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MERRITT COLLEGE
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
March 31, 2005, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Room Q300
Present: C.J. Allen* , L. Berry , C. Bracy , J. Harding , S. Mack (Vice Chair), C. Olsen , S. Pantell , D. Segar
K. Thoman (Chair) , D. Williams* , G. Yee , A. Mouton (student rep) *excused absence
Guests: Ron Felzer , Laura McFarland , Erroll Najee , Stacy Thompson
AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION FOLLOW-UP/ACTION
1. Minutes of Prior Meeting: Appd: w/Cor No Action
Date: 2/24/05
Date: 3/10/05
2. Announcements from the Mack: VP Berry recommended that the Library be moved None
Chair/Vice Chair: under her jurisdiction and this was done.
Thoman/Mack Thoman: Allied Health is voting to appoint one chair for
the area. Mack noted that one dept. chair can still speak
for all four departments. However, Thoman noted that one
program director makes decisions for each program area,
so there can’t be one person representing all four areas.
3. CIPD Report: Thoman None
4. Articulation Report: Pantell None
COURSE/PROGRAM ACTIONS
Dept/ Course/Program Type of Crs/Prg Prov Prereq Not Tabled No
CrsNo Action Appd Appd Appd Appd Action
5. COURSE ADDS:
Nurad Acute Care for CNAs Add Prereq
210† F05 as cor’d
OSAH Orientation to BERT and Emergency Add
248NA and Fire Safety Procedures S05
OSAH Adult CPR and Standard First Aid in Add
248NB Workplace Emergencies S05
OSAH Emergency Response: Light Search Add
248NC and Rescue and Bomb-Threat Mgmt S05
OSAH Workplace Safety and Security and Add
248ND Violence Prevention S05
Discussion:
OSAH Courses: Najee noted that he does BERT (Building and Emergency Response Team) training for Kaiser
Health Plan employees to respond the workplace emergencies. He is presenting courses in four major areas:
Emergency/fire safety, CPR/first aid, light search and rescue/bomb-threat management, and workplace safety/
violence prevention, each for 0.5 unit. These four courses are offered for a total of two units which leads to a
certificate issued by his company. Initially, the training will be offered to Kaiser employees, under contract edu-
cation; however, it can be offered to other employers. He is a lead trainer for Kaiser. The program can also be
taught for Peralta staff and students. Further discussion took place about contract education vs. regular FTES
classes. Harding noted that each of these courses is structured to be offered as either one-day workshops for 8
hours or as two one-half day workshops for 4 hours.
Nurad 210: Bracy noted that there is a need for acute-care workers in the healthcare field. McFarland noted that
she has received requests from acute-care facilities, such as Alameda Hospital, to offer acute-care training to
certified nurse assistants because of California’s new nurse staffing ratios (one registered nurse for each five
patients in particular areas of care). Harding also noted that a certificate program in Acute Care Nurse Assistant
needs to be defined, much as was recently done for the Certified Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aide certificate.
Following a discussion of the hours needed for training, the units/hours were lowered to 8 units for 6 hours
lecture and 6 hours lab, which was still well above the minimum required for training.
Follow-up/Action: All OSAH courses were approved as presented; Nurad 210 was approved as corrected to 8
units, 6 hours lecture and 6 hours lab.
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COURSE/PROGRAM ACTIONS
Dept/ Course/Program Type of Crs/Prg Prov Prereq Not Tabled No
CrsNo Action Appd Appd Appd Appd Action
6. COURSE CHANGES:
Chdev Child Growth and Development: Age Change Prereq
057A† Six through Adolescence F05
Chdev Curriculum and Programs for School- Change Prereq
057B† Age Children F05
Chdev Literature for the Young Child Change Prereq
060† F05
Chdev Preschool Science Curriculum: Change Prereq
065† Principles and Practices F05
Chdev Play-Based Curriculum Change Prereq
068† F05
Engl Preparation for Composition and Change Prereq
201A- Reading (correction to 3/7/05 CIPD F05
201B† submission)
Discussion:
Child Development Courses: Olsen noted that the department reviewed all prerequisite information for Child
Development courses to determine if Chdev 50 or 51 (the beginning/core courses in the program) were needed
as prerequisites to other Child Development courses. Also, they are hardwiring (activating) all prerequisite
requirements to make sure students are adequately prepared and meet minimum requirements in all Child
Development courses and can progress in the program.
