Curriculum Committee
October 14, 2014
Members Present:
Laura Alarcon, A.J. Assef (SSCC) (3:05), Debbie Buti, Mireille Giovanola, Lynn
Klein, Larry Leach (3:10), Arturo Lopez Yanez [3:20], Wayne Pitcher, Connie
Telles, Patricia Wu
Ex-Officio:
Edna Danaher, Dara Greene, Kaaren Krueg, Stacy Thompson
Guests:
Laurie Dockter, Cindy Stubblebine
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:15 by the chair, Wayne Pitcher.
2.
Minutes of October 7, 2014
The spelling of A.J. Assef’s last name was corrected. Debbie corrected a typo on the second
page.
MSC (Telles/Wu) to approve the minutes of October 7, 2014, as corrected. [Vote:
unanimous by those present at 2:30]
3.
Chair’s Report
Wayne said that one reason for adopting a presentation schedule was to try to make the
process go a little more smoothly. Lynn stated that staff in her area think pacing is the best
way to operate.
Wayne spoke about the reporting error that resulted in many of our long-standing associate
degrees being removed from the state program inventory. The list is as follows:
Accounting (AS)
Administration of Justice (AA)
Administrative Assistant (AS)
Chemistry (AS)
Dental Hygiene (AA)
Early Childhood Development (AA)
Ethnic Studies (AA)
Fire Technology (AA/AS)
Industrial Technology (AS)
Interior Design (AS)
Machine Tool Technology (AS)
Mass Communications (AA)
Medical Assisting (AA)
Nursing (AA)
Photography (AA)
Radio and Television Broadcasting (AA)
Retail Management (AS)
Social Science (General) (AA)
Software Specialist (AS) listed on state inventory as AA
Speech Communication (AA)
Debbie reported that Jim Matthews has told her that a lot of colleges are having the same
type of problem. Stacy added that it is not uncommon, but our list is longer than most.
According to her conversation with the dean of Academic Affairs at the state Chancellor’s
Office, in order to reinstate the degrees, we must resubmit as if they were new programs.
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The list has been submitted for Board approval, and Tom Clark has asked the Regional
Consortium for help expediting approval. If you have a CTE program on the list, contact
Tom.
Deadline for the proposals to be completed for Curriculum Committee review is
November 14.
4.
Course Proposals: Science & Mathematics
Wayne distributed a list of courses being presented.
Biology 25, Human Heredity and Evolution, 3 units (Modified)
Patricia reported that this course was originally developed by Rebecca Otto, approved for
implementation in 2008, but then never offered due to budget cuts. Jennifer Lange has
revised the outline for offering in Fall 2015. The student target for this course is general
education.
Engineering 11, Engineering Design and Analysis, 2 units (Modified)
It was noted that Expected Outcomes #1, 2, and 3 are not really outcomes. Stacy commented
that they are SLOs. It was suggested that they be deleted and the remainder of the list be
renumbered. Wayne will check with Bruce Mayer.
Engineering 22, Engineering Design Graphics, 3 units (Modified-textbook updates)
Engineering 25, Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists, 3 units
(Modified-textbook update, minor changes)
Needed:
 Remove repeatability
 Add “May not receive credit if Mathematics 25 or Physics 25 has been completed”
[change done at meeting]
Cindy Stubblebine will make the same changes to the Mathematics 25 and Physics 25
outlines and submit in time to be included in the vote next week.
Engineering 36, Engineering Mechanics - Statics, 3 units (Modified-textbook update,
minor changes)
Engineering 43, Electrical Circuits and Devices, 4 units (Modified-textbook update, minor
changes)
Engineering 45, Materials of Engineering, 3 units (Modified-textbook update, minor
changes)
Mathematics 53, Applied Algebra and Data Analysis, 6 units (Modified)
Mathematics 53A, Elementary Applied Algebra and Data Analysis, 3 units (Modified)
Mathematics 53B, Intermediate Applied Algebra and Data Analysis, 3 units (Modified)
Cindy Stubblebine presented. She expressed the hope that a student who had taken ½ of
Math 53 before withdrawing could be given credit for Math 53A and be able to enroll in
Math 53B. After discussion, Stacy suggested offering Math 53A and 53B as 8-week
sections.
Mathematics 55, Intermediate Algebra, 5 units (Modified)
Mathematics 55L, Intermediate Algebra with Laboratory, 5.50 units (Modified)
Mathematics 6, Elementary Linear Algebra, 3 units (Modified)
Cindy reported that this course came back from C-ID review with a request for more
detail. It has been rewritten so that it can be used in the Mathematics AS-T.
Mathematics 65, Elementary Algebra, 5 units (Modified)
Mathematics 65L, Elementary Algebra with Laboratory, 5.50 units (Modified)
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Computer Science
Currently, we offer 4 Computer Science Degrees:
 AA, Computer Science (General)
 AS, Computer Science (General)
 AA, Computer Science (Emphasis in Mathematics)
 AS, Computer Science (Emphasis in Mathematics)
The plan is to delete the two “General” degrees and rename the other two as
 AA, Computer Science
 AS, Computer Science
Minor edits that do not affect the total units have been made.
STEM 101, Introduction to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, 2 units
(New)
Wayne will get a spot on a Senate agenda to gain approval for the new STEM discipline and
minimum qualifications for teachers in the discipline.
Laurie explained that the intent of the course was to try to encourage students to think about
going into sciences. She noted that a lot of schools, including Santa Barbara Community
College, have successful programs similar to what we’re trying to develop.
Wayne commented that SLOs were needed. Cindy handed Wayne a hard copy. He asked
Patricia to look them over.
At the last meeting, Kaaren commented that there is not time to complete processing this
course in time to offer it in Spring 2015. Further discussion upheld this opinion.
Wayne suggested changing this to an experimental course: ESL 49.01. Further discussion
included:

Wayne: Jane Church thought this should be STEM, not GNST.

Laura suggested using GNST 10 or PSCN 10, 15, or 23 with an emphasis in STEM.
These are all CSU transferrable. Cindy replied that an important part of the
proposed course is the laboratory activities. The developers did not plan on it’s being
degree applicable.

Laura: There is an existing course, ENGR 10, that you have borrowed heavily from.
Why not mirror it more completely? Laurie replied that this course is not just lecture
(telling students about Science); it is about giving students usable skills.

Stacy: If this were in GNST, you would be able to have different people teaching it.

Laurie: We could list it as CHEM101, BIOL 101, PHYS101, etc., and cross list it.
Stacy replied, “That would work.”

Dara stated that as a counselor she likes the idea behind the course, but she thinks it
is unfair to students that ENGR 10 has been developed as a degree applicable course
that is transferable to both CSU and UC and earns students 2 transferrable units,
while STEM 101 as it is proposed does not transfer, is not degree applicable, and is
therefore of lesser value to students. Patricia commented that the development of
this course was really rushed because of the desire to include it in the FYE.

Dara said she can submit this course for UC transfer in June. Stacy favors that
suggestion.
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
Wayne said if we vote on it as only an experimental for spring, we can bring it back
for a regular number in the fall. Laurie thinks it can be rewritten in a week. Wayne
returned the outline to Laurie.
Needed:

It was agreed to change the prerequisite to an advisory and delete the prereq skills.

Patricia said that outcome #3 needs modification. It should be specific to the student
and address the whole educational plan. It is not an SEP.
5.
Good of the Order
Wayne told Mireille that he will send Social Science outlines to the next level, and we
should be able to review them next week.
6.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:53 PM.
Next meeting: October 11, 2014, in Room 2256.
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