CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee Minutes
January 31, 2006
Members Present:
Desmond Chun, Rudolph Cockerham, Clara McLean, Jan Novak, Lupe Ortiz,
Norberto Ruiz, Patricia Shannon
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Jane Church, Edna Danaher, Kaaren Krueg, Ron Taylor
Guests:
None
I.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:10 p.m. by committee chair Norberto Ruiz.
II.
Minutes of January 24, 2006
Norberto Ruiz corrected information on the District Curriculum Council. The draft he
read from at the meeting was the November 7, 2005, draft. There is another that is more
recent.
MSC (Ortiz/Novak) that the minutes of January 24, 2006, be approved as corrected.
III.
Quest Program and Noncredit Courses
Lupe Ortiz reported that because the Quest Program covers so many divisions, he has not
been able to coordinate with all the instructors involved in converting the course outlines
from noncredit to credit, or to rewrite the outlines for courses that will remain noncredit.
They will offer next year’s courses as experimental, and will present revisions during the
next curriculum cycle.
IV.
Engineering Technology—Manufacturing, AS Degree
It was recommended that this program go through Program Review before changes are
made. It will remain in the new catalog as is, including the discontinued Engineering 20
and 21 courses. If necessary, students may apply for course substitution to complete the
degree.
V.
Residency Requirement (Jane Church)
Jane reported that the District Curriculum Council has discovered that residency
requirements are different at the two colleges. She led a discussion on how we might
change our residency statement to allow students to attend either college and still be
eligible for a degree. Discussion points included:
• Title V requires 12 units in residency at the school awarding the degree, but does
not specify that the units be part of a major.
• Ron suggested adding “degree-applicable” to the 12 units.
• Adding a method of “testing out” for students who need an exception to the 12unit requirement for occupational majors.
MSC (Shannon/Novak) that we convey to the District Curriculum Council that Chabot
College supports a residency requirement that meets the requirements of the State while
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accommodating flexibility for our students and providing an appeal process for students
who do not meet the requirement.
VI.
Deletion of Courses Not Offered During Past 5 Years (Ron Taylor)
Discussion on possible consequences to deleting courses from our catalog:
• Courses are removed from the printed catalog, but remain in Banner marked as
“inactive.”
• Courses that are shared with LPC cannot be marked inactive if they are active
there.
• Courses that do not appear in the catalog lose their articulation. Jane will review
the list and communicate problems to Ron.
Jan Novak asked where the requirement that courses be reviewed every 5 years comes
from. Ron replied that is in Matriculation regulations (Title 5) and that the accrediting
process requires regular review and updating.
VII.
District Curriculum Council
Norberto reported that the Council met on Friday, January 27. The Chancellor attended
the meeting, and voting membership was discussed. LPC was not in favor of allowing
the Vice Presidents to vote.
VIII.
Good of the Order
Catalog Revisions:
AA Degree – English (Emphasis in Literature)
The State has not approved this degree. When we submitted it, we sent
information on only one transfer institution; the approval process requires three.
Jane remembers doing research statewide for the submission. Ron stated that we
will be deleting the degree from the catalog because we have to enforce our own
rule of not listing “pending” programs. If the program is resubmitted and
approved, we will add it back in at the next opportunity.
AA Degree – Chicano/Latino Studies
Has not been submitted for State approval. It will be removed from the catalog.
Certificate of Achievement – Business Graphics
Has not been submitted for State approval. It will be removed from the catalog.
AS Degree - Engineering
Has not been State approved. The latest version of the program, approved by the
Curriculum Committee last year, will be included in the catalog as “Transfer
Preparation.”
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Learning Outcomes
Norberto asked whether anyone is doing work on this. Clara McLean replied that her
discipline feels that release time is needed for this work, possibly grant funded. Ron
added that what we need in our outlines is some indication that the outcomes are
being assessed. Jane suggested developing a sample outline that includes this
information.
Counseling Division Representative to the Committee
Jane noted that Bill McDonald is on pre-retirement workload reduction. In the event
that the counseling division cannot find another representative, she asked whether the
committee would allow her to represent both Articulation and Counseling, and thus
grant her a vote. Patricia Shannon stated that she would like to see two voices
representing counseling on the committee.
IX.
X.
kk 2/9/06
Next meeting: February 21, 2006.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m.
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