CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES
MAY 13, 2009
Present: R. Cabral, G. Casillas -Tortorelli, S. Corbett, M. Corral, C. Dorrance,
P. Houdeshell, B. Hough, G. Lewis Huddleston, G. Lopez, A. Lynch,
C. Mainzer, F. Martin, J. McArthur, P. Mendez, J. Merrill, J. Redding,
C. Tafoya
Absent: M. Dean, C. Guerrero, C. Morla, S. Ordonez, W. Rivera
Proxy: Maria Parker for Marlene Dean
Guests: Lori Buckley, Gary Goodman and Jim Harber
ACTION
Welcome/Announcements
Jenny Redding opened the meeting at 2:05 p.m.
Adoption of the Agenda
Agenda adopted as presented.
Moved/Seconded/Passed
Approval of the Minutes
The minutes of the April 22, 2009 meeting were adopted as presented.
Moved/Seconded/Passed
SECOND READING
First Reading changes had been made for all of the courses listed below.
Career & Technical Education
BUS R006A – Income Tax Accounting I
BUS R006B – Income Tax Accounting II
BUS R006L – Income Tax Accounting Lab
BUS R121 – Introduction to Management
Economic Development & Innovation
None
Liberal Studies
ART R126A – Life Drawing I
ART R126B – Life Drawing II
ART R126C – Life Drawing III
SPAN R103 – Intermediate Spanish 1
Math/Science/PE/Fine & Performing Arts
GEOL/MST R103 – Introduction to Oceanography
HED R104 – Family and Personal Health
HED R105 – First Aid/Personal Safety
HED R106 – Introduction to Athletic Training and Sports Medicine
PE R130 – Jujitsu
PE R167 – Women’s Cross Country
PE R170 – Men’s Basketball
PE R171 – Women’s Basketball
PE R185C – Baseball Theory
Student Services
None
Second Reading Approval
Moved/Seconded/Passed
ART R126A, ART R126B, ART R126C, BUS R006A, BUS R006B, BUS R006L,
BUS R121, HED R104, HED R105, HED R106, PE R130, PE R167, PE R170, PE R171, PE R185C, SPAN R103
FIRST READING
The Curriculum Committee has adopted a policy to streamline the procedure for processing course outlines. For future course outlines submitted, minor changes and editorial changes will be forwarded privately to the authors, and the committee will only deal with substantive changes.
Career & Technical Education
None
Economic Development & Innovation
None
Liberal Studies
Gwendolyn Lewis Huddleston presented the art course.
ART R102 – Art History I – Course Outline changes: VI.B.3. . . . .critical analysis to by be evaluated . . .judgement. Add space before point 4. VII.A. Update to most recent edition or add “This is the most recent desired edition available.”
Carolyn Dorrance presented the history course.
HIST R100B – History of World Civilizations II – Course Outline changes: VIII.A. Delete Interdisciplinary Studies NOTE: Jenny referenced the lengthy discussion and subsequent vote when HIST R100A was presented with Interdisciplinary Studies listed as a discipline assignment (copy attached to these minutes).
Jim Merrill presented the Spanish courses.
SPAN R101 – Elementary Spanish 1 – Course Outline changes: VI.B. Enhance evaluation criteria.
SPAN R101B – Elementary Spanish 1B - Course Outline changes: VI.B. Enhance evaluation criteria. B.5. . . .after viewing short media clips . . .
Math/Science/PE/Fine & Performing Arts
Gary Goodman presented the astronomy courses.
AST R101 – Introduction to Astronomy – Course Outline changes: II.E. Add Previous, if different information.
AST R101L – Astronomy Laboratory – Cover Sheet changes: I. check Prerequisite Appendix box. Course Outline changes: II.C. Change Prerequisite information back to the way it is listed in the catalog. Two Prerequisite Appendices were submitted. The one submitted by Maria Parker is the correct one.
Lori Buckley presented these biology courses.
BIOL R101 – General Biology - Course Outline changes: II.C.3. ENGL R095 & ENGL R096 adequate high school preparation or concurrent enrollment in ENGL R101. ADV changes: 2. List information verbatim from the course outlines cited. Add “L” to read ENGL. SLO changes: Betty will remove italics, bold, yellow, change font and correct formatting. Add “R” to the Course ID BIOL R101. 1. Successful strategies . . .
BIOL R101L – General Biology Laboratory –Course Outline changes: I.A. Add “L” for Laboratory to the Course ID. II.C.3...... adequate high school preparation or concurrent enrollment in ENGL R101 and MATH R010 or higher. SLO changes: Add “R” to the Course ID BIOL R101L.
Jim Harber presented these biology and microbiology courses.
