Curriculum and General Education – March 10, 2014 – Minutes
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION
CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting Monday March 10, 2014 12:10p.m., Cougar Room
Members Present: K. Bandy, D. Bogle, K. Carlson, S. Eveland, G. Golling, V. Jacobi, T. Thompson, SLO Resource B. Cramer, Instructional Resource R. Sigel, D. Layne, M. Williams, and ASB Representative Celia Rangel
Members Absent: S. Eastman and PTK Representative Guests Present: Terri Smith
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES: from the February 10, 2014 Curriculum & General Education Committee meeting
On a motion by T. Thompson, seconded by V. Herder, and unanimously carried, the minutes from the February 10, 2014 Curriculum & General Education Committee were approved.
II. SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
A. Course Updates
- RECR 1516 Outdoor Recreation
The catalog description will be revised to exclude the sentence referring to one overnight weekend trip being required and instead a sentence will be added to the catalog description stating that field trips are required. This course will be a three (3) unit lecture course. On a motion by S. Swenson, seconded by K. Bandy, and unanimously carried, the course update to RECR 1516 was approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District Board meeting.
| 2. | PSYC 2033 | Personal and Social Adjustment |
| 3. | PSYC 2200 | Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social |
| Sciences |
The above courses were taken together as a block item. On a motion by D. Bogle, seconded by
- Bandy, and unanimously carried, the course updates to PSYC 2033 and PSYC 2200 were approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District Board meeting.
III. APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
A. New Courses
- WTER 1510 Introduction to Water Distribution
2. WTER 1610 Introductory Water Treatment
The above courses were taken together as a block item. The addition to the local general education patterns was withdrawn. On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by T. Thompson, and unanimously carried, the new course WTER 1510 and WTER 1610 were approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District Board meeting.
IV. MATH & SCIENCE DIVISION
A. Course Updates
- BIOL 2260 General Microbiology
On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course update to BIOL 2260 was approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District board meeting on the condition that BIOL 1510 is added as a prerequisite.
| 2. | MATH 0230 | Basic Mathematics |
| 3. | MATH 0240 | Pre-algebra |
| 4. | MATH 1050 | Elementary Algebra |
| 5. | MATH 1060 | Intermediate Algebra |
The above course updates were taken together as a block item. On a motion from K. Bandy, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course updates to MATH 0230, MATH 0240, MATH 1050, and MATH 1060 were approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District Board meeting.
6. MATH 1500 Math for a Modern Society- A Liberal Arts Course
On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by S. Eveland and with V. Jacobi abstaining, the course update to MATH 1500 was approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District Board meeting.
B. Distance Learning
- MATH 1530 Plane Trigonometry
On a motion by D. Bogle, seconded by K. Bandy, and unanimously carried, the distance learning request for MATH 1530 was approved to move forward to the April 9, 2014 District Board meeting.
V. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. New COR and Memo
The new COR template as well as a revamped memo were distributed to the committee. On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the new COR and memo were adopted as the new template to be used effective Fall 2014.
B. Three (3) unit course for area B4 on GE Breadth and area 2 on IGETC
This discussion was centered on MATH 1500. There is a need for a three (3) unit course for area B4 on GE Breadth and area 2 on IGETC that could be used for the ECEF degree. V. Jacobi suggested revamping MATH 1500 or creating a new course that meets the C-ID Math 120 Mathematical Concepts for Elementary School Teachers- Number Systems descriptor. G. Golling said he would take the information back to the math department.
C. Validation of prerequisites- setting up a process
- Jacobi brought two documents regarding prerequisites which will be sent out to the committee members. These documents are the validation study done by Fresno City College and a document put together by the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges. Time ran short and this discussion will be continued in the next Curriculum meeting.
VI. INFORMATIONAL ITEM
| Program | Tech Review | C & GE | Board | State | Revisions Requested |
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A.A Physical Education |
Resubmitted to Chancellor’s Office (11/13/13) | ||||
| A.A. Liberal Arts: Arts and Humanities | Resubmitted to Chancellor’s Office (10/24/13) | ||||
| A. A. Liberal Arts: Health and Physical Education |
Requires Revisions (11/27/13) |
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A. S.-T Mathematics |
Resubmitted to Chancellor’s Office (2/7/14) | ||||
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A. S.-T Business Administration |
Approved! 2-3-2014 | ||||
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A.S.-T Administration of Justice |
12/3/13 |
12/9/2013 |
1/8/2014 |
Approved! 2/13/14 | |
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A.S. Engineering |
12/3/2013 |
12/9/2013 |
1/8/2014 |
Under preliminary review at CCCO (1/15/14) | |
| A.S. Disabilities Studies | 11/19/2013 | 1/17/2014 | 2/12/2014 |
- NEXT MEETING
The next Curriculum and General Education Committee falls during Spring Break. The possible meeting times for April are Friday, April 4th from 1:10-2:00pm or Friday, April 11th from 8:10- 9:00am.
It was decided to hold the meeting on Friday April 11th from 8:10-9:00am.
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