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Summary of Current Status on Substantive Change as of 2-09-10

1. On June 1, 2009, the DE Program presented its Program Review to the Educational Planning Committee (EPC) - see Exhibit A.

2. On June 22, 2009, the EPC Responded with a Commendation and  Recommendations - see Exhibit B.

3. One of the recommendations was to meet with the VP of Student Services to discuss challenges and resources needed, such as counseling, health services, advisement, etc. along with the review of the choice of course platforms available at LAMC.

4. In the November 2009 DE Committee reviewed the current list of approved DE Online Classes. There are 45 approved DE classes.  - See Exhibit C and also discussed the then current status of online classes and whether the online class offerings constituted a Substantive Change. The DE Committee decided to make a presentation to the EPC in its December 2009 meeting.

6. In the December 2009 meeting of the EPC, Paul Mckenna of  the DE Committee made a presentation outlining the current certificates or degrees that are available currently or nearly available online, which included the following:

Chicano Studies (5 of 7 required courses, 15 of 23 units available online)

Law (Legal Assisting/Paralegal) (all 36 units completely available online - a Substantive Change Proposal was made and approved for this program in Spring 2009)

Philosophy (4 of 6 required courses, 12 of 18 units)

Political Science (6 of 9 required courses, 15 of 21 units), and Sociology (5 of 7 required courses, 15 of 22 units). - see Exhibit D.

7. The EPC decided that the issue of a Substantive Change Proposal should be discussed at different college levels, including College Council, and Academic Senate, and upon due consideration, a process should be established and impletmented to carry forward a Substantive Change Proposal for our current and future online classes.

updated: 2-09-10