EL CAMINO COLLEGE
MINUTES OF THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
October 25, 2005
Present: D. Charman, S. Dowden, L. Kjeseth, E. Martinez, S. Oda-Omori, V. Rapp,
J. Siddiqui, C. Somin, J. Stewart, R. Way, J. Young,
Absent (excused): L. Alamillo, F. Arce, P. Gebert
Ex-Officio Members Present: A. Collette, M. Hall, A. Spor
Absent (excused): J. Bagnall, S. Rodriguez, L. Suekawa
Also Present: B. Budrovich, K. Burchett, B. Jaffe, T. Lew, B. Perez
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Young called the College Curriculum Committee meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
J. Young referred committee members to the Proposed Curriculum Changes section of
the October 11th minutes and advised them that the entry for History 18B included the
determination that this course was appropriate for the CSU graduation requirement of
United States History, Constitution, and American Ideals. Continuing, Chair Young said
that during review of the History 18B proposal at the CCC’s last meeting, this graduation
requirement was incorrectly referred to as a general education requirement. She then said
she was bringing this to the committee’s attention prior to approval of the minutes so that
CCC representatives were clear about curriculum action taken at the October 11th
meeting. The Chair then asked for a motion of approval for the minutes. V. Rapp moved
that the minutes of the October 11th CCC meeting be approved as presented and
L. Kjeseth seconded the motion. As there were no comments, Chair Young called for a
vote and the minutes were approved.
CHAIR’S REPORT
J. Young announced that Dean Way was the Vice President of Academic Affairs’
designee for today’s meeting. R. Way then commented that he was pleased to represent
F. Arce and that he enjoyed reviewing proposals prepared by other divisions.
Chair Young continued her report by informing the CCC that its revised bylaws had been
presented to the Academic Senate and that they would be voted on at the Senate’s
November 1st meeting.
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CURRICULUM REVIEW
NATURAL SCIENCES PROPOSAL:
B. Perez, while distributing an errata sheet, told the committee that new legislation
mandated that the CSU System develop a common curriculum for students beginning
their college educations at community colleges and preparing to become teachers. The
CSU System recently completed the development of this curriculum and Physical
Science 25 has been revised to meet these requirements. In addition, the CCC was being
asked to approve inclusion of this course in the CSU and IGETC general education
patterns. A brief discussion on the course was held during which minor modifications
were agreed to for Sections III and VII of the course outline. J. Stewart then moved, and
J. Siddiqui seconded, that the proposal for Physical Science 25 be approved. The motion
carried. L. Kjeseth moved that the course’s condition of enrollment be approved.
C. Somin seconded the motion, which carried.
HUMANITIES PROPOSALS:
Dean Lew introduced B. Budrovich and K. Burchett of the English Department and
B. Jaffe, faculty coordinator for the Humanities Division, to the committee then
distributed an errata sheet. Before the division’s presentation began, Chair Young
informed the committee that the proposals for the Japanese and Journalism majors were
being tabled. Review of these proposals has been rescheduled for the November 22nd
meeting. The dean asked that review begin with English 100 and proceeded to advise the
CCC of a complete revision of the course objectives in Section II of the outline.
Continuing, T. Lew outlined revisions to Section III and introduced an assignment for
Section IV. He told the CCC that although an assignment was not necessary for this noncredit course, faculty opinion supported the inclusion of one because this non-credit
course must be reviewed and approved by the Chancellor’s Office. Faculty believe that
the addition of the assignment strengthens the outline. A brief discussion of the English
11 proposal was next and agreement was reached for minor revisions to Sections II, IV,
and V of the outline. The CCC then turned to the proposal for English 44. After revised
language for the recommended preparation and the catalog description were accepted,
revisions to Sections II, III, V, and VI of the outline were agreed to. Discussion of the
division’s proposals concluded with Journalism 99abc. T. Lew provided corrections for
the proposal form and then a revision to Section VIII of the outline. After the CCC
agreed to the modifications, R. Way moved that the Humanities proposals be approved as
