MISSION COLLEGE

CURRICULUM REVIEW COMITTEE

Summary of Meeting – September 23, 2002

1. Call to Order - Chairperson Alex Braun called the meeting to order at 2:12 p.m. Those in attendance were:

Member	P	A	Member	P	A
Commercial Services - A. Braun, Chairperson	X		Technologies - J. Halasa	X
Applied Sciences - L. Zummo	X		Instruction – D. McKay	X
Communications - B. Ensminger	X
CATA - A. Szabados	X		Non-Voting Members/Guests
ESL – K. Dworak	X		Articulation Officer		X
Math – L. Retterath	X		C. Olson, Research		X
Natural Sci. – C. Moyers	X		J. Patton, Academic Senate Pres.		X
Social Sci. - C. Moyers	X		D. Matarangas		X
Student Dev. – R. Charland	X

2. Approval of Agenda

Add CIS*099 – Client-Side Web Programming under Future Agenda Items. Also added SOC*002 – Social Problems under Revision of Courses. It was MSC (Ensminger/Moyers) to approve agenda as revised.

3. Approval of Summary Minutes – September 9, 2002

It was MSC (Zummo/Moyers) to approve the summary minutes of September 9, 2002.

There was discussion about what to do in the event the Articulation Officer needs to be consulted since the position is vacant at the moment. Alex Braun suggested that any inquiries/signature requests should go through Dan Matarangas.

4. Course Approvals

a. New Courses – First Reading

(1) MATH*003A – Analytic Geometry and Calculus I – DL – 5.0 Units

No changes to course outline, just an update of form. Just for informational purposes, we do not use bullets under Activity and Delivery Plan and include a total of the hours. Under Assignments, Tech Review changed the hours to 180 hours per semester instead of listing the weekly hours. Under Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, DSPS was updated to DISC (Disability Instructional Support Center). It was MSC (Moyers/Dworak) to approve MATH*003A DL. Reviewed course outline on new form and updated format.

(2) MATH*003B – Analytic Geometry and Calculus II – DL – 5.0 Units
No changes to course outline, just an update of form. Just for informational purposes, we do not use bullets under Activity and Delivery Plan and include a total of the hours. Under Assignments, Tech Review changed the hours to 180 hours per semester instead of listing the weekly hours. Under Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, DSPS was updated to DISC (Disability Instructional Support Center). It was MSC (Moyers/Dworak) to approve MATH*003A DL. Reviewed course outline on new form and updated format.

(3) SOC*002 – Social Problems – DL – 3.0 Units
It was MSC (Ensminger/Szabados) to approve SOC*002 DL. This distance learning course was approved by the board on December 13, 2001 and will not be submitted to the Board again. Paperwork is already on file in the Office of Instruction.

b. New Courses – Second Reading

(1) ACCTG*001B – Principles of Accounting – DL – 4.0 Units
This course was not approved at the last meeting because we were missing the course outline on the updated form. Reviewed course outline on the new form. It was MSC (Ensminger/Charland) to approve ACCTG*001B DL.

c. Revision of Courses

(1) SOC*001 – Introduction to Sociology & DL – 3.0 Units (Second Reading)
Chris Moyers requested this course come back for second reading during our last full CRC meeting. Added total hours under Hours for Content Delivery and Interaction. It was MSC (Ensminger/Charland) to approve revisions to SOC*001 course outline and distance learning course outline. [Paperwork was returned to Alex Braun because it was lacking Articulation Officer’s signature.]

(2) SOC*002 – Social Problems – 3.0 Units
In 2000, this course was revised but we cannot find any copy of this in the Office of Instruction. Hold this item to next full CRC agenda for approval of revision to SOC*002.

d. Administrative Changes

(1) CET*079 – Advanced Software Design – 3.0 Units
This item will be held over to next full CRC meeting since the electronic version has not been received by the Office of Instruction.

5. Certificates

a. New Certificates

None

b. Revision to Certificates

None

6. New Business

a. Review Curriculum Deadlines

o Alex reviewed the process and need for adhering to the deadlines based upon Board deadlines, schedule production deadlines, etc. However, there is also a need for quick response in curriculum development to meet industry needs. The question remains how do we resolve this dilemma.

o The Academic Senate voted against allowing the College President to have the final approval on curriculum. The Board of Trustees will continue to review and be the final approval entity for curriculum. Moving to this process would probably not buy us any more time since the deadlines are mainly based upon schedule production timelines.

o Dianne asked if there are industry needs that should be responded to so quickly, have we looked at offering the courses through Community Ed or Contract Ed while the course is going through the official curriculum process? Chris Moyers stated that those groups are willing to offer these courses but they will be not for credit and the cost to the student would be higher. Anna stated that it is important in her area for students to receive credit for these courses.

o Linda asked what kind of a timeframe in perfect world would work with approving and offering courses. Anna believes it would be ideal to begin curriculum at the start of a semester and be able to offer it the next semester.

o Kara suggested that we could enter the course information into the schedule of classes and rely on the faculty to follow through on the proper curriculum process. In the past we have had difficulty with faculty following-through on courses that were listed in the schedule/catalog as ‘pending board approval’.

o With the workload issue in the Office of Instruction, it makes it extremely difficult for new courses to immediately be added into the Datatel Colleague system to be offered in the next semester.

o Kara offered to relieve Hoan of the computer work during the CRC meetings.

o This item will be left on the agenda for future discussion if necessary.

7. Old Business

None

8. Future Agenda

None

9. Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 3:53 p.m.