CHABOT COLLEGE
February 22, 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:
None
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:10 p.m. by the chair, Jane Church.
2.
Minutes of February 15, 2011
MSC (Shannon/Buti) to approve the minutes of February 15, 2011, as presented.
3.
4.
Calendar for the upcoming 2011 Curriculum Year (January-December)
Technical Review component of proposal review
Jane reported that she has developed a spreadsheet for tracking submissions. She is
using Kurt Shadbolt as a test case. His first submission had pieces missing, so she sent it
back to him. When we receive the complete packet it will go to technical review (Jane,
Kaaren, Division Rep), then back to Kurt for changes. At that time, he will be told,
“You have been assigned presentation Date X. This date presumes that you will provide
corrected copy for the committee one week prior to the committee meeting.”
There was discussion regarding who should be the collection person for technical
corrections. The secretary’s notes were unclear. Also, the faculty member should return
corrected copy to the chair, who will distribute to the committee prior to the meeting.
5.
Duties and Responsibilities of Curriculum Chair and Reps
Jane asked reps to go back to their divisions and jot down ideas about their duties on the
committee. She referred to a publication by the Academic Senate of the California
Community Colleges that outlines committee duties.
http://www.asccc.org/sites/default/files/Curriculum.pdf
6.
Update on SB 1440 and the first 3 TMC (Transfer Model Curriculum) proposals
Jane referred the committee to the C-ID web page
(http://www.c-id.net/degreereview.html). There is a link on the Curriculum Committee
web page. She asked George for comments on the new law. He replied that we have
some curriculum already in place that can be sent forward with only minor adjustments.
Patricia added that the State wants a quick pass through for students. The law requires
that we have two TMCs in place by Fall 2011.
Currently the state has finalized TMCs for Communication Studies, Sociology, and
Psychology. Under review (until February 28) are Criminal Justice, Kinesiology and
Math. To ensure that you will have input and information, go the website (see link
above) and sign up on the list serve page under your discipline. Jane told Barbara
Ogman that she will be happy to come to her division and show them how to participate.
Christine Warda has a Communication Studies model almost ready to go, and Andrew
Pierson is working on Psychology. The AA-T programs must be approved by our Board
Curriculum Committee
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and the State Chancellor’s Office and published in our Addendum. If we delay
publication until early June, we must submit to the Board on April 19 (Board deadline
April 4) which will leave May for State submission and approval.
Jane led discussion on ways to comply with the new law. She stated that if we choose to
follow the model closely, the State will grant approval quickly. Christine reported that
she has read the regulations and feels that because there are options built into the TMC
we have enough courses in place to build the Communication Studies degree. She also
noted that List C is a place where we can cooperate with other disciplines by listing nonmajor choices. Patricia spoke to the idea of maintaining as broad a program as possible
to encourage life-long learning.
Patricia stated that there will be consequences in some areas of enrollment and impact on
some of our local graduation requirements.
In answer to a question posed by Jane, George said that outlines do not need to be dated
“Fall 2011” but must be current per Title 5 requirements.
There was discussion on why you would want to offer two degrees, the AA-T and the
regular AA. Christine stated that Communication Studies plans to adopt the AA-T as
their only degree. Jane added that up until now she has been telling students that courses
transfer, not degrees. That will now change, and the degree will be what transfers.
7.
Repeatability Issue
Performance and activity classes may be taken one time and repeated three times for a
total of four. Jane reported that Napa Valley and Los Medanos have defined technical
theater courses as activity. Patricia stated that when students exceed repeatability
through exemptions, we do not receive funds for their attendance. She added that the
scrutiny level is increasing and it is very likely that the state is going to audit courses in
these areas.
Jane stated that we need to establish guidelines and a process for granting repeatability.
We need to review the courses that are currently repeatable to determine whether they
are in compliance with the regulations, and we need to learn to say “no” to inappropriate
requests. We also need to bring counseling into the mix. She will add this topic to the
next agenda.
8.
Good of the Order
Jane asked that reps please encourage their faculty to present in the spring.
9.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
Next meeting: March 8.
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