CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee Minutes
April 1, 2008
Members Present:
Jaswinder Bhangal, Begoña Cirera, Michael Langdon, Jim Matthews, Hilal
Ozdemir, Patricia Shannon
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Jane Church, Kaaren Krueg, Ron Taylor
Guests:
None
Due to lack of a quorum, Jim Matthews volunteered to share his ideas about Spring
curriculum presentations. The group brainstormed the following calendar showing
timelines for Fall 2007 presentations.
Submission Date
Fall 2007
Fall 2007
December 2007
June 2008
December 2008
List
AA/AS
CSU Transfer
CSU/GE
UC
IGETC
Hear back
Fall 2007
Fall 2007
April 2008
September 2008
April 2009
Implementation
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
2008-10 Catalog?
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Discussion included:
• Spring approvals for the CSU Transfer can be uploaded to ASSIST in time for
fall implementation.
• Using our current system of presentation/implementation, Spring submissions
cannot be offered until 18 months after Committee approval.
• It was suggested that Addenda might be published by semester, rather than by
year.
Catalog/Addendum
Publication date
2008-10 Catalog
May 2008
•
•
•
Sp. 09 Addendum
October 2008
Fall 09 Addendum
April 2009
Sp. 10 Addendum
October 2009
It was noted that many colleges do not publish their Catalogs until September.
The premise that courses must be in the Catalog before they can be published in
the Schedule of Classes was discussed. Ron stated that the actual regulation
requires that a course be advertised in printed form and online 30 day in advance
of being offered.
The value/feasibility of an online vs. paper catalog was discussed.
Discussion on Curriculum presentation included scheduling presentations to meet
submission dates rather than by division. Patricia Shannon stated that the online systems
being reviewed are not division based. Ron added that Chabot’s process is more division
based than others he has seen.
I.
Call to Order
A quorum being achieved, the meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. by committee
chair Patricia Shannon.
Jane Church asked whether the Committee could act on the Liberal Arts Certificates of
Achievement in time for inclusion in the catalog. Ron Taylor stated that this is not
possible because the Certificates have not been Board approved. Since the deadline for
the catalog has passed, the item will be included in the agenda for a future meeting.
Curriculum Committee
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II.
Approval of Minutes of March 18, 2008
Patricia asked that notes from subcommittee meetings be forwarded to Kaaren Krueg. Jas
Bhangal added her name to Subcommittee B, Lifelong Learning. Ron corrected the
District Curriculum Council item on page 2: “Ron Taylor suggested asking Diane Zuliani
to take the subject to Chancellor’s Council.”
MSC (Langdon/Bhangal) to approve the minutes of March 18, 2008, as corrected.
III.
Governance Review
Jim noted that the Articulation Officer is not an official member of the committee, and
does not have a vote. During discussion on how many representatives each division
sends to the committee, Jim stated that the Senate grants a division one representative for
every 20 full-time faculty members.
There was further discussion on committee makeup as printed in the Governance
document. It was noted that the Faculty Association and the President have not identified
members and that the Articulation Technician rarely attends.
MSC (Matthews/Ozdemir) that the chair request that positions listed on the Governance
document be filled and directed to attend the meetings.
Moved and seconded (Matthews/Langdon) that the Articulation Technician be
removed from the document and replaced with the Articulation Officer as a voting
member. Jim also voiced the opinion that the three administrative reps should be voting
members.
At 4:00 the chair tabled the motion to the next meeting.
IV.
V.
Next Meeting: April 15, 2008, Room 1506
The meeting was adjourned 4:05 p.m.
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