Minutes 12-6-2006

CURRICULUM/GEN ED COMMITTEE

A standing committee of the Education Advisory Committee
Minutes
December 6, 2006 3 pm
Sylvania, CC- Conference Room B

Committee Members:

Committee members
x Kendra Cawley, Chair Pam Kessinger Ed DeGrauw
Shari Rochelle x Moe O’Connor x Doris Werkman
x Scott Quinn x Tammy Dowd x Joe Wright
Dan Findley x Scot Leavitt x Jim Jeffery
x Nancy Hutt Bob Allen Todd Sanders

Committee Support:

Committee support
Amy Alday-Murray Chris Chairsell x Susan Wilson
x Rick Aman x Stacey Timmins

Guests:

Guests
Todd Sanders Jan Chambers Heiko Spoddeck
Brooke Gondara Laurel Spillum Steve Ward
Terry Daugherty Kerry Pataki Kathy Bernunzio
Jim Hicks Susan Wolff Tom Lieurance
Roy Torley

Information Items from the Curriculum Office:

(These items do not require curriculum committee recommendation)

Experimental Course

  • BCT 299V – VectorWorks for Constructors II
  • CIS 199P – PHP Web Development I
  • CIS 299P – PHP Web Development II
  • CAS 199 – Desktop Publishing: InDesign
  • BA 199B – Legal Issues in Credit
  • PS 199B – Political Skills and Issues

Course Inactivation

  • MTH 259 – Calculus Review
  • CIS – See attachment

Old Business

57. ENGR 211 – Statics
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

New Business

67. ENGR 100 – Exploring Engineering
Course Revision – Description
Recommend

68. ENGR 101 – Engineering Fundamentals
Course Revision – Description
Recommend

69. ENGR 275 – Microcomputer Systems I
Course Revision – Description
Recommend

70. ATH 234 – Death: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
New Course
General Education request has been retracted
Recommend with addition to course description:
ATH 234 and SOC 234 cannot both be taken for credit.

71. SOC 234 – Death: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
New Course
General Education has been retracted
Recommend with addition to course description:
ATH 234 and SOC 234 cannot both be taken for credit.

72. CMET 110 – Statics
Course Revision – Description, Requisites
Recommend

73. CMET 112 – Technical Algebra/Trigonometry
Course Revision – Description
Recommend

74. CMET 132 – Plane Surveying
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

75. CMET 133 – Materials Technology
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

76. CMET 211 – Environment Engineering Technology I
Course Revision – Title, Requisites
Recommend

77. CMET 212 – Thermodynamics I
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

78. CMET 215 – Manufacturing Processes
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

79. CMET 221 – Environmental Engineering Technology II
Course Revision – Title, Requisites
Recommend

80. CMET 226 – Dynamics
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

81. CMET 228 – Construction Materials
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

82. CMET 233 – Computer Aided Design III – CET
Course Revision – Title, Requisites
Recommend with course title to: CET Applied Computer Aided Design

83. CMET 235 – Machine Design
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

84. CMET 236 – Structural Design
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

85. CMET 237 – Computer Aided Design III
Course Revision – Title
Postponed at SAC Request

86. CMET 241 – Structural Steel Drafting
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

87. CMET 254 – Civil/Mechanical Engineering Technology Seminar
Course Revision – Requisites
Recommend

88. MTH 91 – Intermediate Algebra Part 1
Course Revision – Description
Recommend

89. MTH 92 – Intermediate Algebra Part 2
Course Revision – Description
Recommend

90. MTH 95 – Intermediate Algebra
Course Revision – Outcomes
Recommend

91. MTH 116- Calculus Preparation
Course Revision – Outcomes
Recommend with change to Outcomes only

92. ART 217 – Understanding Comics Art
New Course
Recommend with change:
Strongly recommended: Placement into WR 121 and RD 115.

93. PSY 285 – Psychology Majors’ Seminar and Practicum
New Course
Recommended with 1 abstention
Recommend with title change to: Psychology Seminar and Practicum
With addition to description:
Highly recommended: MTH 243
Prerequisite: PSY 201 or 201A and PSY 202 or PSY 202A. Prerequisite/Concurrent: WR 122.

