COLUMBIA COLLEGE

CURRICULUM FULL COMMITTEE

DRAFT MINUTES

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Committee Members:

Present: Randy Barton, Anne Cavagnaro, Jeff Fitzwater, Ted Hamilton, John Leamy, Jean Mallory, Joe Ryan

Resource/Liaison/Student Members:

Present: Rose Hefley, Gary Mendenhall, Jason Reavis, Susan Vegter-Slape

The meeting was called to order at 3:22 pm by Joe Ryan

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

ACTION: The Curriculum Committee minutes of April 11, 2007 Tabled

M/S/P (Cavagnaro/Mallory/Unanimous)

ACTION: The Curriculum Committee minutes of August 31, 2007 approved

M/S/P (Cavagnaro/Leamy/Unanimous)

ACTION: The Curriculum Committee minutes of September 5, 2007 approved

M/S/P (Mallory/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

INFORMATION ITEMS:

None

ACTION ITEMS:

1. POLSC 14:

Periodic Review/Changes Effect Catalog:

Title: International Relations (represented by Ted Hamilton)

Effective Term: FALL 2008

Notes: Updating course description, course content, methods of instruction, methods of evaluation student progress, representative texts, grading standard, syllabus

ACTION: Periodic Review/Changes effect catalog for POLSC 14 approved as amended

M/S/P (Mallory/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

2. POLSC 12:

Periodic Review/Changes Effect Catalog:

Title: American Political Thought (represented by Ted Hamilton)

Effective Term: FALL 2008

Notes: Updating course description, course content, methods of instruction, methods of evaluation student progress, representative texts, grading standard, syllabus

ACTION: Periodic Review/Changes effect catalog for POLSC 12 approved as amended

M/S/P (Mallory/Fitzwater/Unanimous)

3. WT 180:

Periodic Review/Changes Effect Catalog:

Title: American Political Thought (represented by Ted Hamilton)

Effective Term: FALL 2008

Notes: Updating course Description

ACTION: Periodic Review/Changes effect catalog for WT 180 TABLED

M/S/P (Mallory/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

4. FIRE 270BH:

Course Modification:

Title: Wildfire Powersaw Training

Effective Term: FALL 2007

Notes: Change course numbering from FIRE 170BH to FIRE 270BH

ACTION: Course Modification for FIRE 270BH approved as amended

M/S/P (Cavagnaro/Jean/Unanimous)

5. EMS 270 EN:

New Course Proposal:

Title: Avalanche 1

Advisory: None

Prerequisites: None

Unit: 1

Catalog Lecture hours: .5 hours Total Lecture hours: 9

Catalog Lab hours: 1 hours Total Lab hours: 18

Effective Term: FALL 2007

Notes:

ACTION: New Course Proposal for EMS 270EN approved as amended

M/S/P (Leamy/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

ACTION: Form D for EMS 270EN approved

M/S/P (Cavagnaro/Leamy/Unanimous)

6. EMS 270 EO:

New Course Proposal:

Title: Tri Advisory

Advisory: None

Prerequisites: None

Unit: .5

Catalog Lecture hours: .5 hours Total Lecture hours: 9

Catalog Lab hours: 0 hours Total Lab hours: 0

Effective Term: FALL 2007

Notes:

ACTION: New Course Proposal for EMS 270EO approved as amended

M/S/P (Mallory/Barton/4 yes, 1 abstain motion carries)

ACTION: Form D for EMS 270EO approved as amended

M/S/P (Mallory/Leamy/Unanimous)

7. FIRE 270DG:

New Course Proposal:

Title: S-300 Incident Commander Extended Attack

Advisory: None

Prerequisites: FIRE 270DO

Unit: 1

Catalog Lecture hours: 1 hours Total Lecture hours: 16

Catalog Lab hours: 16 hours Total Lab hours: 0

Effective Term: SPRING 2008

Notes:

ACTION: New Course Proposal for FIRE 270DG approved as amended

M/S/P (Barton/Leamy/Unanimous)

ACTION: Form A for FIRE 270DG approved

M/S/P (Mallory/Fitzwater/Unanimous)

8. FIRE 270EI:

New Course Proposal:

Title: S-130 Firefighter Training

Advisory: None

Prerequisites: FIRE 270DZ

Unit: 2

Catalog Lecture hours: 2 hours Total Lecture hours: 32

Catalog Lab hours: 0 hours Total Lab hours: 0

Effective Term: SPRING 2008

Notes:

ACTION: New Course Proposal for FIRE 270EI approved as amended

M/S/P (Cavagnaro/ Mallory/Unanimous)

ACTION: Form A for FIRE 270EI approved

M/S/P (Mallory/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

9. FIRE 270EJ:

New Course Proposal:

Title: S-215 Fire Operations in the Wildland/Urban Interface

Advisory: None

Prerequisites: FIRE 270 EI

Unit: 2

Catalog Lecture hours: 2 hours Total Lecture hours: 32

Catalog Lab hours: 0 hours Total Lab hours: 0

Effective Term: SPRING 2008

Notes:

ACTION: New Course Proposal for FIRE 270EJ approved as amended

M/S/P (Fitzwater/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

ACTION: Form A for FIRE 270EJ approved as amended

M/S/P (Cavagnaro/Barton/Unanimous)

10. HUMAN 1:

Discontinuance of Course:

Title: Old World Cultures

Effective Term:

Notes:

ACTION: Discontinuance of Course for HUMAN 1 TABLED

M/S/P (Barton/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

11. Motion to take action as a group

ACTION: Motion to take action as a group, FIRE 170’s Course Discontinuances

M/S/P (Leamy/Fitzwater/Unanimous)

FIRE 170CL: I-244 Field Observer

FIRE 170CM: NWCG S-390 Intro to Fire Calcs

FIRE 170CQ: Initial Attach ICS-200

FIRE 170CV: S-234 Firing Methods

FIRE 170DA: Engineer Rehire

FIRE 170DH: S-300 Incident Command

ACTION: Discontinuance of Courses for FIRE 170CL, CM, CQ, CV, DA, and DH approved

M/S/P (Barton/Cavagnaro/Unanimous)

NOTES:

ADA Statement-As a follow up to questions about ADA compliance with regard to curriculum, Joe Ryan presented to the committee the ADA guidelines as printed in the Columbia College handbooks. Joe will take this to the next Academic Senate meeting for further discussion and clarification.

Adjuncts and curriculum review- Joe reported that the Academic Senate supports Adjunct faculty to receive compensation when called upon to review curriculum. Academic Senate has outlined the guidelines for this process.

Next Meeting

3:15 PM October 3, 2007 Sequoia 1

Future Topics for Discussion

ASOE

Certificate Requirements

Checklist

English

Math

ADJOURNMENT: M/S/P (All Present/All Present/Unanimous)

The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 pm

Submitted by: R. Hefley