BIOL R120 – Principles of Biology I – Course Outline changes: VI.B. State criteria for grading. SLO changes: 5. Remove (with a C or better) Reword the sentence and remove Scott’s comments.
BIOL R120L – Principles of Biology I Lab: Intro to Cellular and Molecular Biology – Course Outline changes: III. Remove s’ – Performs, Synthesizes, Manipulates, Exhibits, Operates, Comprehends V. Rewrite in narrative form. SLO changes: 5. Remove who achieve a passing grade in the course (C or better) Reword the sentence and remove Scott’s comments.
MICR R100 – Principles of Microbiology – Course Outline changes: II.A. 3.0 E. Add Previous if different information. III. Change to upper case - A, B, C, etc. SLO changes: Change course ID to MICR R100. 4. Delete (C grade or higher). Reword to cover both SLOs. 5. Remove (who complete the course with a C or higher) in both paragraphs.
MICR R100L – Course Outline changes: V. Rewrite in narrative form. VI.B. Rewrite in narrative form and state criteria for grading. PREQ changes: 1. Change to upper case letters. 3. (MICR R100) SLO changes: Change course ID to MICR R100L. 1. (Microbiology MICR R100).4. Delete (C grade or higher) in both paragraphs. 5. Rewrite per Scott’s comments. Remove (C grade or better). Remove shadow, and remove Scott’s comments.
Graciela Casillas -Tortorelli presented the physical education courses.
PE R156B – Baseball II – Course Outline changes: III.A. and B. – Illustrate Demonstrate . . . .
PE R168 – Volleyball – Course Outline changes: III.J.-M. Illustrate Demonstrate . . . . SLO changes: Betty will remove the italics and reformat.
PE R169 – Men’s Soccer – SLO changes: Course ID – Delete MEN’S SOCCER
PE R178 – Women’s Soccer - SLO changes: Course ID – Delete WOMEN’S SOCCER
Student Services
Della Brownlow presented this learning skills course.
LS R003 – Study Skills for Learning Disabled Students – Course Outline changes: III.H.- To learn Apply test taking techniques I. – To improve general reading ability Read at a specific level J. To improve Perform research through . . . . Verbs should be measureable. VIII.A. Learning Assistant Special Education
Carole Frick presented these learning skills courses.
LS R008 – Spelling Improvement for Learning Disabled Students – Course Outline changes: VII.B.1. Add (This is the most recent edition available.) SLO changes: 3.-5. Separate out comments for each SLO
LS R018A – Improving Written Language Skills A – Course Outline changes: IV.A. Remove period. VI.C.1. and 3. Add None. SLO changes: 3. and 4. Rewrite linking assessment to specific SLO.
First Reading Approval
Moved/Seconded/Passed
ART R102, AST R101, AST R101L, BIOL R101, BIOL R101L, BIOL R120,
BIOL R120L, HIST R100B, LS R003, LS R008, LS R018A, MICR R100, MICR R100L, PE R156B, PE R168, PE R169, PE R178, SPAN R101, SPAN R101B
Distance Learning Approval
Moved/Seconded/Passed
HIST R100A, SPAN R101, SPAN R101B
Prerequisite Approval
Moved/Seconded/Passed
AST R101L, BIOL R101L, BIOL R120, BIOL R120L, MICR R100, MICR R100L, SPAN R101B
Delete
None
Suspend
None
Consent Items
None
INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
TV R198A
Andres Orozco presented the television course.
TV R198A – Intermediate Screenwriting: Finishing Your Screenplay – course Outline changes: I.A. Add R to Course ID. II.D. Add the phrase This course is to beginning to make a complete sentence.
Articulation
No report
DTRW Report
Jenny reported that each campus had its own recommendation regarding English Competency. Each campus was asked to write its rationale (Jim Merrill did for OC), send it to the cabinet for review and they will forward their decision to the Board. Gwendolyn will forward Jim’s submittal to Betty so it can be forwarded to the committee.
Self Appraisal of curriculum Committee’s Functionality for 2008-2009
Tabled
Curriculum Committee Forms Review
The committee began forms review. The task was made much easier by using the document Jim Merrill had already worked on.
Title 5 Repeatability Changes for Courses Not Available On-line
This item was tabled; Deans’ Council agenda was too full to allow discussion. Gwendolyn will take this back to the next Deans’ Council.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
Notes
· The committee had asked Floyd Martin to provide information regarding how the lecture/lab formula is decided for PE courses. Floyd read from the Community College League of California, Commission on Athletics/California Community College Athletic Association Constitution and Bylaws 2008-2009, Section 1.3.3 “Of the 12 units, at least 9 shall be attempted in courses counting toward remediation, career technical education/certificate courses, associate degree requirements, transfer/general education, and/or lower division theoretical major preparation courses as defined by the college catalog and/or articulation agreements and be consistent with the student athlete’s educational plan. (Approved April 4, 2008, Effective July 1, 2008)
· A special meeting will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 21 in LA-8. Lunch will be provided; please bring your own beverage.
