PERALTA
PERALTA COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
COLLEGE
DISTRICT
DISTRICT
Curriculum & Instruction
Recommendations
October 2012
Educational Services
Office of the Vice Chancellor
Presented and Approved at Board Meeting of October 23, 2012
Berkeley City College
College of Alameda
Laney
Merritt
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
October 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Berkeley City College ........................................................................................................... 1
College of Alameda.............................................................................................................. 5
Merritt College ...................................................................................................................... 5
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
Curriculum Item:
EFF.
BCC Course Change
MATH 18, Real Number Systems
JUSTIFICATION:
S 13
Changing course description.
Old
Development and analysis of the structure and
operations of the real number system: Number
systems, set theory, logic, mathematical reasoning,
and an introduction to probability and statistics.
Survey course intended primarily for education
majors planning to teach in the primary grades.
New
Structure, properties and operations of the real
number system: Introduction to set theory, logic and
deductive reasoning; Introduction to probability,
statistics and inductive reasoning; Review of
geometry in two and three dimensions (British and
metric measure, perimeter, area, volume,
characteristics of basic plane and solid figures).
Survey course intended primarily for education
majors planning to teach in the primary grades.
1701.00
BCC Course Change
HIST 3C, Modern World History since 1750
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR)
F 13
This course is required for the AA-T in History.
History 3C is designed to provide students with an
understanding of a diverse array of societies, to
provide a comprehensive structure for our
understanding of past and present events, and to
perhaps challenge our own views regarding our
place in the world. HIST 3B and 3C are the core
survey classes in the History Department. These
courses can be integrated well with a Cultural
Anthropology and an Economics course, giving the
students a global view of how history took form
and shaped the contemporary moment. This
course will replace HIST 3 in Fall 2013 across the
district (Berkeley City College and Laney College).
Survey of world history since 1750: Tracing the
developments of the late modern world as shaped
by social, economic, political, philosophical, and
historical forces.
2205.00
BCC New Course
ART 17A, History of Western Art: Prehistory
through the Middle Ages
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
F 13
Overview of Western art and architecture from
prehistory through the medieval period.
1001.00
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This course fulfills the requirement for Art majors
for the Associate in Arts degree. It is part of
ongoing series of art history courses from Ancient
Art to Modern Art covering the major periods of
artistic achievement in Western civilization. In
addition, it will be used to fulfill the Transfer Model
Curriculum in Art History.
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
Curriculum Item:
EFF.
BCC New Course
F 13
ART 17B, History of Western Art: Renaissance
to Contemporary Art
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
JUSTIFICATION:
This course is required for the AA-T in Art History
and Studio Arts. The course allows greater
concentration on the last formative 500 years in
Western art than can normally be covered in the
survey Art 1 course.
Overview of Western art and architecture from the
Renaissance to the Contemporary period.
1001.00
BCC New Course
S 13
CHDEV 51, Child Growth and Development
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
This course is required for the AA-T in Elementary
Teacher Education at Berkeley City College.
Adopting course from Merritt College, with their
permission.
Prenatal through adolescence typical and atypical
human growth and development: Interrelationship of
physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth
and the adult role in fostering optimal development
with emphasis on interactions between nature and
nurture, developmental theory and investigative
research, child observations and assessment,
developmental milestones and individual
differences.
1305.00
BCC New Course
F 13
This course is required for the AA-T in Elementary
Teacher Education at Berkeley City College. A
laboratory course in geology will also offer
students more choices for a science with a
laboratory in Area 5 of IGETC.
F 13
This course is needed for the Associate in Arts
degree in Elementary Teacher Education for
Transfer.
GEOL 10L, Introduction to Geology Lab
1 Unit, 3 Hours Laboratory (GR)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: GEOL 10
The laboratory component of Geology 10: Exercises
on plate tectonics, analysis and identification of
rocks and minerals, metamorphism, geologic
structures, topographic and geologic maps,
landscape development, seismology, hydrology,
geological oceanography, geologic time, earth
history, energy, and climate change.
1914.00
BCC New Course
HIST 003A, World History to 1500
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR)
Survey of the development of world civilizations to
1500.
2205.00
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PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
Curriculum Item:
EFF.
JUSTIFICATION:
BCC New Course
HIST 3B, Modern World History: 1500-1750
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR)
F 13
This course is required for the AA-T in History.
History 3B is designed to provide students with an
understanding of a diverse array of societies, to
provide a comprehensive structure for our
understanding of past and present events, and to
perhaps challenge our own views regarding our
place in the world. HIST 3B and 3C are the core
survey classes in the History Department. These
courses can be integrated well with a Cultural
Anthropology and an Economics course, giving the
students a global view of how history took form
and shaped the contemporary moment.
S 13
The Arts and Cultural Studies Department would
like to diversify its offerings.This course fulfills
American Cultures requirements at the UC level.
