Los Angeles Mission College
Department of Life Sciences
Minutes
Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00 a-10:00 am
Present: Mike Reynolds, Steve Brown, Angela Echeverri, Par Mohammadian
1) Updating Course Outlines this Summer
2) Biology 110 – Course Outline
3) Prerequisite Recommendation Sheet
Dept. to meet in June to update all course outlines. Include new prerequisites and advisories as indicated below:
 Addition of English 28 /ESL 8 as a prerequisite to the following courses: BIO3, BIO6,
BIO7, Microbiology 20, Anatomy 1, and Physiology 1.
 Addition of Advisory of BIO3 to BIO6
 Addition of BIO6 as a prerequisite to BIO7
 Change Chem 51 or 65 or 101 as an advisory to a prerequisite for physiology 1 course.
The updates will be effective fall 2014 semester; however, the changes will be communicated to the counseling dept. in the fall 2013 as soon as they are approved.
4) Biology 3 Hybrid Course
Par is preparing the Shell for this class. In the fall 2013 semester, the certifications (Etudes and intro to online teaching) will be completed by all full time faculty. The class will be presented to the curriculum committee in the fall 2013 semester to be offered in the spring 2014 semester.
5) Biology Research Class
Mike mentioned that Mike Fenton wish to expand the research internships to other
STEM disciplines. The Life Science research course outline at UCLA can be reviewed meanwhile.
6) SLO to PSLO
Par presented a map on integrated SLO/PLO/ILO for the AS degree in biology. Further discussion on this topic was referred to the next meeting in June. The appropriate rubrics for BIO6 and & BIO7 to capture integrated SLO/PLO to be investigated this semester.
7) Accreditation Findings
Angela expressed the importance of documentations on SLO/PLO assessments. It was decided that the dept. minutes be posted on the dept. website.