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Riverside City CollegeCurriculum Committee Draft Agenda (as of July 2020)

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1. Call to Order

2. Approval of the Agenda

3. Approval of Minutes: May 26, 2020

4. Action Items (see page 2)

5. Reports – no reports unless time urgent emergency (none planned as of July 13)a. Curriculum Chair – Kelly Douglassb. Articulation Officer – Ellen Drinkwaterc. Instructional Programs Support Coordinator – Casandra Greened. Tech Review Chair – Steven Schmidte. CIO – Carol Farrar

6. Curriculum Policy & Procedure

a. Note number of representatives who have completed required training (and if any remain and need to complete today before/after meeting)

Riverside City College MISSION: Riverside City College serves a diverse community of learners by offering certificates, degrees, and transfer programs that help students achieve their educa-tional and career goals. The college strives to improve the social and economic mobility of its stu-dents and communities by being ready to meet students where they are, valuing and supporting each student in the successful attainment of their goals and promoting an inclusive, equity-focused environment.VISION: Riverside City College strives to provide excellent educational opportunities that are re-sponsive to the diverse needs of its students and communities, and empowers both to be active participants in shaping the future.

Consistent with Executive Order N-29-20 and Government Code sections 54953.2, 54954.1, 54954.2, and 54957.5, the Riverside City Col-lege Curriculum Committee will provide to individuals with disabilities reasonable modification or accommodation including an alternate, accessible version of all meeting materials. To request an accommodation, please contact Office of Diversity, Equity, & Compliance at 951-222-8039 or by email to Georgina Villaseñor-Lee: [email protected] or Lorraine Jones: [email protected].

b. Many issues to cover in coming meetings, but none today as promised

7. Open Forum

Action Items:1. Course Deletions: pg. 3 2. Course Major Modifications: pg. 3-53. Distance Education: pg. 5-144. New Courses: pg. 145. New State/Locally Approved Certificates/Degrees: pg. 156. State/Locally Approved Certificate/Degree Modifications: pg. 16

Information Items:

1. Course Inclusions: pg. 172. Distance Education: pg. 17

Attachments:

May 26, 2020 Minutes

Riverside City College Curriculum Committee Agenda, May 26, 2020, page 2 of 17.

TIGER PRIDE VALUESTradition and Innovation: We work collaboratively to develop flexible and creative solutions to meet

the evolving needs of our community and embrace change while respecting our tradition and legacy of strong partnerships.

Integrity and Transparency: We promote an environment of trust by being honest, fair, transparent, and equitable. We honor our commitments to our students, staff, and communities.

Growth and Continual Learning: We commit to intellectual inquiry, reflection, professional develop-ment, and growth for all stakeholders. We adjust our teaching practices to provide equitable opportu-nities and outcomes and to encourage continual learning for our students, faculty, and staff.

Equity-Mindedness: We promote social justice and equity.Responsiveness: We respond to the needs of our students and communities through engagement and

collaboration.Student-Centeredness: We create meaningful learning environments that value the strengths and ex-

periences our students bring and that support students in developing and accomplishing their per-

Action ItemsCourse Long_Title Rationale Campus

Course DeletionsADJ-23 Criminal Justice Report Writ-

ingThe Administration of Justice District Advisory Commit-tee meeting, occurring in October 2018, was unanimous in consensus that the ADJ23 course, Criminal Justice Report Writing, was ineffective; discussion occurred about major course modifications or changes, but ulti-mately, all professional advisory members advised it was more important to them students focus upon English courses, such as English 1A, for comprehensive writing skill, than in a specific report writing class, especially as report writing is a factor included in many ADJ classes already, including ADJ12, ADJ13, & ADJ14. Norco's Social & Behavioral Sciences Department ap-proved the removal (10/2018) and RCC's Behavioral Science Department approved the removal (11/2018).

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CAT-57 Creating and Managing the Virtual Office

This RIV-ONLY stand-alone course is being deleted. The program no longer exists and was deleted 3 years ago. The course is on no other programs.

