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:               April 23, 2024

 

SUBJECT:         Next Meeting’s Agenda         

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Friday April 26, 2024, from 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Taft College,

29 Cougar Ct., Taft CA 93268

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

      A. Minutes from the March 22, 2024, Curriculum & Gen. Ed. Meeting

 

III.        ACTION ITEMS: NEW COURSES – TABLED FROM THE MARCH C & GE MEETING:

1. Social and Behavioral Science Division
2. POSC 1513 Political Science Work Experience

 

1. AP 4020 - Program Curriculum Development

 

1. AP 4100 - Graduation Requirements for Degrees and Certificates
2. CONSENT 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).

1. Course Revisions:
2. SPAN 1501    Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
3. BSAD 2220    Introduction to Financial Accounting
4. BSAD 2221    Introduction to Managerial Accounting
5. BUSN 2275    Business Law
6. COMM 1507 Small Group Communication
7. COMM 1511 Public Speaking
8. ENGL 1502    Composition and Reading for Multilingual Students

 

1. Distance Ed./Learning:
2. KINE 1530    Women in Sport
3. SPAN 1501    Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
4. BSAD 2220    Introduction to Financial Accounting
5. BSAD 2221    Introduction to Managerial Accounting
6. BUSN 2275    Business Law
7. ART 1650    Watercolor Painting
8. ART 1800    Introduction to Digital Art
9. ART 1820    Computer Imaging: Adobe Photoshop
10. ART 2010    Introduction to Printmaking
11. ART 1500    Art Appreciation
12. ART 1625    Color Theory
13. ART 1640    Painting
14. BUSN 1500    Introduction to Business
15. COMM 1507 Small Group Communication
16. COMM 1511 Public Speaking

 

1. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. AB 1111
3. Catalog Rights
4. Other
5. ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING: May 2024 TBD

*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

April 26, 2024

 

Present:               B. Devine, Farmer, V. Jacobi, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, T. Payne, J. Rangel-Escobedo, K. Richards

 

Absent:                 K. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, D. Dougherty, S. Eveland, D. Garza, L. Minor, I. Santiesteban

 

Recorder:             N. Lopez

MINUTES

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order at 1:15 p.m. V. Jacobi re-arranged a few items on the agenda because a brief discussion will be had before the vote. The items moved from consent to New Business are COMM 1507, 1511, and ENGL 1502.

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

      A. Minutes from the March 22, 2024, Curriculum & Gen. Ed. Meeting

On a motion from M. Mayfield, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, the minutes were approved.

 

III.           ACTION ITEMS: NEW COURSES – TABLED FROM THE MARCH C & GE MEETING:

1. Social and Behavioral Science Division
2. POSC 1513 Political Science Work Experience

POSC was tabled to a future meeting.

 

1. AP 4020 - Program Curriculum Development
2. AP 4100 - Graduation Requirements for Degrees and Certificates

On a motion by M. Mayfield, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried by all, AP 4020, and 4100 were approved.

1. CONSENT 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).

1. Course Revisions:
2. SPAN 1501      Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
3. BSAD 2220      Introduction to Financial Accounting
4. BSAD 2221      Introduction to Managerial Accounting
5. BUSN 2275      Business Law
6. COMM 1507 Small Group Communication
7. COMM 1511 Public Speaking

The COMM courses above must be revised to meet articulation requirements. On a motion by J. Rangel-Escobedo, seconded by T. Payne, and unanimously carried by all, the COMM courses were approved.

 

7. ENGL 1502       Composition and Reading for Multilingual Students

ENGL was created to meet multilingual student needs. On a motion by T. Payne, seconded by M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza abstained, the ENGL course was approved by majority.

 

1. Distance Ed./Learning:
2. KINE 1530       Women in Sport
3. SPAN 1501      Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
4. BSAD 2220      Introduction to Financial Accounting
5. BSAD 2221      Introduction to Managerial Accounting
6. BUSN 2275      Business Law
7. ART 1650       Watercolor Painting
8. ART 1800       Introduction to Digital Art
9. ART 1820       Computer Imaging: Adobe Photoshop
10. ART 2010       Introduction to Printmaking
11. ART 1500       Art Appreciation
12. ART 1625       Color Theory
13. ART 1640       Painting
14. BUSN 1500       Introduction to Business
15. COMM 1507 Small Group Communication
16. COMM 1511 Public Speaking

On a motion by J. Rangel-Escobedo, seconded by T. Payne, and unanimously carried by all, the consent items were approved. (ART 1650 was not part of the DE/L vote)

 

1. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. AB 1111

Jacobi gave an update on AB 1111. The state has selected a few pilot courses for the new system. The courses we will need to re-number are in the following areas, ENGL , COMM, STAT, POSC, and PSYC. There will be an update in mid-August.

1. Catalog Rights

A brief discussion was had regarding our catalog rights policy. Typically, a students catalog rights begin the summer after HS graduation. Some issues arise when courses change titles, acronyms or numbers. We will continue to the discussion at a future meeting.  Among the most common catalog rights issues Locally there have been minor issues when courses change titles.

1. Other
2. ADJOURNMENT

On a motion by T. Mendoza, seconded by M. Mayfield, and unanimously carried by all, the meeting was adjourned. 

NEXT MEETING: May 2024 TBD

*Program Status, please see the table below:

* New Program