Curriculum Committee - Resources
Ensuring Ā鶹ֱ²„'s curriculum is sound, comprehensive and responsive to the evolving needs of our students.
Ensuring Ā鶹ֱ²„'s curriculum is sound, comprehensive and responsive to the evolving needs of our students.
The āconciseā Curriculum Guide linked contains the foundational details about the
Ā鶹ֱ²„ Curriculum Committee and processes. The Guide is to be used in conjunction
with the website pages as well as official legal curriculum documents (e.g. Ed Code,
Title 5, Program and Course Approval Handbook, Chancellorās Office memos, etc.)
The guide contains the following information by section:
Please email the Curriculum Faculty Chair if you have any questions!
Program Feasibility Review is a process meant to assure that the Collegeās instructional resources are used in response to the Collegeās Mission, Strategic Plan and Educational Master Plan; the needs of its students; and the requirements of the community it serves.
The official Course Outline of Record (COR) defines the content, objectives, methods of instruction and evaluation, sample textbooks and instructional materials for the course, and more. It establishes the number of units for the course plus the number of hours of instruction and will list any prerequisite(s) or corequisite(s) required for the course.
This Program and Course Approval Handbook (PCAH) assists California community college administrators, faculty, and classified professionals in the development of programs and courses and the submission of these proposals for review and chaptering by the Chancellorās Office.
All courses that are approved for Distance Education must meet specific Accessibility
requirements as outlined in Title V. Please review the guidelines if you are interested
in adding Distance Education as a mode of instruction for a course.
In 2012, there were three primary changes to course repeatability: new limitations on when a course could be designated as repeatable, new parameters were established that limited enrollment in course āfamiliesā, and a shift of justifications for course ārepeatabilityā to student ārepetitionā. Below are reference materials from 2012.