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CIS-23 Software End User Support No rationale given. RKIN-A62A Flag Football We haven't offered this course in many years. It is only a

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Course Major ModificationsAUT-13A Hybrid and Electric Vehicle

Technology 1This course has been updated to meet advancements in Automotive Technology and changes in the industry.

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AUT-13B Advanced Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology

Existing course Number is being updated to align with ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) certification test series. No Other changes have been made.

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AUT-1A Automotive Engine Repair (Upper End)

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AUT-1B Automotive Engine Repair (Lower End)

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AUT-2 Automotive Automatic Trans-mission/Transaxles

Course has not been updated in some time; needs to be made current.

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AUT-3 Automotive Manual Drivetrain Systems

Update curriculum. R

AUT-50 Automotive Principles Updating curriculum. RAUT-6A Automotive Electrical Systems

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AUT-7 Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning

Curriculum update. R

AUT-8A Automotive Engine Perfor-mance 1

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mance 2CAT-1A Business Etiquette Update/addition of objectives as well as review of the

COR for CTE 2 year curriculum review process (2/2020)

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CAT-36A Legal Office Procedures I Update for CTE 2 year review as well inclusion of Course Objectives and TBA lab (02-25-2020).

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CAT-36B Legal Office Procedures II Course review and update to bring into compliance with CTE 2-Year review, add objectives, TBA lab content.

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CAT-37 Legal Terminology Update for CTE 2 year review as well inclusion of Course Objectives and TBA lab (03-08-2020).

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CAT-38 Legal Word Processing and Forms

Course review and update to bring into compliance with CTE 2-Year review, add objectives, TBA lab content.

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CAT-53 Keyboarding Fundamentals All components of this COR have been reviewed and ob-jectives added as a part of a district discipline 2 year curriculum review cycle (1/2020)

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CAT-61 Professional Office Procedures Updates to all COR content as a part of a district disci-pline 2 year Curriculum Review Cycle (began 12/2016).

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CAT-62 Records Management Review and revision of all parts of the COR was com-pleted as a part of a district discipline 2 year Curricu-lum Review Cycle (cycle beginning 4/28/2020)

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CUL-41 Fundamentals of Exploring Wine

This course was specifically designed for the culinary apprenticeship program to provide the understanding of wine production and the ability to identify the specific characteristics of each wine varietal and to distinguish between different varietals. Apprentices are required to take a course about wine as part of their related instruc-tion.

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EAR-23 Family Home Child Care Pro-gram

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EAR-24 Introduction to Curriculum To update course and add course objectives. MNREAR-25 Teaching in a Diverse Society Update course content and textbook. MNREAR-28 Principles and Practices of

Teaching Young ChildrenUpdate textbook. MNR

EAR-30 Practicum in Early Childhood Education

Added objectives in updated course outline of record. MNR

EAR-33 Infant and Toddler Develop-ment

Update to remove general education SLOs added in er-ror.

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EAR-34 Infant and Toddler Care and Education

To align with the statewide Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) expansion for ECE

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EAR-35 Practicum in Infant and Tod-dler Care

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EAR-38 Adult Supervision and Men-toring in Early Care and Edu-cation

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EAR-40 Introduction to Children with Special Needs

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EAR-41 Practicum in Early Interven-tion/Special Education

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EAR-42 Child, Family, and Commu-nity

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EAR-44 Administration I: Programs in Early Childhood Education

In order to be up-to-date with statewide Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) expansion

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EAR-45 Administration II: Personnel and Leadership in Early Child-hood Education

To comply with statewide Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) expansion

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EAR-47 Childhood Stress and Trauma Updating course content and student learning outcomes MNRECO-10 Economics and Personal Deci-

sion-MakingThis modification serves to update the course outline by adding student learning objectives, updating course ma-terials, and adding a distance education component.

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ECO-9 Economics of Poverty, In-equality and Discrimination

This modification serves to update the course outline by adding student learning objectives, updating course ma-terials, and adding a distance education component.

