Agenda

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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, D. Daugherty, S. Eveland, J. Farmer, D. Garza, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, T. Payne, J. Rangel-Escobedo, K. Richards, 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:                   August 28, 2023

 

SUBJECT:             Next Meeting’s Agenda

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Friday September 1, 2023, from 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Cougar Room, Taft College,

29 Cougar Ct., Taft CA 93268

 

Curriculum & General Education Committee

 

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER

 

1. 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.

 

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM
2. September 1, 2023, Curriculum & General Education meeting

 

• 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).

 

Social Science Division

1. New Courses
2. ETHN 1520      Chicano/a Studies
3. ETHN 1530       Black American Studies

 

1. Course revision
2. ECEF 1581       Introduction to Infant and Toddler Development

 

1. CONSENT ITEM
2. None

                       

1. Discussion/Presentation Items:
2. Course Outline of Record -Vicki
3. Timelines/ Certification training
4. General Education Patterns
5. DEIAA
6. General Education Learning Outcomes
7. Ethnic Studies
8. Revisions to Title IV
9. Update course outline of records for 2023-24 Five-year review

 

1. AJOURNMENT

 

• NEXT MEETING: TBA

 

*Program Status, please see the table below:

* New Program

 

Minutes

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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting

September 1, 2023

 

Present:                A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, S. Eveland, V. Jacobi, L. Minor, T. Mendoza, L. Minor, M. Oja, J. Ranger-Escobedo, I. Santiesteban, T. Payne, and K. Richards

 

Absent:                 K. Bandy, D. Bell, D. Garza, J. Farmer, M. Mayfield, M. Oja,

 

Guest:                   D. Doughtery, W. Nishiyama

 

Recorder:             N. Lopez

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order @1:13 p.m.

 

1. 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.

 

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM
2. September 1, 2023, Curriculum & General Education meeting

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by J. Rangel-Escobedo, and unanimously carried by all, the minutes were approved.

 

• 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).

 

Social Science Division

1. New Courses
2. ETHN 1520      Chicano/a Studies
3. Mendoza introduced two courses under development in Social Science. She made the committee aware that SLOs would be complete by mid-October. On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, ETHN 1520 was tabled to Octobers C & GE.

 

2. ETHN 1530       Black American Studies
3. Mendoza introduced two courses under development in Social Science. She made the committee aware that SLOs would be complete by mid-October. On a motion by T. Mendoza, seconded by J. Rangel-Escobedo, and unanimously carried by all, ETHN 1530 was tabled to Octobers C & GE.

 

1. Course revision
2. ECEF 1581       Introduction to Infant and Toddler Development

On a motion by T. Mendoza, seconded by J. Rangel-Escobedo, and unanimously carried by all, the course was approved.

 

1. CONSENT ITEM
2. None

N/A

1. Discussion/Presentation Items:
2. Course Outline of Record -Vicki

Jacobi started our annual certification training with the course outline. She shared the recommended elements identified by the PCAH 8^th Ed. (Program Course Approval Handbook). Examples of essential elements are enrollment limitations, repeatability, field-trips, SLO’s, and textbooks, including open educational resources (OER). V. Jacobi also shared the required elements per Title 5. Elements include; Pre/Co-reqs, outside of class assignments, instructional methodology, and methods of evaluation. For the UC system, CORs provide a reading list, lab content (when applicable), as well as a lab manual. Requirements for CSU’s were also shared. Textbooks should not be older than seven years, COR-SLO’s, and learning activities outside of class are also required on all CORs.

1. Timelines/Certification training

Jacobi covered the entire timeline of a COR/Program proposal. All new proposals must start with a Program in mind. From there, PSLO’s must be developed, course content is created. The Division chair will submit the proposal for Tech Review. Once approved at Tech Review, it moves onto our C & GE committee. The C & GE committee will discuss the proposal. If its approved, it moves onto our Board. After it receives Board approval, we submit to the C/O office.

1. General Education Patterns
2. DEIAA

Jacobi gave an update on the DEIAA workgroup. The workgroup is responsible for proposing new policies evaluating existing workflows, and best practices. Jacobi will continue to provide updates as they become available.

1. General Education Learning Outcomes

GE patterns and outcomes were briefly discussed. Key differences between IGETC and the new CalGETC were mentioned. Oral communication, the arts and humanities requirement, and Ethnic Studies were among the key points. More information will be shared as soon as becomes available.   

1. Ethnic Studies

Jacobi gave an update on Ethnic Studies. Social Science has been developing curriculum they hope will meet Are F. Things are fluid and Jacobi thanked the committee for their commitment to this new bill. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

1. Revisions to Title IV

The committee briefly discussed title 5 revisions. Said revisions do not require emergency action by our Campus. More info to follow.  

1. Update course outline of records for 2023-24 Five-year review

Divisions reviewed their list of courses. The Social Science list was corrected. We removed HIST courses listed by mistake.

 

1. AJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at 2:37 p.m.

 

• NEXT MEETING: TBA

 

*Program Status, please see the table below:

* New Program