Disciplines List

Disciplines List Motion

Whereas, The Disciplines List Process sometimes culminates in a situation in which the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges submits a resolution to recommend not forwarding the discipline to the Board of Governors for adoption, leading to a great deal of confusion about the true meaning and consequences of an Aye or Nay vote to a negatively stated resolution;

Improvements to the Disciplines List Process

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges reviews the Disciplines List in the Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges1 every two years to recommend additions and changes to the Board of Governors;

Whereas, During every two-year cycle the Academic Senate evaluates the process used to revise the disciplines list and makes modifications as necessary (e.g., recommending a new category requiring a “Specific Bachelor’s degree or Associate Degree List” during the last review);

Disciplines List – Pharmacy Technology

Whereas, Oral testimony given through the consultation process used for the review of minimum qualifications for faculty in the California community colleges, known as the “Disciplines List,” both supported and opposed adding the following new discipline to the non-Master’s list called Pharmacy Technology;

Any bachelor’s degree and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience, or any associate degree, and an accredited Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT), and four years of professional experience.

Disciplines List – Digital Media

Whereas, Oral testimony given through the consultation process used for the review of minimum qualifications for faculty in the California community colleges, known as the “Disciplines List,” opposed adding the following new discipline to the non-Master’s list called Digital Media;

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics, Digital Media, Multimedia, Animation, Fine Arts with an emphasis in digital media, or related field from an accredited college or university, and two years of non-teaching experience in a related discipline, or the equivalent.

Disciplines List – Peace Studies

Whereas, Oral testimony given through the consultation process used for the review of minimum qualifications for faculty in the California community colleges, known as the “Disciplines List,” supports the following addition of the Peace Studies discipline:

Master’s in Peace Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Peace and Justice Studies, or the equivalent.

Whereas, The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, having evaluated this evidence, supports the addition of Peace Studies;

Disciplines List – Chicano Studies

Whereas, Oral testimony given through the consultation process used for the review of minimum qualifications for faculty in the California community colleges, known as the “Disciplines List,” supported and opposed the following addition of the Chicano Studies discipline:

Master’s degree in Chicano Studies OR Ethnic Studies OR the equivalent.

Whereas, The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, having evaluated this evidence, supports the addition of Chicano Studies;

Adopt the Proposal to Add Kinesiology to the Disciplines List

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Executive Committee, having evaluated the evidence concerning the proposal to add Kinesiology to the Disciplines List, has resolved not to forward the addition of Kinesiology to the Disciplines List to the Board of Governors for adoption because “the identical discipline of Physical Education currently exists and to add Kinesiology would be redundant”;1

Whereas, The Academic Senate Executive Committee erred in its assessment that the Kinesiology proposal:

Reconsideration for Adding Peace Studies to the Disciplines List

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (Academic Senate) voted against a previous proposal for the creation of Peace Studies as a separate discipline on the 2010 Disciplines List, and the current Academic Senate process requires that resubmitted proposals provide substantively different rationale and come forward either as a resolution from a Senate Area meeting or as a resolution from the floor of the plenary session;

Removing Faculty Minimum Qualifications from Title 5

Whereas, Having the faculty minimum qualifications for specific positions delineated in Title 5 makes updating them more difficult;

Whereas, Some faculty positions, such as learning assistance faculty, Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) counselor, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) counselor, and noncredit faculty, have their minimum qualifications explicitly delineated in Title 5 regulation rather than in the Disciplines list; and

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