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ECO-9H Honors Economics of Poverty, Inequality and Discrimination

This modification serves to update the course outline by adding student learning objectives and updating course materials.

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PSY-35 Abnormal Psychology Add objectives and update textbook information. MNRDistance Education Proposals (Standard)ADJ-12DE Introduction to Criminalistics Ninety percent of the sections offered in ADJ have wait-

lists. Currently our students are limited to completing their coursework face-to-face and opting out of taking this class due to its unavailability, which is of great con-cern. A Distance Education class will increase access and improve graduation rates. It will reduce bottle-necks created by limitations of physical classroom space.

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ADJ-13DE Criminal Investigations Ninety percent of the sections offered in ADJ have wait-lists. Currently our students are limited to completing their coursework face-to-face and opting out of taking this class due to its unavailability, which is of great con-cern. A Distance Education class will increase access and improve graduation rates. It will reduce bottle-necks created by limitations of physical classroom space.

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ADJ-14DE Advanced Criminal Investiga-tion

Ninety percent of the sections offered in ADJ have wait-lists. Currently our students are limited to completing their coursework face-to-face and opting out of taking this class due to its unavailability, which is of great con-cern. A Distance Education class will increase access and improve graduation rates. It will reduce bottle-necks created by limitations of physical classroom space.

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ADJ-19DE Introduction to Policing Ninety percent of the sections offered in ADJ have wait-lists. Currently our students are limited to completing their coursework face-to-face and opting out of taking this class due to its unavailability, which is of great con-cern. A Distance Education class will increase access and improve graduation rates. It will reduce bottle-

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necks created by limitations of physical classroom space.

ADJ-6DE Patrol Procedures Ninety percent of the sections offered in ADJ have wait-lists. Currently our students are limited to completing their coursework face-to-face and opting out of taking this class due to its unavailability, which is of great con-cern. A Distance Education class will increase access and improve graduation rates. It will reduce bottle-necks created by limitations of physical classroom space.

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ANT-10DE Forensic Anthropology Proposal to offer ANT-10 in both online and hybrid for-mat to provide more options to students.

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ANT-1HDE Honors Physical Anthropology Proposal to offer ANT-1H in both online and hybrid for-mat to provide more options to students.

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ANT-2DE Cultural Anthropology Proposal to offer Ant-2 in an online or hybrid format to offer students more options.

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ANT-2HDE Honors Cultural Anthropology Proposal to offer ANT-2H in both online and hybrid for-mat to provide more options to students.

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ANT-4DE Native American Cultures Proposal to offer ANT-4 in both online and hybrid for-mat to provide more options to students.

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ANT-5DE Cultures of Ancient Mexico Proposal to offer ANT-5 in online and hybrid format to provide more options to students.

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ANT-6DE Introduction to Archaeology Proposal to offer ANT-6 in online and hybrid format to provide more options to students.

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ANT-7DE Anthropology of Religion Proposal to offer ANT-7 in both online and hybrid for-mat to provide more options to students.

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ANT-8DE Language and Culture Proposal to offer ANT-8 in both online and hybrid for-mat to provide more options to students.

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ASL-10DE ASL 10DE Distance education formats, both hybrid and online, not only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance student listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. Moreover, video conference class sessions ensure that the students and instructor still have in-class time that is devoted to interpersonal interaction, dynamic instruc-tion and in-person assessment.

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ASL-11DE ASL 11DE Distance education formats, both hybrid and online, not only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to

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expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance student listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. Moreover, video conference class sessions ensure that the students and instructor still have in-class time that is devoted to interpersonal interaction, dynamic instruc-tion and in-person assessment.


