CORRECTED
MINUTES
VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING
September 13, 2012
2:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at 2:33 p.m. by Debra Blanchard,
Chairperson.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Debra Blanchard, Chairperson, Carol Delong, Patty Golder, Lisa
Harvey, Leslie Huiner, Pam James, Scott Jones, Alice Ramming
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Lee Bennett
GUESTS:
Eileen Alsina, MaryLynn Doan, Laird Eklund, Lynne Glickstein,
Linda Kelley, Claude Oliver, Joe Pendleton, Jeff Redona,
Moinuddin Syed, Karen Tomlin, Steve Toner, Jackie Trost, Pat
Wagner, Ruby Wikstrom, Peter Allan, Lori Kildal, Greta Moon,
Pat Luther, Tim Johnston
AGENDA ADDITIONS:
Announcement of Closed Session following agenda item 3.2.
limited to 30 minutes. Mike McCracken requested a general
discussion regarding DVST, GUID and ACOM courses for
approval at next Curriculum Committee meeting.
MINUTES:
The minutes of May 31, 2012 were approved as presented. (Mike
McCracken and Carol Delong abstained.)
ADMINISTRATION
OF JUSTICE:
It was MSC (Huiner/James) to approve the course deactivation for
AJ 133 Writing for Criminal Justice.
AUTOMOTIVE:
It was MSC (Huiner/Golder) to bundle agenda items 2.2-2.3. It
was MSC (Delong/Harvey) to approve AUTO 85.5 Engine and
Emission Control Training and AUTO 85.6 Emission Control
Training as new courses.
BIOLOGY:
It was MSC (Harvey/James) to bundle agenda items 2.4-2.6. It was
MSC (McCracken/Golder) to approve the course deactivation for
BIOL 126 Natural History of the Mojave Desert, BIOL 127
Identification and Study of Birds and BIOL 128 Identification and
Study of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Mojave Desert.
COMPUTER
INFORMATION SYS:
It was MSC (Ramming/Jones) to approve the course deactivation
for CIS 252 Netware 6 Advanced Administration.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES:
It was MSC (Ramming/Harvey) to approve Distance Education as
a method of instruction for EMS 61 EMT Refresher.
GEOGRAPHY:
It was MSC (Delong/Huiner) to approve the course update for
GEOG 101 Introduction to Physical Geography.
KINESIOLOGY:
It was MSC (Jones/Delong) to approve as corrected the course
update for KIND 152 Dance Choreography I (formerly PEDA
152).
POLITICAL SCIENCE:
It was MSC (Delong/Golder) to approve POLS 221 Model United
Nations as a new course replacing POLS 90A-D.
PSYCHOLOGY:
It was MSC (Golder/Huiner) to approve the course update for
PSYC 108 Identifying/Helping Survivors of Dysfunctional
Families, changing the title to Family Dynamics of Addiction
and Abuse, and adding Distance Education as a method of
instruction.
It was MSC (McCracken/James) to approve the course update for
PSYC 111 Introduction to Child Psychology, adding Distance
Education as a method of instruction, and adding ENGL 101.0 as
recommended preparation.
It was MSC (Delong/Huiner) to approve the course update for
PSYC 133 Introduction to Drug/Alcohol Studies, changing the title
to Introduction to Substance Abuse Studies, and adding
Distance Education as a method of instruction.
It was MSC (Golder/Harvey) to approve PSYC 215 Statistics for
the Behavioral Sciences as a new course.
THEATRE ARTS:
It was MSC (Huiner/James) to approve the course update for TA
113 Stage Makeup, changing the units from 3.0 to 2.0, lab hours
from 96-108 to 48-54, grading from Graded to Grade Option, and
repeatability from 2X to 0X.
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OTHER:
Discussion regarding a fast track approval process for SLO’s in
CurricUNET.
Presentation by Joe Pendleton regarding Basic Skills 6, 7, 8, 9.
Presentation by Steve Toner regarding Math 6
ADJOURNMENT:
The regular meeting was adjourned at 3:59 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION:
4:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra Blanchard
Chairperson
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