FSCC 17-18-15b: Addition of an Associate Degree Liberal Studies STEM+ Option (ADLSSO) The current Liberal Arts Associate Degree does not sufficiently prepare students for successful completion of a 4-year mathematics based STEM degree. The Associate Degree Liberal Studies STEM+ Option would include minor updates (less than 25%) to the Liberal Arts Associate Degree general core curriculum requirements and emphasize the foundational course work that is a necessary portion of the 4-year STEM degree. FSCC 17-18-16: Establishes new course, HIS408 History of African American Education. This history elective course is designed to provide students with a perspective and historical context of African American education that goes beyond the study of “mainstream” movements and ideas. It will be concerned with the education of African-Americans from the perspective of African-American scholars. The course will study primary source documents from the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as the historical research of contemporary scholars. FSCC 17-18-17a: The curriculum has been reviewed according to best practices in nursing education to facilitate program outcomes as follows: (a) addition of relevant courses, (b) deletion of non-relevant courses, (c) course resequencing, and (d) course revisions. Associate in Applied Science (AAS), Baccalaureate in Science (BSN) and RN-BBN. (Increase the rigor and currency of the degree) FSCC 17-18-17b: The curriculum has been reviewed according to best practices in nursing education to facilitate program outcomes as follows: (a) addition of relevant courses, (b) deletion of non-relevant courses, (c) course resequencing, and (d) course revisions. (Ladder for FSC17-18-17a) FSCC 17-18-18a: The curriculum has been reviewed accordingly to best practices in nursing education to facilitate program outcomes as follows: (a) addition of relevant courses, (b) deletion of non-relevant courses, (c) course resequencing, and (d) course revisions. (Increase rigor and board passage rate) FSCC 17-18-18b: The curriculum has been reviewed according to best practices in nursing education to facilitate program outcomes as follows: (a) addition of relevant courses, (b) deletion of non-relevant courses, (c) course resequencing, and (d) course revisions. (Ladder for FSCC17-18-18a) FSCC 17-18-19a: The curriculum has been reviewed accordingly to best practices in nursing education and revised to facilitate program outcomes as follows: (a) addition of relevant courses, (b) deletion of non-relevant courses (c) courses resequencing, and (d) content revisions. (Facilitate students completing BSN after RN) FSCC 17-18-19b: The curriculum has been reviewed accordingly to best practices in nursing education and revised to facilitate program outcomes as follows: (a) addition of relevant courses, (b) deletion of non-relevant courses (c) courses resequencing, and (d) content revisions. (Ladder for FSCC17-18-19b) FSCC 17-18-20: Change AFE 116 from a two (2) hour of lecture class to a 1 hour lecture and a 1 credit hour lab class to better address the way the class is being conducted. FSCC 17-18-21: Change the title of AFE 425 from Organic Agriculture to Organic Crop and Livestock Production to meet the key word requirements for classes for the USDA NRCS which is one of our targeted employers for the AFE degree.

FSCC 17-18-22: Create a new class AFE 309 titled Livestock Reproduction.