Engl 201A-201B: Harding noted that this is a correction to the prerequisite information previously approved for
Engl 201A to clarify that Engl 252B at Merritt and Engl 259D at Vista meet both the reading and the writing
requirement parts of the prerequisite statement. This information/correction was confirmed by Ann Elliott (Merritt)
and Jenny Lowood (Vista). Thoman inquired if there were a simpler way to state the prerequisite information, but
Harding noted that this conforms with computer logic in the use of “and/or” statements, i.e., in computer and math
logic, “or” statements are executed before “and” statements.
Follow-up/Action: All course changes were approved as presented.
7. COURSE UPDATES:
None Update
8. COURSE DEACTIVATIONS:
Art The Eye’s Mind: Creation through Deact.
800† Photography F05
Art Mural Painting I: Design Deact.
801† F05
Art Mural Painting II: Techniques and Deact.
802† Execution F05
Biol Human Dissection Laboratory Deact.
022A† F05
Biol Human Dissection Laboratory Deact.
022B† F05
Biol Exercise Physiology Deact.
801† F05
Chdev Supervised Field Experience – Child Deact.
064† Development F05
Chdev Infant/Toddler Center Startups Deact.
248OE F05
EHMT Hazardous Waste Management Deact.
801† Training F05
Engl Spelling and Word Structures Deact.
254† F05
Engl Basic Grammar Deact.
256† F05
Envst California Desert Studies Deact.
020A† F05
Envst California Desert Studies Deact.
020B† F05
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COURSE/PROGRAM ACTIONS
Dept/ Course/Program Type of Crs/Prg Prov Prereq Not Tabled No
CrsNo Action Appd Appd Appd Appd Action
Envst California Desert Studies Deact.
020C† F05
Envst Scuba Diving Deact.
801† F05
Envst Introduction to ArcView Deact.
848NC F05
Posci Introduction to American Government Deact.
015† F05
Discussion:
Course Deactivations: Harding noted that most of the courses recommended for deactivation have not been
offered in five or more years, or there is some problem with them in their current format, e.g., Chdev 64 needs to
be rewritten/restructured, while Envst 801 presents liability problems, and Posci 15 lost its CSU “American
Institutions” certification (Posci 1 is offered instead). Felzer gave a brief history of the Biol 801 and Envst 20A-
20B-20C and 801 courses and noted that the Envst 20A-20B-20C series were the first courses added to the
Environmental Studies program in the 1960s. However, they haven’t been offered for a number of years as his
focus in more recent years has been on studying and offering courses about areas with a Mediterranean climate
like the Bay Area’s.
Follow-up/Action: All course deactivations were approved as presented, except Posci 15 which was pulled from
the agenda until Thoman has a chance to speak to Hector Cordova about the course, as he has requested that
no courses in his department be deactivated at the present time.
9. PROGRAM ADDS:
None Add
10. PROGRAM CHANGES:
None Change
11. PROGRAM DEACTIVATIONS:
Bus† Administrative Office Systems and Deact.
Applications Certificate of Completion F05
Discussion:
Administrative Office Systems and Applications Certificate: Harding noted that when this program was
reinstated, it was not noted at the time that there was not an approved certificate for this program at the state
level, i.e., the certificate was not on Merritt’s Inventory of Approved Programs (only the AA was listed). Anita
Black, during the program review process, will determine at a later time if a certificate is needed in this area. In
the meantime, the certificate notation needs to be removed from the catalog.
Follow-up/Action: Action was approved as presented.
12. POLICY/OTHER ISSUES:
1. Umbrella Courses in Biology/Environ- Modify
mental Studies catalog
entries
Discussion:
Umbrella Courses in Biol/Envst: Thoman is recommending that the umbrella courses for Felzer’s Biology/
Environment Studies courses (i.e., Biol/Envst 60A-H and 70A-H series of courses) be removed from the catalog
because the entries are confusing. Harding noted that they are essentially the same as selected topics listings –
they are just place holders for actual courses that need to be approved and listed individually. Discussion ensued
about the process and the assigning of permanent catalog numbers to guarantee transferability. It was agreed to
modify the catalog listings by removing the units and course description information and to state instead: “The
following courses are offered under this rubric.” If none are presently offered, the statement will say: “No courses
are presently offered under this rubric.”
Follow-up/Action: Action was approved as presented. Catalog entries will be modified as noted above.
CICMinutes033105.doc
jh 3/25/05, rev. 4/26/05
† To be submitted to 4/4/05 CIPD for approval. Posci 15 was pulled from CIC and CIPD agendas pending further consultation
with Dept. Chair Hector Cordova.
Meeting adjourned at: 3:30 p.m.
Next meeting scheduled for: 4/14/05, 1:30 p.m., Q300
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