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. Sharyn Eveland, President Academic Senate, Interim-Co-Chairperson

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

 

DATE:                   March 6, 2023

 

SUBJECT:             Next Meeting’s Agenda

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Thursday March 9, 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. January 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 – Business Arts & Humanities
2. ART 1815       Brand and Identity Systems
3. ART 1825       Fundamentals of Typography
4. ART 1830       Graphic Design II
5. PHIL 1620       Critical Thinking and Composition

 

1. Curriculum & General Education – Spring 2023
2. Meeting schedule – C & GE

                                                   

1. CONSENT ITEM
2. Course Revision
3. SPAN 1601       Elementary Spanish I

 

1. Distance Learning Approvals

 

1. Discussion Items:
2. A. August in-service training for all Faculty
3. B. DEI inclusion in course development
4. C. Dental Hygiene Administration Bachelors
5. C. AB 1111 update

 

1. AJOURNMENT

 

• NEXT MEETING: April 13, 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, C. Duron for J. Rangel-Escobedo, J. Farmer, D. Garza, L. Minor, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, T. Payne, N. Woodall

 

Absent:            J. Rangel-Escobedo (C. Duron in her place)

 

Recorder:         N. Lopez

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order at 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. January 2023, Curriculum & General Education meeting

 

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by M. Mayfield, three abstentions, majority votes carried. January 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 – Business Arts & Humanities
2. ART 1815       Brand and Identity Systems

On a motion by M. Oja, seconded by K. Bandy, and unanimously carried by all, ART 1815 was approved.

2. ART 1825       Fundamentals of Typography

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by M. Mayfield, and unanimously carried by all, ART 1825 was approved.

3. ART 1830       Graphic Design II

On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, ART 1830 was approved.

4. PHIL 1620       Critical Thinking and Composition

On a motion by M. Oja, seconded by K. Bandy, and unanimously carried by all, PHIL 1620 was approved with textbook.

 

1. Curriculum & General Education – Spring 2023
2. Meeting schedule – C & GE

The committee discussed the remaining C & GE meetings for Spring 2023. April 13^th & May 11^th have been set. Division chairs were encouraged to send a Division Representative in case they cannot attend future C&GE meetings.

                                                   

1. CONSENT ITEM
2. Course Revision
3. SPAN 1601       Elementary Spanish I

 

1. Distance Learning Approvals

On a motion by M. Mayfield, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, consent items were approved.

 

1. Discussion Items:
2. August in-service training for all Faculty

The committee discussed the August in-service curriculum training. V. Jacobi will demonstrate curriculum revisions, curriculum inactivations, and new curriculum proposals. We will go over the entire process, from start to finish. K. Bandy shared her experience with the curriculum process. She feels this will benefit the entire committee but especially divisions that are “adjunct-heavy”. V. Jacobi hopes to have portions recorded in order to share with new faculty/adjuncts. V. Jacobi will cover the C-ID & articulation aspect of the curriculum process.

 

1. DEI inclusion in course development

The Committee discussed the DEI element in future course development. A brief discussion was had on how it will fit in different types of courses. V. Jacobi talked about a general statement on every course. Divisions can create their own statement according to the area of study. The group acknowledged that not all divisions will have DEI elements in their curriculum. In those cases, faculty will do their best to go over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion throughout the course (semester). K. Bandy suggested we include “DEI in course development” in our August in-service training. Divisions will bring forward any ideas they develop. This will be discussed in Aprils C & GE meeting.

 

1. Dental Hygiene Administration Bachelors
2. Minor shared an update on the Dental Hygiene Bachelors program. The C/O will only approve 15 programs. The C/O wants to make sure there is no duplication with CSU’s and UC’s. L. Minor hopes to hear something by mid-April 2023.

 

1. C. AB 1111 update

A task force has been created in order to provide clarification on AB-1111. The task force will provide recommendations as well as support to all CC’s. The implementation deadline is Spring 2024; however, the taskforce will be asking for an extension. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

 

1. AJOURNMENT

On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by V. Jacobi, Meeting adjourned at 2:35 p.m.

 

• NEXT MEETING: April 13, 2023, 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

 

*Program Status, please see the table below:

* New Program