REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the Meeting of the Curriculum Committee
Eureka: 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, SSA 202 (New Board Room);
Del Norte: 883 W. Washington Boulevard, Office E7
May 8, 2015
Members Present:
Marla Gleave (Ex-Officio), Michelle Haggerty, Sean Herrera-Thomas, Erik Kramer, George
Potamianos, Harry Pyke, Ruth Rhodes, Franz Rulofson, Gary Sokolow.
Members Absent:
1.
Call to Order: Curriculum Committee Chair, George Potamianos, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.
2.
Introductions and Public Comment: There were no public comments at this time.
3.
Approval of the Minutes: Franz Rulofson moved to approve the minutes of the April 24, 2014 meeting, seconded by
Gary Sokolow. There being no objections, the minutes were approved as written.
4.
Action Items
4.1 New Distance Education Proposal Form – Mark Winter
nd
Gary Sokolow [M], Franz Rulofson [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
4.2
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
-
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
ENVSC-11 Environmental Ethics – Peter Blakemore
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Select [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll
call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
nd
Michelle Haggerty [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as
General Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. Erik Kramer asked what percentage of this course covers multicultural concepts. Peter Blakemore said that
this course is about culture and you can’t teach environmental ethics without teaching a variety of cultures.
This course is all about culture, economics, and identity.
2. Erik Kramer asked how what percentage of the course covers scientific concepts. Peter Blakemore said this
course is not a science course and never has been. It is a humanities course.
3. Michelle Haggerty asked how this course will articulate with other institutions to meet outside GE patterns.
Franz Rulofson said that when Area E first started it was required that the course would have to fulfill HSU’s
diversity requirement so that students would not have to take additional units to meet the transfer
institution’s requirements.
4. Peter Blakemore said part of the reason to put this course is proposed for Area E is that this course
promotes an understanding of diversity and culture. It gives students more exposure to diversity than other
course. This course is primarily about how cultures understand environment and how they create their
value systems based on that.
5. Sean Herrera-Thomas did look at the general educations of other California community colleges and every
school is doing something slightly different. There is no coherent model across northern California so it
really is up to us what we decided to approve for Area E. He asked what do we want our student to learn.
He does think this course is beneficial because it helps people understand the world through diverse lenses.
The challenge is up to us to get it figured out.
4.3
Distance Education: MATH-45 Linear Algebra – Mike Butler
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
4.4
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Distance Education: MATH-50C Multivariable Calculus – Mike Butler
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
4.6
Kramer
Y
Distance Education: MATH-50B Integral Calculus – Mike Butler
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
4.5
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Distance Education: MATH-55 Differential Equations – Mike Butler
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
-
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. Marla Gleave said that once the actual set up is completed the delivery of the course will be improved.
4.7
Distance Education: EDUC-220 Career and College Foundations – Elizabeth Carlyle
nd
Erik Kramer [M], Franz Rulofson [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following
roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. Marla Gleave asked if the all the faculty for noncredit is on board with going through the online teaching
certification. She asked Elizabeth Carlyle to make sure Julia Peterson is aware.
4.8
AG-21 Plant Propagation/Production – Franz Rulofson
nd
Erik Kramer [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following
roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. Franz Rulofson said the courses are coming back through to add other disciplines that can teach these
courses.
4.9
AG-30 Intro to Agriculture Business – Franz Rulofson
nd
Sean Herrera-Thomas [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.10 AG-35 Agriculture Sales and Communications – Franz Rulofson
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nd
Erik Kramer [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.11 AG-44C Agriculture Leadership III – Franz Rulofson
nd
Gary Sokolow [M], Franz Rulofson [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed
by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.12 AG-44D Agriculture Leadership IV – Franz Rulofson
nd
Michelle Haggerty [M], Franz Rulofson [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was
passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.13 AG-51 Tractor Operation – Franz Rulofson
nd
Gary Sokolow [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
4.14
4.15
4.16
4.17
4.18
4.19
4.20
4.21
4.22
4.23
4.24
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Inactivation: CT-2 Material Science: Wood – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-3 Material Science: Masonry/Plaster – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-4 Material Science: Surface Finishes Materials – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-7 Material Science: Glass – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-8 Material Science: Casting and Mold Making – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-10 Intro to Building Preservation and Sustainability – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-11 Architectural History – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-12 Research and Documentation – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-13 Building Conditions and Analysis – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-14 Advanced Carpentry Field Techniques – Marla Gleave
Inactivation: CT-17 Advanced Material Sciences – Marla Gleave
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. These courses were a part of the Historic Preservation and Restoration Technology program, which was
discontinued through the AP4021 process. This was the last year we were obligated to offer these courses
for students that were close to finishing the program.
4.25 FNR-10 Timber Harvesting and Forest Operations – Tim Baker
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nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. This course is designed to be a capstone course to the program.
2. Students will need to complete all the courses listed as prerequisites prior to taking this course.
3. Fran Rulofson asked if there were any example textbooks that could be listed. Tim Baker said that students
download the Timber Harvest Rules, which is updated every year, from CalFire. There is no clear text on
timber harvesting. Most texts written on the subject are upper division engineering courses.
