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, J. Farmer, D. Garza, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, T. Payne, J. Rangel-Escobedo, A. Rashvand, N. Woodall, 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:                   April 10, 2023

 

SUBJECT:             Next Meeting’s Agenda

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Thursday April 13th, 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. March 2023, 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).

 

1. New Courses – Allied Health/Applied Tech
2. KINE 1510       Introduction to Sport Management
3. KINE 1520       Sport in Society
4. KINE 1540       Sport and Exercise Psychology

 

1. New Programs – Allied Health/Applied Tech
2. Associate of Arts in Kinesiology: Sport Management
3. Associate Degree for Transfer: Kinesiology

 

1. CONSENT ITEM
2. Course Revision –
3. KINE 1500       Introduction to Kinesiology
4. ART        1620       Drawing and Composition
5. ART        1625       Color Theory
6. ART        1631       Figure Drawing
7. ART        1640       Painting
8. ARTH     1510       Prehistoric to Renaissance Art History
9. ARTH     1520       Renaissance to Contemporary Art History
10. ARTH     2030       Survey of Asian Art
11. ARTH     2040       Survey of African, Oceanic, and Indigenous North American Art
12. COMM 1507       Small Group Communication
13. PHIL       1501       Introduction to Philosophy
14. PHIL       1531       The Worlds Living Religions
15. SPAN     2500       Latin American Culture
16. PSYC      2205       Introduction to Research Methods in the Social Sciences

 

1. Distance Learning Approvals

 

 

1. Discussion Items:
2. A. DEI inclusion in course development
3. B. General Education Learning Outcomes
4. C. Other

 

1. AJOURNMENT

 

 

• NEXT MEETING: May – TBD, 2023, 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

 

 

*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

Thursday March 9, 2023

 

Present:                K. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, D. Garza, V. Jacobi, L. Minor, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, L. Minor M. Oja, I. Santiesteban, T. Payne, and N. Woodall

 

Absent:                 J. Rangel-Escobedo

 

Recorder:             N. Lopez

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order @1:14 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. March 2023, Curriculum & General Education meeting (3)

On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by B. Devine, M. Oja abstained, motion carries, March 2023 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).

 

1. New Courses – Allied Health/Applied Tech
2. KINE 1510       Introduction to Sport Management

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, the new course was approved.

 

2. KINE 1520       Sport in Society

On a motion by M. Mayfield, seconded by N. Woodall, and unanimously carried by all, the new course was approved.

 

3. KINE 1540       Sport and Exercise Psychology

On a motion by A. Bledsoe, seconded by B. Devine, M. Oja opposed, the majority carries, the new course was approved.

 

 

1. New Programs - Allied Health/Applied Tech
2. Associate of Arts in Kinesiology: Sport Management

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, the new program was approved.

 

2. Associate Degree for Transfer: Kinesiology

The ADT in Kinesiology was tabled for a future meeting.

 

1. CONSENT ITEM
2. Course Revision –
3. KINE 1500       Introduction to Kinesiology
4. ART        1620       Drawing and Composition
5. ART        1625       Color Theory
6. ART        1631       Figure Drawing
7. ART        1640       Painting
8. ARTH     1510       Prehistoric to Renaissance Art History
9. ARTH     1520       Renaissance to Contemporary Art History
10. ARTH     2030       Survey of Asian Art
11. ARTH     2040       Survey of African, Oceanic, and Indigenous North American Art
12. COMM 1507       Small Group Communication
13. PHIL       1501       Introduction to Philosophy
14. PHIL       1531       The Worlds Living Religions
15. SPAN     2500       Latin American Culture
16. PSYC      2205       Introduction to Research Methods in the Social Sciences

 

1. Distance Learning Approvals

On a motion by A. Bledsoe, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, the consent items were approved.

 

1. Discussion Items:

Discussion items were re-arranged in the following order:

1. General Education Learning Outcomes
2. Minor informed the committee of the plans to add GE SLO’s to syllabi, for every GE course in our inventory. The committee also discussed adding SLOs to the course outline. An example will be included on a future COR revision. This item will be discussed as more information becomes available.

 

1. DEI inclusion in course development
2. Jacobi gave an update on DEI inclusion in course development. California is still working on clarifying many questions that have arisen from this bill. The group acknowledges the importance of this process and is committed to doing their part. Division Chairs will continue developing curriculum through the DEI lens. This item will be covered at our Fall 2023 C & GE in-service.
3. Other

The committee briefly discussed OER textbooks & our current standing. Historically Taft College has been good at purchasing textbooks in order to pass the savings along to our students. T. Mendoza shared her experience with multiple textbooks listed on CORs. BC lists multiple textbooks and allows the Faculty (as a group) to decide which textbook they will use. The TAR process will be reviewed at our Fall 2023 in-service (C & GE) meeting.

1. AJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at 2:35 p.m.

 

• NEXT MEETING: May - TBD, 2023, 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

 

 

*Program Status, please see the table below:

* New Program

Supporting Docs

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• April_2023_C-GE-Packet.pdf (PDF)