August 19, 2015
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION
CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting
Wednesday August 19, 2015, 11:10 a.m., Cougar Room
Members Present: K. Bandy, K. Carlson, B. Devine, S. Eastman, S. Eveland, G. Golling, V. Jacobi, Mark Williams, and SLO Resource B. Young
Members Absent: A. Anderson, D. Bogle, Instructional Resource R. Ledford, and PTK and ASB representatives
Guests: Dan Hall and Geoffrey Dyer
AGENDA
I. Approval of Minutes: From the May 11, 2015 Curriculum & General Education meeting
On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by K. Carlson, and unanimously carried, the minutes from the May 11, 2015 Curriculum and General Education meeting were approved.
II. What we did last year:
The Curriculum & General Education Committee approved the following curriculum in 14-15:
New Courses: 5
Course Revisions: 68
Course Inactivations: 50
Distance Learning Requests: 5
New Programs: 3
Program Revisions: 16
Program Inactivations (local certificates): 2
Total: 149
III. Goals for this year:
A. Consent Agenda and Definitions
Vicki and Danielle introduced the idea of using a consent agenda which is more consistent with the District Board meeting agenda. A list of definitions of what items would be on the consent agenda vs the new business agenda was handed out. It was discussed that items could be removed from the consent agenda and voted on them individually or items could be discussed and stay on the consent agenda to be voted on. On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously approved the use of the consent agenda.
B. List of Curriculum Items for 2015-16
A list of curriculum discussion items was made which included: Areas of Emphasis, future of Local Degrees,
Inmate population, General Education, Basic Skills, Distance Learning, Dual Enrollment, Transfer Degrees,
Non-credit and Adult Education, Bachelor’s Degrees, and Stand-alones. The hope is, with the use of a consent agenda, more time will be devoted to discussion items. Items will appear on the agenda every month. These will roll over from one meeting to the next until the item is fully discussed. Discussion also included the interconnectivity of many of these items and that a discussion of one item may lead to other items being discussed.
C. Prioritization
It was agreed to start with Distance Learning in the next Curriculum and General Education meeting. This will include correspondence education and the issue of labs/modality.
IV. Deadline for the first Technical Review Committee is Monday, August 31st by 4:00pm.
V. NEXT MEETING: Monday, September 14, 2015 12:10-1:30pm in the Cougar Room
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