January 15, 2015
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION
CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting Thursday January 15, 2015, 11:10a.m., Cougar Room
Members Present: A. Anderson, K. Bandy, D. Bogle, B. Devine, S. Eastman, S. Eveland, G. Golling, V. Jacobi, M. Williams, T. Thompson, SLO Resource B. Young, and
- Ziegler
Members Absent: ASB Representative Adam Hightower, K. Carlson, Instructional Resource
- Ledford, and PTK Representative
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES: from the December 8, 2014 Curriculum & General Education Committee meeting
On a motion by G. Golling, seconded by D. Bogle, and unanimously carried, the minutes from the December 8, 2014 Curriculum and General Education meeting were approved.
II. LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION
A. Course Updates
- ART 1631 Figure Drawing
On a motion by D. Bogle, seconded by S. Eastman, and unanimously carried, the course update to ART 1631 was approved to move forward to the February 11, 2015 District Board meeting.
III. SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
A. Course Updates
| 1. | CJA | 2115 | Patrol Procedures |
| 2. | CJA | 2131 | Control and Supervision in Corrections |
| 3. | CJA | 2135 | Public Safety Communications |
The above course updates were taken as a block item. On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by D. Bogle, and unanimously carried, the course updates to CJA 2115, CJA 2131, and CJA 2135 were approved to move forward to the February 11, 2015 District Board meeting.
B. New Course
- PSYC 2050 Biological Psychology
On a motion by D. Bogle, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried, the new course PSYC 2050 was approved to move forward to the February 11, 2015 District Board meeting.
C. Program Updated
- AA-T Psychology
It was discussed whether or not BIOL 1500 & BIOL 1510 could be included in the degree to give students more options. S. Eveland said that BIOL 1500 and 1501 were only in the degree now because of an articulation agreement with one other university, and it may not be possible to add BIOL 1510 to the degree. Since the AA-T in Psychology is going through a review cycle through C-ID, it was decided to table this item to see how the TMC template is updated. On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by T. Thompson, and unanimously approved, the program updated to the AA-T in Psychology was tabled.
- DISCUSSION
1. Curriculum & General Education Charter
Discussion included the role of Governance and the Academic Senate in the curriculum approval process as well as other committees such as Access and SLO/ASC. Also the role of the Technical Review committee was discussed. Discussion included whether there is a disconnect or misinterpretation of what Tech Review actually reviews and what members of the Curriculum committee think it reviews. Tech Review may need a charter that outlines its role more clearly. With a few minor changes to the Curriculum & General Education charter, it will be presented to the Academic Senate.
2. Voting on inactivations and distance learning requests via email
Starting in Fall 2014, inactivation of courses and distance learning requests have been voted on via email. There was concern that questions regarding the items were not being answered over email. It was reiterated that these are consent items, and if any questions are posed, the items will not be voted on via email and instead will be on the monthly Curriculum & General Education agenda. Also, if the voting isn’t unanimous, then the item will be placed on the monthly Curriculum & General Education agenda.
V. INFORMATIONAL ITEM
| A. | The following courses were voted and approved via email to be inactivated: | |
| 1. | CJA 1002 Firearms Training | |
| 2. | CJA 1006 Report Writing | |
| 3. | CJA 1011 Probation Officer Core Course | |
| 4. | CJA 1021 Juvenile Counselor Core Course | |
| 5. | CJA 1031 Federal Privatized Corrections Officer Core Course | |
| 6. | CJA 1032 Federal Prison Yearly In-service Training | |
| 7. | CJA 1033 Federal Prison Emergency Response Training | |
| 8. | CJA 1034 Administrative/Management Yearly In-service Training | |
| 9. | ENGL 1507 Introduction to Children’s Literature/ Storytelling |
B. Program Status, please see the table below:
| Program | Tech Review | C & GE | Board | State | Revisions |
| A.A Physical Education | Sent back requiring revisions | ||||
| A. A. Liberal Arts: Health and PE | Sent back requiring revisions | ||||
| A.A. Liberal Arts: Arts and Humanities | Approved |
| A.S. & Certificate Disabilities Studies | 11/19/2013 | 1/17/2014 | 2/12/2014 | Sent back requiring revisions | |
| AA-T Anthropology | 4/1/2014 | 4/9/2014 | 5/14/2014 | In Secondary Review | |
| Certificates: Early Intervention Assistant I & II | 5/6/2014 | 5/14/2014 | 6/11/2014 | ||
| Energy Technology Field Tech | 9/30/2014 | 10/13/2014 | 11/12/2014 | ||
| AA-T Kinesiology | 4/29/2014 | 11/12/2014 | 12/10/2014 |
- NEXT MEETING
The next Curriculum and General Education Committee is Monday, February 9, 2015 from 12:10- 1:30pm in the Cougar Room.
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