Senators,
I attached and pasted below the CC Report to the FS for the meeting tomorrow. Please
check it for errors. I have been working on it for three days, and it is 27 pages long
(sorry!). I have double-checked the document, but I might be reading over something.
Michael
(link to online version)
Curriculum Committee Report to the Faculty Senate
February 22, 2012
The Curriculum Committee approved the following course or program proposals and asks the
Faculty Senate to accept the committee’s recommendations.
Courses
Course Modifications
ACC 134 Income Tax Preparation (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: This proposed modification is based on UHCC Accounting Program
Coordinating Council tentative articulation agreement on 11/9/09. The Council met on 12/9/11
and will meet again to finalize the agreement. Other modifications are being made to update the
field in Curriculum Central.
New Recommended Preparation: MATH 18 with a grade of C or better or equivalent and ENG
22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Recommended Preparation: MATH 1B and ENG 21 or ENG 22 with grades of C or
better or equivalent.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ACC 137 Business Income Taxes (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: This proposed modification is based on UHCC Accounting Program
Coordinating Council tentative articulation agreement on 11/9/09. The Council met on 12/9/11
and will meet again to finalize the agreement. Other modifications are being made to update the
field in Curriculum Central.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ACC 150 Using QuickBooks in Accounting (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: This course is being modified to agree with what is being taught at other
campuses and better help students transfer across the University of Hawaii's Community College
Campuses.
New Prerequisite: ACC 124 with a grade of “C” or better or ACC 201 with grade of “C” or
better. BUS 101 or BUSN 150 or ICS 100 or ICS 101 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Previous Prerequisite: ACC 201 with a grade of C or better, or ACC 125 with a grade of C or
better or concurrent; and BUS 101 or BUSN 131 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent; or
Instructor approval.
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ACC 255 Using Spreadsheets in Accounting (3 credits)
(Formerly ACC 155)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Answers
New Prerequisite: ACC 202 or concurrent. BUS 101 or BUSN 150 or ICS 100 or ICS 101 or
equivalent or consent of instructor.
Previous Prerequisite: ACC 125 with a grade of C or better, or ACC 202 or concurrent; and
BUS 101 or BUSN 131 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent or instructor approval.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
CHEM 161B General Chemistry I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The changes were made as part of the course review process and the
SLOs were changed.
New Prerequisite: MATH 103 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Prerequisite: MATH 103 or equivalent.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
CHEM 162B General Chemistry II (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The changes were made as part of the course review process and the
SLOs were changed.
New Prerequisite: CHEM 161B or equivalent, and Math 135 with a grade of C or equivalent.
Previous Prerequisite: CHEM 161B or equivalent, and Math 135 or equivalent.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
CHN 101 Elementary Chinese I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: To update for currency.
New Recommended Preparation: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Recommended Preparation: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DMED 140 Principles of Animation (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for
assessment. The course will be more coherent with new program and methods, considering there
was also a change in instructors.
New Recommended Preparation: None
Previous Recommended Preparation: DMED 130
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DMED 141 Introduction to 3D Animation (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for
assessment. There was a change in instructors. A new tutorial is used and therefore adjustments
have to be made to fit new lessons.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DMED 242 Character Animation (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for
assessment. There was a change in instructor and with that a change in tutorial materials.
Therefore, it is expected that the class will assume a different organization.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DMED 243 3D Modeling and Animation (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Updating course specifics and clarifying student learning outcomes for
assessment. The course is now focused on 3D animation techniques and can be assessed during
class and the final production of a film. There was a change in instructors, and also a change in
tutorials. Therefore, it is expected that the structure of the class is going to change.
New Prerequisite: DMED 141 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
Previous Prerequisite: ENG 21 or ENG 22 or equivalent and DMED 141, all with a Grade of C
or better, or consent of instructor.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DRAM 170 Introduction to Children’s Theatre (3 credits)
(Formerly DRAM 170 Creative Drama)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Changes to the fields are all up-to-date .
New Prerequisite: ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Prerequisite: Not listed in Curriculum Central
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DRAM 262 Local Style Theatre (3 credits)
(Formerly DRAM 262 Hawaiian Style Theatre)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Changes to the fields are all to update for currency.
New Prerequisite: DRAM 221 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.
Previous Prerequisite: None
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ED 285 Classroom Management Within the Instructional Process (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The modification of ED 285 is the result of an articulation agreement
with Kapiolani Community College.
New Prerequisite: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent; or placement in ENG 100;
or consent of instructor.
Previous Prerequisite: ENG 22 or placement in ENG 100 or consent of the instructor.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
FAMR 230 Human Development (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The modifications create a course similar to the same course offered at
Kapiolani CC, where nursing students will enroll in the Nursing Program. The Social Sciences
Division wants this program to accept Leeward's FAMR 230 course.
