Queensborough Community College
City University of New York
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
of the Academic Senate
Minutes of the February 19, 2008 Meeting
Present: Dr. Frank Cotty (chair); Dr. S. Karimi; Dr. Nora Tully; Dr. Rosemary Iconis;
Dr. Marjorie Deutsch; Dean Karen Steele (Ex-Officio); Dr. Emily Tai, (secretary).
Absent and Excused: Dr. Richard Yuster
1. The meeting was called to order at 2.15 P.M.
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The minutes of the December 11, 2007 meeting were accepted and approved.
3. Dr. Cotty reported the vote for New Courses and Course Revisions to support the
program revisions to the A.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences and the A.S. Degree in
Fine and Performing Arts for the Concentration in Theatre Arts submitted by the
Department in Speech Communications and Theatre Arts to as six approvals and
one abstention.
4. The committee reviewed the pre-requisite and co-requisite changes proposed by
the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Dance for courses in the
A.A.S. Degree in Massage Therapy.
5. The pre-requisite and co-requisite changes proposed by the Department of Health,
Physical Education, and Dance for courses in the A.A.S. Degree in Massage
Therapy: Healing Arts (HA)-100 Foundations in Therapeutic Massage, (HA)-101
Eastern Massage 1, HA-102, Western Massage 1; HA-103 Eastern Massage 2;
HA-104 Western Massage 2; HA-201 Eastern Massage 3; HA-202 Western
Massage 3; HA-203 Practicum 1; HA-204 Practicum 2; HA-205 Professional
Issues; HA-220 Pathology for Massage Therapy 1and HA-221 Pathology for
Massage Therapy 2 were unanimously approved.
6. The committee discussed the proposal advanced by the Department of Business
for a revision in the pre-requisites for Business 203: Principles of Statistics, to
reflect the elimination of MA-240: Mathematics for Business and Economics 1
from course offerings in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
The committee’s recommendations were forwarded by Dr. Cotty to the
Department of Business.
7. The meeting was adjourned at 3 P.M. to allow members to attend the meeting of
the Academic Senate.
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Respectfully submitted,
Emily S. Tai,
Secretary of the Committee on Curriculum
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