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ASL-14DE ASL 14DE Distance education formats, both hybrid and online, not only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance

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ASL-22DE ASL 22DE Distance education formats, both hybrid and online, not only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance student listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. Moreover, video conference class sessions ensure that the students and instructor still have in-class time that is devoted to interpersonal interaction, dynamic instruc-

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ASL-4 ASL 4DE Distance education formats, both hybrid and online, not only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance student listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. Moreover, video conference class sessions ensure that the students and instructor still have in-class time that is devoted to interpersonal interaction, dynamic instruc-tion and in-person assessment.

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only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance student listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. Moreover, video conference class sessions ensure that the students and instructor still have in-class time that is devoted to interpersonal interaction, dynamic instruc-tion and in-person assessment.

CAT-831DE Word Processing Skills: Edit-ing and Formatting Documents

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content is designed for short-term instruction to allow students to learn computer literacy skills used in online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction in a very short term. The online and hybrid environments are suit-able for skill development in the use of word processing software to edit and format documents.

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CAT-832DE Spreadsheet Skills: Creating and Formatting Workbooks

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content is designed for short-term instruction to allow students to learn computer literacy skills used in online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction in a very short term. The online and hybrid environments are suit-able for skill development in the use of spreadsheet soft-ware to create and edit worksheets, workbooks, and ba-sic formulas.

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CAT-833DE Presentation Software Skills: Creating and Formatting Pre-sentations

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content is designed for short-term instruction to allow students to learn computer literacy skills used in online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction in a very short term. The online and hybrid environments are suit-able for skill development in the use of presentation graphics software to create and format basic presenta-tions.

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CAT-841DE Mosprep: Microsoft Office Word-Expert Exam Prepara-tion

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content and instruction is delivered by faculty who have earned certification in Microsoft Word. The exam preparation materials for the industry, interna-tionally recognized certification are accessible in multi-ple formats, including simulation training. For practical and technical reasons the course lends itself well to on-

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line and hybrid formats which benefit student schedules. The national exam provider has added online proctoring which allows our faculty exam proctors to deliver the exam in a live, secure proctored environment. In addi-tion students may also opt to schedule exams with the exam provider's certified proctors in this same environ-ment.

CAT-842DE Mosprep: Microsoft Office Excel Expert Exam Prepara-tion

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content and instruction is delivered by faculty who have earned certification in Microsoft Excel. The exam preparation materials for the industry, interna-tionally recognized certification are accessible in multi-ple formats, including simulation training. For practical and technical reasons the course lends itself well to on-line and hybrid formats which benefit student schedules. The national exam provider has added online proctoring which allows our faculty exam proctors to deliver the exam in a live, secure proctored environment. In addi-tion students may also opt to schedule exams with the exam provider's certified proctors in this same environ-ment.

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CAT-843DE Mosprep: Microsoft Office Powerpoint Core Exam Prepa-ration

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content and instruction is delivered by faculty who have earned certification in Microsoft PowerPoint. The exam preparation materials for the industry, inter-nationally recognized certification are accessible in multiple formats, including simulation training. For practical and technical reasons the course lends itself well to online and hybrid formats which benefit student schedules. The national exam provider has added online proctoring which allows our faculty exam proctors to deliver the exam in a live, secure proctored environ-ment. In addition students may also opt to schedule ex-ams with the exam provider's certified proctors in this same environment.

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CAT-844DE Mosprep: Microsoft Office Access Core Exam Preparation

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content and instruction is delivered by faculty who have earned certification in Microsoft Access. The exam preparation materials for the industry, interna-tionally recognized certification are accessible in multi-ple formats, including simulation training. For practical and technical reasons the course lends itself well to on-line and hybrid formats which benefit student schedules. The national exam provider has added online proctoring which allows our faculty exam proctors to deliver the exam in a live, secure proctored environment. In addi-tion students may also opt to schedule exams with the exam provider's certified proctors in this same environ-ment.