revised. C. Somin seconded the motion, which carried. C. Somin then moved, and
L. Kjeseth seconded, that the conditions of enrollment be approved. The motion carried.
BUSINESS PROPOSALS:
Chair Young told the committee that the Computer Information Systems 40 proposal had
been tabled. Because the Computer Information Systems Department proposes the
addition of one lab hour to the course, which will bring the class hours and the course’s
unit value into compliance with the Carnegie unit, there will be an increase to faculty
load. Current procedures require President Fallo to agree to the proposed increase before
it can be submitted to the CCC. Dean Rapp stated that the division is in the process of
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preparing documentation for the President and that as soon as agreement is reached, the
proposal will be resubmitted to the CCC. V. Rapp then distributed an errata sheet for the
remaining proposals and thanked S. Dowden and J. Stewart for forwarding suggested
revisions. Review began with Business 12 and during the brief discussion, revisions
were agreed to for the catalog description and Sections II, III, V, and VI of the course
outline. Next, the proposal for Business 28 was addressed. V. Rapp explained that this
course recently was identified by the A.A/A.S. Degrees Task Force as questionable for
meeting the criteria of the English composition general education requirement.
Therefore, faculty revised and strengthened the course outline so that it was evident that
the criteria was met. V. Rapp then reviewed the revised areas with the committee which
included the addition of a prerequisite and revisions to Sections II, III, IV, and V of the
outline. A. Spor remarked that because the newly established condition of enrollment
was a communications prerequisite, evidence of data collection supporting the requisite
was required. Chair Young thanked A. Spor for pointing out this omission then tabled
the proposal until the November 22nd CCC meeting. V. Rapp said the division will
provide the CCC with the required materials for a communications prerequisite prior to
meeting on the 22nd. As discussion of the division’s proposals had ended, R. Way
moved that the proposal for Business 12 be approved. J. Siddiqui seconded the motion,
which carried. S. Dowden moved, and L. Kjeseth seconded, that the course’s condition
of enrollment be approved. The motion carried.
PROPOSALS REVIEWED BY J. YOUNG AND F. ARCE:
J. Young reviewed with the committee the justifications for the inactivation of Business
13, Chemistry 25, English 45 and 49, and Japanese 24 and 27abc. As there were no
questions, J. Stewart moved that the CCC approve these inactivations. C. Somin
seconded the motion, which carried.
GENERAL EDUCATION REVIEW – 2005-2006 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chair Young referred the CCC to the General Education Review for the 2005 – 2006
Academic Year document, included in the day’s packet, which outlined the timetable for
review and included the list of courses scheduled for review. She then reminded the
committee that last spring, the A.A./A.S. Degrees Task Force, of which CCC
representatives A. Collette, M. Hall, V. Rapp, J. Stewart, and J. Young were members,
identified those courses on the current associate degree general education patterns that
were questionable regarding meeting the criteria for the specific areas on the patterns.
The Chair pointed out that curriculum review of these courses is scheduled for the last
CCC meeting of this semester and the first one in the Spring term. Continuing, J. Young
stated that all division deans had been apprised of these questionable courses as well as
the four options of action available. She then informed the CCC of the four options.
First, faculty may conclude the task force’s determination is correct; second, faculty may
submit to the CCC a justification explaining how the particular course does meet the
criteria; third, faculty can revise the course so that it meets the criteria; and fourth, faculty
may conclude and justify that the course meets the criteria of another general education
category. Chair Young asked division faculty representatives to help their respective
deans and colleagues prepare the general education proposals correctly.
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CCC FORM 4 – PROPOSAL FOR NEW MAJOR OR REVISION TO EXISTING
MAJOR
Chair Young referred the committee to the proposal form used for developing a new
major or revising an existing one. She stated that when this form was revised two years
ago, it was decided that instructions for completing the form would be provided
separately. Guidelines for curriculum preparation were placed on a separate document
and only reference to the guidelines was included on the form. Unfortunately, the
guidelines are not being referred to as the CCC is consistently being forwarded
incomplete proposals. In an effort to have complete proposals for the CCC to review,
J. Young stated the CCC may want to revise the form so that instructions were included.
A lengthy discussion then followed during which it was pointed out that, hopefully, all
forms will be online in the near future. The online forms will have instructions imbedded
in the template so perhaps revision of CCC Form 4 should not be undertaken at this time.
