CAPS Minutes 3-5-09 2

CAPS Minutes
3-5-09
2:20 p.m. – 325 GMH

Present: Darlene Lake, Ulisses Barquero, Paul Miller, Kevin LeFeure, Roger Haro, Shane Van Dalsem, Jacob Gietman, Jeff Boyle, Chuck Lee

Excused: Patrick Randolph

· Josylen resigned from chair

· Anyone want to be chair?

Rick Gillis
+appointed

· Sue does end of year report

· Minutes of last meeting approved

Discussion on having an Associates Honors program

New Business

· Summer school programs/class start date.

§ ACC 421 – start course early to run 4 weeks

Passes 10-0-0

· Water safety course ESS 116

§ Start 1 week before start date

§ 2 week course, completed by June 1^st
Passes 10-0-0

· ESS 460/560 Tight rope Management

§ One year exception to start before for Colorado
Passes 10-0-0

· ESS 781 program leadership

§ 1 week course

§ Start after summer 1 start date June 15, 2009
Passes 10-0-0

Discussion

· J-Term course that are core courses that have heavy load of writing and reading

§ But required for curriculum

§ Not enough time for teachers to teach these courses

· J-Term courses getting away from the original intent

§ Some courses, when you go in to the next upper level courses, you aren’t prepared enough as a full semester classes

§ Even equivalent hrs, it’s still not the same as having a 15 week course

§ Access issue to what we offer?

§ See what the CLS Dean has to say?

= make draft=
Tell depts. To critically examine what courses they offer during J-Term, over 3 weeks vs. 15 weeks
-only the ones that do the work-

Next Meeting of CAPS: TBA

Meeting adjourned: 2:49 p.m.