CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Minutes 4/7/2016

Name / Representing / Present / Absent
Carol Kimbrough, Chair / Faculty / X
Theresa Carbajal / Faculty (COU) / X
LaVerne Cook / Articulation Officer / X
Mary Cousineau / Faculty (Nursing/Allied Health) / X
Mary Dominguez / Administration(Student Affairs/Enrollment) / X
Jeanne Hori-Garcia / Faculty (SBS) / X
Jason Hough / Faculty (LA)/ SLO Coordinator / X
Jeff McGrath / PT Faculty (FA) / X
Daniel Ortega / Faculty (PE/Athletics/HED) / X
Celine Pinet / Administration (FA/SBS) / X
Mercedes Quintero / Faculty (COU) / X
Deborah Stephens / Faculty (Library)/Curriculum Specialist / X
Violeta Wenger / Faculty (COU)/Curriculum Specialist / X
Ann Wright / Faculty (MSE) / X
Mo Yahdi / Faculty / X
Vacant / (student)

GUESTS: Shannon Bliss, ParvizEntekhabi, Rebecca Fields, Melissa Hornstein,

SUPPORT STAFF: Ruby Garcia, Belen Gonzales, Herbert Cortez

  1. ADOPTION OF AGENDA: (Note the order of the agenda is modified as needed to accommodate presentation schedules or other circumstances related to the logical flow or efficiency of committee actions).Carol Kimbrough welcomed all members and guests. The agenda was adopted by unanimous vote.
  2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve of the minutes of 3/17/2016.

  1. CONSENT ITEMS:
  2. SLO Only
  3. ART-10, Art Appreciation
  4. ART-1B, Art History Survey II
  5. ART-3, Drawing and Composition
  6. ART-51, Gallery Methods and Installation
  7. ART-52, Portfolio Development
  8. ART-6A, Watercolors and Gouache
  9. ART-6B, Oils
  10. ART-6C, Acrylics
  11. ART-71, Introduction to 2D Digital Illustration
  12. ART-72, Introduction to Digital Arts
  13. ART-73, Introduction to Digital Illustration for Animation
  14. ART-76, Introduction to 3D Digital Animation
  15. ART-77, Introduction to Digital Video and Video Editing
  16. ART-84, Digital Art Portfolio & Business Practices
  17. BUS-1A, Financial Accounting
  18. BUS-1B, Managerial Accounting
  19. BUS-32, Introduction to Business
  20. PSY-6, Social Psychology

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve consent items #1-18.

  1. ONE READING ITEMS – ACTION: COURSE REVISIONS
  2. BIO-11, Introductory Human Anatomy and Physiology, 4 units

(Ann Wright represented the Biology discipline).

PCAs: none. Modifications: content, materials, [SLOs]

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve course revisions.

DE/Hybrid: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve DE addendum.

  1. BIO-42, Human Biology, 3 units (Ann Wright)

PCA: DE Advisory

Modifications: objectives, content, materials, [SLOs].

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approvecourse revisions.

DE only: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve DE addendum.

  1. DRA-64, Industrial Print Reading, 2 units (ParvizEntekhabi)

PCA: none

Modifications: description, content, materials, assignments, min quals/disciplines, TOP Code [SLOs]

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve course revisions.

  1. EGN-1, Introduction to Engineering, 3 units (Melissa Hornstein)

Prerequisite: Eligibility for MAT-25

Modifications: prereq, content, materials, assignments

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approvecourse revisions.

PCA: After some robust discussion, the committee approved the requisites with the addition of “completion of high school trigonometry, math analysis or precalculus.”

MSP (vote unanimous) to approve requisites

DE/Hybrid: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve DE addendum.

  1. EGN-5, Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB, 3 units (Melissa Hornstein)

Prerequisite: MAT-3A

Modifications: content, MOI (add DE/Hybrid), materials.

Motion: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve course revisions.

PCA: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve requisites.

DE/Hybrid: MSP (vote: unanimous) to approve DE addendum.

  1. TWO READING ITEMS – NO ACTION: NEW COURSES
  2. DRA-68, Introduction to Revit Architecture, 3 units (ParvizEntekhabi)

Advisory: DRA-52, Introduction to AutoCAD

DE/Hybrid Addendum

The committee received information about the rationale for developing this new course and provided feedback to Parviz.

  1. LAW-42, Law and Public Service, 3 units (Rebecca Fields)

Prerequisites: ENG-1A, College Composition and Reading; LAW-41, Street Law

The committee received information from Rebecca about the rationale for developing this new course and provided feedback for improvement.

  1. MAT-26, Precalculus & Trigonometry, 6 units (Melissa Hornstein)

[C-ID MATH-955]

Prerequisites: MAT-123 with a grade of “B” or better or completion of one year of high school precalculus with a grade of “C” or better or Hartnell assessment.

The committee received information from Melissa about the need for this new course and provided feedback for improvement.

  1. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
  2. Open forum discussion: articulation updates, C-ID approval process, lists of courses needing revision to be distributed to deans, FTES update.
  3. ADJOURNMENT AND NEXT MEETING DATE
  1. Next meeting date: 5/5/2016. (There will be no meeting 4/21).
  2. Thanks to all who contributed time and talent!

CURRICULUM TIMELINES FOR APPROVAL AY 2015-16

All Curriculum Approved / Sent to BOT / With CCCCO approval, the course can be offered: / Cutoff for CCCCO Approval:
September – December 2015 / Sent to BOT by December 2015 / Following Summer and Fall term 2016 / March 1, 2016
January – May 2016 / Send to BOT by May 2016 / Following Spring term 2017 / October 1, 2016
1 / *MOI, methods of instruction; MOE, methods of evaluation; tch, total contact hours; wch, weekly contact hours