COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
April 8, 2009
MINUTES
Members Present: Joe Bivins, Lynn Capraun, Catherine Espenscheid, Jean Marie Fuhrman, Yolanda
Gonzalez, Katherine Harris, Joe Lynn Look, June Mair (alternate for Anita Kovalsky), Maiken Murphy,
John Niss (co-chair), Storm Russo, Rose Watson
Ex-Officio Present: Jackie Cole, Cheryl Robinson, Edwin Sanchez
Staff Present: Kim Adams (recording)
Guests Present: Jeff Danser, Carin Gordon, Chuck Grimes
1.
Review of Minutes – March 18, 2009
The review of the March Minutes was deferred until later in the meeting (after the Consent
Agenda), due to the presentation of Course Outline Builder v.3.5 by Chuck Grimes, OIT.
2.
Discussion Items
Course Outline Builder (COB) 3.5 Demonstration
John Niss opened the meeting by introducing Chuck Grimes, OIT Web Developer. Chuck gave a
brief history of his time with Valencia; he has worked for OIT approximately six months, with
three of those months being completely dedicated to learning Course Outline Builder and doing
the build for COB version 3.5. He said that, even with his extensive experience, he has never
see a system as intricate and complicated as COB.
Chuck proceeded to give an overview of the changes, as well as new features and functions, in
COB. He utilized the big screen to walk the Committee through COB, showing the individual
features. These include:
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Co-authors and authors now have the same privileges
Homepage and e-mail colleague requests now show the prefix and course number and course
name
Addition of a dean comment section, which can be accessed by the dean
Addition of General Education Requirements (for outlines)
Addition of Program forms
The Committee asked several questions and seemed very pleased with the new version of COB.
College Curriculum Committee Co-Chair for 2009-2010
John Niss told the Committee members that his term as faculty co-chair will be ending in May;
so, there is the need to think about selecting a co-chair for the 2009-10 College Curriculum
Committee. He said that he would be happy to fill the position for another term, but he wants
to be sure that anyone else interested has an opportunity to put forth their name. He told the
group that anyone interested should e-mail Karen Borglum to let her know.
Committee Positions Nearing End of Term
John asked Committee members to reference the handout they received which has the names
of Committee members and alternates whose terms will also be ending in May, 2009
highlighted. He stressed the need to have experienced people serving on the Curriculum
Committee, and encouraged members with expiring terms to consider serving another term.
No one stepped forward at that time, so John asked those interested to contact Karen via email. Their names will be put forward to Faculty Council, along with any positions that will be
vacated so that Faculty Council can fill those positions.
(Since the meeting, an e-mail was sent to Committee members and alternates, asking for people
to consider serving another term. Seven people responded that they would like to serve again.
The remaining positions that will be vacated, as well as the names of the faculty members who
responded, was forwarded to the Faculty Council President.)
Curriculum Committee Proposal Deadlines
Joe Lynn Look addressed the Committee with concerns related to the established deadline for
bringing proposals to CCC, with the expectation that they will be effective for the Fall Term, as
well as published in the College Catalog. She said she noticed that the March Agenda was just
as large, or larger, than the February agenda, which was to be the “Catalog Deadline” agenda.
She reminded the Committee that the purpose of the March meeting is to be a “clean up”
meeting, for items from the February meeting that needed clarification, or proposals where
there were extenuating circumstances and could not be brought forward sooner.
Discussion ensued, with several ideas put forth on how to get the word out to faculty regarding
the deadlines. John said that for today, this is a discussion item only, and that it will likely be
brought up again at the CCC to gain consensus on how to handle this.
Course Outline Review Process
Development of outcomes and the faculty review process will be discussed – Recently, Joe
Lynn Look’s division put together “Draft Principles for Development of Program Outcomes –
Business, IT, and Public Services, East.” The rough draft has six principles that their division
would use when developing their outcomes; Joe Lynn noted that the outcomes are A.S. Degreespecific. She requested that the Committee review the outcomes and contact her via e-mail
with their feedback.
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*Prior to beginning the Consent Agenda, John Niss took the opportunity to tell the Committee
that the guidelines they established for voting for curriculum items was approved by the Faculty
Council. Beginning with the May 13, 2009 meeting, all outlines and all forms must be voted on
by at least 50% of eligible faculty members, including abstentions. Of those who vote, a 2/3
“Yes” vote is requred. In tallying the 2/3 number, abstentions will not be counted.
Karen Borglum will send an e-mail communicating this change in policy to all faculty members.
*John also reminded the Committee that any changes in General Education need to be done
collaboratively, as requested by the Faculty Council. Prior to bringing a proposal to Committee
that affects General Education, discussion among the broader faculty should already have taken
place. Committee members were asked to disseminate this request to their departments and
divisions.
3.
Consent Agenda – Course modifications or deletions involving minor editing of course descriptions or level
changes which do not impact other departments are eligible for placement on the consent agenda. Any members
of the committee may request to remove a proposal from the consent agenda for the purpose of discussion.
