REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Minutes of the Meeting of the Curriculum Committee Eureka, AD 201 (Board Room); Mendocino Coast, Room 201; Del Norte, Room D5 October 14, 2011 Members Present: Peter Blakemore, Mike Cox, Michelle Haggerty, Allen Keppner, Erik Kramer, Ken Letko, Mike Peterson, George Potamianos, Gary Sokolow, Janice Tatum. Members Absent: Utpal Goswami, Toby Green. 1. Call to Order: Curriculum Committee Chair, Peter Blakemore, called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m. 2. Introductions and Public Comment: There were no comments at this time 3. Approval of the Minutes: Gary Sokolow moved to approve the minutes of the Sept. 9, 2011 meeting, seconded by Jan Tatum. Minutes are approved pending correction to 4.8: AG‐30 was not approved to be a CR General Education course. 4. Action Items 4.1 Curriculum Committee Vision Statement Jan Tatum [M], Erik Kramer [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
4.2 ENGL‐350 Reading and Writing Skills – Judie Hinman Erik Kramer [M], Jan Tatum [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
With the following revisions: 1. Page 1 of 7 ‐ #6 Summary of Change Table: Add that the grading standard has changed from “Grade only” to “Grade‐ Pass/No Pass”. 2. Page 2 of 7 – TOPS: Correct to 1501.00. 3. Page 2 of 7 – CIP: Correct to 23.0101. Erik Kramer [M], George Potamianos [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
4.3 NURS‐21 Nursing Science and Practice I – Janice Tatum Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
Michelle Haggerty [M], George Potamianos [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
With the following revisions: 1. Page 1 of 8 ‐ #6: Insert old and new versions of catalog description into summary table of changes. 2. Page 2 of 8 ‐ #9 First Term: add “Fall 2012”. 3. Page 6 of 8 – Course Types #5 Work Experience: Change to “NWE Not Work Experience”. 4. Page 7 of 8 – Currently approved CRGE: mark “Not currently approved”. Jan Tatum [M], Michelle Haggerty [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the corequisite was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
4.4 NURS‐22 Nursing Science and Practice II – Kady Dunleavy George Potamianos [M], Michelle Haggerty [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green Y Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
With the following revisions: 1. Page 2 of 8 ‐ #9 First Term: add “Spring 2012”. 2. Page 6 of 8 – Course Types #5 Work Experience: Change to “NWE Not Work Experience”. Jan Tatum [M], Erik Kramer [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite and corequisite were passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
4.5 NURS‐23 Nursing Science and Practice III – Jan Tatum George Potamianos [M], Michelle Haggerty [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
With the following revisions: 1. Page 1 of 8 ‐ #6: Insert old and new versions of catalog description into summary table of changes. 2. Page 2 of 8 ‐ #9 First Term: add “Fall 2012”. 3. Page 5 of 8 ‐ Course Types #2: Correct certificate code to “NURS.CA.UPGRADE”. 4. Page 6 of 8 – Course Types #5 Work Experience: Change to “NWE Not Work Experience”. Jan Tatum [M], Mike Cox [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
4.6 NURS‐24 Nursing Science and Practice IV – Jan Tatum George Potamianos [M], Michelle Haggerty [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Page 2 of 3 Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
With the following revisions: 1. Page 2 of 7 ‐ #9 First Term: add “Spring 2012”. 2. Page 5 of 7 – Course Types #2: Correct certificate code to “NURS.CA.UPGRADE”. 3. Page 6 of 8 – Course Types #5 Work Experience: Change to “NWE Not Work Experience”. George Potamianos [M], Jan Tatum [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve the prerequisite was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
4.7 AG‐30 Agriculture Economics– Franz Rulofson Jan Tatum [M], Gary Sokolow [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty Y Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos Y
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
Discussion: 1. Page 2 of 7 – Minimum Qualifications: Economics has been added as a discipline. Gary Sokolow [M], Jan Tatum [2nd]. Following discussion, the motion to approve this course as General Education was passed by the following roll call vote: Cox Y Green ‐ Haggerty N Keppner
Y
Kramer
Y
Letko
Y
Peterson
Y
Potamianos AB
Sokolow Y Tatum
Y
1. Agriculture Economics is a macroeconomics course but as it relates to agriculture. 2. This course is being resubmitted for GE consideration. Franz Rulofson researched other schools with agriculture programs and this course is classified as general education at those institutions. 5. Announcements and Open Forum 5.1 The Accreditation Team has requested to meet with a few members of the Curriculum Committee. Peter Blakemore will email the committee members with the exact time of the meeting. 5.2 Kathy Goodlive reported that the auditors are requesting a lot of detail for TBA/positive attendance courses, they have requested syllabi, independent study contracts, instructional material fees forms, etc. Kathy urged the committee to move away from positive attendance courses unless instructors can carefully document every hour of student attendance. 6. Adjournment: On motion by Gary Sokolow, seconded by George Potamianos, the meeting was adjourned at 2:32p.m. Next Meeting: Oct. 28, 2011 Page 3 of 3