CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee Minutes
December 9, 2008
Members Present:
Begoña Cirera-Perez, Michael Langdon, Jim Matthews, Wayne Pitcher, Ernesto
Victoria, Patricia Shannon
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Jane Church, Edna Danaher, Gene Groppetti, Kaaren Krueg
Guests:
Doris Hanhan, Dov Hassan, Catherine Powell, Linda Rhodes, Clayton Thiel
I.
II.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order without a quorum at 2:10 p.m. by committee chair
Patricia Shannon.
Good of the Order
CurricUNET. Patricia reported that CurricUNET can be purchased for $60,000 plus
$10,000 per year. The district seems interested in the product. Jim Matthews added that
the system is overloaded. He said that Berkeley City College completed input four
months ago and has not gotten anything back.
Art History 51, Museum Studies. Jane Church has talked with UC, who assured her
that the course would be evaluated on content, not repeatability.
District Curriculum Council. Patricia reported on DCC. She stated that there will be
increasing pressure from the Chancellor’s Office on bringing the curriculum of the two
colleges into closer alignment. She said that although the Chancellor understands that
there will never be perfect alignment; the degree of misalignment that is permissible is
unclear at this time. She added that because we have shared transcripts, we may have to
put up with or resolve differences such as mathematics certification and different courses
that fulfill the American Cultures requirement. Patricia added that our Board and our
students view us as sister colleges.
GE Reciprocity. Jane commented on a study she did on Advanced Placement, stating
that there is no uniformity among the 110 community colleges. She stated that Region 4
made a huge step forward when we agreed to GE Reciprocity.
Edna Danaher asked whether Certificates of Proficiency containing 12-17 units have
been forwarded to the state for approval as Certificates of Achievement. She added that
Certificates of Proficiency will not appear on transcripts. Gene Groppetti replied that at
the time these were created, the discussion centered on what to call the old Certificates of
Completion rather than on state submission.
Patricia reported that the Engineering Associate in Science degree has been approved
by the state.
A quorum having been achieved, the committee moved on to action items.
III.
Approval of Minutes of December 2, 2008
MSC (Matthews/Victoria) to accept the minutes of December 2, 2008, as presented.
Curriculum Committee
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IV.
Arts and Humanities Presentation
FILM
Linda Rhodes presented.
Gene asked how many units are now in the FILM rubric, stating that if there are more
than 12 we may have to apply to the state as a program, since we have exceeded the
number of units that can be approved as stand-alone.
Linda replied that the discipline plans to present a program to the committee in Spring
semester.
There was discussion on the request for a 99 number for one of the courses. This is an
experimental number that cannot be applied to a degree. Linda agreed that she had
misunderstood the numbering system and said that she would assign a different number
to the course.
Film 9, Film Production Colloquia, 1 unit
New course. Transfer-Baccalaureate request: CSU Transfer List.
Needed:
 Add “1 unit” to the Catalog Description.
 Add a heading to the second page.
 Add a Library Consultation form.
Film 14, Film Pre-Production, 3 units
New course. Transfer-Baccalaureate requests: AA/AS Area C, CSU Transfer, UC
Transfer.
There was discussion on whether this course would be offered only in Distance
Education format. It will not.
Needed:
 On the DE Course Proposal Form, check the Online box.
Film 89, Special Studies in Film, .5 – 5 units
New course.
Discussion revealed that the instructor had misunderstood the use of 99 numbers. A
new number will be selected and included in the final packet so that the course may
be included in the college catalog.
Gene explained the affect of variable unit courses on productivity, stating that many
students will take the minimum number of units, generating low FTES numbers and
making the ratio of FTES and percent of instructor load unbalanced. He suggested
giving the course a fixed unit value. Patricia suggested a consultation between Linda
Rhodes and Gary Carter to determine how to structure the course to make it
successful.
Curriculum Committee
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Needed:
 Select new course number.
 Change unit value as determine by faculty member and dean.
 Spell out “Digital Video (DV)” in Abbreviated Course Description and Catalog
Description.
Film 50, Beginning Film Production, 3 units
Film 60, Documentary Film, 3 units
No changes to outlines. Transfer-Baccalaureate requests for AA/AS, Area C, and
CSU GE, Area C1. This is a resubmission to UC. Jane noted that the same courses
were rejected last year by CSU. If they come back again this year she suggests
revising the outlines.
Request to remove Film 4901, Beginning Film Production, “from the catalog.”
This is not a catalog course. The request should be done in the form of a Change
Order to deactivate the course in Banner.
MSC (Matthews/Victoria) to approve the Film packet with the proviso that the
committee receive a report on the unit value and course number of Special Studies in
Film.
ART
Clayton Thiel presented.
Art 10, Design and Materials, 3 units
Revised course.
