Curriculum proposal number____________________
Curriculum Action Request (CAR) (Form 4-93) - Maui Community College
1. Author(s)__Mark Hoffman_______________________________________
2. Authors’ unit(s) ___Professional Technology_________________________________
3. Date submitted to Curriculum Committee___Oct. 28, 2003
4. a. General type of action?
b. Specific type of action
Addition
_regular
__experimental
__other (specify)
___________
__course
_Xprogram
Deletion
__course
__from program
__program
__other (specify)
___________
Modification
__number/alpha
__title
__credits
__description
__prerequisites
__corequisites
_Xprogram
__other (specify)
___________
5. Reason for this curriculum action
A)The ECET advisory board recommends adding preparation for A+ Industry certification for PC
technicians and CCNA Cisco certification for network technicians. Need to add ETRO 130 and 285
for A+ and ETRO 140,240 for Cisco.
B)ECET has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to implement curriculum for
training High Performance PC Cluster Technicians. MCC is a NSF National Center for Excellence
and a NSF Regional Education and Training Center for High Performance Computing. Need to add
ICS 251,252,258,275
C)When ECET was granted permanent status by the board of regents one ECET degree was
approved. The Provost, Dean of Instruction, and Unit Head asked the Program coordinator to
change ECET from the current two AS degree structure to a one AS degree structure with options
or tracks. Developed option structure for HPC Clusters, Networking, and Electronics.
D)Student Services/Counseling requested certificates of completion and achievement for students.
Developed CC, CA, AS and CC’c for options or tracks.
6. Existing course
________________________________________________________________________________
alpha number
title
credits
7. Proposed new/modified course
________________________________________________________________________________
alpha number
title
credits
8. New course description or page number in catalog of present course description, if unchanged.
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9. Prerequisite(s)
10. Corequisite(s)
11. Recommended preparation
12. Is this course cross-listed?
___yes
___no
If yes, list course
13. Student contact hours per week
lecture___hours
lab___hours
lecture/lab___hours
other___hours, explain
14. Revise current MCC General Catalog page(s)_page 34________________________________
15. Course grading
___letter grade only
___credit/no credit
16. Proposed semester and year of first offering?
17. Maximum enrollment_____
___audit
2004__year
Rationale, if applicable
18. Special scheduling considerations?
19. Special fees required?
Fall_semester
___either
__yes
__yes
Xno
__no
If yes, explain.
If yes, explain.
20. Will this request require special resources (personnel, supplies, etc.?)
_Xyes
__no
If yes, explain. Additional courses will require faculty/lecturers and lab equipment. Funding
from NSF RETC HPC grant.
21. Is this course restricted to particular room type?
22.
__yes
__no
If yes, explain.
__Course fulfills requirement for _ECET CC’s , CA, & AS________ program/degree
__Course is an elective for __________________________________ program/degree
__Course is elective for AA degree
23. This course
__increases
__decreases
__makes no change in number of credit required
for the program(s) affected by this action
24. Is this course taught at another UH campus? _Xyes __no
a. If yes, specify campus, course, alpha and number Honolulu CC
b. If no, explain why this course is offered at MCC
25. a. Course is articulated at
__UHCC __UH Manoa __UH Hilo __UH WO __Other/PCC
b. Course is appropriate for articulation at
__UHCC __UH Manoa __UH Hilo __UH WO __Other/PCC
c. Course is not appropriate for articulation at
__UHCC __UH Manoa __UH Hilo __UH WO __Other/PCC
d. Course articulation information is attached? __yes __no
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Proposed by
Approved by
________________________________
_________________________________
Author or Program Coordinator/Date
Academic Senate Chair/Date
Requested by
_________________________________
Division or Unit Chair/Date
_________________________________
Chief Academic Officer/Date
Recommended by
_________________________________
Curriculum Chair/Date
Revised Sept 2003/AC
_________________________________
Chancellor/Date