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Curriculum and General Education – May 12, 2014 – Minutes

May 12, 2014 In 2014, Minutes

Curriculum and General Education – May 12, 2014 – Minutes

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting Monday May 12, 2014 12:10p.m., Cougar Room

 

Members Present: A. Anderson, K. Bandy, S. Eveland, G. Golling, V. Jacobi, Instructional Resource R. Sigel, S. Swenson, T. Thompson SLO Resource B. Young, D. Layne, M. Williams, and ASB Representative Celia Rangel

 

Members Absent:        D. Bogle, K. Carlson, S. Eastman, and PTK Representative

 

 

 

  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: from the April 9, 2014 Curriculum & General Education Committee meeting

 

On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the minutes from the April 9, 2014 Curriculum & General Education Committee were approved.

 

II.               SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION

A.      Certificate Updates

  1. Early Intervention Assistant I
  2. Early Intervention Assistant II

 

The above certificate updates were taken together as a block item. On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the above certificate updates to Early Intervention Assistant I and Early Intervention Assistant II were approved to move forward to the June 11, 2014 District Board meeting.

 

 

III.             MATH AND SCIENCE DIVISION

A.                  Courses Updates

 

1. BIOL 2250 Human Anatomy
2. BIOL 2255 Human Physiology
3. BIOL 2256 Human Physiology Laboratory
4. BIOL 2257 Human Physiology with Lab

 

The above four Biology course updates were taken together as a block item. On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the above course updates to BIOL 2250, 2255, 2256, and 2257 were approved to move forward to the June 11, 2014 District Board Meeting.

 

 

5.         MATH 2130    Analytic Geometry & Calculus III

 

On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course updates to MATH 2130 were approved to move forward to the June 11, 2014 District Board meeting.

 

6. CHEM 2108 Organic Chemistry
7. CHEM 2211 General Chemistry
8. CHEM 2212 General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis

 

The above course updates to CHEM 2108, 2211, and 2212 were taken together as a block item. On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course updates to CHEM 2108, 2211, and 2212 were approved to move forward to the June 11, 2014 District Board meeting.

 

9.         HLED   1541     Medical Terminology

 

On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course updates to HLED 1541 were approved to move forward to the June 11, 2014 District Board meeting.

 

B.                  Course Inactivations

 

1. GOLF 1500 Golf Club Repair and Design
2. HLED 1542 Basic Pharmacology
3. HLED 1540 Clinical Medical Assisting
4. MATH 0220 The Texas Instruments (TI) Graphic Calculator
5. PHED 1522 Exercising for Fitness
6. PHED 1527 Gen. Physical Education Activities
7. PHYS 2223 General Physics (Calculus)

 

The above course inactivations were taken together as a block item. On a motion by S. Swenson, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course inactivations were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

C.                  New Courses

  1. HLED 1543     Medical Terminology for Court Reporting

 

On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by G. Golling, and unanimously carried, the new course HLED 1543 was approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

2.                   CHEM  1520    Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

 

On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the new course CHEM 1520 was approved to move forward to the District Board meeting. On a separate motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland and unanimously carried the extensive lab designation for CHEM 1520 was approved.

 

 

D.                 New Program

  1. AA-T Kinesiology

 

After discussion regarding which team sports to include in the proposal the Division Chair removed the A.A-T in Kinesiology from the agenda.

 

IV.             LEARNING SUPPORT

A.                  Course Updates

  1. LRSK 0910     Improving Learning Potential

 

One a motion by G. Golling, seconded by S. Swenson, and unanimously carried, the course updates to LRSK 0910 were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

V.               LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION

A.                  Course Updates

  1. ART 1850     Web Site Production

 

The course update to ART 1850 is to be held until the next Curriculum & General Education meeting in order to give the Division Chair time to research the number of lab hours the course should meet in order to be consistent with other colleges.