Needed:
 Add second sentence of Catalog Description to the Abbreviated Course
Description.
 Remove “Course meets general education and Art/Design major requirements
from Catalog Description.”
Art 22, Metal Sculpture—Lost Wax Bronze Casting, 3 units
New course.
Needed:
 Rationale for text older than 5 years.
 SLO Form
Art 19, Metal Sculpture 3 units
Request to remove from catalog.
Needed:
 Rationale form – request to remove from catalog.
AA Degree, Art (Emphasis in Sculpture)
Needed:
 Rationale to revise degree.
 New program page, replacing Art 19 with Art 22.
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MSC (Pitcher/Victoria) to accept the Art courses with changes as noted.
THEATER ARTS
Dov Hassan presented.
Theater Arts 2, Intermediate Acting, 3 units
Title being changed from Theory and Practice of Acting. Adding one hour of
laboratory.
Needed:
 Divide Course Content into Lecture and Laboratory sections.
 Rationale for text older than 5 years.
Theater Arts 5, Theater for Young Audiences, 3 units
Title being changed from Children’s Theater. Adding one hour of laboratory.
Needed:
 Add Prerequisite Skills section, marked “None.”
 Add a final examination.
Theater Arts 6, Advanced Improvisation and Movement for Actors, 3 units
New Course. Transfer-Baccalaureate request for CSU Transfer.
Discussion on prerequisites. The sentence below will be added. Patricia explained
how to determine prerequisite skills for this course: Do the content review pages,
and then list the most important outcomes identified on those pages in the
Prerequisite Skills Section, eliminating redundancies.
Needed:
 Add to both the Abbreviated Course Description and Catalog Description
“Prerequisite: Theater Arts 1, or 3, or 5, or 30, or 47, or equivalent.”
 Complete content review forms for the prerequisites.
 Complete the Prerequisite Skills section (see discussion above).
 Rationale for text older than 5 years.
 Submit a Library Consultation form.
Theater Arts 7, Voice for the Actor, 3 units
Being changed from Theater Arts 25, Fundamentals of Stage Speech, 3 units.
Needed:
 Rationale for text older than 5 years.
Theater Arts 10, Introduction to Theater Arts, 3 units
Title being changed from Theater History and Appreciation. It was noted that the
Abbreviated Course Description and the Catalog Description varied enough to cause
confusion. They need to be brought into alignment.
Needed:
 Align Abbreviated Course Description and Catalog Description.
 Rationale for text older than 5 years.
Curriculum Committee
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MSC (Pitcher/Matthews) to approve the Theater Arts packet with revisions as noted.
MUSIC
Music 3, World Music, 3 units
Music 5, American Cultures in Music, 3 units
Articulation requests. Patricia stated that because the packets are incomplete and
were submitted late, the requests will have to be acted upon in spring.
ART HISTORY
(See minutes of December 2, 2008, for detailed discussion)
Art History 50, Museum and Gallery Techniques, 3 units
Title changed from Art Gallery I: Apprenticeship. Units increased to allow content
from Art History 52 to be inserted.
Art History 51, Museum Studies, 4.5 units
Title changed from Art Gallery II: Museum Studies.
Art History 52, Art Gallery III: Practicum, 1 unit
Request to remove from catalog.
Jane reported that UC does not see repeatability as a factor in evaluating courses for
transfer.
MSC (Matthews, Cirera-Perez) to approve the Art History presentation.
V.
GENERAL STUDIES
Doris Hanhan presented.
General Studies 11, Exploring Education, 3 units
Revised to include Math and Science Education in the course content.
Needed:
 Spell out “laboratory.”
 Make Typical Assignments more specific.
 Add “Final examination” to Methods of Evaluating Student Progress.
 Identify newer texts or provide a rationale for text older than 5 years.
MSC (Matthews/Victoria) to accept the General Studies presentation with changes
as noted.
VI.
MASS COMMUNICATIONS
The discipline has asked that prerequisites be reinstated or added to the following
courses:
Mass Communications 61, Television Studio Techniques II, 3 units
Mass Communications 68, KCTH Television Experience, 3 units
Mass Communications 69, Advanced KCTH Television Experience, 3 units
Curriculum Committee
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MSC (Matthews/Langdon) to accept the changes to the above courses.
VII.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
AA/AS Degree Computer Science (General)
Replacing Mathematics 32 with Mathematics 15.
MSC (Matthews/Langdon) to accept changes to the Computer Science (General)
degree.
VIII.
Good of the Order (Continued)
Patricia thanked everyone for sticking with her to the end. She will be returning in
Spring as the School of the Arts representative. The committee thanked her and
complimented her for the job she did as president.
IX.
X.
Next Meeting: Spring semester, Wayne Pitcher chairing.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:10 p.m.
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