or better for all courses required in this certificate.


CA Health Information Technology

New

Catalog Description: The Certificate of Achievement Program builds upon the HIT foundation presented in the Certificate of Completion Program. Students will expand their records and information management skills in medical coding and medical records, including electronic records. Combined with the biological science and management courses, the students will be able to pursue careers as a registration supervisor, patient access supervisor, or an entry-level insurance coordinator.


CA Retail Management

New

Catalog Description: The Retail Management Certificate of Achievement will help to prepare current and future retail employees for the challenges faced in the dynamic and fast-paced retail industry. It will also provide students with the insight needed to be successful as a retail manager.


CC Health Information Technology

New

Catalog Description: The Certificate of Completion (CC) in Health Information Technology (HIT) develops a foundation in records and information management for a medical facility and the health information technology profession. Students completing the CC will have the skills

and knowledge necessary to assist in maintaining accurate and timely medical data in clinics, hospitals, and other health care organizations. The CC will lead to job opportunities as patient access clerks, physician office clerks, registrars, registration clerks, and ward clerks.


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