EL CAMINO COLLEGE
MINUTES OF THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
December 10, 2002
Present:
L. Beckett-Lemus, C. Fitzsimons, P. Gebert, R. Harris, N. Hata, K. Key,
W. Killingsworth, R. Mekaru, V. Rapp, C. Somin, C. Striepe, J. Young
Absent (excused): D. LaCoe
Ex-Officio
Members Present: A. Collette, J. Kim, P. Lund, L. Mukogawa, A. Valles
Absent (excused):
A. Spor
Absent (unexcused): R. Smith
Also Present: D. Berney, P. Borst, J. Carr, R. Elton-Collett, D. Grogan, J. Hyman,
L. Jackson, J. Kasabian, L. Kjeseth, D. Lynn, S. Nothern, R. Quadhamer,
K. Stauber, R. Way
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Key called the meeting to order at 2:32 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
J. Young moved that the minutes of the November 26, 2002, College Curriculum
Committee meeting be approved as written and R. Harris seconded the motion. The Chair
called for a vote and the motion carried.
CHAIR’S REPORT
K. Key asked the committee to consider a motion for approval of today’s minutes via the
mail. This would allow curriculum approved during the meeting to be placed on the
agenda for the January Board of Trustees meeting. J. Young moved, and C. Striepe
seconded, that approval of the December 10, 2002, CCC minutes be accomplished via the
mail. The motion carried.
VICE PRESIDENT - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS' REPORT
Vice President Hata noted that the day’s packet included a Daily Breeze article on El
Camino College’s new School Health Clerk program. She thanked the CCC for its work
over the past two academic years toward the development of this program.
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N. Hata concluded her remarks by announcing that, regretfully, there would not be any
faculty hiring in the upcoming year. This means that the newly created Articulation
Officer faculty position will not be filled.
CURRICULUM REVIEW
FINE ARTS PROPOSALS:
Chair Key informed the Fine Arts Division it would have 15 minutes to present its
proposals then told the CCC that replacement proposals for the division’s curriculum were
included in the day’s packet.
R. Quadhamer asked that review begin with the proposed new course, Dance 17abcd,
Intermediate African Dance. He explained that he did not yet have documentation for
CSU transferability but that he was expecting a fax message from CSULB today. He
asked if the committee could provisionally approve the course and K. Key asked the CCC
to consider to do so with the stipulation that the documentation must be forwarded to the
Chair no later than Friday, December 13th. After a brief discussion, V. Rapp moved that
the CCC review and, if appropriate, approve Dance 17abcd as a transferable course with
the understanding that if documentation for CSU transferability was not forwarded to the
CCC Chair by December 13th, approval of the course would be rescinded. N. Hata
seconded the motion, which carried. R. Quadhamer then proceeded to outline the
differences between the replacement proposal and the one originally submitted to the CCC.
After an adjustment to the course’s discipline was made, the committee turned to the
proposed new course, Speech Communication 25abcd, Forensics Team. Again, the dean
pointed out corrections that had been made to the original proposal and he and the
committee agreed to further revisions for Sections II and VIII of the course outline.
Review continued with Speech Communication 25Labcd, Forensics Team Laboratory, and
after a correction to the catalog description was noted, R. Quadhamer agreed to a revision
for the Speech Communication 25abcd and 25Labcd descriptive titles that better aligned
the courses with existing curriculum. Finally, the committee addressed the revisions to the
Speech Communication major. Language was revised so that it was clear that four
semesters of both the forensic workshop and the forensic team courses would count toward
satisfying the major requirements. C. Fitzsimons then moved that the Fine Arts proposals,
as revised, be approved. V. Rapp seconded the motion, which carried. V. Rapp moved,
and N. Hata seconded, that the conditions of enrollment be approved. The motion carried.
Chair Key concluded the division’s presentation by announcing that Dance 17abcd and
Speech Communication 25Labcd were stand-alone courses and would be forwarded to the
Chancellor’s Office for approval.