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Excerpts from the 12-10-2008 Curriculum Committee Minutes:
HIST R100A – History of World Civilizations I – Cover Sheet changes: 3. CSU-GE – Uncheck D7. IGETC – Uncheck 4G.Course Outline changes: I. FULL TITLE – Add I after Civilizations. VIII. A. - Delete Interdisciplinary Studies. SLO changes: COURSE ID – History HIST R100A.
Summary of Second Reading Discussion regarding HIST 100A:
Scott Corbett noted that he was not hired “as Oxnard’s World Historian” and requested that this be stricken from the November 26, 2008 Minutes. The Minutes were so modified.
After a motion was brought and seconded to vote on HIST R100 separately for Second Reading, the following lengthy discussion occurred.
Carolyn Dorrance reported that the Social Science Department had voted to withdraw the co-listing of IDS R101A and HIST R100. The idea may be reconsidered in the future, however. In addition, the Social Science Department revised the Disciplines List to include Interdisciplinary Studies in its most general form along with History as being able to teach HIST R100. The thinking behind this action was in part to expand the pool from which qualified teachers could be drawn as many historians might not have a strong background in World Civilizations. Carolyn reported that one of the Social Science faculty has stated that faculty who teach this course at UCSB have a background in other than History, so it is not uncommon to have some sort of Interdisciplinary Studies in one’s background to qualify to teach this course. Finally, Interdisciplinary Studies has been so listed on the course outline for the past eight years. Carolyn further stated that the Social Science Department vote was not unanimous, but it was a clear majority. Jim Merrill asked for clarification of the punctuation on the course outline as Interdisciplinary Studies and History in the disciplines section of the outline are separated currently by a virgule (or slash) as opposed to a comma. Carolyn explained that this was merely a typo, that a comma was indeed intended. The Social Science Department is in the process of defining a new area, Global Studies, of which this course is intended to be a part. Because this course is on the “hot list,” however, it was felt that it must be rushed through the revision process at this time.
At this point, an e-mail from Ishita Edwards was distributed as a written record of the departmental thinking of the Social Science Department. Scott then distributed a document reflecting the requirements in History required in the discipline at the CSUs for perusal by the committee. Carolyn specified that the issue at hand with HIST R100 is not an articulation issue. Shannon Ordonez asked, “If it’s only a History course then why is Interdisciplinary Studies also included?” Shannon further explained that the primary reason for offering this course is that it is required for History and Liberal Studies majors at the university level, who are required to have a course specifically covering World History. Carolyn responded that the competency required to teach this course is more diverse than just History because of the diverse body of evidence used to teach the course. A discussion ensued concerning exactly what is involved in teaching a History course such as this one. Jenny Redding asked for a report out on what the historians in the department felt about the issue, as at the state level (from the State Academic Senate) it has been emphasized that faculty should have the proper MQs to teach courses and that local curriculum committees should be sensitive to this issue. Scott interjected that Interdisciplinary Studies could have been discussed in the early 1990s only with regard to HIST R105 and HIST R106. Scott asked that the discussion at this committee be focused on the course-at-hand, namely, HIST R100A. Having attended recent breakouts at the Academic Senate Fall Plenary session on this issue, Scott stressed that curriculum committees were warned not to create mechanisms by which faculty with inappropriate qualifications could teach courses. Scott then read from an email correspondence he recently engaged in with Beth Smith, Curriculum Chair of the State Academic Senate. Scott had asked, “First of all, is there any predetermined list of Interdisciplinary Studies?” Beth Smith’s answer was as follows: “There is no predetermined list of disciplines that fits under Interdisciplinary Studies. Each time the course is assigned to this discipline, the curriculum committee must list, for example, is American perspectives, the course may be assigned to Interdisciplinary Studies and list the disciplines History, Music, Art, Literature, etc. Then, any faculty member with a master’s degree in one of those disciplines and upper division coursework in the other disciplines is qualified to teach the course.” Scott’s follow-up question to Beth Smith again asked if it were necessary to list the specific disciplines to wit Beth replied, “If faculty agree that extra coursework is necessary, to list Interdisciplinary Studies without specifying disciplines would be confusing.” Scott further explained in answer to the necessity to expand the pool that the amount of attention the history profession has paid to world history has increased in recent years as the number of degrees earned specifically in World History has gone up according to the American Historical Association data.