CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee Minutes
November 17, 2009
Members Present:
Jaswinder Bhangal, Begoña Cirera-Perez, Barbara Ogman, Wayne Pitcher,
Patricia Shannon, Debbie Soares, Ernesto Victoria, Christine Warda, Patricia
Wu
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Jane Church, Edna Danaher, Kaaren Krueg
Guests:
Marcia Corcoran, Susan Gill, Dale Wagoner
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by committee chair Wayne Pitcher.
2.
Minutes of November 10, 2009
Item #3 was corrected. The second sentence should read “He reported that Dale has
explained the unit procedure for Intercollegiate Athletics courses…”
MSC (Cirera-Perez/Ogman) to approve the minutes of November 10, 2009, as
amended.
3.
Health/PE/Athletics Plan
Dale Wagoner reported that he will work with Jane Church to develop a catalog
statement that covers repeatability in Physical Education 1, 2, and 3. They will bring
back revisions on December 8.
There was discussion on how the rest of the outlines would be revised. Kaaren Krueg
asked what should be submitted for CurricUNET implementation. Wayne will contact
Governet and find out what our options are.
Physical Education 65, Fit for Duty: Health and Fitness for Law Enforcement,
3 units
Wayne distributed copies of a revised outline. There was discussion on the
relationship of Outcomes 6 and 11 to the course content. Patricia Shannon
suggested that Course Content be revised to reflect the importance of these two
outcomes.
MSC (Bhangal/Ogman) to approve Physical Education 65 contingent upon
the outline in the final packet incorporating these suggestions.
4.
Language Arts Presentation
Marcia Corcoran presented. Wayne distributed a list of his comments, and added that
the missing SLOs information is based on a spreadsheet generated in September. If you
have done SLOs on any of the courses listed, please forward them electronically to
Carole Splendore. He added that Language Arts did a good job of providing rationales
for texts older than 5 years.
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DELETIONS
English 15, Tutoring in Language Arts, 1-2 units
Marcia reported that this course has been replaced. Jane noted that when
transferable courses are deleted, she needs to be notified. She will fill out a
trans/bacc form for this course and forward it to the division for inclusion in the
final packet.
English as a Second Language 113, Introduction to Computer Assisted
Language Learning, 1 unit
Tutoring 29, Independent Study – Tutoring, 0.5 – 2 units
Tutoring 51, Study skills and Tutorials Interventions, 0.5 – 1 unit
MSC (Victoria/Soares) to approve deletion of the above courses.
MINOR CHANGES (Consent or FYI changes)
ENGLISH
English 1A, Critical Reading and Composition, 3 units
English 4, Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature, 3 units
English 7, Critical Thinking and Writing across Disciplines, 3 units
English 10, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in English, 1 – 2 units
English 11, Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 units
English 12, The Craft of Writing – Fiction, 3 units
English 13, The Craft of Writing – Poetry, 3 units
English 20, Studies in Shakespeare, 3 units
English 21, The Evolution of the Black Writer, 3 units
English 22, Mexican American/Latino Literature of the U.S., 3 units
English 32, U.S. Women’s Literature, 3 units
English 33, Herstory: Women’s Autobiographical Writing in Multicultural
America, 3 units
English 38, Survey of Modern British Literature, 3 units
English 45, Studies in Fiction, 3 units
English 48, The Literature of the Holocaust, 3 units
English 101A, Reading, Reasoning, and Writing I, 4 units
English 101B, Reading, Reasoning, and Writing II, 4 units
English 102, Reading, Reasoning, and Writing – Accelerated Course, 4 units
English 107, Introduction to English Grammar, 3 units
English 115, Faculty-Student Tutorial: Writing and Reading across the
Curriculum, 0.5 – 3 units
English 116, Learning Skills – Diagnostic Clinic and Study Skills, 1 unit
English 117, Learning Skills – Reading, 4 units
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English 118A, Learning Skills: Reading/Writing, 3 units
English 118B, Learning Skills: Writing/Reading, 3 units
English 119, Learning Skills – Problem Solving, 3 units
English 120, Learning Skills – Study Strategies, 2 units
English 121, Learning Skills: Quantitative Strategies through Language Skills,
2 units
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
English as a Second Language 108, Basic Spelling for English as a Second
Language, 1 unit
English as a Second Language 109, Vocabulary Skills, 1 unit
English as a Second Language 110A, Review of Basic English for ESL, 6 units
GENERAL STUDIES
General Studies 10, Faculty Assistant Experience for Potential Teachers,
1 – 2 units
General Studies 31, Women’s Spirituality: An Examination of Ancient and
Emerging Traditions, 3 units
General Studies 115, Faculty-Student Tutorial: Writing and Reading across the
Curriculum, 0.5 – 3 units
SPANISH
Spanish 5, Field Work Relations, 1 unit
TUTORING
Tutoring 200, Supervised Tutoring, non-credit
Minor Changes were approved by consent contingent upon changes being made as
noted on master packet and returned to the division.
