TEMPLATE FOR CHANGES IN DEGREE PROGRAMS OR REQUIREMENTS
CCNY Template
1. NAME of PROGRAM or COURSE:
2. Date of Departmental Approval:
3. Date of Divisional Faculty Council /Faculty Council Approval:
4. Academic Objectives of the Proposed Changes:
5. Justification for the Proposed Changes (see footnote 1 below)
6. Overview of Means of Assessing Student Learning (see footnote 2)
Footnotes: Learning Assessment:
1. When describing any change in degree requirements or new programs, include a “needs assessment” that addresses
items such as
- An assessment of student learning outcomes (e.g., inadequate performance in a required/old course that a new
course will remedy)
- Interviews with students, faculty, and staff about the need for a new course
- Overall program assessment/review, e.g., senior students, alumni, employer input that the changes would be
beneficial, or findings from a capstone course
- Recommendations from advisory boards or other external reviews or constituencies
- Documented study of positive experience in sister institutions or programs with a similar course
- Other sources relevant to the needs assessment.
2. When describing Means of Assessing Student Performance, identify 4 to 8 expected learning outcomes. Specifically,
students will be able to analyze, identify, create, demonstrate, present orally, write… (If this is a change in a program with
several courses, provide a general statement on the range of learning outcomes).
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
For each of the above learning outcomes, describe the assessment strategies to be used by the instructor, e.g., exams
and quizzes, student participation, reports, papers, portfolios, pre- and post-tests, presentations. Assessment strategies
for learning outcomes will be:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
FOR SUBMISSION FOR CUNY
Material needed for submission to CUNY.
Change in degree program requirements have to be submitted to CUNY in the format shown below.
Changes in Degree Programs include: Changes in the admissions, course, or graduation requirements, or change in the
name of a registered degree or certificate program; addition or deletion of a track or concentration.
Note: Deletions are indicated with a strikethrough. New additions are indicated with the Bold format.
Example for a change in course requirements
CHANGE IN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TEMPLATE
Program:
Department:
Program Code:
Effective:
AAS in Computer Technology
Computer Science
12345
Fall 2013
From
Course Number
Name
Crs
Requirements for the Concentration
ET 11000
Electric Circuit Analysis I................................................... 4
ET 14000
Sinusoidal and Transient Circuit Analysis ........................ 3
ET 21000,
Electronics I, II .................................................................. 8
ET 22000
ET 35000
Computer Control Systems .............................................. 4
ET 42000
Computer Project Laboratory .......................................... 1
ET 50100
Computer Applications .................................................... 1
ET 50200
Introduction to Computer Programming ......................... 1
ET 50300
Introduction to Assembly Language
Programming ................................................................... 1
ET-50400
Operating Systems and System Deployment ................... 2
ET-54000
Digital Computer Theory I ................................................ 4
ET-56000
Microprocessors and Microcomputers ............................ 4
To
Course Number
Name
Crs
Requirements for the Concentration
ET 11000
Electric Circuit Analysis I ............................................. 4
ET 14000
Sinusoidal and Transient Circuit Analysis ................... 3
ET 21000
Electronics ................................................................. 4
ET 35000
Computer Control Systems ........................................ 4
ET 42000
Computer Project Laboratory .................................... 1
ET 50100
Computer Applications............................................... 1
ET 50200
Introduction to Computer Programming ................... 1
ET 50900
C++ Programming for Embedded Systems............... 1
ET 50400
Operating Systems and System Deployment ............ 2
ET 54000
Digital Computer Theory I .......................................... 4
ET 54200
Computer and Electrical Device Applications ............ 1
ET 56000
Microprocessors and Microcomputers ...................... 4
ET 70400
Networking Fundamentals ......................................... 4
Sub-total
Electives
Sub-total
Electives
33
______ ET electives+ ............................................................................... 3
Total credits required for the A.A.S ...................................................... 64
34
______ ET electives+ ......................................................................... 2
Total credits required for the A.A.S. ................................................ 64
Rationale: The proposed changes will maintain the same number of credits and hours as in the existing curriculum. There are no
changes to the liberal arts and sciences courses. The proposed Computer Technology curriculum represents a balance of instruction
in computer hardware, software, system design, liberal arts and science, and communications. It has been updated to insure that
students are familiar with current programming languages and technologies.