Cosumnes River College
(Approved 1/21/09)
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES
December 3, 2008
COMMITTEE:
Faculty: (18)
Dan DuBray (Chair)
_____________ (Co-chair)
Cori Burns
Lynn Fowler
Cheri LaDue
Michael Lawlor
Lap Ly
Sue Palm
Lance Parks
Amanda Paskey (Wolcott)
Marjorie Schreiber
Kathryn Smith
Chris Wagner
Jennifer Zmuda (adjunct)
Pr
Pr
Pr
Administration: (4)
Whitney Yamamura (Executive Sec’t.) Pr
Judy Beachler
Pr
Liz Belyea
Ex
Ex
Pr
Pr
Pr
Pr
Classified: (2)
Janet Shaw
Pr
Student(s): (4)
John-Paul Pham
Pr
Ex
Pr
Pr
Guest(s): Cheri Fortin, Karena Benskin,
Marybeth Buechner, Miriam Beloglovsky
I.
CALL TO ORDER / APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Dan DuBray called the meeting to order at 3:04 p.m. in BS-148.
The minutes for November 19, 2008 were approved by consent.
II.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Chair’s Report - The chair reported he had completed the administrative clean up for the
following courses: CISW 300, 350; HONOR 383; SPORT 317; ART 494; and ENGED
320. He informed the committee that MATH 112 will be added to the consent agenda.
MATH 82 and MEDA 230 were inadvertently left off of 2nd Reading and will be added.
EMT 100 and 102 are being revised to include a collaboration agreement (that will be at
2nd Reading when the proposals are ready).
B. Office of Instruction Report – no report
III.
CURRICULUM PROPOSALS
Distance Education – Course Proposals
It was M/S/P (Wagner/Burns) to approve the following distance education proposals:
PHOTO 420, History of Photography (Interactive Television and Internet/Online)
ECON 306, Environmental Economics (Hybrid – Online and Onsite, Interactive Television,
Internet/Online, and Television)
ECE 314, The Child, the Family and the Community (Hybrid – Online and Onsite and
Internet/Online)
Requisite – Course Proposals - None at this time
Consent/FYI – Course Proposals
--Stage 2 Course or Program SLO Clean Up Consent Items: - None at this time
Consent/FYI:
The following two courses were approved by consent.
WELD 299, Industry Training
Experimental Offering
MATH 112, Elementary Geometry
Removed from Grad. Competency/Short Title
(Note: long title will change to “Introduction to Elementary Geometry” next semester)
Second Reading – Course Proposals
It was M/S/P (Ly/Palm) to approve the following course proposals at Second Reading:
ACCT 341, Computerized Accounting
Title/Short Title/Prerequisite/Advisory/Description
CISP 371, Intermediate Visual Basic
Description/Repeatability
CISP 371.1, OOP with Visual BASIC.NET
Deletion
CISP 371.2, Database and Web Programming with Visual BASIC.NET
Deletion
COMM 311, Argumentation and Debate
Description
DANCE 320, Ballet
New to College
ECE 312, Child Development
Cross-listing removed/Description
ECE 314, The Child, The Family and The Community
Cross-listing removed/Description
ENGWR 103, Practical Communication
Deletion
FITNS 339, Triathlon Training
New to College
MATH 82, Academic Skills in Mathematics for Transfer Level
Title/Description
(formerly: Academic Skills in Mathematics)
MATH 85, Math Study Skills
New to College
MATH 110, Elementary Geometry
New to College
MEDA 230, Clinical Procedures
Units/Hours/Pre- & Co- Requisite/Advisory
POLS 317, Global Studies: Africa
New to District
TA 476, Fundamentals of Repertory Production Short Title/Hours/Description/Repeatability
It was M/S/P (Palm/Fowler) to approve EMT 100.
EMT 100, Basic Emergency Medical Care
Units/Hours/Enrollment Limitation/
Prerequisite/Advisory/Description
Second Reading – Program Proposals
It was M/S/P (Palm/Burns) to approve the following Accounting program proposals:
DEGREE: A.A. – Accounting
Revision
CERTIFICATE: Accounting Clerk
Revision
CERTIFICATE: Accounting, Advanced
Revision
(Approved with understanding that chair will clean up title problem in Socrates.)
CERTIFICATE: Accounting, Computer Applications
Deletion
The Taxation Certificate proposal was tabled until next month.
CERTIFICATE: Accounting, Taxation Certificate
Revision
(The certificate will be brought back next month for approval with the understanding that
it will not make the 2009-10 catalog. The proposed revisions will put Total Units Required
over 18 units necessitating state approval.)
(21 units)
It was M/S/P (Palm/Wagner) to approve the Political Science certificate proposals with a
friendly amendment that the chair will follow up with area dean and department chairs about
missing signatures (in Socrates).
CERTIFICATE: Political Science, Global Studies: Europe
New to District
(under 18 units)
CERTIFICATE: Political Science, Global Studies: Latin America
New to District
(under 18 units)
First Reading – Course Proposals
ACCT 107, Auditing
BIOL 300, The Foundations of Biology
BIOL 307, Biology of Organisms
BIOL 310, General Biology
BIOL 342, The New Plagues: New and Ancient Infectious
Diseases Threatening World Health
BIOL 350, Environmental Biology
BIOL 470, Behavioral Biology
Advisory/Description
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory/Description
BUS 354, Students in Free Enterprise
New to College
CMT 112, Construction Estimating
Description
COMM 321, Interpersonal Communication
Prerequisite/Advisory/Description
COMM 361, The Communication Experience
Prerequisite/Advisory
ECE 326, Making Learning Visible Through Observation
and Documentation
Description
ECE 404, Children with Special Needs
Prerequisite
ECE 415, Children’s Health, Safety and Nutrition
Cross-listing and Advisory removed
ECE 424, Adult Supervision: Mentoring in a Collaborative
Learning Setting
Description
TA 302, History and Theory of the Theatre I
Advisory
First Reading – Program Proposals
None at this time
IV.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS / DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Subcommittee Reports
GE – The committee reviewed a list of “Course Requests for AA/AS General Education”.
It was noted that three courses (HIST 380, ECE 321 and FITNS 352) still needed to go to
DCCC.
Multi-Cultural – no report
DE – no report
Requisites – no report
Technical Review – no report
Curriculum Handbook Update – no report
Articulation Officer – CSU programs mandating a prerequisite for LDTP (ex: ECON
302 or 304)
Meeting adjourned at 5:18 p.m.
Submitted by Neva Conner