Faculty Senate Approved Curriculum Proposals 2019

The BSN Curriculum Committee maintains and revises the nursing curriculum based on several national standards which guide current trends in nursing education. The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AACN, 2019) are an important part of our national accreditation through the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education. These guidelines are a required component of the BSN Curriculum. After a review of the newly revised BSN Essentials (AACN, 2019), the BSN curriculum committee modified the current curriculum to better align with these new guidelines. The BSN curriculum committee is proposing changes to five current courses in the BSN Program. These changes include either title, credit hour, or course number in the current curriculum.

The purpose of this proposal is to make the following alterations to the B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. Education, Specialization in Mathematics Grades 5 – Adult program curricula

1. Remove “Mathematical Logic” (MATH 2510) as a required course for these majors and allow a Group A or Group B elective to take its place.
2. Place MATH 2510 in the list of Group B electives.
3. Allow COMP 1110 to serve the programming requirement for the mathematics major.
4. Introduce tiered special topics courses so that the course number better reflects the content of such courses.
5. Add the new courses to the “Group B” electives.

The Physics Program proposes to add a new elective course to the course catalog that has previously been offered and taught as Special Topics courses numbered 1099-002, Introduction to Physics for Aviation. This new course meets the requirements of the FAA's Advisory Circular AC 61-139, Section 9. Academic Areas, part (2) Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance, whereas PHYS 1101 and 1105 do not. Laboratory experiments, homework problems and
lectures apply the concepts and quantitative principles of kinematics and dynamics to aerodynamic flight (including rotary flight), rocket propulsion and buoyant (lighter-than-air) flight.

The School of Business and Aviation (SBA) proposes a 21 credit hour Minor in Healthcare Management designed for non-healthcare management majors. This minor is designed for those students seeking a business orientation to enhance their health services professional training (nursing, community health, counseling, etc.) especially if they plan administrative or management roles in their respective career or clinical paths. Moreover, a healthcare management minor is advantageous to current SBA students in accounting, finance, information systems management or marketing if they desire an understanding of the healthcare environment or plan to seek careers in this field.

Brief abstract:
1. Assigning the CHEP prefix courses to the Community Health program (major and minor).
2. The Area of Emphasis is being removed. Instead students will complete a minor or the minor
3. requirement is waived if they have an associate degree/are double majoring.
4. Update the Community Health minor (Appendix C).
5. Update the program information in the course catalog.

The intent of this proposal is to implement the current First-Year Seminar special topics course (known as SOAR 1199) as a permanent course in the Fairmont State curriculum. This course will provide incoming students with academic tools needed to be successful at the college level and develop a sense of belonging at Fairmont State by introducing them to campus resources and facilitating connections with University faculty, staff and other returning and incoming students.

We wish to change the title of the Women's Studies Program to Women's & Gender Studies. Subsequently, we request the prefix and titles for program courses INTR 1150 (Women's Studies Colloquium), INTR 2201 (Intro to Women's Studies), and INTR 4402 (Women's Studies Capstone) be changed to WGST and Women's & Gender Studies....For example, INTR 4402 Women's Studies Capstone would become WGST 4402 Women's & Gender Studies Capstone.