CHABOT COLLEGE
February 8, 2011
Members Present:
Debbie Buti, Jane Church, Begoña Cirera-Perez, Barbara Ogman, , Patricia
Shannon, Ernesto Victoria, Christine Warda
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Edna Danaher, Kaaren Krueg, George Railey
Guests:
Tim Dave, Dov Hassan, Kathy Kelley, Jon Palacio
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by the chair, Jane Church. Jane announced
that Patricia Wu will no longer be representing the Science/Math division. A
replacement has not been found.
2.
Minutes of December 7, 2010
MSC (Buti/Ogman) to approve the minutes of December 7, 2010, as presented. It was
noted that on December 7 a motion was passed “that at the first committee meeting in
spring we write job descriptions for the chair and the members of the committee.” As
this did not happen, it was requested that this task be placed on the next agenda.
3.
Clean-up Proposals
SOTA
THEATER ARTS
Dov Hassan presented. He stated that this course gives students valuable skills that
will be needed as they audition for jobs or to move on to a 4-year school. He has
added the course to the AA Degree as an option.
Theater 8, Audition Technique, 3 units
There was discussion on whether the content justified the number of units. It
was suggested that the typical assignments could be fleshed out to help explain
the range of content being covered.
Ernesto noted that the assignment regarding a head shot would be expensive and
suggested adding that to the Catalog Description.
The repeatability statement was questioned. How would the course content vary
if taken multiple times? Is it justified as a student’s acquiring mastery through
repetition, as in studio courses? George Railey commented that the Legislative
Analyst’s Office is paying close attention to courses that do not fit into the goals
of Transfer, General Education, and CTE. He feels that offering this course as
repeatable would raise a “red flag” at the state.
Christine asked that appropriate Communication Studies courses be added to the
degree.
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Needed:
• Remove repeatability.
• Add “Students will be expected to have a head shot taken at their
own expense” to the Catalog Description.
• Include a final examination or project in the Methods of Evaluating
Student Progress.
• Expand on typical assignments.
• Add Communication Studies courses to the degree as appropriate.
MSC (Shannon/Ogman) to approve the Theater Arts presentation contingent
upon changes being made as recommended above and the submission of a
completed Library Consultation form by the end of the week.
MUSIC
Jon Palacio presented.
Music [MUSA] 11A, Jazz Improvisation I, 1 unit
Music [MUSA] 11B, Jazz Improvisation II, 1 unit
Units reduced from 2 to 1; hours from 7 to 4 based on course content and its
practical application.
Music [MUSP] 14A, Jazz Lab I, 1 unit
Music [MUSP] 14B, Jazz Lab II, 1 unit
Updated for currency.
The Music courses were approved by consent.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Barbara Ogman presented. She stated that the changes made were substituting Early
Childhood Development 56 for Early Childhood Development 51 in the advisory
statements and updating textbooks.
Early Childhood Development 40, Social and Emotional Foundations for
Early Learning, 3 units
Early Childhood Development 59, Literacy in Early Childhood, 3 units
The Early Childhood Development courses were approved by consent.
SCIENCE/MATH
PHYSICS/MATHEMATICS
Tim Dave presented these two courses. The only change proposed was to make
the courses cross-listed.
Physics 18/Mathematics 18, Preparatory Physics, 3 units
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Discussion:
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These courses need to become part of a program, either as an
elective or required course. If the Physics faculty submits a Degree
proposal, Physics/Mathematics 18 could be included as an elective.
The course outlines have a prerequisite skills section; however, the
catalog description stipulates no prerequisite course. Since there is
no prerequisite class listed, this section should say “None.”
However, Tim Dave stated that students who do not have the
necessary skills will not succeed. The question is how to establish
the need for these classes without the extensive research required.
Patricia Shannon stated that there are two other paths for approving
a prereq: 1) if a 4-year institution requires an equivalent course as
part of a series or as prerequisite to entering a program; 2) the class
is part of a series within the existing courses. Tim asked if there was
any alternative? Could we modify the course outline to stipulate
“recommended skills”? Given the position of the faculty on the need
for the skills, a number of short-term solutions were considered.
MSC (Shannon/Ogman) that we modify these course outlines, and these
outlines only, to read “Highly recommended skills for students” and that
programmatic and prerequisite issues be resolved during the next curriculum
cycle (by December 2011).
MSC (Shannon/Cirera-Perez) to accept the cross listed courses.
4.
Curriculum Committee Website
Jane showed the committee the updated web site and the resources that have been linked
to the page.
5.
Calendar for the upcoming 2011 Curriculum Year (Jan-Dec.)
After discussion, it was agreed to meet every other week until the queue dictates
otherwise. Proposals will be calendared on a first come, first served basis by course or
by discipline. It was suggested that we inform faculty that we will not review their
proposals until they are complete.
6.
CurricUNET Update
Jon Palacio reported that everything we asked for is now online. The courses are up but
they are not filled in. CurricUNET did a Banner dump that includes courses that are no
longer in our catalog. He, LaVaughn Hart and Jeannine Methe will meet next week.
Passwords may be provided in April. George recognized Jon for being aggressive on
making things happen.
7.
Next Meeting: February 15 from 2:00-3:00 in Room 1506.
8.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
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