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The institution demonstrates that each
educational program for which academic credit is awarded is approved by
the Faculty and the administration.
_X_Compliance
___Partial Compliance ___Non-Compliance
Narrative
St. Petersburg
College is in compliance with this comprehensive standard because the
process established by the Board of Trustees and published in the
College’s Curriculum and Instruction Manual requires the inclusion of
both Faculty and administrators.
SPC’s process
for developing and approving educational programs
St. Petersburg
College Faculty are responsible for the development and revision of all
degree programs and courses. The College’s Board of Trustees has
established a process reviewing recommendations for new programs and
courses and revisions to programs and courses through the Collegewide
curriculum committee. This process is described in the Curriculum
and Instruction Manual
Excerpt from 2006 Curriculum and
Instruction Manual
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A COURSE OR
PROGRAM
Overview.
Faculty initiators investigate the need for addition or revision of
a course or program or deletion of a course or program. The person
initiating the change checks with the program directors, program
coordinators and upper-division deans who use the course for their
reactions to the change. The originator prepares a full proposal,
including a Curriculum Proposal, Course Outline with Rationale,
Course Maintenance Form, Program Outline with Rationale and Program
Maintenance Form if required, and then forwards the package to the
program director/upper-division dean.
The Curriculum
and Instruction Committee is composed primarily of Faculty
representatives across disciplines and sites, and co-chaired by the
Senior Vice President and Vice President of Educational and Student
Services. New degree program proposals are developed by individual
Faculty or collaborative Faculty groups by first researching educational
needs through business and industry advisory committees and economic
councils, reviewing accreditation requirements and existing state
curriculum frameworks, and benchmarking similar programs at other
institutions. These proposals are then reviewed by other Faculty in the
discipline and through the Curriculum and Instruction Committee.
Although proposals are passed through Provosts and department heads as
part of the approval process, the Faculty bear primary responsibility
for content and for methods of instruction. Proposed changes,
additions, and deletions to programs are documented in minutes from the
Curriculum and Instruction Committee meetings.
Example from C&I minutes of proposed
addition to the Paralegal Studies B.A.S.
PLA 3410 Intellectual
Property Law
Effective 20062(0375)
Motion to approve new 3-credit
course was made by Dolores Teter and seconded by Gail Lancaster.
This course will be an elective in the Paralegal Studies BAS degree.
Discussion was held, correction noted and the proposal was accepted.
Each degree program
offered in the College has an official set of requirements, approved by
the Board of Trustees after review by the Curriculum and Instruction
Committee and the President’s Cabinet, and published in the College
Catalog after approval.
Sample requirements in College
Catalog
These requirements
contain pre-entry requirements, required general education courses, core
courses (in baccalaureate programs), major and support courses, any
special graduation criteria, sequence of courses where applicable, and
total program length. The Board of Trustees considers all programs
after they are approved by the Curriculum and Instruction Committee and
reviewed/approved by Cabinet. New programs are submitted to the State
of Florida Department of Education for final approval.
Excerpt from Board minutes, 06-20-06
06-138.
The president sought approval of Curriculum Items IX-H.1-H.2. Mr.
Burke moved approval. Mr. Johnston seconded the motion. Mr.
Gibbons voted aye; Mr. Johnston voted aye; Mr. Burke voted aye; and
Mr. Keene voted aye. Motion carried.
Information regarding these items is as follows:
Board Material Relating to
Meeting: June 20, 2006
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ST.
PETERSBURG COLLEGE
Credit Curriculum
Educational and Student Services
EpiCenter Services
Approval is sought
for the following courses to be added effective Session I,
2006-2007:
DIG 2430 STORYBOARDING AND CONCEPTUALIZING FOR GAME
CREATION
3credits
ETD 2395C ADVANCED AUTOCAD WITH ARCHITECTURAL DESKTOP
3credits
FIN 3324 PRINCIPLES OF COMMERCIAL BANK MANAGEMENT
3credits
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Program and
learning outcomes
All educational
programs have major learning outcomes for each course and overall
program outcomes. These learning outcomes are found in individual
course outlines and in each program’s sequence map.
Example of
course Major Learning Outcomes in course outline
HIM 2222 BASIC ICD
CODING 3 credits
B. Major Learning
Outcomes:
1. The student will
acquire knowledge of the conventions of ICD coding.
2. The student will
acquire knowledge of coding of diseases, surgical and nonsurgical
procedures.
C. Course Objectives
Stated in Performance Terms:
1. The student will
acquire knowledge of the conventions of ICD coding by:
a. Defining the
end purpose of a uniform system of classification, i.e., for
scientific study and advancement of knowledge.
b. Identifying,
defining and applying standard abbreviations, guides, punctuation
marks and other conventions of ICD coding.
2. the student will
acquire knowledge of coding of diseases, surgical and nonsurgical
procedures by:
a. Accurately
coding diseases, surgical and non-surgical procedures and
miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This will be
accomplished by utilizing all three volumes of the ICD coding
system.
b. Following the
guidelines developed for the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set for
the reporting of diagnoses and procedures.
Sequence maps.
