November 03, 2023 Meeting

Agenda

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Call to Order

I. 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

A.            October 13, 2023, Curriculum & General Education meeting 

II. Action Items:

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).

Old Business:

N/A

New Business:

N/A

Discussion Items:

A.            Local General Education Courses and new SLOs 

Other:

N/A

Adjournment

V.                NEXT MEETING: December TBD

*Program Status, please see the table below: 

COCI Closed from 10/30 to 11/13 for maintenance.

 

Minutes

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting

November 3, 2023

 

Present:                A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, S. Eveland, N. Guzman - PTK Representative, D. Garza, V. Jacobi, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, L. Minor, J. Ranger-Escobedo, and T. Payne

 

Absent:                 K. Bandy, J. Farmer

 

Guest:                   N/A

 

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. October 13, 2023, Curriculum & General Education meeting

On a motion by S. Eveland, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, the October 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).

No actions items were discussed.

 

1. A. CONSENT ITEM:

N/A

1. Discussion Items:
2. Local General Education Courses and new SLOs
3. Jacobi shared the recent changes to the Local Gen Ed. Pattern. Notable changes include the overall unit value going from 18 to 21 units. The committee reviewed the Local Gen. Ed. Pattern (worksheet). V. Jacobi informed the committee of two ETHN courses under development. Division chairs were asked to review their area courses and verify the SLOs still align. The committee discussed potential additions to areas, these include adding HIST courses to “Arts & Humanities,” an ENGL course to “Communications & Analytical Thinking,” an ADMJ course to Social & Behavioral Sciences. B. Devine asked about the effect this would have on our current students. T. Payne informed the committee that our students can graduate with the “current” Local Pattern, and they will not be affected. A brief discussion was had regarding GOVT courses and whether they should be required. S. Eveland shared the benefits of learning how an “American Institution” functions/operates. J. Rangel-Escobedo added that most “Local” Gen. Ed. Pattern students have been in the Community College system longer (on average) than the other paths/patterns available. V. Jacobi briefly touched on the INCO requirement before AB-705. The committee ended the discussion on the common course numbering system. The “AB – 1111 CCT” drafted an outline of findings & considerations. The report will be shared at our December C & GE meeting. The implementation deadline is July 2024.

 

1. AJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned @2:07 p.m.

 

• NEXT MEETING: December TBD

The December C & GE meeting will be held on Friday December 8th, 2023, from 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the Cougar Room.

*Program Status, please see the table below:

COCI Closed from 10/30 to 11/13 for maintenance.

* New Program