Resources for Curriculum Chairs
(Resource links and information at the end)
- Faculty submits a course outline of record and includes in the "method's of evaluation section" attendance in the course. The faculty member says that attendance is a perfectly good way to evaluate students in this particular course. How do you respond?
Local College policy
COR: Curriculum Reference Guide
SLO Coordinator
Title 5 § 55002.a.2 (grading policies)
Title 5 § 55003 (students may be dropped for excessive absence)
Samples of methods of evaluation
Curriculum FAQ
- The curriculum committee wants to add a student to the committee and has approached you to see what the process is for adding a student to the membership of the committee. How do you respond?
Local Academic Senate: policies for modifying committee composition
Local Student Senate or Student Government
Title 5 § 51023.7 (Students 9+1 purview)
Past Curriculum Chairs
- Should SLOs be included on the COR?
ACCJC
Curriculum Listserv
Union Colleagues
SLO Coordinator
ASCCC Rostrum Articles
Local Academic Senate Policies
Former Curriculum Chairs
- Stand-alone course training must be accomplished by certain dates and certified by the CIO of the college. Where do you get the correct information to do training locally?
Chancellor’s Office website: CCCCO.org
Curriculum Institute resources
- The music faculty must remove repeatability from their courses. What are their curricular options in shaping their program to serve student need?
Curriculum FAQ
Rostrum Articles
Other Curriculum chairs at area colleges
Curriculum Listserv
ASCCC Curriculum Chair
- A faculty member insists that her jewelry-making course fulfills the Humanities GE category for an Associates degree and CSU transfer. How do you respond?
Curriculum Reference Guide
Standards, Policies and Procedures for IGETC
Title 5 §55002 on Standards and Criteria for courses
- A program is being discontinued at your college. What is the role of the Curriculum Committee and Chair in the process?
College discontinuance policy
ASCCC Papers and Rostrum articles
Former Curriculum Chair
Local Academic Senate president
Accreditation Standards
- Now that title 5 allows content review for establishing prerequisites on courses, the Biology faculty at your college would like to add a prerequisite of freshman composition to their introductory Biological Science course. (In the past, they were unable to establish the prerequisite through statistical validation.) As Curriculum Chair, you realize that you will need a clear and rigorous process for faculty to follow. What resources will you need to begin?
English COR
Biology COR
ASCCC paper: Implementing Content Review
ASCCC Rostrum articles
Assist.org
Curriculum Listserv
Title 5 § 55003
CCCCO Guidelines
Articulation Officer
VPs, Deans – impact on enrollment and course offerings
Discipline faculty at other colleges
- The Physical Education faculty have asked that their course on self defense be brought before the curriculum committee for distance education approval. What is your response?
Curriculum Listserv
Distance Educationapproval form: determine type of DE – hybrid, TV
Accreditation – Instructor/student contact hours
Local existing Distance Education policy
Articulation Officer
Distance Education coordinator
ASCCC papers and Rostrum articles
- Your Program Review process must go through significant changes to meet Accreditation standards. What is the role of the Curriculum Committee and Chair in determining and participating in the process? Where do you go to get information?
VPI
Accreditation Liaison Officer
Accreditation Standards
Department Chairs
Program Review Chair, SLO Coordinator and Curriculum Chair dialogue with Senate president
ASCCC papers and Rostrum articles
Curriculum listserv
Resources Links and Information
Curriculum Listserv:
Contact Joni Jordan
Chancellor’s Office Academic Affairs Curriculum and Instruction website:
Academic Senate website (Search for papers and Rostrum articles):
ACCJC website for Accreditation Standards:
Curriculum Reference Guide:
Program and Course Approval Handbook (on Chancellor’s Office Website):
Standards, Policies and Procedures for IGETC (on ICAS website):
ASCCC Curriculum website (including FAQ):