College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1.
Division: Humanities and Communications
2.
Course ID and Number: ENGL 152
3.
Course Title: English Lab Practicum
4.
Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web
address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf]
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply): English
5.
Check one of the following:
New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated?
Title of course to be inactivated:
6.
No
Yes
Inactivation date:
Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No
Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course
Restricted elective
7.
Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion:
The last update of ENGL 152 took place in 1990 (with a1983 text listed). Not only is
the course outline overdue for revision, but also the course must be redesigned to
conform to an outcomes-based model.
8. List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
On the Eureka main campus, students who wish to print from Writing Center
computers must purchase a print card (or have money credited to their student IDs)
to use the 10-cent-per-page Go-Print System.
9. Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No
Fee: $
Submitted by:
Yes
Susan Nordlof, Larry Frazier, Leslie Leach Tel. Ext. 4336 Date: 9-10-07
Division Chair: Michael Thomas
Review Date: 10/5/07
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 11/6/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
Yes
Date: 10/12/07
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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM CHANGES
FOR AN EXISTING COURSE
FEATURES
Catalog Description
(Please include complete
text of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Grading Standard
OLD
NEW
The English Lab provides
individual, personal instruction
for students with specific
writing problems. Instructors
teach basic skills,
organizational patterns, and
individual refinements of
writing styles. Variable .5-1.52.0 units, 1.5-6 hours per week.
Individualized instruction to help
students identify and address
needed English skills, such as
critical reading, standard written
English conventions, and all
stages of the writing process.
Tutorial support and other
resources for reading and writing
are provided.
Select
Select
Co-enrolled in a writing class,
such as English 150 or English
1A, or in a college class that
requires the writing of essays
or essay examinations.
None
100
250
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
Catalog Advisory, Student
Learning Outcomes, Course
Content, Assessment
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and
proposed changes.
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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
DATE: 9-10-07
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: ENGL 152
COURSE TITLE: English LabPracticum
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Fall 2008
TOTAL UNITS: .5-2.0 [Lecture Units:
TOTAL HOURS: 27-108 [Lecture Hours:
Lab Units: .5-2.0]
Lab Hours: 27-108]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 250
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
CR/NC Only
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units: No
Grade-CR/NC Option
Yes
If yes, how many total enrollments? 4
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the
course is designed to fulfill.
Individualized instruction to help students identify and address needed English skills,
such as critical reading, standard written English conventions, and all stages of the
writing process. Tutorial support and other resources for reading and writing are
provided.
Special notes or advisories:
To earn credit for ENGL 152, students should be co-enrolled in at least one course which
requires writing and/or critical reading, so these assignment may provide a focus for
tutorial instruction.
PREREQUISITES
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITES
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
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Course(s):
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RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of
specific, measurable student accomplishments.
1. Apply feedback from conferences with instructors and peers in order to develop
strategies to strengthen reading and writing skills.
2. Practice writing as a collaborative effort, supported by the Writing Center.
3. Undertake academic writing as a multi-stage process which includes generating ideas,
structuring arguments, organizing information, developing concrete support, revising, and
editing.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes: What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Writing process.
2. Revision and editing.
3. Collaborative, supportive writing through writing conferences.
4. Conventions of academic writing.
5. Critical reading of academic texts.
Concepts: What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Writing as a recursive process.
2. Reading and writing for specific academic purposes.
3. Distinguish between writer- and read-based prose.
Issues: What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including
such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
1. Academic reading and writing as complex, multi-stage processes instead of quick, onestep activities.
2. The essential role of feedback in writing.
Skills: What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Follow a sequence of steps in the writing process, including interpreting instructors'
assignments, generating ideas, organizing structure and argument, drafting, revising, and
editing.
2. Prepare for and actively participate in writing conferences.
3. Develop a more critical awareness of their own writing.
4. Exercise critical reading strategies (such as prereading, annotating, and rereading).
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending
a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1. Participating in tutorials with instructor and peers.
2. Planning, writing, revising, and editing academic writing assignments in a supportive
environment with access to individualized instruction.
3. Practicing academic reading in a supportive environment with access to individualized
instruction.
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ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any)
are required for all sections.
Representative assessment tasks:
1. Questionnaire completed by instructor of co-enrolled course assessing student's
performance in reading and writing assignments.
2. Calibrated Peer Review (a free online program, based at UCLA, for assessing short
passages of student writing).
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to:
1. Verification of Writing Center tutorial(s)--a minimum of one conference per 1/2 unit of
credit.
2. Self-assessment(s) of reading/writing skills and progress.
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author Diana
Hacker
Author Joseph
Title
Gibaldi
The Bedford Handbook
Title
The MLA Handbook
Date
Date
2006
2003
Author American
Psychological Association Title Concise Rules of the American
Psychological Association (APA) Style Date 2005
Author University
of Chicago Press Staff
Title
The Chicago Manual of Style
Date
2007
Other Appropriate Readings:
Textbooks and assigned reading from across the college curriculum
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PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY:
CSU
UC
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific
course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give
course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower
division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent
institution.
None
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1.
,
(Campus)
2.
,
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR
CSU
IGETC
CR GE Category:
CSU GE Category:
IGETC Category:
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign
Language
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
E. Lifelong Understanding and SelfDevelopment
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
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Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category:
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FOR VPAA USE ONLY
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER ENGL-152
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Department: COMM Communications
16. CoRequisite Course: None
2. Subject: English
17. Recommended Prep: None
Course No: 152
3. Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
18. Maximum Class Size: 250
4. Min/Maximum Units: 0.5 to 2.0
19. Repeat/Retake: R3 May enroll 4 times for credit
variable units
5. Course Level: E Not Occupational
20. Count Retakes for Credit:
yes
no
6. Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
21. Only Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
7. Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
22. Allow Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
8. Short Title: English Lab Practicum
23. VATEA Funded Course:
yes
no
9. Long Title: English Lab Practicum
24. Accounting Method:
PAE Open Entry, Open Exit
10. National ID
(CIP):
23.0101
25. Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
11. Local ID
(TOPS):
150100
26. Billing Method: T-Term
12. Course Types:
 Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills

Level Two Work Experience:
27. Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
28. Billing Credits: 0.5-2.0
NWE Not Coop Work Experience
29. Purpose: A Liberal Arts Sciences

Level Three:
Placeholder for GE OR
30. Articulation No.
(CAN):
DOES NOT APPLY
31. Articulation Seq.

(CAN):
Level Four: If GE : Choose One:
32. Transfer Status: C Not transferable
13. Instructional Method:
Lab Laboratory/Studio/Activity
14. Lec TLUs:
Contact Hours:
Lab TLUs: 1.5-4.0 Contact Hours: 27-108
Lecture/Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
33. Equates to another course?
(course number).
34. The addition of this course will inactive
number). Inactive at end of
term.
15. Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
.
Curriculum Approval Date: 10/12/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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