The following courses have outlines in Course Outline Builder which may be viewed in ATLAS:
(Please note that the Office for Curriculum and Articulation has reviewed these outlines and
compared them with the existing courses, and have found there are no material differences.)
EPI 0001
EPI 0002
EPI 0003
EPI 0004
EPI 0010
EPI 0030
GEB 1138
Classroom Management
Instructional Strategies
Technology
Teaching and Learning Process
Foundations of Research-Based Practices in Reading
Diversity
E-Business Law and Ethics
The Consent Agenda was approved by consensus.
Prior to beginning the Regular Agenda, John requested a review of the Draft Minutes of the
March 18 meeting. There were no questions, and the Minutes were approved by consensus.
4. Regular Agenda
0809-148 LAT 1120
Elementary Latin I, CCA .......................................Yolanda Gonzalez
Purpose: Offering Latin course for students interested in pursuing a career in medicine/law;
Catalog Course Description: Fundamental skills in Latin comprehension, expression, and
structure. Increasing awareness and understanding of Roman culture. A minimum grade of C is
required to pass this course if being used to satisfy the General Education Foreign Language
Proficiency Requirement; Prerequisites/Co-Requisites: None; Credit/Class/Lab Hours: 4/4/0;
Effective Date: Fall 2009 (201010).
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0809-149 LAT 1121
Elementary Latin II, CCA ......................................Yolanda Gonzalez
Purpose: Continuation of LAT 1120; Catalog Course Description: Continuation of LAT 1120. A
minimum grade of C is required to pass this course if being used to satisfy the General
Education Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement; Prerequisites: LAT 1120 or Department
Approval; Co-Requisites: None; Credit/Class/Lab Hours: 4/4/0; Effective Date: Fall 2009
(201010).
0809-150 A.A. Degree, Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement, CPM ........... Y. Gonzalez
Purpose: Request to add LAT 1120 and LAT 1121 to the A.A. Degree, Section C. Foreign
Language Proficiency Requirement. This would be consistent with the 1120 and 1121 courses
that have been added to this section in Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese; Effective
Date: Fall 2009 (201010).
Proposals 0809-148 through 0809-150 were approved as submitted.
0809-151 MAC 2233H Calc. for Business and Social Science–Honors, CCA ....... Joel Berman
Purpose: To provide an additional mathematics option for Honors students that do not need
the traditional calculus sequence for major; Catalog Course Description: Introduction to
calculus with applications to business and social science. Topics include differentiation and
integration of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions, rates of change, curve
sketching, and applications of the derivative and integration. This course will satisfy one
Honors Program outcome. Gordon Rule course. Minimum grade of C required if MAC 2233H is
used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education requirements; Prerequisites: Minimum
grade of C in MAC 1102 or MAC 1104 or MAC 1105 or appropriate score on an approved
assessment; Co-Requisites: None; Credit/Class/Lab Hours: 3/4/0; Effective Date: Fall 2009
(201010).
0809-152 Gen. Ed. Requirements for AA/AS/AAS Degree(s), CPM ..................... Joel Berman
Purpose: To include Honors section of MAC 2233 in General Education; Effective Date: Fall
2009 (201010).
Proposals 0809-151 and 0809-152 were approved as submitted.
0809-153 EPI 0020
The Teaching Foundation, CCM ..................................... Nick Bekas
Purpose: Course title change more accurately reflects the content of the course; Revised
Course Title: Professional Foundations; Effective Date: Fall 2010 (201110).
This proposal was approved as submitted.
0809-154 PLA 1114
Legal Research and Theory II, CCM ............................ Carin Gordon
Purpose: The current description and/or College policies require a C or higher in all
prerequisites, except OST 1335. Strong written communication skills are required for success in
this course, so we believe a C or higher in OST 1335 will help students be successful in the
course. To streamline and clarify, we propose a single introductory statement to the
prerequisites in the course description which states "Minimum grade of C or higher in all
prerequisites;” Revised Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C or higher in all prerequisites,
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including ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110 and ENC 1102 or ENC 1210 or OST 1135; and PLA
1104, PLA 1611, PLA 2203, and PLA 2433 (formerly, the min. grade of C was required only for
PLA 1104, PLA 1611, PLA 2203, and PLA 2433); Effective Date: Fall 2010 (201110).
This proposal was approved as submitted.
5. Information Items
There are no information items this month.
In closing the meeting, John asked if there was any other business for the good of the order.
Kim reported to the Committee that a new Curriculum Committee website is under
construction and will be rolled out by May 1. The new site will have the current agenda and
handouts, archived meeting materials, a link to the SCNS, and many other tools that will be
useful for Committee members.
The next meeting of the College Curriculum Committee is scheduled for May 13, 2009, and will be held
on the East Campus, Room 3-113. Deadline for submission of material for the May agenda is April 29, 2009.
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