September 26, 2025 Meeting

Agenda

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CALL TO ORDER

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: From August 21, 2025, Curriculum & General Education meeting

ACTION ITEMS

1. Charter Update

NEW BUSINESS

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – New Program

1. 1. Environmental Health and Safety Degree

Business, Arts, & Humanities Division – New Courses

1. 1. ASL 1500 American Sign Language I
   2. SLP 1050 Introduction to Speech and Language Pathology
   3. SLP 1500 Introduction to Communication Disorders
   4. SLP 1550 Speech and Language Development
   5. SLP 2000 Introduction to Phonetics
   6. SLP 2100 Childhood Disorders and Treatment
   7. SLP 2200 Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
   8. SLP 2300 Adult Disorders and Treatment
   9. SLP 2500 Fieldwork Experience

Learning Support Division – New Courses

1. 1. DS 9250 Self Determination Program Orientation and Foundations
   2. DS 9260 Person-Centered Planning Foundations
   3. DS 9280 Self Determination Program Independent Facilitator Level I

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 – Program Revisions

1. 1. Welding Program Electric and Magnetic Fields Warning
   2. Court Reporting Certificate of Achievement

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – Course Revisions

1. ENER 1620 Fundamentals of Instrumentation
2. ENER 1630 Energy Analytics              
3. ENER 2900 Energy Technology Capstone
4. HLED 1510 Principles of Healthy Living
5. OSH 0555 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
6. OSH 0601 Basic Employee Safety for General Industry
7. OSH 0604 Supervisor Safety Training
8. OSH 0606 Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) First Responder Awareness
9. OSH 0607 Medic First Aid Training/CPR
10. OSH 0608 Hazardous Waste Operations Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Annual            Refresher
11. OSH 0609 Emergency Response Technician Training
12. OSH 0612 Forklift Training for Operators
13. OSH 0613 California Commercial Driver License Permit Preparation
14. OSH 0614 Confined Space Entrant, Attendant, Supervisor Awareness and Rescue
15. OSH 0615 California Oil Producers Confined Space Entry Training
16. OSH 0616 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training
17. OSH 0619 Defensive Driving Course
18. OSH 0625 Passport and Medic First Aid Refresher

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – Inactivations

1. CTRP 1513 Work Experience in Court Reporting
2. DNTL 2241 Practice and Financial Management
3. DNTL 2245 Ethics and Jurisprudence
4. IES 1513 Work Experience in Industrial Health and Safety

Business, Arts, & Humanities Division – Course Revisions

1. ECON 2120  Principles of Economics – Micro (CCN ECON C2001)
2. ECON 2210  Principles of Economics – Macro (CCN ECON C2002)

English Division – Course Revision

1. ENGL 1600   Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature (CCN ENGL C1003)

Math and Science Division – Course Revisions

1. BIOL 2201    Introductory Biology – Cells
2. 2. BIOL 2202 General Zoology
3. BIOL 2203 General Botany
4. BIOL 2258 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
5. BIOL 2259 Human Anatomy & Physiology II

DL Approvals – General

1. MEDA 1101 Introduction to Health Careers
2. MEDA 1102 Communication in Healthcare
3. MEDA 1103 Medical Law, Ethics, and IT Security
4. MEDA 1104 Electronic Health Record
5. MEDA 1105 Medical Office Procedures
6. MEDA 1106 Basic Medical Insurance and Billing
7. MEDA 1107 Basic ICD and CPT Coding
8. DS 9250   Self Determination Program Orientation and Foundations
9. DS 9260   Person-Centered Planning Foundations
10. DS 9280   Self Determination Program Independent Facilitator Level I

DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. Common Course Numbering Phase III
2. Course Outline of Record Data Elements
3. New COR Template
4. Programs and Courses for Inactivation

NEXT MEETING: October 24, 2025, from 10:30-12:30pm in the Cougar Room

PROGRAM STATUS: See the table below

* New Program

ADJOURNMENT

Packet 9/26/2025

 

Minutes

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PRESENT:             M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, J. Rangel-Escobedo, C. Duron, D. Garza, B. Devine, A. Bledsoe, D. Rodenhauser, K. Webster, J. Lopez, M. Oja, V. Jacobi, G. Bormann

ABSENT:               K. Bandy, T. Payne,

CALL TO ORDER

The committee was called to order at 10:31am.

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

No public commentary.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: From August 21, 2025, Curriculum & General Education meeting

Minutes approved as is.

ACTION ITEMS

1. Charter Update

After reviewing, M. Mayfield made a motion for approval. This was seconded by D. Rodenhauser and unanimously approved by all. This will move forward to the Academic Senate.

NEW BUSINESS

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – New Program

1. 1. Environmental Health and Safety Degree

This item was pulled and tabled. There needs to be an updated LMI, and the Program Learning Outcomes are pending approval.

Business, Arts, & Humanities Division – New Courses

1. 1. ASL 1500 American Sign Language I

This course (B. 1) was approved on a motion by B. Devine, seconded by D. Rodenhauser, and unanimously approved by all.

2. SLP 1400 Introduction to Speech and Language Pathology
3. SLP 1500 Introduction to Communication Disorders
4. SLP 1550 Speech and Language Development

The Distance Education portion for B. 1-4 was approved on a motion by B. Devine, seconded by A. Bledsoe, and unanimously approved by all.