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES PROPOSALS:
K. Key established an 18 minute time frame for the division to present its proposals. Dean
Borst said that L. Beckett-Lemus would lead the discussion and she then asked the
committee to begin with the proposed revisions to Computer Science 30. A brief
discussion followed during which a revision was made to the catalog description. Next,
the CCC reviewed the revisions to Mathematics 110 and 111. L. Beckett-Lemus explained
that these courses were being revised so that material taught in the courses was better
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reflected in the catalog descriptions. Furthermore, these courses were on the CSU general
education pattern under conditional approval. In order to remain on the pattern, the CSU
system has asked for revisions that clarify the intent of the courses. These revised courses
must be submitted for permanent placement on the CSU general education pattern in late
January, 2003. During the discussion of Mathematics 110, corrections to the proposal
form were noted and minor revisions to the catalog description and to Sections II and III of
the course outline were agreed to. V. Rapp asked if this course and Mathematics 111 were
part of the Teacher Education Program and J. Young responded yes, these were
cornerstone courses. As the CCC reviewed Mathematics 111, corrections to the proposal
form were discussed and revisions were agreed to for Sections II and III of the course
outline. R. Harris then moved that Computer Science 30 and Mathematics 110 and 111 be
approved as amended. V. Rapp seconded the motion, which carried. J. Young moved, and
C. Fitzsimons seconded, that the conditions of enrollment be approved. The motion
carried.
A. Collette, on behalf of the CCC, thanked the Mathematics Department and J. Young for
the many hours spent over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend revising these courses so
that they met the requirements of the CSU system. K. Key added that it was gratifying to
see that faculty were willing to put forth an extra effort to aid students.
BUSINESS PROPOSALS:
K. Key informed the division it would have 30 minutes to present its proposals. V. Rapp
then explained that Business 56abcd and 57abcd, approved as new courses by the CCC last
year and sanctioned by Microsoft Corporation, were before the committee because
Microsoft is requiring that the acronyms in the descriptive titles and the catalog
descriptions be removed. The dean then reviewed the corrections for the two courses
noted on the division’s errata sheet and during the ensuing discussion, further revisions
were agreed to for both catalog descriptions and for Section IV of the Business 56abcd
course outline and for Sections II, IV, and V of the outline for Business 57abcd. Next,
V. Rapp explained that the series of Real Estate proposals were Title 5 updates which
included revisions to the lecture and lab hours so that instructional time and the unit value
of the courses adhered to the Carnegie unit required by Title 5. She continued, saying that
the hours of the courses as they now existed were significantly less than the formula of one
unit of credit for one hour of lecture (with two hours of work or study outside of the
classroom) or three hours of lab as prescribed by the Carnegie unit.
As the committee began review of Real Estate 25A, V. Rapp noted a number of corrections
to the proposal before the committee and D. Grogan, proposer of the course, agreed to a
rewording of the recommended preparation so that this advisory was better stated. A
minor correction to the catalog description was also agreed to. Considerable time was then
spent with the rewording of the objectives in Section II of the course outline and with the
rewriting of the major topics so that they were not in the form of assignments. The
committee also worked with D. Grogan to rephrase the critical thinking assignments in
Section V so that they were understandable. N. Hata then asked why this course, which
appeared to be predominately a lab course, had lecture time assigned to it. She noted that
Real Estate 25A was designed to complement an existing lecture course and expressed the
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opinion that lecture time in this course was superfluous and unnecessarily inflated the
faculty load. D. Grogan responded that she was attempting to bring the course outline into
compliance with Title 5 and did not understand the Carnegie unit formula. N. Hata
recommended that the instructional hours be changed to lab only and asked D. Grogan how
many weekly hours would be sufficient for teaching the course. D. Grogan responded that
two hours would be adequate. At this point, Chair Key stopped discussion as the division
had already exceeded its allotted time by ten minutes. He asked for a motion for approval
of Business 56abcd and 57abcd, as revised, and R. Harris did so. N. Hata seconded the
motion, which carried.
INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY PROPOSALS:
R. Way distributed an errata sheet for the division’s proposals and introduced J. Carr and
S. Nothern, faculty representing the Computer Aided Design/Drafting and Fire and
Emergency Technology departments. Discussion began with Computer Aided
Design/Drafting 5 during which J. Carr and the CCC agreed to minor revisions for
Sections I, II, III, IV, and VII of the course outline. Discussion then moved to
Construction Technology 7abcd. Minor revisions were agreed to for the discipline, the
catalog description, and for Sections II, III, IV, and VII of the course outline. Next, the
committee reviewed the proposals for Cosmetology 12, 13, and 14abcd. R. Way explained
that last year, when the CCC approved changes to these courses for accommodation of the
compressed calendar, minor adjustments that aligned the catalog descriptions with the
descriptive titles were neglected to be made. The committee offered a modification for the
proposed three catalog descriptions presented and the division agreed to the changes. Also
accepted were the common revisions to Section VII of the course outlines. Discussion
then began on the Fire and Emergency Technology 7 proposal during which the actual
courses for the recommended preparation were clarified and further revisions to the catalog
description and Sections II, III, and VII of the course outline were agreed to. As the
proposed revisions for Fire and Emergency Technology 8 were discussed, agreement was
reached on language that clarified the recommended preparation and the catalog
description as well as on revisions to Sections III and IV of the course outline.
