Capital Community College
Senate Minutes
April 17, 2014
Attendees:
Winchester Brown (Chair), Art Kureczka, John Christie, LaTanya Sumlin, Stephen
Fagbemi, Miah LaPierre-Dreger, James Plourd, Argelio Marrero, Bruce Miller, Marie
Basche,
Guests:
Leonel Carmona, Dr. Wilfredo Nieves, Gerald Murphy, Seth Freeman, Peggy Schuyler,
Carl Guerriere, Daniel Tauber, Jeffrey Partridge, Mike Ligon, Ray Hughes
Meeting called to order 2:35pm
A. Approval of agenda M/S/A
There was a motion to move the CAP report to the Subcommittee Reports;
however, Senate members decided to keep the report in the order as it appeared
on the agenda due to the extensive number of courses/programs changes on the
agenda. The Chair hopes to honor this request at the next meeting.
B. Approval of Minutes
Changes: Miah LaPierre-Dreger was present at the last meeting and Andre
Freeman and Gerald Murphy were guests.
M/S/A
C. CAP Report – Mike Ligon
a) Business & Technology – Architecture Program
Substitute Math 172 for Math 137 because it does not transfer
M/S/A
b) CIS Department
Changes to the pre-requisites for the degree programs including:
A pre-requisite change was proposed for the following courses: removing the
pre-requisite of CSC 101 and substituting CSC 105.
 CSC 220
 CSC 247
 CSC 250
M/S/A
c) CIS Program/Course Changes
1) CIS Associate’s Degree Program:
Changes to the learning outcomes:
Remove:
CSC 101
CSA 105
Math elective
Insert:
CST 201
CSC 250
Science elective
Also, allow a choice between taking COM 173 (Public Speaking) and
BBG 210 (Business Communications) per feedback from the Advisory
Council.
M/S/A
2) CIS Certificate Program – same changes made to the learning outcomes
of the CIS Associate’s Degree Program, plus remove the math elective
because the target audience consists primarily of people who already have
a degree.
M/S/A
3) Web Publishing Associate’s Degree
Changes: The learning outcomes were revised. Note: Web Publishing is a
terminal program.
Removed:
CSA 105
CSA 155
CSC 101
Business Elective
Replaced with:
CSC 105
CST 201
CSA 140
Business Internship
Changes will help provide students with a stronger background in
programming. An internship will help students secure employment when they
graduate.
M/S/A
4) Web Publishing Certificate Program
Same changes to the learning outcomes of the Web Publishing Degree
Program.
M/S/A
5) Two new courses introduced:
o Introduction of Mobile Application Programming
CSC 262 - this course is taught at two other colleges in the
system
Includes Android and IOS platforms & application cycles
M/S/A
o 4 credit course
CSC XXX - (2nd part to Intro to Mobile Application
Programming
M/S/A
6) New degree (Degree and Certificate) options –
CIS Mobile Application (A.S. & Certificate)
CIS Web Publishing Option (A.S. & Certificate)
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Terminal degree programs
Students will learn complete stages of software development
(Mobile App) & Web design principles (Web Publishing)
Degree programs will require an internship – two employers have
already been secured and looked at employment projections with
the Dept. of Labor.
Tied to new TTAC Grant – the college already hired full-time
personnel to recruit students into this program
M/S/A
d) General Psychology (PSY 112)
Changes to the course were presented to the CDAC committee to comply with
the TAP Framework (to include all of the necessary embedded competencies).
M/S/A
e) Health and Career Services
1) EMT 111, 112, and 115
Change designator From EMT to PMD or PARA to minimize confusion
between EMT and Paramedic training.
The change does not create an issue with common course numbering
because CCC is the only program in the state with Paramedic Training.
Change approved pending approval by the systems office.
M/S/A
2) EMS Instruction Option, Paramedic Studies, Option, EMR Option,
and Paramedic Certificate Option will all change from three
semesters to four semesters:
Rationale:
 Change fits the regular college calendar
 The new national curriculum has more content which is difficult to fit into
three semesters.
 The change only adds six weeks to the program
 Redistributes program appropriately across 4 classes instead of 3
classes(with the same learning objectives)
M/S/A
3) EMT 211 – Paramedic IV
New capstone course
M/S/A
Note: Separate motions were approved; therefore, the name change will
not impact the credit redistribution of the programs and the introduction
of the new course (EMT 211)
4) Paramedic Studies – Fire Science Option
A proposed new option added to the program.
Rationale: The advisory committees and national standards call for a Fire
Option to be added under the Paramedic Program. This will increase
enrollment in both programs. Firefighters are increasingly required to be
paramedics.
Adds FTA 112, 210 and 230
M/S/A
5) ESL 162– new six credit course (Writing and Reading)
Rationale: Students need more time to improve their skills to be more
successful in credit bearing courses
 This is not a new course in system
 If students are not successful in this course, they would go on to English
043/073
 These courses are more rigorous than other language courses.
 Clarification: ESL courses are language courses, not a developmental
courses.
 Currently, students can potentially accumulate 13 ESL credits.
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Discussion on the existence of a possible 6 credit-limit on the number of
ESL credits that can be applied toward a degree program resulted in no
clear determination.
A motion to approve ESL 162 “as is” was seconded and approved.
6 yes
3 abstentions
A separate motion was introduced to ask CAP to review the policy on the
limit of ESL credits that can be used in General Studies and Liberal Arts
M/S/A
6) Math 137 – Intermediate Algebra
Changes were proposed to the learning outcomes of the course in response
to PA-1240. The proposed curriculum changes include: more applied
functions, increase use of the graphic calculator and removal of some
content (system of linear equations) which will be added to Math 095.
M/S/A to table the changes to Math 137 until changes to Math 095 are
passed so that the changes are passed simultaneously.
Question raised: why is Math 137 course required if it does not transfer?
Other non-algebraic track courses are/will be taught at CCC (STATWAY
& Quantway)
D) Magnet School Committee Report:
John Christie presented notes on the meeting between the Senate Ad Hoc
Committee (John Christie, Marie Basche, Stephanie Calhoun-Ward) and President
Nieves, Dean Arrington, and Dean Primus where they received an update on the
status of the Magnet School.
A temporary CCC/Magnet Governance Committee has been meeting every
Thursday (including Jeff Partridge, Dean Primus and Dean Arrington) to discuss
the formation of the Magnet School operations.
There is going to be a permanent committee (comprised of CCC and Hartford
Public Schools personnel) that will oversee the Magnet School, and two CCC
faculty members will be appointed to that committee. Once the school is
established, the committee will not meet as frequently.
Motion: The Senate requests that the Senate be in charge of electing a faculty
member to one of the two faculty spots and an additional Senate member to sit
on the CCC Governance Committee.
M/S/A
The Ad Hoc Committee will be meeting again in a week.
E) Committee Reports  Capital Technology Committee
J. Christie - The President decided that a member of the CTC (Elaine Ippolitto)
will be on the Website Committee
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Diversity & Inclusion – M. Basche - The Taste of Culture: International Fest will
be held on Monday, April 28 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.
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College AffairsS. Freeman – The goal for next fall: Prepare a program related to campus security
Planning & Review – no report
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F) New Business –
There was a discussion on the inequity in the compensation between AFT and
4C’s online instructors. This topic was introduced in response to the college’s
new push for required training for online instructors. The matter was tabled due
to lack of time. Senators agreed that this is an important issue that will be at the
top of the agenda at the next meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 4:35pm
Respectfully submitted, Marie Basche