MISSION COLLEGE

CURRICULUM REVIEW COMITTEE

Summary of Meeting – September 15, 2003

1. Call to Order - Chairperson Dianne McKay called the meeting to order at 2:13 p.m. Those in attendance were:

Member	P	A	Member	P	A
Chairperson – D. McKay	X		Student Dev. – Y. Coleman	X
Commercial Services – S. Wisner,	X		Technologies – M. Meyers	X
Applied Sciences – L. Zummo	X		Instruction – H. Robles		X
Communications – B. Ensminger	X
CATA – A. Szabados	X		Non-Voting Members/Guests
ESL – K. Dworak	X		D. Cordero, Articulation Officer	X
Math – K. Ting	X		C. Olson, Research		X
Natural Science – C. Moyers	X		A. Braun, Academic Senate Pres.	X
Social Science – C. Moyers	X		S. Bersola, Student Services		X

2. Approval of Agenda

Jennifer received Hoan’s email about the paperwork. These notes are reflected in the minutes below. Don Cordero added a report on Prerequisites for Foreign Language and Engineers under New Business and to move up Future Agenda item to Old Business. Under New Courses – First Read, item 2 should be ENGR*029 rather than ENGR*030. It was MSC (Ensminger/Szabados) to approve the agenda as revised.

3. Approval of Summary Minutes – May 12, 2003
It was MSC (Ensminger/Szabados) to approve the summary minutes of May 12, 2003.

4. Course Approvals

a. New Courses – First Reading

(1) BUS*027 – E-Business – DL – 3.0 Units
Under Methods of Instruction, wording was changed to read “The instructor” rather than “I”. Units and hours were revised to reflect a 4.0 Unit course rather than a 3.0 Unit course. Course will go forward for second read.

(2) ENGR*029 – Programming Skills Practicum for Engineers – 3.0 Units
Discussion ensued about the repeatability of the course. Course will not go forward for second read because there are several areas that need to be discussed with the proposer and this course should be taken to the Division Chair Council to ensure there is no overlap with the CIS department. It would also be helpful for the proposer to attend the meeting when this course is reviewed again.

(3) VN*040 – Medical-Surgical Nursing Theory – 4.0 Units
Dianne asked Don if it is preferable to include ISBN numbers on textbooks since she has heard that it is necessary for articulation. Course will go forward for second read.

(4) VN*044 – Maternal & Child Health Nursing – 3.0 Units
Added MATH*903 under Advisories. Discussion ensued about the advisories and minimum courses they should be eligible for. The program has higher selection criteria than the required courses do. Dianne believes the entrance requirements for the program are the way to weed through applicants when there are more applicants than the program can take. If there is a low number of applicants that meet the program requirements, it allows the program to accept students that meet lower prerequisite levels. Lynn will take this issue back to the department for discussion. Course will go forward for second read.

b. New Courses – Second Reading

(1) CIS*049A – Client-Side Web Programming – 3.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for CIS*049A. Will remain on the agenda.

(2) MUSIC*007A – Harmony and Musicianship III – 4.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for MUSIC*007A. Will remain on the agenda.

(3) MUSIC*007B – Harmony and Musicianship IV – 4.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for MUSIC*007B. Will remain on the agenda.

(4) VIET*001B – Beginning Vietnamese – 5.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for VIET*001B. Will remain on the agenda.

(5) VIET*011B – Vietnamese Laboratory – 0.5 Unit
Paperwork was not submitted for VIET*011B. Will remain on the agenda

c. Revision of Courses

(1) CIS*031A – Fundamentals of Microsoft VB.Net – 3.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for CIS*031A. Will remain on the agenda.

(2) CIS*170A – Fundamental of Microsoft VB.Net – 1.0 Unit
Paperwork was not submitted for CIS*170A. Will remain on the agenda.

(3) MUSIC*006A – Musicianship – 4.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for MUSIC*006A. Will remain on the agenda.

(4) MUSIC*006B – Musicianship – 4.0 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for MUSIC*006B. Will remain on the agenda.

(5) VN*042 (formerly VN*55B1) – Intermediate Clinical Practice – 6.0 Units
The revisions are the number change, which reflects the correct sequence, and the addition of the weekly hours by arrangement. On the first page of the revision sheet, the old version of the catalog course description should be listed rather than the new course description. Lynn will correct this and send the revised version to Jennifer so she can replace the current electronic file. It was MSC (Coleman/Ensminger) to approve the revision of VN*042 contingent on the corrections to the revision form being submitted to Jennifer.

d. Administrative Changes

None

e. Inactivations

None

5. Certificates/Degrees

a. New Certificates/Degrees

(1) Java Programming Certificate – 17 Units
Paperwork was not submitted for the Java Programming Certificate. Will remain on agenda.

b. Revision to Certificates/Degrees

None

6. New Business

a. Review CRC Representative Memo
Curriculum items should be submitted to Tech Review by the end of September to ensure meeting the deadlines for the December board agenda. Dianne reviewed the CRC charge and role of representatives. Dianne also mentioned that a Vice Chair for CRC would need to be elected. This item will be added as a future agenda item.
Lynn mentioned that should be at least three different representatives at Tech Review meetings.

b. Review CRC Website
Kara reviewed the new CRC website. She will work with Sallie Wisner to add the Excel forms (i.e. checklist and MCF form). Kara asked for volunteers to submit forms they’ve submitted that would be good examples so she can add them to the website to be used as reference for proposers. Kara has also received many FAQs and would like assistance from the committee to determine a list of 10 or so that would be good questions to add to the FAQ page. Kara will send out a reminder about the website to the college.

c. CRC Representative for Natural Science Division
Dianne sent an email to Jim Burrell, Division Chair for Natural Science to see if the division would like to elect a CRC representative. This item will be added as a future agenda item.

d. Uniform District Course Outline
There is a group reviewing the possibility of utilizing Fiesta and/or another web-based system to facilitate the curriculum process. A uniform district course outline was discussed. There is a possibility of having different forms if we use Fiesta. Sallie and Yolanda would like to participate on the project.
There is some concern about hours by arrangement and this topic is being reviewed. If we find we are out of compliance, a strategy for dealing with this issue will need to be developed with CRC & Senate involvement.

e. Foreign Language & Engineering Prerequisite
UC will take away all transferability for foreign language courses that do not include appropriate prerequisites. The department will be submitting revisions for just about all of their courses. Don has spoken to James Kawamoto in the Engineering Department and he is working on the required revisions for Engineering course prerequisites. These revisions are due by the end of September (making the revisions effective for Fall 2004) because the transferability will be removed effective December 2003.

7. Old Business

a. CSU American Institutions
Don is nervous about the lack of work being done by the History and American Government because they will lose their accreditation in December 2003. Don will again contact the department to initiate the required changes.

8. Future Agenda

a. Pre/Co-Requisite Datatel Colleague Issue

b. Pre-requisite Discussion

c. Reactivating Inactive Courses (using the same course number)

d. CRC Meeting Efficiency

e. CSU American Institutions

f. Evaluation Policies for Online Courses

g. Advisory of “Eligibility for ENGL 108A and READ 053”

h. Report from Process Subcommittee

i. Role of Articulation Officer

j. Review Course Overlap Policy

9. Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:06 p.m.