SPC uses a program sequencing map to ensure that
there is coherence in sequencing,
increasing complexity, and linkages among program components and
the major learning outcomes determined by Faculty in the Curriculum and
Instruction process are covered sufficiently to ensure mastery. The
criteria used in the sequencing maps are as follows:
I =
Introduces the Major Learning Outcome
E = Enhances the Major Learning
Outcome adds new or deeper content
R = Reviews
or reinforces the major learning outcome
The following table
shows a typical Program Sequencing Map:
Typical
program sequencing map
Name of Program: Health
Information Management
Table 1:
Goals
(The most important Major
Learning Outcomes from the courses in the program)
1.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of
Healthcare Data Structure, Content & Use.
2.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of Clinical
Classification Systems- ICD-9-CM Coding.
3.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of Clinical
Classification Systems- CPT Coding.
4.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of Health
Information Analysis.
5.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of
Healthcare Delivery Systems.
6.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of Legal
Issues.
7.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of
Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards.
8.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of
Information Technology.
9.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of Health
Information Systems.
10.
Students will develop knowledge and skills at the recall,
application, and analysis levels in the content area of health
information Organization and Supervision.
Table 2:
Program sequencing map
|
Course Title |
Major Learning Outcomes |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
HIM
1000 – Introduction to HIM |
I |
I |
I |
I |
|
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
|
HIM
1100 – Classification Systems, Indexes, and Registries |
|
E |
E |
E |
|
|
E |
|
|
|
|
HIM
1211 – Health Information Technologies |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
HIM
1430 – Principles of Disease |
|
E |
E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HIM
1800 – Professional Practice Experience I |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
E |
|
HIM
2012 – Health Law Concepts & Practices |
E |
|
|
|
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
|
HIM
2200 – Organization & Supervision |
E |
|
|
|
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
HIM
2214C – Healthcare Statistics |
E |
|
|
E |
|
|
E |
E |
E |
|
|
HIM
2222 – Basic ICD Coding |
|
I |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HIM
2234 – Advanced ICD Coding & Reimbursement |
|
E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HIM
2253 – Basic CPT Coding |
|
|
I |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HIM
2283 – Advanced CPT Coding & Reimbursement |
|
|
E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HIM
2510 – Quality & Performance Improvement |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
HIM
2810 – Professional Practice Experience II |
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
|
HIM
2820 – Professional Practice Experience III |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
HSA
1100 – Healthcare Delivery Systems |
|
I |
|
|
I |
|
|
|
|
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Assessment of
expected outcomes
Learning outcomes
and program outcomes are assessed by discipline committees consisting of
Faculty and administrators (academic program directors or deans) over a
three-year program assessment cycle:
Program
assessment cycle
|
Start of
Year 1: |
·
Assessment
planning |
|
Year 1:
|
·
Data collection |
|
Start of
Year 2: |
·
Complete Year 1
Report with Action Plan |
|
Year 2:
|
·
Complete action
plan
·
Data collection
continues |
|
Start of
Year 3: |
·
Complete follow-up
report with Action Plan results
·
Program Review
begins |
|
Year 3: |
·
Complete remaining
action plan items
·
Data collection
continues |
|
End of Year
3: |
·
Program Review
report completed |
Program assessments
are reviewed and approved by the appropriate Senior Vice President,
after being approved by the Program Directors’ Provost in the case of
lower division programs. Program reviews are approved by the
President’s Cabinet.
Further discussion
of results and use of results from Program Assessments and Program
Reviews can be found in 2.5 and 3.3.1.
SACS recent affirmation of SPC’s Level
II Programs
SPC has submitted and received approval
for several substantive changes since the last reaffirmation visit. The
Commission on Colleges approved membership at Level II in December,
2001, and in November, 2002, SPC hosted a Substantive Change Committee
visit to review continued compliance with the Criteria. At that
time, the Committee commended St. Petersburg College “for their vision,
planning, and implementation of a creative and innovative expansion of
programs to include baccalaureate degrees in high-need areas of Nursing,
Teacher Education, and Technology Management in their service region.”
In December 2004, the Commission on Colleges affirmed that SPC had
responded appropriately to all long-term recommendations from the
Substantive Change Committee regarding evaluation of educational goals
of the Baccalaureate programs following the first graduations from the
programs. Since then, SPC has submitted and received approval for
expanding the institution’s current degrees to include a B.A.S. in
Dental Hygiene, Paralegal, Public Safety Administration, Orthotics and
Prosthetics, International Business, Veterinary Technology, and, most
recently, Banking (individual submissions for each added program).
Approval was received on each detailed program proposal submitted
outlining the need, the scope, faculty credentials, program of study,
and the assessment process.
Dates of COC Approval for new
Baccalaureate Programs
|
Baccalaureate Program |
Date of COC Approval |
|
Dental Hygiene |
March 8, 2004 |
|
Veterinary Technology |
April 6, 2005 |
|
Public Safety Administration |
April 6, 2005 |
|
Orthotics & Prosthetics |
October 6, 2005 |
|
International Business |
October 6, 2005 |
|
Paralegal |
January 9, 2006 |
|
Banking |
November 15, 2006 |
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