At the conclusion of the discussion, the consensus of the committee was that the form
should be left as is and a checklist for completing the form should be created. J. Young
said she would investigate the feasibility of creating a checklist.
At 3:30 p.m., C. Somin moved, and V. Rapp seconded, that the meeting be adjourned.
The motion carried.
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Proposed Curriculum Changes
October 25, 2005
BUSINESS DIVISION
INACTIVATE COURSE
1. Business 13 – Personal Selling
CHANGE IN CATALOG DESCRIPTION; COURSE OUTLINE REVISED TO
MEET TITLE 5 REQUIREMENTS
1. Business 12 - Advertising
Current Status/Proposed Change
In Tthis course focuses on students will study the objectives, methods, and
techniques in field of advertising including consumer research, readership
surveys, product design, copy writing, and promotion from a marketing
perspective. Topics to be covered include the practice and management of
advertising by agencies, clients, and the media. selection, layout, practice in
interior and window display, motivation research, behavioral sciences application
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concepts, cooperative advertising and coordination and integration of marketing
and advertising practice. Also emphasized are the concepts of ethics, social
responsibility, and consumer benefits. Effective techniques in the preparation of
different types of advertisements will also be analyzed and applied.
HUMANITIES DIVISION
INACTIVATE COURSES
1. English 45 – Modern American Plays
2. English 49 – The Reading of Poetry
3. Japanese 24 – Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture for Business
Settings
4. Japanese 27abc – Reading Journalistic Japanese
COURSE OUTLINE REVISED TO MEET TITLE 5 REQUIREMENTS
1. English 11 – Introduction to Drama
2. English 100 – Supervised Tutoring: Writing Center Laboratory
CHANGE IN CATALOG DESCRIPTION; COURSE OUTLINE REVISED TO
MEET TITLE 5 REQUIREMENTS
1. English 44 – The Literature of American Ethnic Groups
Current Status/Proposed Change
This course provides a Cchronological and thematic survey of American ethnic
literature. Representative works by members of the following groups Students
will be read examine and discussed: discuss representative works by members of
the following groups: American Indians, Black African Americans, Asian Pacific
Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, European and Near Eastern Americans,
Jewish Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian and Native Americans. Emphasis
will be contemporary literature.
2. Journalism 99abc – Independent Study
Current Status/Proposed Change
This course provides Sspecial advanced studies in journalism not covered in the
regular departmental offerings. Regular conferences with the instructor are
coordinated with assigned laboratory work and research Journalism projects. (60
hours per unit)
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NATURAL SCIENCES DIVISION
INACTIVATE COURSE
1. Chemistry 25 – Chemistry for Prospective Elementary School Teachers
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CHANGES IN DESCRIPTIVE TITLE, DISCIPLINE, TRANSFER STATUS,
CATALOG DESCRIPTION, GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS;
COURSE REVIEW
Current Status/Proposed Change
1. Physical Science 25 – Exploring Physical Sciences for Prospective Elementary
School Teachers
Discipline:
Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Physics, Astronomy
Transfer CSU, UC
The course provides a step-by-step introduction to the physical sciences through
the study of simple physical systems. including properties of matter, temperature,
heat, light and color, Topics include energy, forces, elasticity, magnetism,
electricity, gravitational interactions, changes of state, physical properties, and
visual astronomy chemical changes. Drawing from their own observations,
students will develop concepts and construct models that can predict outcomes of
experiments. Physical Science 25 is designed for students preparing to teach at
the elementary and middle school levels.
CSU General Education Requirement – Area B.1.
IGETC General Education Requirement – Area 5.A.
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