94. TA 190B – Projects in Theatre
Contact/Credit Hour Change
Recommend

95. TA 290B- Projects in Theatre
Contact/Credit Hour Change
Recommend

96. TA 244 – Advanced Improvisation
New Course
Recommend

97. BCT 280C – Cooperative Education Building Construction Technology
Course Revision – Description, Outcomes
Postponed due to no SAC representation

98. NUR 208 – Nursing Care of Clients with Emergent Health Care Needs
Course Revision – Description
Postponed due to no SAC representation

99. RD 80A – Reading 80
Course Revision – Title
Recommend

100. RD 80C – Reading 80
Course Revision – Title
Recommend

101. WR 80C – Writing 80
Course Revision – Title
Recommend

102. ALC 60 – Basic Math Skills Lab
New Course
Recommend

103. ALC 62 – Basic Math Review (Lab)
Course Revision – Title
Recommend

104. ALC 63 – Basic Math Review (Lab)
Course Revision – Title
Recommend

105. ALC 64 – Basic Math Review (Lab)
Course Revision – Title
Recommend

106. ALC 52 – Basic English Skills Lab
Course Revision – Course Number change to ALC 51
Recommend

107. ALC 53 – Basic English Skills Lab
Course Revision – Course Number change to ALC 52
Recommend

108. ALC 54 – Basic English Skills Lab
Course Revision – Course Number change to ALC 53
Recommend

109. ALC 62 – Basic Math Review (Lab)
Course Revision – Course Number change to ALC 61
Recommend

110. ALC 63 – Basic Math Review (Lab)
Course Revision – Course Number change to ALC 62
Recommend

111. ALC 64 – Basic Math Review (Lab)
Course Revision – Course Number change to ALC 63
Recommend

112. ALC 70 – Technical Math Support
Course Revision – Description/Requisite
Recommend

113. DE 50 – Vocabulary Building
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

114. MTH 10B – Fundamentals of Arithmetic I
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

115. MTH 10C – Fundamentals of Arithmetic I
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

116. MTH 11B – Fundamentals of Arithmetic II
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

117. MTH 11C – Fundamentals of Arithmetic II
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

118. MTH 20 – Basic Math
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

119. MTH 20B – Basic Math
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

120. MTH 21C – Percentage and Statistics
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

121. MTH 22 – Measurements
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

122. MTH 22C – Measurements
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

123. MTH 23C – Introduction to Geometry
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

124. MTH 24C – Pre-Algebra
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

125. MTH 25C – Fractions
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

126. MTH 26C – Decimals
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

127. MTH 27C – Applications in Mathematics
Course Revision – Description/Requisites
Recommend

The following courses are being proposed by Columbia Gorge Community College:

128. RET 101 – Introduction to Wind Turbine Technology I
New Course
Postponed at SAC request

129. RET 102 – Alternate Energy Power Generation
New Course
Recommend with change to description : Subjects that will be explored in this course are Biodiesel, Wind, Solar cells, Fuel cells, Ocean wave, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Connection to grid, (homeowner), Electric vehicles, Effect of politics on long term wind generation, and other forms of renewable energy.Also research into old technologies as well as new will be explored. This course also discussed the power grid, local utilities and how power is generated and sold back to local utilities.

130. RET 119 – Programmable Controllers (PLC)
New Course
Recommend

131. RET 120 – Basic/Introductory Hydraulics
New Course
Recommend with prerequisite change: Prerequisite/concurrent: MTH 95

132. RET 121 – Wind Mechanics I
New Course
Recommend with prerequisite: RET 120

133. RET 122 – Wind Mechanics II
New Course
Recommend with prerequisite: RET 121

134. RET 141 – Electrical Motor and Generator Control
New Course
Postponed at SAC request
Committee suggests the following changes to their revised CCOG: Prerequisite: EET 112
Prerequisite/concurrent: MTH 95, WR 115.

135. RET 223 – Wind Mechanics III
New Course
Recommend with prerequisite: RET 122