 

2.                   MUSC  1520    History of American Jazz

 

On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by V. Jacobi, and unanimously carried, the course updates to MUSC 1520 were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

B.                  Course Inactivations

 

1. SPAN 1051 Conversational Spanish
2. SPAN 1052 Conversational Spanish
3. SPAN 1053 Conversational Spanish
4. SPAN 1054 Conversational Spanish
5. SPAN 0255 Survival Spanish
6. SPCE 0266 Sign and Song

 

The above course inactivations were taken together as a block item. On a motion by S. Swenson, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course inactivations were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

 

VI.             APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

A.                  Course Updates

  1. COSC  1603    Introduction to Electronic Word Processing – Microsoft Word 2010
  2. COSC  1703    Introduction to Spreadsheets – Microsoft Excel 2010

 

 

  1. COSC  1812    Introduction to Presentation Graphics – Microsoft

PowerPoint 2010

  1. COSC  1902    Introduction to Electronic Databases – Microsoft Access 2010

 

The above COSC courses were taken together as a block item. On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by A. Anderson, and unanimously carried, the course updates to COSC 1603, 1703, 1812, and 1902 were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

5.                   BUSN   1055    Office Procedures

 

On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the course updates to BUSN 1055 were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

6.                   ENER   1515    Basic Instrumentation for Energy Industries

 

On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by G. Golling, and unanimously carried, the course updates to ENER 1515 were approved to move forward to the District Board Meeting.

 

B.                  Course Inactivations

 

1. COSC 1602 Introduction to Electronic Word Processing – Microsoft

Word 2007
2. COSC 1702 Introduction to Spreadsheets – Microsoft Excel 2007
3.

 

4.

 COSC

 

COSC

 1811

 

1901

 Introduction to Presentation Graphics – Microsoft

PowerPoint 2007

Introduction to Electronic Databases – Microsoft Access
      2007

 

The above course inactivations were taken together as a block item. On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by G. Golling, and unanimously carried, the above course inactivations were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

C.                  New Courses

  1. ENER  1530    Electricity and Basic Electronics
  2. ENER  1540    Fundamentals of Programmable Logic Controllers

 

The above new courses were taken together as a block item. On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by V. Jacobi, and unanimously carried, the new courses ENER 1530 and ENER 1540 were approved to move forward to the District Board meeting. On a separate motion by S. Eveland, seconded by G. Golling, and unanimously carried the extensive lab designation for ENER 1530 was approved. On a separate motion by S. Eveland, seconded by V. Jacobi, and unanimously carried, the extensive lab designation for ENER 1540 was approved.

 

 

D.                 New Local Certificate

  1. Microsoft Office Applications

 

On a motion by V. Jacobi, seconded by S. Eveland, and unanimously carried, the new local certificate Microsoft Word Applications was approved to move forward to the District Board meeting.

 

VII.              DISCUSSION ITEM

1.         Distance Learning

 

The current distance learning application form is quite old and needs some revisions. V. Jacobi stated that the she is gathering information from other institutions. This item is tabled until next academic year when there are more references to review.

 

VIII.            INFORMATIONAL ITEM

 

Program Tech Review C & GE Board State Revisions Requested
 

A.A Physical Education

         Resubmitted to Chancellor’s Office 4/17/14)
A. A. Liberal Arts: Health and Physical Education         Resubmitted to Chancellor’s Office 4/17/14)
 

A. S.-T Mathematics

       Approved! 5/1/14  
A.S. Engineering 12/3/2013 12/9/2013 1/8/2014   Requires Revisions (4/9/14)
A.S. & Certificate Disabilities Studies 11/19/2013 1/17/2014 2/12/2014    
AA-T Anthropology 4/1/2014 4/9/14
AA-T Kinesiology 4/29/2014

 

  1. Thank you to Dr. David Layne for all your hard work as Co-Chair of the Curriculum committee! You will be missed as Curriculum co-chair next year!

 

 

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