The exact same course has already been
articulated at other community colleges (CSU GEArea C2 and IGETC 3B).
S 13
As the number of levels of pre-transfer-level
mathematics an entering community college
student must complete increases, the likelihood
that the student will ever successfully complete a
transfer-level mathematics course decreases
according to large research studies conducted
both inside and outside of California. By offering
“Algebra for Statistics” the mathematics
department aims to provide students with an
opportunity to follow a more fruitful path into
transfer-level Math 13, Introduction to Statistics.
Contextualizing the algebra curriculum and
focusing instruction on the skills, methods and
ways of thinking needed for understanding
statistical applications is expected to ignite student
interest, increase retention and success, and
prepare students to succeed in Math 13 the
following semester. Not for science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, nursing or business
majors. Institutionalizing MATH 248UP
Survey of world history from 1500 to 1750: Tracing
the developments of the early modern world as
shaped by social, religious, economic, political,
philosophical, and historical forces.
2205.00
BCC New Course
HUMAN 5, Storytelling in American Culture
3 Units, 3 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
Storytelling among different ethnic groups within the
United States: How collective memories are
selected, organized, transformed, contested, and
retold as origin myths, multicultural histories, family
lore, heroic epics, trickster tales, traumatic
experiences, slave narratives, immigrant
testimonies, spectacular events, war memorials,
celebrity biographies, urban legends, animated
fairy-tales, or science fiction films.
4903.00
BCC New Course
MATH 206, Algebra for Statistics
5 Units, 6 Hours Lecture (GR)
Prerequisite: MATH 253
Not recommended for science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, nursing or business
majors.
Integrated mathematics for statistics: Exploratory
data analysis and principles of data collection and
calculation; ratios, rates, and proportional
reasoning; fractions, decimals and percents;
evaluating expressions; analyzing algebraic
expressions of statistical measures; modeling
bivariate data with linear and exponential functions;
graphical and numerical descriptive statistics for
quantitative and categorical data.
1701.00
3
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Curriculum Item:
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
EFF.
JUSTIFICATION:
BCC New Program
Associate in Arts Degree in Elementary Teacher Education for Transfer AA-T Degree
The Associate in Arts Degree in Elementary Teacher Education for Transfer is designed to prepare students for a
seamless transfer with junior status and priority admission to their local CSU campus to a program or major in
Elementary Teacher Education or similar major for completion of a baccalaureate degree. Students are required to
complete: (1) a minimum of 54 semester units in the major with a grade of C or better while maintaining a minimum
grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 in all CSU transferable coursework; (2) 60 semester CSU-transferable units
using the California State University-General Education-Breadth pattern (CSU-GE Breadth); (3) No more than 60
semester units are required. The Associate in Arts Degree in Elementary Teacher Education for Transfer will also assist
Elementary Teacher Education major students to transfer to a U.C. or other baccalaureate institutions. Students are
advised to consult with a counselor to verify transfer requirements. Note: IGETC cannot be used for this degree.
Required Courses
BIOL 010 Introduction to Biology
CHEM 030A Introductory General Chemistry
CHDEV 051 Child Growth and Development
COMM 001A Introduction to Speech
EDUC 001 Introduction to the Field of Education
ENGL 001A Composition and Reading
ENGL 001B Composition & Reading
ENGL 005 Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing
GEOG 003 World Regional Geography
GEOL 010 Introduction to Geology
GEOL 10L Introduction to Geology Laboratory
HIST 003A World History to 1500
HIST 007A History of the United States to 1877
MATH 018 Real Number Systems
PHYS 010 Introduction to Physics
POSCI 001 Government and Politics in the United States
ART 001 Introduction to Art History
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Additional courses to complete CSU GE Breadth requirements.
Additional Humanities requirement (3 units)
Additional "Lifelong learning" requirement (3 units)
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Total Units
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PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Curriculum Item:
COA Course Deactivations
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
EFF.
JUSTIFICATION:
S13
The college has no plans to offer these courses in
the future.
BIOL 23, Introduction to the Human Body
BIOL 24, Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 26, Human Biology
BIOL 27, Human Sexuality
ESL 21A, Writing 5 (Composition and Reading)
ESL 21B, Writing 5 (Composition and Reading)
ESL 23, Reading 5
ESL 200A, Speaking 3
ESL 200B, Speaking 4
ESL 201A, Writing 3
ESL 201B, Writing 4
ESL 202A, Grammar 3
ESL 202B, Grammar 4
ESL 202C, Grammar 5
ESL 203A, Reading 3
ESL 203B, Reading 4
ESL 250A, Speaking 1
ESL 250B, Speaking 2
ESL 251A, Writing 1
ESL 251B, Writing 2
ESL 252A, Grammar 1
ESL 252B, Grammar 2
ESL 253A, Reading 1
ESL 253B, Reasding 2
Merrit College
New Course
S 13
ESL 215A, Intermediate Grammar
4 Units, 4 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 252B or 284B or placement
through multiple-measures assessment process
Intermediate level of English grammar: Introduction
to complex grammar structures and sentence
patterns.