New Prerequisite: Qualification for ENG 100 and MATH 73.
Previous Prerequisite: ENG 100 or equivalent.
New Recommended Preparation: None
Previous Recommended Preparation: MATH 73
Action: 18 Approved, 2 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
GEOG 101 The Natural Environment (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The changes were made to update information, modify SLOs, and meet
requirements for course assessment to fulfill accreditation standards.
New Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent;
MATH 82 with a grade of C or better.
Previous Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or
equivalent; MATH 73
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
GEOG 101L Natural Environment Lab (1 credit)
Modification
Rationale for Change: To update and provide more specific information, modify SLOs, and
meet requirements for course assessment to fulfill accreditation standards.
New Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent;
MATH 82 with a grade of C or better.
Previous Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 or ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or
equivalent; MATH 73
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
GEOG 102 World Regional Geography (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: To update information, complete uncompleted portions of the form,
modify SLOs, and meet requirements for assessment to fulfill accreditation standards.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
GG 103 Geology of the Hawaiian Islands (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The changes were made as part of the course review process. The SLOs
were changed, and the fields listed in field 28 were updated.
New Prerequisite: ENG 21 or ENG 24 with a grade of C or better or equivalent, and MATH 18
with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Prerequisite: None
New Recommended Preparation: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENG 100, and
completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 82.
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
HAW 101 Elementary Hawaiian I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The SLOs were updated for currency.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
HAW 102 Elementary Hawaiian II (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The SLOs were updated for currency.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
HAW 201 Intermediate Hawaiian I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The SLOs were updated for currency.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
HAW 202 Intermediate Hawaiian II (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The SLOs were updated for currency.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
HSER 268 Survey of Substance Abuse Problems (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The HSER 268 SLOs were not conforming to the current model of
Bloom's Taxonomy with appropriate action verbs so modifications were made to uniformly have
strong, action oriented and measurable SLOs and rid our selves of redundant SLOs. Also, aspects
of this document were clarified by responding to the questions in more depth than what was in
the original proposal.
New Recommended Preparation: HSER 100
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 125 Personal Computer Maintenance and Repair (3 credits)
(Formerly ICS 125 Microcomputer Mainenance)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The SLOs needed to be updated to reflect current industry technology
and standards. Other fields were updated as appropriate to reflect the change in SLOs.
New Prerequisite: ENG 21, ENG 22, and MATH 82 or their equivalents with grades of C or
better; consent of instructor.
Previous Prerequisite: ENG 21 or ENG 22 and MATH 83 and ICS 110, all with a grade of C or
better; or consent of instructor.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 184 Introduction to Networking (3 credits)
(Formerly ICS 184 NetPrep Network Fundamentals)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Changes in the fields are all to update for currency.
New Prerequisite: None
Previous Prerequisite: ICS 100 and MATH 103 or concurrent, or equivalent, or consent of
instructor.
New Corequisite: ICS 125
Previous Corequisite: None
New Recommended Preparation: None
Previous Recommended Preparation: ICS 125
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 185 Introduction to Local Area Networks (3 credits)
(Formerly ICS 185 NetPrep Local Area Networks)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Changes in the fields are all to update for currency.
New Prerequisite: None
Previous Prerequisite: ICS 184 or consent of instructor.
New Recommended Preparation: ICS 184
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 186 Introduction to Wide Area Networks (3 credits)
(Formerly ICS 186 NetPrep Wide Area Networks)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Changes in the fields are all to update for currency.
New Prerequisite: None
Previous Prerequisite: ICS 184 or consent of instructor.
New Recommended Preparation: ICS 184
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 187 TCP/IP Network Architectures (3 credits)
(Formerly ICS 187 NetPrep TCP/IP Networking Architecture)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Changes in the fields are all to update for currency.
New Prerequisite: None
Previous Prerequisite: ICS 184 or consent of instructor.
New Recommended Preparation: ICS 184
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
KOR 101 Elementary Korean I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: To update for currency.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
KOR 102 Elementary Korean II (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: To update for currency.
New Prerequisite: KOR 101 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Prerequisite: KOR 101 with a grade of C or better, or KOR 101 equivalent by
placement test or instructor.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
MATH 18 Essential Mathematics for Algebra (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: MATH 9 (Whole Number Skills) was approved on March 2, 2011. CR
in MATH 9 needs to be added to the MATH 18 prerequisite.