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CAT-845DE Mosprep: Microsoft Office Outlook Core Exam Prepara-tion

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content and instruction is delivered by faculty who have earned certification in Microsoft Outlook. The exam preparation materials for the industry, interna-tionally recognized certification are accessible in multi-ple formats, including simulation training. For practical and technical reasons the course lends itself well to on-line and hybrid formats which benefit student schedules. The national exam provider has added online proctoring which allows our faculty exam proctors to deliver the exam in a live, secure proctored environment. In addi-tion students may also opt to schedule exams with the exam provider's certified proctors in this same environ-ment.

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CAT-846DE Access Skills: Creating and Using Tables

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content is designed for short-term instruction to allow students to learn computer literacy skills used in online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction in a very short term. The online and hybrid environments are suit-able for skill development in the use of database soft-ware to create, edit, and use database tables.

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CAT-898DE Windows, File Management, Internet, and Canvas Basics

The discipline has determined that this course is suitable for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content is designed for short-term instruction to allow students to learn computer literacy skills used in online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction in a very short term. The online and hybrid environments are suit-able for training in the use of the skills in the Windows, File Management, Internet, and Canvas Basics course as the students.

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for online and hybrid delivery for pedagogical, practi-cal, and technical reasons which benefit students. The course content is designed for short-term instruction to allow students to learn computer literacy skills used in online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction in a very short term. The online and hybrid environments are suit-able for training in the use of Adobe Acrobat skills to create, annotate, edit, manage, and distribute portable document files (PDF).

ECO-10DE Economics and Personal Deci-sion-Making

Economics and Personal Decision-making is an impor-tant class or all students and many of our students are constrained by attending the college in-person by work and family-life. Learning this material should not be limited to only students who can physically attend in-person. Improving access for all students to this mate-rial has an additional equity component in educating under-served populations in labor, financial and hous-ing markets about decisions that can help them to im-prove their financial positions and promote inter-gener-ational mobility.

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ECO-9DE Economics of Poverty and Discrimination

Economics of Poverty Inequality and Discrimination is an important class or all students and many of our stu-dents are constrained by attending the college in-person by work and family-life. Learning this material should not be limited to only students who can physically attend in-person. Improving access has an important equity component for students.

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New CoursesAUT-4B Advanced Suspension and

Brake SystemsAdvancements in automotive technology, and increased system complexity require more training

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AUT-6B Automotive Electrical Systems 2

Advancements in automotive technology, and increased system complexity require more training.

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CIS-21C Red Hat Linux System Ad-ministration I

Red Hat Linux operating system administration is in high demand across the IT industry as most of the Inter-net and Internet of Things runs on Linux. The predomi-nant version of Linux for the Internet / WWW servers is Red Hat. This course will prepare students for part 1 of the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) industry certification knowledge. RHCSA certification is highly desirable by employers and is often required by systems administrator positions.

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CIS-27C Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials

Palo Alto next generation firewalls are in high demand with in the cybersecurity field. This is a skill that our business and leadership team has identified as desir-able.

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CIS-94 Data Analysis Using Excel and Access

This course is being created as a part of an 8-unit state-approved Certificate Achievement.

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ENP-52 Starting a Business with Lim-ited Resources

Course is being added to offer a larger variety of entre-preneur courses, along with new certificates.

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ENP-852 Starting a Business with Lim-ited Resources

Course is being added to offer a larger variety of entre-preneur courses, along with new certificates.

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PSY-35H Honors Abnormal Psychology To enhance the current Honors course offerings. MNR


New Certificate ProgramsCAT-CERT DQS

Data Quick Start Centers of Excellence, employment for the data science occupational group is expected to increase by 7% be-tween 2018-2023. In addition, local advisory has indi-cated a need for employees with strong Microsoft Excel and Access skills. This need is also documented in addi-tional Centers of Excellence labor market report re-garding Excel and Access skills which found out of 7,433 total job postings approximately 39% sought indi-viduals with Microsoft Excel and Access skills. The Data Quick Start certificate the first of a planned stackable series of programs in data science designed to address those needs.

