How could the curriculum requirements change?
On Wednesday, April 17, the Curriculum Committee recommended that the college only require the minimum Title 5 requirements, leaving out the three additional requirements of physical education, multicultural, and lifelong learning and self-development.
Curriculum Committee chair John Ison said in a statement that the proposed requirements came from five months of discussions.
“The committee heard from faculty from virtually every division. We welcomed public comments, statements, even a petition,” said Ison in his statement. “At the risk of complication, confusion, even chaos, the curriculum committee encouraged freedom of speech… to allow a free exchange of ideas.”
Most of the Curriculum Committee agreed that general education requirements should be simplified, stating that the associate degree should be streamlined and align with the California public universities.