CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee Minutes
April 29, 2008
Members Present:
Jaswinder Bhangal, Michael Langdon, Jim Matthews, Hilal Ozdemir, Wayne
Pitcher, Patricia Shannon
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Norma Ambriz, Jane Church, Kaaren Krueg, Ron Taylor
Guests:
Frederick Hodgson, Ginger Ripplinger, Connie Silva
I.
II.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by committee chair Patricia Shannon.
Patricia reported that several items (Tutoring proposals, Recreation Courses,
Apprenticeship, and ECD) will be deferred to next week.
Approval of Minutes of April 15, 2008
Because the minutes were not distributed with the agenda, they will be deferred to the
next meeting.
III.
Social Sciences Presentation
Norma Ambriz presented. She reported that this packet is clean-up to keep us in
compliance with various regulations. When we converted Quest courses from non-credit
to credit/no credit (now pass/no pass), we used experimental numbers. The repeatability
allowance for those courses has been exhausted, and we need new course numbers if we
are to be able to continue offering the courses. She stated that Chabot and LPC are
considering this problem, and may consider rewriting and submitting the Quest courses
as non-credit. She added that the Quest program has undergone a partial program review.
At present the program does not have a faculty coordinator.
Norma summarized the reason for changing the Quest courses from non-credit to credit
as being financial. We receive more apportionment for a credit course than we do for a
non-credit one.
Norma reported that the Physical Education courses are being pulled from the packet at
this time to give full-time faculty an opportunity to review them. They will be brought
back in the fall. Please review the others for approval at the next meeting.
Ginger Ripplinger and Connie Silva described how the Quest program operates and how
the student population bonds.
Patricia Shannon noted that the committee does not have a problem with the Quest
program offerings; we will deal with the renumbering to solve the repeatability problem.
Norma added that West Valley College is leading a statewide discussion on repeatability
of non credit courses.
Corrections needed:
• Change all instances of “credit/no credit” to “pass/no pass.”
• Have the General Studies rationales signed by faculty from 3 different
disciplines.
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MSC (Matthews/Ozdemir) to table the packet to next meeting to give members
time to review the materials. (If you did not get a packet, let Norma or Ginger
know.)
IV.
World Languages Presentation
Frederick Hodgson asked the committee to review changes to course outlines made in
support of adding a one-hour lab to the language classes. The outlines have been revised
to add lab content and lab assignments. These changes are being made in anticipation of a
larger language lab in the remodeled Building 100. The changes will be presented to the
committee for vote in the fall, with an implementation date of Fall 2009. Frederick added
that although the new language lab won’t be ready that soon, there are other ways that
instructors can work the lab hours into their courses.
Jane suggested submitting Japanese 1A&B and Italian 1A for the CSU GE Breadth list.
She outlined the new articulation process that will be in place in the fall. She also
suggested that because we share these courses with LPC, we might want to find new
rubrics for them. There will be further discussion of separating the curriculum of the two
colleges at Friday’s District Curriculum Council.
Patricia complemented World Languages on the revisions that have been made. She
commented that this is exactly what the committee wanted to see, and that the work was
well done.
V.
Presentation Calendar
There was further discussion on the presentation calendar, how dates are chosen, the fact
that large divisions have issues with dates, and that to be fair, everyone should have an
opportunity to go “first” or “last.” A revised calendar is attached.
VI.
Good of the Order
Hilal will not be able to attend the next meeting. Patricia asked her to send a substitute so
that we will have her area represented and will have a voting member present.
Patricia will send a memo to faculty regarding changes to the committees processes,
which will be included in a new Curriculum Handbook in the fall. She asked whether the
committee is unanimous and passionate about the change in voting status of the Faculty
Articulation Officer, Student Records Evaluator, and Vice President of Academic
Services. She is willing to advocate for the committee’s recommendation as being a
means of making the curriculum process truly collegial. Consensus is that the change
should be a “package deal,” and not be parsed out.
Jim Matthews expressed his concern that Ginger (a classified employee) will be required
to defend changes to the Quest program due to the absence of a faculty coordinator.
Next Meeting: May 6, 2008, Room 1506
VII.
The meeting was adjourned 4:00 p.m.
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