November 21, 2025 Meeting

Agenda

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I.      CALL TO ORDER

II.      PUBLIC COMMENTARY

III.      APPROVAL OF MINUTES: From October 24, 2025, Curriculum & General Education meeting
(3)

IV.     NEW BUSINESS
A. Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – New Program
1. Environmental Health and Safety Degree (7)

B. English Language Arts Division – New Programs
1. ESL Certificate of Competency Advanced Academic Preparation (34)
2. ESL Certificate of Competency Intermediate Academic Preparation (38)
3. ESL Certificate of Competency Listening and Speaking for Multilingual Students (42)

C. English Language Arts Division – New Courses
1. ESL 9100  Intermediate Reading (46)
2. ESL 9110  Advanced Reading (50)
3. ESL 9200  Intermediate Writing Skill (54)
4. ESL 9210  Advanced Writing Skills (58)
5. ESL 9300  Intermediate Listening and Speaking Skills (62)
6. ESL 9310  Advanced Listening and Speaking Skills (65)

D. Business, Art, and Humanities Division - New Programs
1. Speech Language Pathology Aide Certificate of Achievement (98)
2. Speech Language Pathology Assistant Degree (103)

V.  CONSENT – 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).

A. Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – Course Revisions1. HLED 1541 Medical Terminology (70)
2. HLED 1543 Medical Terminology for Court Reporting (79)

B. English Language Arts Division – Course Revision
1.  ENGL 1600     Critical Thinking, Literature, and Composition (CCN C1003) (89)

C. DL Approvals – General
1.  POSC 1504     Introduction to International Relations

VI.  INFORMATION ITEMS
A.  Standard Attendance Accounting Method (122)

VII.  DISCUSSION ITEMSA. AP and BP 4025 (126)
B. UDL and inclusive teaching
C. Other

VIII.  NEXT MEETING: December 19, 2025, from 10:30-12:30pm in the Cougar Room

IX.    PROGRAM STATUS: See the table below

 

X.     ADJOURNMENT

 

Packet 11/21/2025

 

Minutes

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MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER @ 10:37

PUBLIC COMMENTARY – No public commentary

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: From October 24, 2025, Curriculum & General Education meeting

The minutes for the October 24, 2025 meeting were approved by consensus.

NEW BUSINESS

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – New Program

1. 1. Environmental Health and Safety Degree

The Environmental Health and Safety Degree was approved on a motion by B. Devine and seconded by K. Bandy and unanimously approved by all.

English Language Arts Division – New Programs

1. ESL Certificate of Competency Intermediate Academic Preparation
2. ESL Certificate of Competency Advanced Academic Preparation
3. ESL Certificate of Competency Listening and Speaking for Multilingual Students

All 3 ESL Certificates of Competency were approved on a motion by C. Duron and seconded by D. Rodenhauser and unanimously approved by all.

English Language Arts Division – New Courses

1. ESL 9100 Intermediate Reading
2. ESL 9110 Advanced Reading
3. ESL 9200 Intermediate Writing Skill
4. ESL 9210 Advanced Writing Skills
5. ESL 9300 Intermediate Listening and Speaking Skills
6. ESL 9310 Advanced Listening and Speaking Skills

The new non-credit ESL courses were approved on a motion by K. Bandy and seconded by B. Devine and unanimously approved by all.

Business, Arts, and Humanities Division – New Programs

1. Speech Language Pathology Aide Certificate of Achievement
2. Speech Language Pathology Assistant Degree

Both the Certificate of Achievement (CoA) and Associate Degree for Speech Language Pathology were approved on a motion by B. Devine and seconded by K. Bandy and unanimously approved by all. 

CONSENT – 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).

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – Course Revisions

1. 1. HLED 1541 Medical Terminology
   2. HLED 1543 Medical Terminology for Court Reporting

English Language Arts Division – Course Revision

1. ENGL 1600 Critical Thinking, Literature, and Composition (CCN C1003)

The consent items were all approved on a motion by K. Bandy and seconded by B. Devine and unanimously approved by all.                

DL Approvals – General

1. POSC 1504 Introduction to International Relations

This item was pulled from consent, but due to time constraints and the need to offer this course online for the Spring semester, it was determined that the committee will proactively approve the distance learning for this course pending Distance Learning Committee Approval. This was approved on a motion by V. Jacobi and seconded by K. Bandy and unanimously approved by all. As of 11/24/2025, the course has been approved for Distance Learning.

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Standard Attendance Accounting Method

A brief discussion was had regarding the state change to the attendance accounting method and there was a focus on the intercollegiate athletics courses. More information is to come.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. AP and BP 4025

Discussion about the AP and BP were not had, and V. Jacobi stated they will be discussed in December.

1. UDL and inclusive teaching

It was discussed again on the need to implement DEI language into the COR and adhere to the new Title 5 standards. A handout was provided showing examples of how to add the language into the course description and content.

1. Other
2. Jacobi shared the California Master Plan for Career Technical Education. It will be going to the CTE Committee and more discussions will be held. The plan has directions for more program development.

NEXT MEETING: December 19, 2025, from 10:30-12:30pm in the Cougar Room

PROGRAM STATUS: See the table below

* New Program

ADJOURNMENT @ 11:31 on a motion by A. Bledsoe and seconded by K. Bandy and unanimously approved by all.