College of Marin Recommendation for New, Revised, or Deleted Course
1. Action:			Add Course Revise Course Delete Course Distance Education
2. Number and Course Title:			English 120: Intro to College Reading and Composition II
3. Specify the first semester/year the new course or change will take effect:
4. Offered as Short Term Only							COLLEGE OF MARIN
Define Weeks, Days, Hours Course Meets:							17. For COM Degree Not for COM Degree 18. General Education Requirement
5. Open Entry/Exit: Yes No							A Natural Science B Social and Behavioral Science
6. Complete table below to determine hours and units:							C Humanities
Service Values		Weekly Hours		Student Units		TeachingUnits	D Composition, Written E Communication and Analytical Thinking
	Lecture	3		3		3	F American Institutions G Cross-Cultural Studies
	Lab	1		1		1	H Physical Activity 19. Associate Degree/Certificate Requirement
	Practicum						Certificate in:
							18 Units Less than 18 units
	Activity						Associate Degree in:
							20. Semester Required, if applicable
	Total of Hours/units Hours						1st Year Fall Spring 2^nd Year Fall Spring
7. Other type of hours:							21. Stand Alone Course - may lead to future program Yes No Uncertain
8. Maximum class size for new course: 25							22. CSU G.E. REQUIREMENT A Communications and Critical Thinking
9. Maximum class size for course revision:							Group I II III B Natural Sciences and Math
Remains at: or From: 35 To: 25							Group I II III C Art, Literature, Philosophy, Foreign Languages
10. Times taken for credit: 1 2 3 4							Group I II D Social, Political and Economic Institutions
11. Grading Systems: CR/NC Letter Grade							Group I II III IV E Lifelong Understanding and Development
12. Student Materials Fee:							23. IGETC UC/CSU G.E. REQUIREMENT
13. Primary Method of Instruction:							1 English Communication Grp A B C 2 Math Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
14. Mission: Transfer Vocational Basic Skills ESL Other:							3 Arts and Humanities Grp A B 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences
15. Projected Enrollment: 400 1st Yr 400 3rd Yr							5 Physical/Biological Sci Grp A B UC Requirement Language Other Than English
16. Reading, Writing, ESL or Math course, indicate level:							24. UC Elective Major: 25. CSU Elective Major:
Initiated By Date							Curriculum Committee Approval Date
Chair Approval Date					Dean’s Review		VP Academic Affairs	Board Date
UDWC Approval Date							Office Use Only TOP CATALOG MCF SCHEDULE (Rev: 8-26-02 jf)

26. Prerequisite:

Corequisite:

Advisory:

Other Limit:

Please also compete matrix, if applicable. Thank you.

27. Course Revision Recap (To be completed in addition to actual changes on the form.)

COURSE ITEM	FROM	TO	COURSE ITEM	FROM	TO
Course Number			Weeks Duration
Lecture Hours	3	3	Student Units	3	3
Lab Hours	1	1	Teaching Units	1	1
Practicum Hours			Materials Fee
Activity Hours			Times Taken
Other Hours			Grading System

Other Changes: (Please check all that apply. Thank you.)

Catalog Description Schedule Description Student Outcomes Methods of Instruction

Course Content Critical Thinking Methods of Evaluation Texts/Assigned Reading

ITEM PROPOSED REVISION
Course Title	From	Fundamentals of Composition II
	To	Introduction to College Reading and Composition II
Prerequisite	From
	To
Corequisite	From
	To
Advisory	From
	To
Primary Method of Instruction	From	Lecture
	To	Lecture, Activity, and Lab
Method of Attendance	From
	To
Other	From
	To
OFFICE USE ONLY

28. Give the reason(s) for creating, revising, or deleting this course. (If new course, what evidence of need for this course exists?)

The course objectives and methods of instruction need to be updated to reflect the current pedogogical research that indicates collaborative learning, reading instruction, witing in context, error identification in context, sentence combining activities, inquiry based learning, audience analysis, and understanding of purpose and tone contribute to improvement of reading and writing skills.

29. Feasibility. (Can the department commit the resources necessary to support the course for the proposed number of students and offer it with sufficient frequency to meet program objectives? Please explain. Note: Approval of the Curriculum Committee does not imply approval of funding.)

30. Has articulation or planning with neighboring institutions taken place?

(Please comment below.)

31. Give justification for teaching units and service hour values as specified in the UPM contract.

(Please see table, Item No. 6. Thank you.)

Ask David and Bonnie or perhapsabout the UDWC assignment and the UPM contract or perhaps Joyce Marks since Basic Skills recently went through this

32. Cross Listed Course. (List discipline number and title of cross listed course(s) and give reasons for cross listing. Note: Each cross listed course must have its own course on file and be signed by the chair of the department.)

???

33. Interdepartmental Considerations. (Please list departments affected by this recommendation and the person(s) contacted. Please state positions.)

None

34. Learning Resources/Distance Education. 1) Are there special learning resources required for this course? 2) For distance learning courses, have the budgetary (cost of tapes, license fees, cost per student) and equipment needs been coordinated with learning resources? Does the delivery by distance education significantly change course objectives and content? Please explain.

Learning Resources Contact:

Videos/VCR

35. Library. (Are current library resources able to support the course as designed?)

Information Literacy. (Students in this course will be encouraged to use the library/information resources listed below.)

Online Public Access Catalog Periodicals World Wide Web Sites

Reference Books Online Databases

Please comment:

Students will be encourages to use the library and its resources to help with idea development and essay development.

36. COM General Education Requirement. (Explain how this course meets the criteria for the COM General Education Requirement for which it is being proposed?)

English Communication and Analytical Thinking (double check with David)

37. Cultural Diversity. (This course is being proposed to satisfy the requirements listed below.)

College of Marin Cross Cultural Studies Requirement. Please respond fully in Item No. 36.

Sonoma State Ethnic Studies Requirement.

UC Berkeley American Cultures Breadth Requirement.

Other Cultural Diversity Requirement. Please list school and requirement in comment below.

Comment:

N/A