Agenda

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

Memorandum

TO:                  Curriculum and General Education Committee

1. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, D. Daugherty, S. Eveland, J. Farmer, D. Garza, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, T. Payne, J. Rangel-Escobedo, K. Richards, ASO Representative, and PTK Representative

 

FROM:             Dr. Vicki Jacobi, Vice President Academic Senate, Co-Chairperson

                        Dr. Leslie Minor, Vice President of Instruction, Co-Chairperson

 

DATE:                           March 18, 2024

 

SUBJECT:         Next Meeting’s Agenda         

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Friday March 22, 2024, from 1:10 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Taft College,

29 Cougar Ct., Taft CA 93268

 

 

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER

1. PUBLIC COMMENTARY

The Committee welcomes participation at Curriculum Committee Meetings. Members of the public may address the Committee. For everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less.

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM

      A. (Minutes from the February 23, 2024, Curriculum & Gen. Ed. Meeting

 

III.        ACTION ITEM: NEW COURSES

1. Allied Health Applied Tech. Division
2. EHS 1560 Fire Prevention

 

1. Social and Behavioral Science Division
2. PSYC 2070 Introduction to Social Psychology
3. POSC 1507 Introduction to Politics of Race and Gender
4. POSC 1504 Introduction to International Relations
5. POSC 1506 Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
6. POSC 1503 Introduction to Comparative Politics

6.POSC 1502 Introduction to Political Theory

7. HIST 2230 Women in American History from Indigenous America to the present
8. HIST 2280 Survey of American Ethnic History
9. SOC 2120 American Social Problems
10. PSOC 1513 Political Science Work Experience

 

 

1. ACTION ITEMS: NEW/ REVISED PROGRAMS
2. SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE DIVISION
3. AA-T Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer
4. AA-T Associate in Arts in Political Science for Transfer

 

1. CONSENT ITEMS

Items listed under the CONSENT ITEMS are considered routine and are acted on by the Committee in one motion. There is no discussion of these items before the Committee vote unless a member of the Committee, staff, or public requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. Any person can pull items from the consent agenda and move to new business, to be discussed and voted on individually. Items typically on consent are course outline of record under five-year review, renewal of distance learning modality or inactivation of course (removal from Chancellor Office Inventory of Courses).

1. Course Revisions:
2. BIOL 2370-Nutrition Science
3. CHEM 1520- Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
4. GEOG 1520-World Regional Geography
5. MATH 1500-Math for a Modern Society
6. PHYS 2221-General Physics (Calculus)
7. PSCI 1520-Introduction to Physical Science Lecture and Laboratory
8. PSYC 2205-Introduction to Research Methods in the Social Sciences
9. ADMJ 1501-Introduction to Criminal Justice
10. ETHN 1510-Introduction to Ethnic Studies
11. HIST 2202-Western Civilization to 1600
12. HIST 2204-Western Civilization from 1600
13. HIST 2210-World Civilization to 1500
14. HIST 2212-World Civilization since 1500
15. HIST 2216-History of Latin America
16. HIST 2231-History of the United States to 1877
17. HIST 2232-History of the United States from 1877
18. HIST 2270-California History
19. HIST 2280-Survey of American Ethnic History

19.POSC 1501-Government

20. ART 1610-Three-Dimensional Design
21. ART 1800-Introduction to Digital Art
22. ART 2010-Introduction to Printmaking
23. ART 1820-Computer Imaging: Adobe Photoshop
24. SOC 2038-Gender Studies
25. JRNL 1510-Introduction to Mass Communications
26. Distance Ed./Learning:
27. ADMJ 1510-Ethical Reasoning and Practice for Public Service
28. POSC 1504 Introduction to International Relations
29. POSC 1503 Introduction to Comparative Politics
30. POSC 1506 Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
31. POSC 1507 Introduction to Politics of Race and Gender
32. SOC 2038 Gender Studies
33. SOC 2120 American Social Problems
34. POSC 1502 Introduction to Political Theory
35. ACTION ITEM
36. Local General Education Pattern -Fall 2023

VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. Revised AP 4020 Program Curriculum Development
2. Revised AP 4100 Graduation Requirements for Degrees and Certificates
3. Catalog Rights

VIII. OTHER

 

1. ADJOURNMENT

 

NEXT MEETING: April 26, 2024

 

*Program Status, please see the table below:

* New Program

 

Minutes

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Call to Order

Public Commentary

Action Items

Old Business:

New Business:

Discussion Items

Other

Adjournment