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite
was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.26 FNR-60 Forest Health and Protection – Tim Baker
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
With the following revisions:
1. Page 2 of 8 – Grading Standard: change to “Letter Grade only”.
Discussion
1. Franz Rulofson asked what will be done during labs. Tim Baker said this will be used to do field trips. The lab
component is being added back in so this course will articulate with HSU. This is a lower division
requirement major requirement for the forestry degree at HSU.
2. Rianne Connor said there is no way to notify a student that if the course is taken as pass/no pass it will
transfer as a “C” grade.
4.27 FNR-87 Wildlife Biology and Conservation – Tim Baker
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
With the following revisions:
1. Page 2 of 8 – Grading Standard: change to “Letter Grade only”.
4.28 DRAMA-30B Acting II – Leira Satlof
nd
Michelle Haggerty [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
Discussion:
1. This course was sent back by the C-ID to have DRAMA-30A listed as a prerequisite and not a recommended
prep.
2. There are not more current textbooks for this course. Juana Tabares said her only concern is that by the
time the outline is reviewed the last book might be out of compliance.
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was
passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.29 Distance Education: GUID-220 Success Strategies for College – Elizabeth Carlyle
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nd
Gary Sokolow [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following
roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
4.30 ENGL-1A Analytical Reading and Writing – Peter Blakemore
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following
roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
With the following revisions:
1. C-ID sent this course back to include a minimum word count of 6,000.
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed
by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as General
Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
4.31 ENGL-9 World Literature: Early Modern to 20th Century – Ruth Rhodes
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Harry Pyke [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed
by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as General
Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
With the following revisions:
1. Michelle Haggerty asked if this is normally a lower division course. Ruth Rhodes said it is a lower division
course because it is so broad. There are 80 colleges that offer it as a lower division course. This is not a
lower division course at HSU.
2. Sean Herrera-Thomas said that students that transfer to HSU as juniors with the ADT have to take have to
take some of HSU lower division courses as juniors. The English department is trying to open up
communication with HSU to fix this issue.
4.32 ENGL-10 World Literature: Antiquity to the Early Modern Era – Ruth Rhodes
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Erik Kramer [M], Franz Rulofson [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed
by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
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nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as
General Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
4.33 ENGL-17 American Literature: Beginnings to the Civil War – Peter Blakemore
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was
passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as
General Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
With the following revisions:
1. Sean Herrera-Thomas said that one way to frame the current revision to this course is to recognize the fact
that CR has fewer course offerings in literature. Large community colleges are able to offer specialized
literature courses. He said that when you look at American literature what we are seeing is that this is no
longer dressing up a traditional course with untraditional voices. Now there are multiple voices and
examining culture. This course is to reflect the best intentions of a multicultural education.
2. Erik Kramer said that we need to be careful as an all Caucasian committee how diversity is approached. The
committee needs to be cognizant that there could be criticism.
3. Sean Herrera-Thomas said the way this outline is written, any faculty teaching this course would have to
teach from a multicultural perspective.
4.34 ENGL-18 American Literature: Civil War to the Present – Peter Blakemore
nd
Erik Kramer [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite
was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as
General Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
4.35 ENGL-60 Intro to British Literature: Beginnings to the 18th Century - Sean Herrera-Thomas & Susan Nordlof
nd
Michelle Haggerty [M], Gary Sokolow [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was
passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
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nd
Sean Herrera-Thomas [M], Michelle Haggerty [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as
General Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
4.36 ENGL-61 Intro to British Literature: Romanticism to the Present - Sean Herrera-Thomas & Susan Nordlof
nd
Erik Kramer [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Franz Rulofson [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite
was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
nd
Sean Herrera-Thomas [M], Erik Kramer [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as
General Education was passed by the following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
-
4.37 HO-250 Medical Scribe – Elizabeth Carlyle
nd
Erik Kramer [M], Sean Herrera-Thomas [2 ]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the
following roll call vote:
Haggerty
Y
Herrera-Thomas
Y
Kramer
Y
Pyke
Y
Rhodes
Y
Rulofson
Y
Sokolow
Y
With the following revisions:
1. Erik Kramer said that he likes how the objectives are broad and the objectives are specific and detailed.
2. Elizabeth Carlyle said the objectives are from an external certification program. This course will prepare
students to take the test.
3. Elizabeth Carlyle said there are many students that are on the waiting list for the nursing program and this
course would give students something to do for work while they wait to be admitted into the program.
4. The recommended prep of HO-151 would help a student that has no medical background be successful in
this course.
5. The nursing department asked this course be developed as a noncredit course.
6. This course would prepare a student to be a medical scribe locally. This course is a more in-depth training.
CR will be the first community college to offer medical scribe as a class.
5.
Announcements and Open Forum
George Potamianos thanked the committee members for all their work. He announced that Michelle Haggerty will be
the chair the committee for the fall 2015 semester.
6.
Adjournment: On motion by Michelle Haggerty, seconded by Franz Rulofson, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30p.m.
Next Meeting: TBA
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