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New Degree & Certificate ProgramsAUT-AS AEPS Automotive Engine Perfor-

mance SpecialistCertificate/degree is being created to more closely align with changes in Automotive Industry specialty areas. In Addition to Industry alignment, new certificate/degree will shorten time to completion for students specializing in this area of study.

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AUT-AS AUS Automotive Undercar Special-ist

Certificate/degree is being created to more closely align with changes in Automotive Industry specialty areas. In Addition to Industry alignment, new certificate/degree will shorten time to completion for students specializing in this area of study.

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Program Modifications -- Certificate ProgramsADJ-CERT IT Investigative Technician Current job opportunities for investigative assistants, in-

vestigative technicians, and evidence specialists within the region, along with input from Investigative Techni-cians and Investigators within the Bureau of Investiga-tions at the District Attorney’s Office, show that the re-sponsibilities, technical skills, and industry knowledge required in these entry-level positions have increased significantly in recent years and the current certificate course listing was not sufficient or impressive to poten-tial employers. Increasing the course requirements for this certificate, removing outdated classes, and seeking state approval provide a stronger foundation of criminal legal knowledge and technical investigative skill to stu-dents within the program. This is also reflected in the in-creased focus on professional communication (written and verbal) by requiring both ENG-1A and our new class offering, ADJ-24 Interviewing & Interrogation. Current ADJ program scheduling should allow for stu-dents to still potentially complete this certificate within 9-12 months, despite the increased credit requirement. The required courses in this certificate are also all re-quired for the A.A.S in ADJ and/or the ADT (with trans-ferable electives), allowing students to complete the cer-tificate while also completing their AAS/ADT in ADJ or choose to continue their education after completing the certificate by continuing in the program and finish com-pletion of the A.A.S. or ADT, further increasing their employability within the field. Further, changing the name of the certificate from Investigative Assistant to In-vestigative Technician further reflects the changes in the skills and knowledge provided and also more accurately meets the job descriptions and titles for most entry-level positions within the region, within both local, state, and federal agencies along with private organizations.

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Program Modifications -- Degree & Certificate ProgramsAUT-AS513 Automotive Electrical and

Electronics SpecialistCertificate/degree is being updated to more closely align with changes in Automotive Industry specialty ar-eas. Title change – formerly Automotive Technology Electrical. Update course numbering. Adding courses: AUT-6B Removing course: AUT-52B

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AUT-AS515 Automotive Powertrain Spe-cialist

Certificate/degree is being updated to more closely align with changes in Automotive Industry specialty ar-eas. In Addition to Industry alignment, new certificate/degree will shorten time to completion for students spe-cializing in this area of study.

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AUT-AS954 Automotive Hybrid and Elec-trical Vehicle Specialist

Updating certificate and degree title to better reflect the position associated with it. Course numbering is also being updated.

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Information ItemsCourse InclusionsCOM-20 Introduction to Communica-

tion TheoryProvide more options to students working toward a COM ADT.

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GEG-4 Geography of California Moreno Valley College is requesting inclusion of GEG-4, Geography of California, into our course catalog. The course is currently offered at two other colleges in the district and MVC Geography believes we could serve our students by offering GEG-4 at our college. Over the past seven years, enrollment in Geography courses at MVC has increased. The discipline would like to add a new course offering, GEG-4 to help students satisfy not only transfer requirements, but also course requirements for Geography majors at UC and CSU campuses.

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Distance Education Proposals (Standard)SPA-2HDE Spanish 2H Distance education formats, both hybrid and online, not

only may increase student access and serve unmet needs, they may also give the department flexibility by overcoming room, time and environmental limitations. At the same time, they allow the instructor the opportu-nity to give prompt and relevant feedback as well as to expand the course materials outside of the traditional classroom to include virtual realia and other abundant authentic materials available on the web. In addition to course and instructor-provided resources, these not only enrich the cultural content of the class but also enhance student listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. Moreover, video conference class sessions ensure that the students and instructor still have in-class time that is devoted to interpersonal interaction, dynamic instruc-tion and in-person assessment.

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