TEMPLATE FOR CHANGES IN DEGREE PROGRAMS OR REQUIREMENTS

CCNY Template

1. NAME of PROGRAMor 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).

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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:

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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:AAS in Computer Technology

Department:Computer Science

Program Code:12345

Effective:Fall 2013

From / To
Course Number / Name / Crs / Course Number / Name / Crs
Requirements for the Concentration / Requirements for the Concentration
ET 11000Electric Circuit Analysis I...... 4
ET 14000 Sinusoidal and Transient Circuit Analysis ...... 3
ET 21000,Electronics I, II...... 8
ET 22000
ET 35000Computer Control Systems...... 4
ET 42000Computer Project Laboratory...... 1
ET 50100Computer Applications...... 1
ET 50200 Introduction to Computer Programming...... 1
ET 50300Introduction 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
Sub-total33
Electives
______ET electives+...... 3
Total credits required for the A.A.S...... 64 / ET 11000Electric Circuit Analysis I...... 4
ET 14000Sinusoidal 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 50400Operating Systems and System Deployment .....2
ET 54000Digital Computer Theory I...... 4
ET 54200Computer and Electrical Device Applications.....1
ET 56000Microprocessors and Microcomputers...... 4
ET 70400Networking Fundamentals...... 4
Sub-total 34
Electives
______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.