New Prerequisite: Any one of the following, or an articulated equivalent, within the past two
years will qualify a student for MATH 18: C or better in MATH 1B, CR in MATH 9, OR
qualifying placement test score (21 or higher in the COMPASS pre-algebra placement domain)
Previous Prerequisite: Any one of the following, or an articulated equivalent, within the past
two years: C or better in MATH 1B OR qualifying placement test score (31 or higher in the
COMPASS Pre-Algebra placement domain)
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
MATH 82 Accelerated Algebraic Foundations (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The student learning outcome is being added as a result of it
inadvertently missing from the original proposal.
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
MATH 103 College Algebra (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The proposed modifications are dictated by the course assessment
process.
New Prerequisite: Any ONE of the following, or an articulated equivalent, completed within
the past two years will qualify a student for MATH 103: C or better (or CR) in MATH 82 OR C
or better in MATH 83 OR qualified placement test score (62 or higher in the COMPASS algebra
placement domain).
NOTES: The admissions and records office maintains a database of articulated equivalent
courses. The two-year time limit on recognition of math course prerequisites is a UHCC
systemwide agreement formulated by the Math Program Coordination Council (Math PCC).
Previous Prerequisite: Any ONE of the following, or an articulated equivalent, completed
within the past two years: C or better (or CR) in MATH 82 OR C or better in MATH 83 OR
qualified placement test score (62 or higher in the COMPASS algebra placement domain).
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
REL 202 Understanding Indian Religions (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: REL 202 has been inactive for ten years.
New Recommended Preparation: REL 150
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (3 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: The course has a few minor, very insignificant changes in the SLOs.
Changes to the other fields are all to update for currency.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
TAG 101 Elementary Tagalog/Filipino I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Course modification was completed to answer the course assessment
questions for accreditation and fill in missing information in curriculum central.
Action: 15 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
TAG 102 Elementary Tagalog/Filipino II (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Course modification was completed to answer the course assessment
questions for accreditation and fill in missing information in curriculum central.
New Recommended Preparation: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Previous Recommended Preparation: None
Action: 15 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
TAG 201 Intermediate Tagalog/Filipino I (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Answers
New Prerequisite: TAG 102 with a grade of C or better, or instructor's approval.
Previous Prerequisite: None
New Recommended Preparation: None
Previous Recommended Preparation: TAG 101, TAG 102, or permission of instructor.
Action: 14 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
TAG 202 Intermediate Tagalog/Filipino II (4 credits)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Answers
New Prerequisite: TAG 201 with a grade of C or better, or instructor's approval.
Previous Prerequisite: None
New Recommended Preparation: None
Previous Recommended Preparation: TAG 101, TAG 102, TAG 201, or permission of
instructor.
Action: 14 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
WS 151 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)
(Formerly WS 151 Introduction to Women)
Modification
Rationale for Change: Fill in blank fields and update for currency.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
New Courses
ASAN 205 Contemporary Philippine Issues (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: This course has been consistently offered at Leeward CC as an
experimental course (ASAN 298). It has been a popular course with an average fill rate of 87%.
The course has provided students opportunity to learn not only specific course contents, but
valuable learning skills in critical thinking, problem solving, information retrieval, written and
oral communication, cooperative learning, leadership, and global community building. As a
spring board to the study of regional and global issues, this course creates an opportunity for
students to be exposed to global education.
Prerequisite: ENG 100 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
BUSN 102 Introduction to Health Information Technology (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest
healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,”
according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.
Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S.
Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:
The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet
demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,
quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S.
Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health
information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to
expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other
HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first
is published projections.
* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000
HIT workers by 2018.
* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an
additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.
* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT
workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful
Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]
According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have
estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need
something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles
than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”
The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.
1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health
Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance
incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.
2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within
1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments
3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.
4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security
standards.
5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification]
coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements
reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.
6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance
exchanges in every state by 2014.
ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase
community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other
professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to
the supply challenge include:
* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers
* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries
* Managing attrition, particularly retirement
* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle
accommodation requests
* Lacking experience
Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22, each with a grade of C or better, or
equivalent.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
BUSN 108 Introduction to Diagnosis (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest
healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,”
according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.
Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S.
Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:
The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet
demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,
quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S.
Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health
information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to
expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other
HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first
is published projections.
* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000
HIT workers by 2018.
* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an
additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.
* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT
workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful
Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]
According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have
estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need
something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles
than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”
The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.
1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health
Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance
incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.
2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within
1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments
3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.
4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security
standards.
5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification]
coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements
reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.
6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance
exchanges in every state by 2014.
ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase
community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other
professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to
the supply challenge include:
* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers
* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries
* Managing attrition, particularly retirement
* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle
accommodation requests
* Lacking experience
Prerequisite: HLTH 110, BIOL 130, BIOL 130L, or ZOOL 240 or ZOOL 241, or equivalent
each with a grade of C or better or instructor's consent.
