MISSION COLLEGE

CURRICULUM REVIEW COMITTEE

Summary of Meeting – September 12, 2005

 

1.     Call to Order – Call to order at 2:05 p.m. Those in attendance were:

Member

P

A

Member

P

A

Chairperson – B. Ensminger

X

 

Social Science – vacant

 

X

Commercial Services –L.Witschi

X

 

Student Dev. – R. Sanchez

X

 

Applied Sciences – L. Zummo

X

 

Technologies – vacant

 

X

Communications – B. Ensminger

X

 

VP of Instruction – D. Sanindad

X

CATA1 – H. Thickpenny

X

 

 

 

 

CATA2 – B. Wundram

X

 

Non-Voting Members/Guests

 

 

ESL – K. Dworak

X

 

Y. Coleman, Articulation Officer

X

 

Math – M. Davis

X

 

ASB Representative

 

X

Natural Science – vacant

 

X

 

 

 

 

2.     Approval of Agenda

It was MSC (Coleman/Zummo) to approve the September 12, 2005 agenda with the following corrections:

#4c – add GDES 055A course;

#4d – add RUSS 050A course;

#c7 – add “CRC reps - Natural Science, Social Science, Applied Science, and Technologies”;

#9a – delete “Pre/Co-requisite Datatel Colleague issue.”

 

3.     Approval of Summary Minutes – May 16, 2005
It was MSC (Coleman/Zummo) to approve the summary minutes of May 16, 2005.

 

4.     Course Approvals
a.   New Courses – First Reading

None

b.     New Courses – Second Reading

None

c.     Distance Learning Courses

            The following courses were MSC for approval:

·  GDES11/ART11 – distance learning (Witschi/Dworak)

·  GDES13/HUM13 – distance learning (Ensminger/Coleman)

·  GDES 55A – distance learning (Dworak/Zummo)

·  GDES 083 – distance learning (Coleman/Thickpenny)

 

CHEM 030A – distance learning was pulled for lack of paperwork and will be placed on the October 24th agenda.

 

A discussion ensued regarding the requirements of submitting DL courses. Issues discussed pertained to whether a DL course needed two readings for approval, when does a course revision need to accompany a DL course, and does a DL course need to be revised when the number of meetings (orientation, midterm, final, etc.) change. The CRC committee determined that DL courses should have a separate category of their own and only require one reading for approval, a course revision is only required if the original course is over 5-years old, and changes in number of meetings is not a criteria for a DL course revision.

d.     Revision of Courses

      The following courses were MSC (Dworak/Witschi) for approval:

·      GDES 55A

CHEM 030A was pulled for lack of paperwork and will be placed on the October 24th agenda.

 

e.     Administrative Changes

The following courses were MSC (Thickpenny/Wundram) for approval:

·      RUSS 050A (changed to RUSS 040)

e.     Inactivations

None

 

5.     Certificates/Degrees

a.     New Certificates/Degrees

None

b.     Revision to Certificates/Degrees

None

 

6.     New Business

  1. Vocational Curriculum: An announcement was made regarding compliance of vocational programs. Those areas that have not updated their courses within 2 years will need to do so. A letter will be coming out from the Office of Instruction reminding these areas. CRC will take these course updates on a first-come-first-served basis.
  2. Instructional Fee Form: A new lab fee form will be required for any course with lab/material/etc. fee attached to it.
  3. Stand-Alone Course Announcement: Any stand-alone course will need the State Chancellors approval before it is placed in the catalog.
  4. Senate Review of GE Requirement: The senate will require CRC representative involvement to review the GE requirements.
  5. CRC reps - Natural Science, Social Science, Applied Science, and Technologies: These areas do not have CRC representatives. Representative Dworak will proxy for the Applied Science area if there are no other viable candidate. The CRC Chair will call on Division chairs for these areas to send a CRC representative.

 

The two tech review teams are as follows:

Team A – Y. Coleman, K. Dworak, R. Sanchez, L. Witschi

Team B – M. Davis, H. Thickpenny, B. Wundram

 

7.     Old Business

a.     Hours By Arrangement (HBA) Review Process and FAQ: The Art, ESL and Math departments have met several times to test the pilot and everything seemed to work fine. The HBA forms will be presented to Academic Senate for approval.

 

8.              Future Agenda

None

 

9.              Adjournment

MSC (Dworak/Ensminger) to adjourn at 3:30 pm.