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Minutes of September 20, 2005
Distance Education Room, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Name / Area / Attendance / Name / Area / Attendance
Pat Lewis / The ARTS / present / Norma Carter / NURSING / present
Dr. Sandra Lee / BEHAV & SOC SCI’s / present / Linda Larson-Singer / ART. OFF. & CC Chair / present
Carolyn Magee / BUS / present / Rose Calderon / MATRIC. Coord. / absent
Kathi Cliff / CH DEV & F CS / present / Emeral Price / PACE / present
Reggie Morris / COUNS. & AS Pres. / present / Leige Henderson / VP, Acad. Aff’s / absent
Dr. Sharon Maselli / ENGLISH & F L’s / present / Vincent Jackson / DEAN, Acad. Aff’s / absent
Shelley Werts / LIBRARY / absent / Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson / DEAN, Acad. Aff’s / present
Dr. Neil Mantena / MATH & ENGIN / present / Dan Walden / DEAN, Research & Planning / absent
Glenn Yoshida / NAT. SCI’s, HLTH & PE / present

Guests: Marian Ruane, Initiator, Non-Credit ESL

1. Call to Order

Linda Larson Singer, Curriculum Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:31.

2. Introductions

Introductions were made welcoming new representatives Norma Carter, Nursing and Emeral Price, PACE. LaVerne McField was acknowledged for her years of service in the area of Learning Skills. Reggie Morris, Academic Senate President awarded to Glenn Yoshida, former Curriculum Chair, a memento for his many years of dedicated service to the Curriculum Committee and the college. Reggie stated that the goal for the year was to tighten processes relating to curriculum review, change and approval. He urged department chairs and representatives to support the processes and committee work by staying until the end of the meetings.

3. Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved as revised.

4.Approval of Minutes (5/17/05 and 5/26/05)

It was M/S/P that the minutes of both meetings be approved with no corrections.

5. Reports

A. Matriculation – None

B. Articulation

Linda Larson Singer discussed and distributed an Articulation report regarding 1) New submissions for UC approval (ADM JUS 73, CHEM 211 & 212, HISTORY 52, JAPAN 1, and PHYS ED 170); 2) Submissions for continued approval (ADM JUS 67, ART 101, BIOLOGY 6 & 7, BUS 5, CHEM 101, HISTORY 5, MATH 265, PSYCH 1, PSYCH 2 & 3, SOC 11); 3) the Liberal Studies agreement with CSUDH has been updated and posted to ASSIST.

C. Curriculum Dean

Dean Robertson discussed and distributed 1) a sample document prepared by Chair, Carolyn Magee noting beginning and ending of semester responsibilities; 2) Attachment 2 of the Consultation Digest of August 8, 2005 regarding proposed changes to the Disciplines List; 3) Flow chart of course outline updates and encouraged all chairs/representatives to try to complete the work by the end of December.

D. District Curriculum Committee

Linda Larson Singer discussed and distributed a report including 1) pending issues to be dealt with by the DCC during 2005-2006 (prohibition on taking lower level courses after higher level, TOP code realignment, E-100 regarding students with disabilities, establishing a new discipline for Non-Credit ESL, residency requirements for Associate Degree majors and Certificates, E-65 regarding challenges to the course approval process, and requiring “C’s” (satisfactory completion, Title V) in all major and general education courses for graduation as opposed to existing “C” average (successful completion, Board Rule Chapter 6, Article II); 2) E-65 flow chart for course approval, noting need for department agreement and approval by the Academic Senate; and 3) deliberation of District acceptance of foreign-earned credit.

E. LASC Senate (SLO Committee)

Glenn Yoshida, Committee Chair, reported that the committee has been meeting two times a month and has developed a definition of SLO’s to be used at the course level; a very successful presentation was made at FLEX Day by Glenn, Pat Lewis and Sharon Maselli regarding implementation of SLO’s in their classes. A workshop is planned for the Fall semester.

6. Consent Agenda Docket

A. Course/Program Archival

i. Engineering, General 2, 5, 6, 9, 56, 57, 58, and AS, Drafting—M/S/P to approve archival of all and removal of Drafting degree after the fact. Dean Robertson stated that in 2004 Mr. King, Math Chair, and she had signed the archivals; the process will be completed. She stated that the AS degree in Drafting had been deleted from the State Chancellor’s inventory of degrees; both archivals and deletions had been done as suggested by then Interim President, Dr. Mary Lee. Actions will be presented to the Senate separately.

7. Old Business

A.Advanced Courses—The Academic Senate approved the draft of guidelines regarding designation of Advanced Courses (document distributed). An ad hoc committee was formed including Reggie Morris, Dr. Sandra Lee, Carolyn Magee and Glenn Yoshida or their department representatives to draft the application for individual course approval.

B. Prerequisite Validation Schedule—Tabled

C. “Good Practices” for Course Syllabi—Kathi Cliff and Sharon Maselli will present a draft at the October meeting.

8. New Business

A.Distribution of Documents/Handbooks—Various procedures need to be “tightened up.” A sign-off of departmental/discipline approval needs to accompany a change or proposal. Volunteers for the Ad Hoc Procedures Committee were Carolyn Magee, Sharon Maselli and Emeral Price.

B. Course Outline Preparation/Training/Technical Review—Tabled

C. Course Outline Approval, Updated Outlines

Art 102, 103 and 104: M/S/P to approve outlines as submitted; M/S/P to approve addition of Advisory of English 28 to Art 102, 103 and 104; Math 236: M/S/P to approve outline as submitted; Theater 110: M/S/P to approve outline pending addition of SLO’s.

D. New Course Approval

i. Marian Ruane--Non-Credit ESL 011CE, Vocational English as a Second Language I (0-3-3-0); rationale: requested by community, pending partnership with LA Job Corps, South Bay Workforce Investment Board and LA TimesLiteracy@Work Core Provider Project; need for non-credit course with limited contact hours and vocational focus; M/S/P to approve course pending addition of SLO’s to outline.

E. Notices

i. Associates Degree, Real Estate -- Carolyn Magee: The degree was dropped from the State Chancellor’s Inventory in 1993 and will need to be proposed again as a new program. M/S/P to support the concept.

ii. Nursing Prerequisite GPA to 2.5 -- Norma Carter—: The GPA for Nursing Eligibility in the Science classes will be raised to 2.5 in the Science classes. M/S/P to support the concept, pending validation.

9. Announcements—None

10. Public Speaking—None

11. Adjournment

Linda Larson Singer adjourned the meeting at 3:30.

Minutes prepared by Linda Larson Singer

History:

Distributed Draft, email, 10/13/05

Approved as submitted, Curriculum Committee Meeting, 10/18/05

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