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Curriculum and General Education – October 13, 2014 – Agenda

October 13, 2014 In 2014, Agenda

Curriculum and General Education – October 13, 2014 – Agenda

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

Memorandum

 

TO:                         Curriculum and General Education Committee

 

  1. Anderson, K. Bandy, D. Bogle, K. Carlson, B. Devine, S. Eastman, S. Eveland, G. Golling,
  2. Thompson, K. Ziegler, Instructional Resource R. Ledford, SLO Resource B. Young, ASB Representative, and PTK Representative

 

FROM:                  Vicki Jacobi, Senate Co-Chairperson

Mark Williams, Co-Chairperson

 

DATE:                    October 2, 2014

 

SUBJECT:             Next Meeting’s Agenda

 

 

The next meeting of the Curriculum and General Education Committee will be held on Monday, October 13, 2014 from 12:10-1:30p.m. in the Cougar Room

 

AGENDA

 

  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: from the September 8, 2014 Curriculum & General Education Committee meeting

 

II.                  APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

 

  1. New Local Certificate
    1. Energy Technology Instrumentation Certificate

 

  1. Certificate Update
    1. Certificate of Achievement: Energy Technology Field Tech Certificate

 

III.                LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION

 

  1. Course Updates

 

1. PHIL     1520 Critical Thinking
2. DRAM 1510 Introduction to Theatre
3. READ  1005 Interactive Reading
4. ENGL  2150 American Literature II (Currently ENGL 2400)

 

  1. New Course
    1. ENGL 2100       American Literature I

 

 

IV.                ADDITION TO LOCAL GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN

 

  1. The Catalog Work Group has suggest that the following course be added to the local general education pattern:

 

  1. BUSN 1510 to Communication & Analytical Thinking

 

V.                  DISCUSSION ITEMS

 

  1. High Unit Count Course Values

 

  1. Review of the Area of Emphasis: Communication

 

  1. SLOs
    1. ASTR 1511       Introduction to Astronomy with Lab

 

VI.                INFORMATIONAL ITEM

 

  1. ACCJC approved the offering of new programs in Direct Support Education and Management at their Commission Meeting in June 2013

 

  1. The following courses were voted and approved on via email to be inactivated:
    1. BSAD 1560       Introduction to Mathematical Analysis
    2. ECON 1560       Introduction to Mathematical Analysis
    3. AMSL 1510       Beginning Sign Language
    4. AMSL 2001       Intermediate Sign Language
    5. AMSL 2005       Advanced Sign Language
    6. AMSL 2010       Music and Poetry
    7. ART 1530       Special Studies in Art
    8. PHOT 1511       Intermediate Photography
    9. PHOT 1701       News Photography Practice
    10. ENGL 2200       California Literature and the Great Central Valley

 

  1. The following courses were voted and approved via email to be offered via distance learning:
    1. ASTR 1511       Introduction to Astronomy with Lab
    2. BUSN 1050       Business Mathematics

 

  1. Program Status, please see the table below:

 

Program Tech Review C & GE Board State Revisions
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.A. Liberal Arts: Arts and Humanities Resubmitted to Chancellor’s Office (5/16/14)

 

 

A.S. & Certificate Disabilities Studies 11/19/2013 1/17/2014 2/12/2014
AA-T Anthropology 4/1/2014 4/9/14 5/14/2014
Certificates: Early Intervention Assistant I & II 5/6/2014 5/14/2014 6/11/2014

 

VII.              NEXT MEETING

The next Curriculum and General Education Committee is TBD due to the Veteran’s Day holiday. One possibility is Wednesday November 12th from 12:10-1:30pm in Cafeteria Conference Room

 

MW/VJ:dk

 

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