Recommended Preparation: BUS 101
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
BUSN 109 Introduction to Procedure Coding (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest
healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,”
according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.
Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S.
Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:
The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet
demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,
quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S.
Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health
information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to
expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other
HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first
is published projections.
* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000
HIT workers by 2018.
* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an
additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.
* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT
workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful
Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]
According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have
estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need
something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles
than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”
The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.
1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health
Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance
incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.
2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within
1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments
3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.
4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security
standards.
5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification]
coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements
reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.
6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance
exchanges in every state by 2014.
ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase
community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other
professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to
the supply challenge include:
* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers
* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries
* Managing attrition, particularly retirement
* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle
accommodation requests
* Lacking experience
Prerequisite: HLTH 110, BIOL 130, BIOL 130L or ZOOL 240 or ZOOL 241, or equivalent
each with a grade of C or better or equivalent or instructor's consent.
Recommended Preparation: BUS 101
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
BUSN 115 Reimbursement Methodologies (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest
healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,”
according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.
Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S.
Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:
The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet
demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,
quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S.
Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health
information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to
expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other
HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first
is published projections.
* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000
HIT workers by 2018.
* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an
additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.
* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT
workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful
Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]
According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have
estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need
something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles
than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”
The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.
1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health
Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance
incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.
2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within
1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments
3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.
4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security
standards.
5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification]
coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements
reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.
6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance
exchanges in every state by 2014.
ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase
community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other
professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to
the supply challenge include:
* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers
* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries
* Managing attrition, particularly retirement
* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle
accommodation requests
* Lacking experience
Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22, each with a grade of C or better, or
equivalent. BUSN 121 or BUSN 123 or BUS 101 or equivalent.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
BUSN 208 Advanced Diagnosis (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest
healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,”
according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.
Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S.
Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:
The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet
demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,
quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S.
Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health
information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to
expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other
HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first
is published projections.
* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000
HIT workers by 2018.
* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an
additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.
* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT
workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful
Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]
According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have
estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need
something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles
than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”
The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.
1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health
Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance
incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.
2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within
1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments
3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.
4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security
standards.
5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification]
coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements
reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.
6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance
exchanges in every state by 2014.
ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase
community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other
professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to
the supply challenge include:
* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers
* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries
* Managing attrition, particularly retirement
* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle
accommodation requests
* Lacking experience
Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better or instructor approval required for: BUSN 108
Introduction to Diagnosis Coding.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
BUSN 209 Advanced Procedure Coding (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: Health Information Management may be one of the hottest
healthcare careers in the coming decade, with up to 50,000 new jobs anticipated in the field,”
according to the Journal of AHIMA, October 2010.
Walt Zywlak, author of the Computer Sciences Company (CSC) July 2010 article, U.S.
Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT Staff, stated:
The U.S. health care industry is facing two emerging workforce challenges as it prepares to meet
demands both from more patients for more care, and from consumers and regulators for cost,
quality and other reforms. The first is the widely documented shortage of caregivers (see “U.S.
Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”). The other is a growing shortage of health
information technology (HIT) workers that is becoming significant as the industry aims to
expand use of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and other
HIT tools. Evidence of an HIT workforce shortage is coming from at least two sources. The first
is published projections.
* A 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report projected the need for an additional 35,000
HIT workers by 2018.
* A 2008 analysis of the HIMSS Analytics database estimated that U.S. hospitals will need an
additional 40,000 HIT workers to meet HIMSS EMR Adoption Model Stage 4.
* The ONC estimates that hospitals and physician practices need an additional 50,000 HIT
workers during the next five years to satisfy EHR “Meaningful
Use” criteria. [Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)]
According to Charles Friedman, Chief Scientific Officer, ONC: “In the aggregate, we have
estimated to get to meaningful use by almost all care venues in the country, we’re going to need
something like 50,000 more trained healthcare workers in these [EHR implementation] roles
than the educational system as it currently exists can produce.”
The health care industry HIT workforce shortage is being forecasted due to the following reasons.
1) Hospitals and physician practices are planning to implement EHR and HIE [Health
Information Exchange] systems in order to realize both payment bonus and penalty avoidance
incentives provided by the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009.
2) Federal government stimulus incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records within
1-2 years to receive maximum incentive payments
3) Implement and demonstrate meaningful use of EHR system by 2019 to avoid penalties.
4) Tightened HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] data security
standards.
5) Adopt ICD-10 [International Classification of Diseases - 10th Edition - Clinical Modification]
coding and new transaction standards by October 2013, and closely follow reimbursements
reforms for necessary revenue cycle system modifications.
