December 15, 2022 Meeting

Agenda

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Memorandum

TO:                         Curriculum and General Education Committee

  1. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, J. Farmer, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, T. Payne, J. Rangel-Escobedo, A. Rashvand, D. Vohnout, N. Woodall, B. Young, ASO Representative, and PTK Representative

FROM:                  Dr. Vicki Jacobi, Vice President Academic Senate, Co-Chairperson

Dr. Leslie Minor, Vice President of Instruction, Co-Chairperson

DATE:                   December 9, 2022

SUBJECT:             Next Meeting’s Agenda

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Thursday December 15th 2022, from 9:10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Cougar Room, Taft College,

29 Cougar Ct., Taft CA 93268

Curriculum & General Education Committee

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

The Committee welcomes participation at Curriculum Committee Meetings. Members of the public may address the Committee. For everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM

  1. November 18, 2022, Curriculum & General Education meeting (3)

ACTION ITEM

Items listed under the CONSENT ITEMS are considered routine and are acted on by the Committee in one motion. There is no discussion of these items before the Committee vote unless a member of the Committee, staff, or public requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. Any person can pull items from the consent agenda and move to new business, to be discussed and voted on individually. Items typically on consent are course outline of record under five-year review, renewal of distance learning modality or inactivation of course (removal from Chancellor Office Inventory of Courses).

New Courses – Allied Health/Applied Tech

  1. OSH 1010       Westec OSHA 10 Construction Industry
  2. OSH 1110       Westec OSHA 10 General Industry
  3. PHED XXXX     Beginning Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
  4. PHED XXXX     Intermediate Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
  5. PHED XXXX     Beginning Social Dance
  6. PHED XXXX     Intermediate Social Dance

New Courses – Business Arts & Humanities

  1. ART 1830       Graphic Design II
  2. COMM 1550 Sports Broadcasting

New Program – Allied Health/Applied Tech

 1. Computer Science AST – New

CONSENT ITEMS

Course Revisions – Allied Health/Applied Tech.

OSH       1532      Industrial Hygiene

Social Science Division

PSYC      2030       Human Sexuality

Math & Science Division

MATH   1500       Math for a Modern Society

English Division

ENGL     1501       Enhanced Composition and Reading

Math & Science Division

Engineering A.S. – Revision

Distance Learning Approvals

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

  1. Program ideas/Programs in development
  2. SmartCatalog
  3. AB – 1705
  4. Spring 2023 C & GE
  5. Other

AJOURNMENT

*Program Status, please see the table below:

Program Tech Review Approved C & GE

 

Approved

 Board

 

Approved

 State

 

Approved

 Notes
*Law, Public Policy, and Society ADT Spring 2021 Spring 2021 Spring 2021 N/A Under Review @ C/O
*Communication Studies ADT Spring 2022 Spring 2022 July 2022 N/A Under Review @ C/O

* New Program

Minutes

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting

December 15, 2022, 9:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. in the Cougar Room

Present:           K. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, J. Farmer, V. Jacobi, L. Minor, M. Mayfield, M. Oja, T. Payne, J. Rangel-Escobedo, A. Rashvand, T. Payne, D. Vohnout, N. Woodall

Absent:            T. Mendoza

Guests:            J. Page, L. Travis

Recorder:         N. Lopez

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order @9:11 a.m.

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

The Committee welcomes participation at Curriculum Committee Meetings. Members of the public may address the Committee. For everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less.

No public commentary.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM

  1. November 18, 2022, Curriculum & General Education meeting (3)

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, the November minutes were approved with clarification regarding the new MATH pre-requisite.

ACTION ITEM

Items listed under the CONSENT ITEMS are considered routine and are acted on by the Committee in one motion. There is no discussion of these items before the Committee vote unless a member of the Committee, staff, or public requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. Any person can pull items from the consent agenda and move to new business, to be discussed and voted on individually. Items typically on consent are course outline of record under five-year review, renewal of distance learning modality or inactivation of course (removal from Chancellor Office Inventory of Courses).

New Courses – Allied Health/Applied Tech

  1. OSH 1010       Westec OSHA 10 Construction Industry
  2. OSH 1110       Westec OSHA 10 General Industry

OSH courses were presented and voted on together. On a amotion by K. Bandy, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, the new OSH courses were approved.

  1. PHED XXXX     Beginning Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
  2. PHED XXXX     Intermediate Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
  3. PHED XXXX     Beginning Social Dance
  4. PHED XXXX     Intermediate Social Dance

PHED courses were presented and voted on together. On a motion by M. Oja, seconded by M. Mayfield, and unanimously carried by all, the new PHED courses were approved.

New Courses – Business Arts & Humanities

  1. ART 1830       Graphic Design II
  2. COMM 1550 Sports Broadcasting
  3. Bledsoe pulled ART 1830 from the C & GE agenda. The Business, Arts, and Humanities division will bring the course forward when the work is complete.
  4. Travis introduced the new COMM 1550 course to the committee. On a motion by J. Rangel-Escobedo, seconded by K. Bandy, and unanimously carried by all, the new COMM course was approved.

 New Program – Math and Science Division

  1. Computer Science AST - New

On a motion by M. Mayfield, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, the new Computer Science program was approved.

CONSENT ITEMS

Item B. was pulled from consent by Division Chair.

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, the Consent items were approved.

Course Revisions – Allied Health/Applied Tech.

            OSH       1532      Industrial Hygiene

Social Science Division

            PSYC      2030       Human Sexuality

Math & Science Division

            MATH   1500       Math for a Modern Society

English Division

            ENGL     1501       Enhanced Composition and Reading

Math & Science Division

            Engineering A.S. - Revision

A brief discussion was had regarding where this program would be housed. Engineering A.S. will remain in the Math and Science division. On a motion by M. Mayfield, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, the Engineering revisions were approved.

Distance Learning Approvals

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

  1. Program ideas/Programs in development

Jacobi covered various programs in the works as well as future program ideas. Program ideas include: Agriculture, Medic/Paramedic Certificate, Data Science Certificate, Psychology Technology Certificate, and ECEF Certificates.

  1. SmartCatalog

Item was not discussed.

  1. AB – 1705
  2. Jacobi reviewed the language of AB-1705 which has to do with amendments to AB-705. She invited members to do the same. The committee briefly discussed the language of the law, learning activities, and the challenges ahead. The committee discussed various ideas of student support. Among those ideas were, incorporating tutoring into the course, adding an additional unit, and “directed learning”. The goal is to address/implement appropriate support for students with gaps. Information will be shared as it becomes available.
  1. Spring 2023 C & GE

The Spring C & GE meeting schedule may be changed in order to accommodate those working the 9-80 schedule.

  1. Other

N/A

AJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at 10:33 a.m.

*Program Status, please see the table below:

Program

Tech Review Approved

C & GE

Approved

Board

Approved

State

Approved

Notes

*Law, Public Policy, and Society ADT

Spring 2021

Spring 2021

Spring 2021

N/A

Under Review @ C/O

*Communication Studies ADT

Spring 2022

Spring 2022

July 2022

N/A

Under Review @ C/O

* New Program

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