Mendocino College Instruction Office

I. GENERAL MATTERS

A. Roll Call
B. Approval of Minutes: May 12, 2006
C. Agenda Revisions

II. PUBLIC COMMENT
After being recognized by the Chair, members of the public may address the Curriculum Committee. Due to the length of the meeting and time constraints, the public comment period will not exceed ten minutes.

IV. COURSE/PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS/PROPOSAL

      A. Administration of Justice (Young)
          1. ADJ 98.11 – National Incident Management System| Outline
              a. New Course Proposal - Action

          2. ADJ 108 – Police Report Writing | Outline
              a. Course Modification (Prerequisites) – Action

      B. Agriculture (Xerogeanes)
          1. AGR 20 – Integrated Pest Management Update| Outline
              a. New Course Proposal - First Reading

      C. Business (Hixenbaugh)
          1. BUS 135 – Human Resource Management | Outline
              a. New Course Proposal – First Reading

      D. Business Office Technology (Robertson) - later removed from Agenda
          1. BOT 65 – Desktop Publishing with Microcomputers | Outline
              a. Course Modification (Title Change)– Action
          2. BOT 75 – Business Presentations| Outline
              a. Course Modification (Title Change) – Action
          3. BOT - Administrative Assistant - Associate of Science Degree
              a. Program Modification (Course Title Changes for BOT 65 & BOT 75, Change in Units, Sequence)
                  Existing Program | Revised Program

     E. Cooperative Work Experience (Jenkins)
            1. CED 195 – GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE | Outline
                a. Course Modifications (Schedule, Catalog, Assignments, Content, Repeatability) – Action

            2. ART 196 – OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading
            3. EDU 196 – OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading
            4. JRN 196 – OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE | Outline
               a. New Course Proposal – First Reading
            5. SPN 196 – OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading
            6. THE 196 – OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading

       G. Culinary Arts (Johnson / Fowler)
            1. CAM 59 – Basic Baking and Pastries| Outline
                a. New Course Proposal - Action

       H. Earth Science (Cardimona)
            1. GEL 100 – Earthquake Country | Outline
                a. Course Modifications (Units/Hours, Schedule, Catalog, Assignments, Content) - Action

2. EAS 212 – Introduction to Geospatial Analysis| Outline
a. Course Modifications (Title, Units/Hours, Schedule, Catalog, Assignments, Content) - Action

            3. GEO 212 – Introduction to Geospatial Analysis| Outline
                a. Course Modifications (Title, Units/Hours, Schedule, Catalog, Assignments, Content) - Action

            4. EARTH SCIENCES - Associate of Science Degree
                a. Program Modifications (Add EAS/GEL 201 & 202, Change in Unit Subtotals Description) - Action
                  Program Information

       I. Guidance (Stirling/Taylor)
            1. GDN 25.2 – INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS (2) | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading

            2. GDN 124 – BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE STUDENT | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading
                b. Distance Education Proposal (Online) - Information

       J. Theatre: Dance (Saxon-West)
            1. THE 88 – SPECIAL TOPICS IN DANCE | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading

            2. THE 140 – MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE: BEGINNING | Outline
                a. New Course Proposal – First Reading

            3. THEATRE ARTS: DANCE - Associate of Arts Degree | Back-up
                a. Program Modifications (Course Deletions/Additions) – Action

V. INFORMATION
     A. Special Topics Form 800
         Added schedule description to the form (attached in packet)

B. Special Topics in Art (Gray)
1. ART 88.2 – New Topic: Drawing: Colored Pencils

     C. Special Topics in Child Development (Walker)
          1. CDV 88.6 – New Topic: Positive Parenting
          2. CDV 88.7 – New Topic: Supporting Social Competence
          3. CDV 88.8 – New Topic: Movement for Learning
          4. CDV 88.9 – New Topic: Learning Environments - Family Child Care
          5. CDV 88.10 – New Topic: Active Learning & Play
          6. CDV 88.11 – New Topic: Supporting Bilingual Learners II

     D. Special Topics in History (Prud'homme)
         1. HST 188 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY
             a. Course Modification (Change Audit status to "yes")

VI. ISSUES
      A. Meeting Times
      B. Curriculum Calendar
      C. Binder Updates

VII. FUTURE MEETING ISSUES TOPICS
      A. Handbook Revisions
      B. Lecture Lab Discussion
      C. Special Topics Repeatability
      D. Issues List Update

FUTURE MEETINGS: 10/6/06, 10/27/06, 11/17/06, 12/15/06, 1/27/07, 2/23/07, 3/16/07, 4/6/07, 4/27/07, 5/18/07