6) The Affordable Care Act specifies development and operation of online health insurance
exchanges in every state by 2014.
ONC also indicated that a supply challenge exists and the immediate need is to increase
community college and university level training to turn out more technicians and other
professional specifically trained to support health care IT. Additional reasons that contribute to
the supply challenge include:
* Predicting a 50 percent growth in HIT careers
* Competing with other industries; sometimes health care has difficulty matching salaries
* Managing attrition, particularly retirement
* Learning to manage young (Generation X and Y) employee issues, such as lifestyle
accommodation requests
* Lacking experience
Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better or instructor approval required for:
BUSN 109
Introduction to Procedure Coding.
Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22, each with a grade of C or better, or
equivalent.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
DRAM 280 Beginning Playwriting (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course:
DRAM 280 will provide students with the tools necessary to think aesthetically and
empathetically, and to think about the modes we communicate with and how those methods
are perceived/received.
As a beginning playwriting class, DRAM 280 gives students the chance to create theatre
from its most basic component: the script. The theatre – like all art – is a created thing, and
its very creation determines what it is and what it does. We create the theatre in such a way
to express meaning, feeling, and spirit so that the audience member will have an opportunity
to experience what we want them to experience. For instance, we may want the audience to
experience what it is like to live in a cardboard box in an alley in order to get them to feel
and understand urban problems. At the same time, we may want to affirm the worth of
persons. A person living in a cardboard box has worth.
Yet the experience of theatre is more than this. It is a part of human nature to separate
ourselves from people who are different and live in different situations. The theatre breaks
that barrier of separation. Theatre allows us to experience the world of another person and at
the same time experience ourselves in our own world. The theatre ties us and our world to
another person and his or her world. We come to experience and understand, emotionally
and intellectually, that our lives connect to another's life, and our world connects to another's
world. This way, the theatre ties together our own humanity. From the very beginning of
civilization, the theatre has helped us discover and understand ourselves and our relationship
with our world, with others, and with God (or the gods.) As such, it is and always has been
an affirming force in the world.
Any writing class, but especially a playwriting class, will reinforce writing skills as well as
general communications skills. In writing original plays, as well as in the group discussions
surrounding other student’s writing, students will communicate articulately in both the
spoken and the written word; read and to listen critically in order to understand the
conversation in progress; and adjust diction and style to the anticipated audience, to the
subject matter, and to the purpose of the communication. The skills offered in DRAM 280
recognizes the necessity of a student's ability to communicate in order keep pace with the
increasing subtlety, precision, and depth of the student's knowledge, as well as the way
communication takes place within their scripts.
Students at Leeward Community College have also expressed a keen interest in taking a
playwriting class. The Leeward Community College theatre department presents a 10-Minute
play festival each February (or thereabouts), and students have tried numerous times to get
their work staged during the festival. Offering a beginning playwriting class, like DRAM
280, will give students the skills they need to get their work produced within their
community and beyond.
Prerequisite: Students need to have passed ENG 100 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher;
or approval from instructor.
Action: 18 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ED 279 Educational Media and Technology (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: This course is an elective for the Associates of Arts in
Teaching, which was approved by the BOR in September of 2005. This program was developed
and implemented in response to the growing need for locally trained and culturally assimilated
teachers to fill the many vacancies in the Leeward coast schools. Three campuses which are
offering programs in teacher preparation in the State of Hawaii are currently producing only one
half of the graduates that the State anticipates will be needed for the public school system.
Prerequisite: ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent, or placement of ENG 100 or
equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ED 284 Foundations of Inclusion in Teaching (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: This
Prerequisite: This course is articulated with the SPED 304 course at UH Manoa and satisfies an
entry requirement to the College of Education at UH Manoa. This course ensures that AAT
students have access to specialized content and training associated with teaching special
populations within the inclusion model.
Recommended Preparation: Students should be prepared to travel off campus for field visits
and interviews.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ED 295A Practicum I: Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure (1
credit)
New
Justify the need for the course: This alternative route is a "one of its kind" in Hawaii. Presently,
no public or private college in the State is providing a licensure program for Career and
Technical (CTE) teachers who are employed or wish to be employed by the DOE. In response to
the request by the Hawaii State Department of Education, an accelerated program has been
created by Leeward Community College that will accommodate the work schedule of full-time
employees and allow candidates to complete the requirements for Alternative Teacher
Certification in the shortest time possible through a program of study that will provide a sound
foundation of educational pedagogy necessary to become effective practitioners in CTE
classrooms at the secondary level.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure program.
