Curriculum proposal number____________________
Curriculum Action Request (CAR) (Form 4-93) - Maui Community College
1. Author(s)____Mark Hoffman______________________________________________________
2. Authors’ unit(s) ________STEM___________________________________________
3. Date submitted to Curriculum Committee__Nov 1, 2004________
4. a. General type of action?
b. Specific type of action
Addition
__regular
__experimental
__other (specify)
___________
__course
_Xprogram
Modification
__number/alpha
__title
__credits
__description
__prerequisites
__corequisites
__program
_Xother (specify)
____Certificate
5. Reason for this curriculum action
To better align MCC’s HPC program with three other community colleges in the national
consortium for High Performance Computing (HPC) in MCC’s National Science Foundation grant.
The certificate is required to meet the expectations of the National Center for HPC. This center
delivers metric information used in evaluation of Regional Education and Training Centers
(RETCs). Number of certificate offerings is one of the metrics. MCC is a HPC RETC.
6. Existing course
________________________________________________________________________________
alpha number
title
credits
7. Proposed new/modified course
________________________________________________________________________________
alpha number
title
credits
8. New certificate description or page number in catalog of present course description, if
unchanged.
The High Performance Computing (HPC) Certificate is comprised of the 19 credits currently
required for the ECET HPC specialty in the current catalog (see page 39). The courses are:
ICS 251(4), 252(4), 258(3), 275(4), and 298 (4).
This certificate provides evidence that the student meets SLO’s for HPC. Employers will recognize
this certificate. The students with this certificate will have better access to HPC employment.
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)___ 39,40______________________________
15. Course grading
___letter grade only
___credit/no credit
16. Proposed semester and year of first offering?
17. Maximum enrollment_____
___Fall Semester
___audit
2004_____year
Rationale, if applicable
18. Special scheduling considerations?
19. Special fees required?
___either
__yes
__yes
_X_no
X__no
If yes, explain.
If yes, explain.
20. Will this request require special resources (personnel, supplies, etc.?)
__yes
_X_no
If yes, explain.
21. Is this course restricted to particular room type?
_X_yes
__no
If yes, explain.
ICS courses are restricted to KAA 217 & 219 for the computers and software required.
22.
__Course fulfills requirement for _____________________________ program/degree
__Course is an elective for __________________________________ program/degree
__Course is elective for AA degree
23. This course
__increases
__decreases
_X_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? __yes _X_no
a. If yes, specify campus, course, alpha and number
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 July 2004/AC
_________________________________
Chancellor/Date