MAJOR CHANGES
SIGN LANGUAGE
Sign Language 64, ASL Beginning Sign Language, 3 units
Sign Language 65, ASL Intermediate Sign Language, 3 units
Needed:
• Add “3 units” to the Catalog Description (after title)
Edna Danaher asked whether the repeatability on these courses is legal. Wayne read
the Title 5 regulations and determined that Foreign Languages are not repeatable.
The repeatability on Sign Language 64, 65, and 66 (which was not submitted for
revision) needs to be removed.
Needed:
• Revise Sign Language 66 and add to the final packet
• Remove “May be repeated 3 times” from all three Sign Language courses.
MSC (Shannon/Cirera-Perez) to accept Sign Language 64, 65, and 66 contingent
upon changes being made as noted on master packet and returned to the division.
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ENGLISH
English 30, Survey of U.S. Literature, 3 units
Prerequisite change.
Needed:
• Content review for prerequisite.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
English as a Second Language 114, Editing for the Advanced ESL Writer,
2 units
Prerequisite being changed to an advisory.
Needed:
• Content review for advisories.
English as a Second Language 129, Vocabulary Usage for ESL: Idiomatic
Expressions, 1 unit
Title and Prerequisite changes.
Needed:
• Content review for ESL 109.
MSC (Ogman/Warda) to accept English 30 and ESL 114 and 129 contingent
upon changes being made as noted on master packet and returned to the division.
TUTORING
Tutoring 1C, ChabotLink Peer Advisor Training, 1 unit
New course. Marcia Corcoran reported that they are trying to build tutoring
consistency across the college.
Discussion included: Title 5 repeatability limits, variable content, the course
number, which makes it look like part of a series.
MSC (Shannon/Victoria) to refer the course back to the faculty member for
possible revision, and to ask that it be brought back to the December 8 meeting.
ENGLISH (Continued)
English 26, The Literature of Immigration and Migration, 3 units
New course. Susan Gill reported. She would like this to be included in the
American Cultures area of the Chabot Graduation Requirements.
Discussion included
• Different groups aren’t spelled out;
• Whether or not theoretical works should be included on the Typical
Textbook list;
Susan worked with Patricia Wu to make changes to the outline online.
MSC (Cirera-Perez/Ogman) to accept English 26 as revised.
4.
Good of the Order
Wayne distributed a rationale page for changes to the Software Specialist Certificate of
Achievement. No action was taken because a revised program page was not provided.
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Kaaren reported that in the revised program page for the Business AS degree (approved
by consent at the October 27 meeting) Computer Science 8 was accidentally removed
along with Computer Application Systems 8. The discipline would like to reinstate it.
Approved as a technical change.
Wayne has not received email votes for changes to the Nursing degree. He will resend
the memo.
5.
Next Meeting: December 1, 2009
6.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m.
kk 11/18/09