Requirements for admission:
Praxis I with a passing score
Minimum of an Associate Degree
Minimum of 3 years industry experience
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ED 295B Practicum II: Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure (1
credit)
New
Justify the need for the course: This alternative route is a "one of its kind" in Hawaii. Presently,
no public or private college in the State is providing a licensure program for Career and
Technical (CTE) teachers who are employed or wish to be employed by the DOE.
In response to the request by the Hawaii State Department of Education, an accelerated program
has been created by Leeward Community College that will accommodate the work schedule of
full-time employees and allow candidates to complete the requirements for Alternative Teacher
Certification in the shortest time possible through a program of study that will provide a sound
foundation of educational pedagogy necessary to become effective practitioners in CTE
classrooms at the secondary level.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Alternative Certification for CTE Teacher Licensure program.
Requirements for admission:
Praxis I with a passing score
Minimum of an Associate Degree
Minimum of 3 years industry experience
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 136 Introduction to Mobile Device Application Development (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The number of available positions mentioning either Android
or iPhone surged more than threefold from a year ago. Article from business week online
sitehttp://www.busniessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc2011033_078030.htm
Jobs available for Android developers in 2011 went up 302% from 2010
Jobs available for iPhone programmers went up 220% from 2010.
There is a specific website that advertises mobile development jobs exclusively. Viewed on
January 30th 2012.
http://www.mobiledevjobs.org/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217885/Your_next_job_Mobile_app_developer_
Prerequisite: ICS 111 with a grade of C or better or instructor consent.
Recommended Preparation: ICS 113
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 170 Ethics for the Digital World (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The course is designed to meet the Social and Professional
Issues requirement of the 2008 Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) core curriculum
for computer science programs. This is one of the "hot topics" garnering a significant amount of
interest in the computer science community. A meeting to discuss these issues and a workshop
to teach the ethics course were the first two events to fill to capacity at the upcoming
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education to be held in Raleigh, NC,
February 29-March 3, 2012.
The issues covered in the course are relevant for the unique challenges presented in the digital
world. A survey of students taking ICS classes in Spring 2012 indicates that 87% would be
interested in taking this course. Military leaders in Hawaii indicate that new specializations are
arising from these issues and are sending nearly 200 students to our courses to train for these
new specializations.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 171 Introduction to Computer Security (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The Computing Technology Industry Association, or
CompTIA, in late 2009 polled some 1,537 high-tech workers and found 37% intend to pursue a
security certification over the next five years. Separately, nearly 20% indicated they would seek
ethical hacking certification over the same time period. And another 13% pinpointed forensics as
the next certification goal in their career development.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc2011033_078030.htm
Prerequisite: ICS 184 with a C or better, or consent of the instructor.
Recommended Preparation: ICS 170
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 172 Network Design and Administration (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: According to Gartner, interest in networking, voice and data
communications technologies increased for 2010, meaning skills in that high-tech area will also
be in demand. Details can be found at the following link from Network World.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020110-best-it-jobs.html
Corequisite: ICS 184 with a C or better or consent of the instructor.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 236 Mobile Device Management and Programming (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The number of available positions mentioning either Android
or iPhone surged more than threefold from a year ago. Article from business week online
sitehttp://www.busniessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc2011033_078030.htm
Jobs available for Android developers in 2011 went up 302% from 2010
Jobs available for iPhone programmers went up 220% from 2010.
There is a specific website that advertises mobile development jobs exclusively. Viewed on
January 30th 2012.
http://www.mobiledevjobs.org/
Prerequisite: ICS 136 with a C or better or instructor consent.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 281 Ethical Hacking (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The Computing Technology Industry Association, or
CompTIA, in late 2009 polled some 1,537 high-tech workers and found 37% intend to pursue a
security certification over the next five years. Separately, nearly 20% indicated they would seek
ethical hacking certification over the same time period. And another 13% pinpointed forensics as
the next certification goal in their career development.
According to Network World, IT training and employment industry specialists report that
interest in acquiring new security skills continue to grow among IT professionals and hiring
managers who seek the latest skill sets to better secure their environments.
Details can be found at the following link from Network World.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020110-best-it-jobs.html
Prerequisite: ICS 170 and ICS 171 with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 282 Computer Forensics (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The Computing Technology Industry Association, or
CompTIA, in late 2009 polled some 1,537 high-tech workers and found 37% intend to pursue a
security certification over the next five years. Separately, nearly 20% indicated they would seek
ethical hacking certification over the same time period. And another 13% pinpointed forensics as
the next certification goal in their career development.
According to Network World, IT training and employment industry specialists report that
interest in acquiring new security skills continue to grow among IT professionals and hiring
managers who seek the latest skill sets to better secure their environments.
Details can be found at the following link from Network World.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020110-best-it-jobs.html
Prerequisite: ICS 170 and ICS 171 with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ICS 283 Advanced Network Routing and Optimization (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: According to Gartner, interest in networking, voice and data
communications technologies increased for 2010, meaning skills in that high-tech area will also
be in demand.
