Los Angeles Mission College
Department of Life Sciences
Agenda
Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 11:00 – 12:30 PM (CMS 104)
Old Business
1. Update – Dual Enrollment with BioTech Sylmar HS / New: San Fernando HS(Par)
2. Update - Reading Apprenticeship & Dates in January for the RA workshops (Par)
3. Update - Items to procure: platform for floor shaker. (Steve)
4. Update: PLO revisions – General Studies & Liberal Arts in Natural Sciences (Par)
5. KickStarter team visit in December 2015 (Par)
6. Update: Contract for Steris Autoclaves (Steve)
7. Update: Moving Anthropology courses to the Social Sciences Dept. & New Faculty Application
(Steve)
8. Update: Organization of the College website (Steve)
9. Update: Web-based APA workshops offered by the library (Steve)
10. Update: Scheduling of non-STEM courses at CMS - issures related to parking and availability of
rooms for workshops or meetings with students (Mike)
11. Lab supplies; BIO3 labs (DNA and plant) – (Par & Diane)
12. Human Biology course in Fall 2016 (Par)
13. Students can petition to remive their grades after failing a class (Par)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. Update: BIO3 Faculty Inquiry Group - FIG (Diane)
Tabled until Winder 2016.
15. Update – SLO/PLO revision - General Studies and Liberal Arts in Natural Sciences (Par)
To complete at the November 2015 SLO Summit.
16. Certificates in Life Sciences. (Mike)
Tabled until the new CTE Dean is hired.
17. Update - Biotech Sylmar HS collaboration (Angela)
Tabled until the new CTE Dean is hired.
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18. Nadine would like to prepare a proposal for items that she needs for the garden that can be
presented to the Foundation. Minutes 8/27/15: She will complete the proposal by winter 2016.
19. Progress - Offering Biology 40 vs Biology 110 to allow students to complete core biology courses.
Minutes 8/27/15: Steve will create the BIO110 COR by 10/16/15 (Steve).
Steve has not had time to do this and plans to complete this COR by the end of January.
20. Update - Rearranging Bio 6 and Bio 7 curricula; Bio 6 as a prerequisite for Bio 7. (Steve, Diane)
Minutes 8/27/15: This project will be completed during the Winter break by January 31, 2016.
21. Progress - Bio 3 curriculum: examine COR in light of what is actually being taught
Minutes 8/27/15: Complete during the Winter break by January 31, 2016 (Steve)
22. Update - Review of the AS program requirements in Biology and Health Sciences (in lieu of new
UC transfer requirements); some required/elective courses archived (Mike)
Minutes 8/27/15: This project will be completed during the Winter break by January 31, 2016.
23. Update - Life Science program review (All) start in January
To include new faculty position and Allied Health program coordinator
Next meeting:
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