R. Way then directed the committee’s attention to Fire and Emergency Technology 19 and
explained that this course was designed to help students prepare for the process of applying
for positions in fire service, a very competitive field. During the very brief discussion that
followed, revisions were agreed to for the catalog description and for Sections II and III of
the outline. The committee concluded discussion of the division’s curriculum with the
proposals for the Quality Assurance major and certificates of competence and completion.
The division provided a revised justification for the changes which better explained why
the options in the degree and certificates had been removed. Then, Chair Key asked for a
motion of approval for Computer Aided Design/Drafting 5, Construction Technology
7abcd, Cosmetology 12, 13, and 14abcd, and Fire and Emergency Technology 7, 8, and 19.
V. Rapp did so. N. Hata seconded the motion, which carried. J. Young moved, and
C. Fitzsimons seconded, that the conditions of enrollment be approved. The motion
carried. Chair Key then asked for a motion for approval of the revised Quality Assurance
major and certificates and V. Rapp did so. J. Young seconded the motion, which carried.
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N. Hata commended the Industry and Technology Division for providing the CCC with
well-prepared curriculum proposals and for its exemplary presentation.
BUSINESS PROPOSALS (CONTINUED):
Chair Key recommended that the CCC continue with its discussion of Real Estate 25A and
that the other five Real Estate proposals be tabled until the first meeting next semester. He
said that many of the revisions the committee helped develop for Real Estate 25A earlier in
the meeting were applicable to the remaining proposals and that the CCC could more
effectively review the remaining Real Estate proposals if they were rewritten using the
revised Real Estate 25A as a model. The consensus of the committee was to proceed in
this manner.
Discussion returned to the instructional hours for Real Estate 25A. N. Hata reiterated her
position that this course should be lab only and D. Grogan agreed that all the course
material could be covered through lab hours. After considerable discussion, agreement
was reached that this course would meet for one and one/half hours of lab per week for a
unit value of one/half. D. Grogan asked N. Hata if she could support the faculty load
increase from 5.833% to 7.5%. N. Hata replied that she could because the instructional
hours were now realistic and met the Carnegie unit formula. Next, the committee guided
D. Grogan in the revisions to the number of hours for each major topic in Section III of the
course outline and to revisions regarding instructional methods in Section VI. A correction
was also agreed to for Section VII. J. Young then moved that Real Estate 25A be
approved as revised. P. Gebert seconded the motion, which carried. J. Young moved, and
V. Rapp seconded, that the course’s condition of enrollment be approved. The motion
carried.
Chair Key reminded those present that the remaining Real Estate proposals will be
addressed at the February 25th CCC meeting. And, he reminded the Business Division that
new proposals, modeled after Real Estate 25A with the revisions made at today’s meeting,
must be submitted to the Curriculum Office February 3rd.
ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY
K. Key remarked that materials forwarded to CCC members a week ago included the
policy on Academic Accommodations for Students with a Disability developed by the
Academic Senate and the Special Resource Center. He stated that if any member had
questions or concerns about the policy they should be forwarded to L. Aborn, Director of
the Special Resource Center.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
K. Key announced that because the standard meeting time of the CCC had been exceeded,
today’s remaining agenda items for 1) the Student Learning Outcomes Workshop Report,
2) the Major/Certificate Proposal Forms Subcommittee Report, and 3) the CCC Bylaws
Subcommittee Report would be carried over to the February 25th meeting.
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Chair Key thanked the committee for the time and effort it gave the Business Division and
D. Grogan of the Real Estate Department. He said the CCC expanded its responsibility for
curriculum review with Real Estate 25A and that members must not feel obligated to
proceed in this manner with future proposals that are not adequately prepared for CCC
review. He reminded the committee that it is acceptable to table a problematic proposal
and again thanked those present for going beyond the CCC’s responsibilities.
At 4:45 p.m., W. Killingsworth moved, and C. Fitzsimons seconded, that the meeting be
adjourned. The motion carried.