5. SLP 2400 Introduction to Phonetics
6. SLP 2500 Childhood Disorders and Treatment
7. SLP 2600 Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
8. SLP 2700 Adult Disorders and Treatment
9. SLP 2800 Fieldwork Experience

The courses under B. were renumbered to adhere to the Common Course Numbering taxonomy. B. 2-9 were approved on a motion by B. Devine, seconded by A. Bledsoe, and unanimously approved by all.

Learning Support Division – New Courses

1. 1. DS 9250 Self Determination Program Orientation and Foundations
   2. DS 9260 Person-Centered Planning Foundations
   3. DS 9280 Self Determination Program Independent Facilitator Level I

Items C. 1-3 were approved on a motion by B. Devine, seconded by C. Duron, 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 – Program Revisions

1. 1. Welding Program Electric and Magnetic Fields Warning
   2. Court Reporting Certificate of Achievement

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – Course Revisions

1. ENER 1620 Fundamentals of Instrumentation
2. ENER 1630 Energy Analytics              
3. ENER 2900 Energy Technology Capstone
4. HLED 1510 Principles of Healthy Living
5. OSH 0555 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
6. OSH 0601 Basic Employee Safety for General Industry
7. OSH 0604 Supervisor Safety Training
8. OSH 0606 Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) First Responder Awareness
9. OSH 0607 Medic First Aid Training/CPR
10. OSH 0608 Hazardous Waste Operations Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Annual            Refresher
11. OSH 0609 Emergency Response Technician Training
12. OSH 0612 Forklift Training for Operators
13. OSH 0613 California Commercial Driver License Permit Preparation
14. OSH 0614 Confined Space Entrant, Attendant, Supervisor Awareness and Rescue
15. OSH 0615 California Oil Producers Confined Space Entry Training
16. OSH 0616 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training
17. OSH 0619 Defensive Driving Course
18. OSH 0625 Passport and Medic First Aid Refresher

Allied Health/Applied Tech Division – Inactivations

1. CTRP 1513 Work Experience in Court Reporting
2. DNTL 2241 Practice and Financial Management
3. DNTL 2245 Ethics and Jurisprudence
4. IES 1513 Work Experience in Industrial Health and Safety

Business, Arts, & Humanities Division – Course Revisions

1. ECON 2120  Principles of Economics – Micro (CCN ECON C2001)

Item D. 1 was pulled by V. Jacobi to add the prerequisite language. D. 1 was approved unanimously after a motion by A. Bledsoe and a second by B. Devine.

2. ECON 2210  Principles of Economics – Macro (CCN ECON C2002)

English Division – Course Revision

1. ENGL 1600   Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature (CCN ENGL C1003)

Item E. 1 was pulled by V. Jacobi and tabled on a motion by V. Jacobi and seconded by D. Rodenhauser and approved by all. This is because more information is needed to satisfy the Cal-GETC requirement.

Math and Science Division – Course Revisions

1. BIOL 2201    Introductory Biology – Cells
2. 2. BIOL 2202 General Zoology
3. BIOL 2203 General Botany
4. BIOL 2258 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
5. BIOL 2259 Human Anatomy & Physiology II

Items F. 4-5 were pulled and tabled on a motion by V. Jacobi and seconded by M. Mayfield and approved unanimously. These items were pulled because the Common Course Numbering templates for these courses are going to be released soon.

DL Approvals – General

1. MEDA 1101 Introduction to Health Careers
2. MEDA 1102 Communication in Healthcare
3. MEDA 1103 Medical Law, Ethics, and IT Security
4. MEDA 1104 Electronic Health Record
5. MEDA 1105 Medical Office Procedures
6. MEDA 1106 Basic Medical Insurance and Billing
7. MEDA 1107 Basic ICD and CPT Coding
8. DS 9250   Self Determination Program Orientation and Foundations
9. DS 9260   Person-Centered Planning Foundations
10. DS 9280   Self Determination Program Independent Facilitator Level I

Consent items were unanimously approved on a motion by M. Mayfield and seconded by A. Bledsoe.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. Common Course Numbering Phase III

Information was relayed about the next phase of Common Course Numbering (CCN) which includes about 40 courses we will need to revise. The templates are set to be released in January or early Spring. It was also mentioned that when reviewing templates, to also look at Cal-GETC standards.

1. Course Outline of Record Data Elements

Jacobi shared all of the Course Outline of Record (COR) data elements that are required for J. Norris to enter into the Chancellor’s Office Curriculum Inventory System (COCI).

1. New COR Template

Jacobi shared a new COR template with a few minor changes to the SLO’s section. This new template is up on the website.

1. Programs and Courses for Inactivation

Jacobi asked the committee if there were any courses or programs that need to be inactivated. T. Mendoza said that there is one HIST and one ADMJ course to inactivate.

On the other hand, new programs such as Geology and Physics were brought up. Geology will be submitted to Technical Review soon.

NEXT MEETING: October 24, 2025, from 10:30-12:30pm in the Cougar Room

PROGRAM STATUS: See the table below

* New Program

ADJOURNMENT

The committee was adjourned at 12:25pm.