Details can be found at the following link from Network World.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020110-best-it-jobs.html
Prerequisite: ICS 172 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
IS 16 Math Study Skills (1 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: The 2007 report "Remedial and Developmental Education in
the University of Hawaii Community College System White Paper Group Committee" and 20082009 Leeward CC Developmental Education Committee Initiatives both call for the introduction
of study skills into developmental curriculum.
In “The Effects of Counseling and Study Skills Training on Mathematics Academic
Achievement”, Dr. Paul Nolting discusses several interesting discoveries from his study on math
study skills. The first is that instruction in study skills and relaxation techniques can improve
student performance. Students who received such instruction in a developmental mathematics
course had a success rate of 66% while
students in the control group, who were instructed only
in math, had a 33% success rate. Clearly, learning about study skills and practicing anxietyreducing relaxation techniques helped students succeed.
Nolting also discovered that general study skills instruction works well for all subjects except
Mathematics and Chemistry. For Mathematics and Chemistry, subject specific study training is
required. Math is unique in how it requires students to study and demonstrate their
knowledge. For this reason, a math specific study skills course is necessary.
Action: 17 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
MGT 135 Agricultural Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
New
Justify the need for the course: MA’O Farms is located in Lualualei Valley in Waianae. For
three years youth from the Waianae area participated in a 10-month program related to
community food security, which is “a comprehensive strategy to address many of the ills
affecting our society and environment due to an unsustainable and unjust food system.” Central
to the program was instruction in the principles of community food security and work in a
business operation to grow and sell organically grown produce. After three years the directors of
the Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation (the umbrella organization for MA’O
Farms) approached the college to see if the educational components of the program could be
translated into credit courses at Leeward CC. In fact, two Leeward CC courses were already part
of the program and the materials obtained from national community food security resources
easily translate to credit courses.
The college also saw this as an opportunity to link with a program, which had a very successful
track record for recruiting and retaining Waianae youth and providing them with knowledge and
skills to be part of the workforce or to further education.
Recommended Preparation: ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
Programs
Program Modifications
AS Information and Computer Science
Modification
Rationale for Change:
All changes made to the program are designed to update
content to current technology, prepare students for several
vendor neutral industry certifications, respond to current
trends in the industry, and facilitate transfer to
baccalaureate programs.
ACC 201 Financial Accounting is being
eliminated as a program requirement. When the
ICS program was initiated in 1969, computer
usage in organizations was typically placed
within the Finance or Accounting department.
Most of the applications were related to financial
reporting. As the industry developed, computer
usage became decentralized in organizations.
The proliferation and power of application
software allows computer usage to be
customized within a diverse collection of
departments in the organization. The elimination
of ACC 201 reflects this trend.
ECON 130 or ECON 131 is being replaced by
one DS course. The decentralization of
computer usage in organizations reduces the
need for Economics. One DS course provides
the student with additional choices and complies
with the AS degree task force recommendations.
PHIL 101 or PHIL 110 is being replaced by a
new course, ICS 170 Ethics for the Digital
World. The new course will focus on the wide
spectrum of ethical issues related to computer
usage. Our majors need a course in practical
issues they will face on the job such as hacking,
viruses, intellectual property, identity theft, and
the various information security regulations and
more.
MATH 135 Elementary Functions is being
replaced by a choice of either MATH 103
College Algebra or ICS 141 Discrete
Mathematics for Computer Science I. This
option is being introduced to respond to the
growing popularity of the BA in ICS program
offered at UH Manoa. The mathematics
requirement for the BA in ICS at UH Manoa is
MATH 100 or higher. It is strange for a AS in
ICS to have a more stringent math requirement
than the BA in ICS in the same system. ICS 141
is required for both BA and BS degrees in ICS at
UH Manoa and will facilitate transfer for
students wishing to pursue those degrees.
One FG course is being added to comply with
the AS degree task force recommendations.
ICS 100 Computing Literacy & Applications
is being moved to the core requirements and ICS
101 Digital Tools for the Information World is
being added as an option for the course. ICS
101 requires the completion of more rigorous
problems using application software compared
to ICS 100. The addition of ICS 101 facilitates
transfer to baccalaureate programs at UH
Manoa.
ICS 125 Microcomputer Maintenance is
being moved to the core requirements. The
course is being redesigned to prepare students to
take the A+ national certification exam. It is
being retitled as Personal Computer
Maintenance.
ICS 184 is being updated to reflect current
network technology. It remains as a core
requirement and is being redesigned to prepare
students to take the Network+ national
certification exam. It is being retitled as
Introduction to Networking.
