CHABOT COLLEGE
September 20, 2011
Members Present:
Debbie Buti, Alyn Campi (ASCC), Indrani Chaudhuri, Jane Church, Begoña
Cirera-Perez, Lynn Klein, Don Plondke, Ernesto Victoria, Christine Warda
Ex-Officio
Edna Danaher, Kaaren Krueg
Guests:
Mireille Giovanola, William Hanson, Sara Parker, Kip Waldo
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by the chair, Jane Church. Jane reported
that as we are now on a year-round submission cycle, the calendar started in January.
This is the first meeting of the second half of the cycle, and courses approved this
semester will go into effect in Fall 2012.
Those present introduced themselves.
2.
Minutes of May 10, 2011
MSC (Cirera-Perez/Buti) to approve the minutes of May 10, 2011, as presented.
3.
Role of the Division Representatives to the Curriculum Committee
Currently we have two divisions without representatives and some representatives who
cannot come until the second half of the meeting. There was discussion on how difficult
it will be to conduct business without full membership.
MSC (Cirera-Perez/Buti) that the chair advise divisions which are proposing changes
that if they have no representative, review of their proposals will be delayed.
Jane shared a draft document on the role of the Division Rep to the Curriculum
Committee she had prepared and asked for comments. She developed the draft with an
eye toward preparing for transfer to CurricUNET. She commented that the tighter a
packet is when it comes to the committee, the faster it can be processed.
4.
Administration of Justice/Political Science 45, Law and Democracy, 3 units
Presented by William Hanson and Sara Parker. New, cross-listed course, which will be
team taught. The outline shown at the meeting was not the latest version. Jane
apologized and said she would send the correct one to the committee. This course will
be listed as an option in the Political Science AA-T Degree. Jane told William and Sara
that if they want to add the course to their existing AA degrees, they should write up
proposals and send them to her.
MSC (Cirera-Perez/Klein) to accept the course effective Fall 2012.
5.
Anthropology 4, Language and Culture, 3 units
New course, presented by Mireille Giovanola, and Kip Waldo. Anthropology is divided
into four fields: Biological/Physical Anthropology, Archaeology, Social/Cultural
Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology, which is currently not represented in our
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curriculum. This course would round out our offerings. In answer to a question from
Jane about identifying a UC comparable course, Kip stated that UC Davis offers a lowerdivision course, Anthropology 4, Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics.
Needed:
• At the end of the Catalog Description, say “3 hours. [Typical contact hours:
52.5]”
•
Under Methods of Evaluating Student Progress, correct c. to read, “Final
examination or project: As a final capstone project…”
MSC (Buti/Plondke) to approve Anthropology 4 pending corrections as noted.
6.
MINOR CHANGES (Consent or FYI changes)
Art 57, Graphic Design Internship, 2 units
Removal of prerequisite
Computer Science 14, Introduction to Structured Programming In C++, 4 units
Addition of advisory: eligibility for English 1A.
Physical Education 2FSC, Fire Science Conditioning, 1 unit
Nursing 69 (tabled until October 11 meeting)
DELETIONS (Consent or FYI changes)
Political Science 40, Contemporary Issues in American Politics, 3 units
Consent items were approved by consensus.
7.
Good of the Order
Jane shared a list of Duties of a Curriculum Chair, obtained from the state Academic
Senate.
Indrani and Lynn stated that it would be helpful to know what they should be looking for
when reviewing course outlines. Jane will be happy to conduct training sessions on the
weeks that the committee isn’t meeting to approve submissions.
Jane explained the Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) degrees. We are expecting TMCs
in Mathematics, Political Science, and Business.
Jane reported that repeatability was a topic of discussion at the Curriculum Institute. She
would like to add an area to the Rationale form for justification of repeatability.
8.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m.
Next meetings: October 11 and 18, 2011 (regular-Room 751) and October 25 (training).
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