4930.87
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To meet the needs of ESL students who are at the
intermediate level of English proficiency, to improve
their ability to interpret what they read and express
themselves accurately orally and in writing.
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
Curriculum Item:
EFF.
New Course
JUSTIFICATION:
S 13
To meet the needs of ESL students who are at the
intermediate level of English proficiency, to improve
their ability to interpret what they read and express
themselves accurately orally and in writing.
S 13
Intermediate level of reading and writing. It includes
critical reading of adapted and unadapted essays,
short stories and academic text, and the writing of
paragraphs, reading responses, narratives, and
simple essays.
S 13
This course is intended for learners of English as a
Second Language whose competency is at the
intermediate level. It includes critical reading of
adapted and unadapted essays, short stories and
academic text, and the writing of paragraphs,
reading responses, narratives and simple essays.
S 13
This course provides intermediate level ESL
students with essential practice in listening and
speaking.
ESL 215B, Intermediate Grammar
4 Units, 4 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 215A or placement through
multiple-measures assessment process
Continuation of intermediate level of English
grammar: Introduction to complex grammar
structures and sentence patterns.
4930.87
New Course
ESL 222A, Intermediate Reading and Writing
6 Units, 6 Hourse Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 285B or 251B or placement
through multiple-measures assessment process
Intermediate level of reading and writing: Academic
vocabulary and critical thinking skills using
intermediate-level ESL reading materials;
expanding paragraphs into simple narratives and
essays.
4930.87
New Course
ESL 222B, Intermediate Reading and Writing
6 Units, 6 Hourse Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 222A or placement through
multiple-measures assessment process
Continuation of intermediate level of reading and
writing: Academic vocabulary and critical thinking
skills using intermediate-level ESL reading
materials; expanding paragraphs into simple
narratives and essays.
4930.87
New Course
ESL 232A, Intermediate Listening and Speaking
4 Units, 4 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 250B or 283B or placement
through multiple-measures assessment process
Intermediate level listening and speaking: Improving
fluency and accuracy in American English through
listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary,
idioms, pronunciation, and presentation skills.
4930.85
6
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Date Submitted For:
CIPD Approval: 10/1/2012
Curriculum Item:
New Course
Date Submitted For:
Board Approval: 10/23/12
EFF.
S 13
This course provides intermediate level ESL
students with essential practice in listening and
speaking at the college level.
S 13
This course is intended for learners of English as a
second language whose competency is at the highbeginning level of reading and writing. It includes
reading and writing basic informational and fictional
texts, as well as practical reading and writing skills
for the workplace and community.
S 13
This course is intended for learners of English as a
second language whose competency is at the highbeginning level of reading and writing. It includes
reading and writing basic informational and fictional
texts, as well as practical reading and writing skills
for the workplace and community.
ESL 232B, Intermediate Listening and Speaking
4 Units, 4 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 232A or placement through
multiple-measures assessment process
Continuation of intermediate level listening and
speaking: Improving fluency and accuracy in
American English through listening comprehension,
grammar, vocabulary, idioms, pronunciation, and
presentation skills.
4930.85
New Course
ESL 285A, High Beginning Reading and Writing
6 Units, 6 Hourse Lecture (GR/PNP)
High beginning level of reading and writing: Fiction
and non-fiction readings adapted for ESL; writing
short narrative and descriptive paragraphs.
4930.86
New Course
JUSTIFICATION:
ESL 285B, High Beginning Reading and Writing
6 Units, 6 Hours Lecture (GR/PNP)
Prerequisites: ESL 285A or placement through
multiple-measures assessment process
Continuation of high beginning level of reading and
writing: Fiction and non-fiction readings adapted for
ESL; writing short narrative and descriptive
paragraphs.4930.86
Merritt New Course
S 13
This course, which is offered by the Oakland Fire
Academy in collaboration with Merritt College ,
provides the student with the skills essential to be
employed by the Oakland Fire Department as an
entry-level firefighter.
FISCI 211, Firefighter Academy
9 Units, 6 Hours Lecture, 9 Hours Lab, (GR/PNP)
Meets Firefighter I, Rescue Systems, Confined
Space, and HAZ MAT FRO certification
requirements.
Manipulative and technical training in the use of
firefighting equipment, fire attack procedures, and
rescue operations: Hose and ladder evolutions, fire
protection systems, basic salvage and overhaul
techniques; forcible entry; wildland, interior, house
and flammable liquid fire-attack procedures; and fire
control, ventilation, and extinguishment techniques
for various situations.
2133.50
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