ICS 171, 172 & 283 update the content of
ICS 185, 186 & 187 to reflect current network
technology. ICS 171 is being designed to
prepare students to take the Security+ national
certification exam.
ICS 151 & 251 are being updated to reflect
current practice and technology for online access
and manipulation of databases. The webmaster
specialization is eliminated due to lack of
student demand. Students desiring careers as
webmasters will take the database support
specialist option.
ICS 281 & 282 are being created to respond
to industry needs for trained security
practitioners. A new specialization in
information security is being created to respond
to this rapidly developing field in the industry.
ICS 136 & 236 are being created to respond to industry
needs for mobile application developers.
The program modifications are being proposed to prepare
students to receive several internationally-recognized
certifications in the industry. These include A+,
Network+, Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker, and
Certified Information System Security Professional
certifications.
The program modifications are being proposed to facilitate
completion of the program within two academic years.
The course prerequisites are being restructured to allow
the student to complete the program more quickly than the
existing program. Students who adhere to all of the
prerequisites and recommend preparations in our current
program require more than three years of study to
complete the program.
The program modifications are being made to implement a
2+2 program initiative with the baccalaureate programs at
UH Manoa. Program requirements are being revised to
reduce the number of extra courses students would need to
take to earn both our AS degree and a BA or BS degree at
UH Manoa.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ASC Philippine Studies
Modification
Rationale for Change: Program outcomes were revised in terms of meeting student, community
and State needs. Their relation to the current Leeward CC's Mission Statement, Institutional
Learning Outcomes, and Strategic Plan (2008-2015) were likewise reflected.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
ASC Plant and Bioscience Technology
Modification
Rationale for Change: The revised program will facilitate an easy articulation to and fulfillment
of course requirement of two undergraduate programs in the College of tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources (CTAHR), namely Tropical Plant and Soil Science (TPSS) and Plant and
Environment Protection Science (PEPS). It will also allow students interested to join the
workforce after the Associate degree a basic level of preparation by giving them a less rigorous
set of courses in BIOL, CHEM and ICS.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 2 Abstained
CCP Web Architecture
Modification
Rationale for Change: The proposed modification is to replace DMED 221 NetPrep Dynamic
Web Publishing with ICS 151 Structured Database Program.
Action: 16 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
New Programs
AA Hawaiian Studies
New
Catalog Description: The Associate in Arts in Hawaiian Studies (AAHS) is a 60-credit degree
program intended to either provide the first two years of a baccalaureate program in Hawaiian
Studies or prepare the student for study in other, broader fields of science, humanities, arts, and
social sciences.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
AS Health Information Technology
New
Catalog Description: The Associate in Science (AS) Program of Study builds upon the Health
Information Technology (HIT) foundation presented in the Certificate of Completion (CC) and
Certificate of Achievement (CA) Programs of Study. Students will expand their records and
information management skills in medical coding and medical records, including electronic
records. Combined with the biological science, health statistics, and management courses, the
students will be able to pursue careers as an Admissions Clerk, Cancer Registrar, Coder, Health
Information Management (HIM) Technologist, Patient Access Supervisor, Privacy Officer,
and/or Release of Information Technologist.
Action: 17 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 2 Abstained
CA Information and Computer Science
New
Catalog Description: The Certificate of Achievement in Information and Computer Science is
designed to provide the student with entry-level skills or job upgrading for positions under direct
supervision in computer support, cabling and basic networking, office application support, and
database management. Student must earn a GPA of 2.0 or better for all courses required in this
certificate.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
CA Health Information Technology
New
Catalog Description: The Certificate of Achievement Program builds upon the HIT foundation
presented in the Certificate of Completion Program. Students will expand their records and
information management skills in medical coding and medical records, including electronic
records. Combined with the biological science and management courses, the students will be
able to pursue careers as a registration supervisor, patient access supervisor, or an entry-level
insurance coordinator.
Action: 15 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
CA Retail Management
New
Catalog Description: The Retail Management Certificate of Achievement will help to prepare
current and future retail employees for the challenges faced in the dynamic and fast-paced retail
industry. It will also provide students with the insight needed to be successful as a retail manager.
Action: 19 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained
CC Health Information Technology
New
Catalog Description: The Certificate of Completion (CC) in Health Information Technology
(HIT) develops a foundation in records and information management for a medical facility and
the health information technology profession. Students completing the CC will have the skills
and knowledge necessary to assist in maintaining accurate and timely medical data in clinics,
hospitals, and other health care organizations. The CC will lead to job opportunities as patient
access clerks, physician office clerks, registrars, registration clerks, and ward clerks.
Action: 15 Approved, 0 Disapproved, 0 Abstained