Committee Charter
Committee Name / Curriculum Committee
Committee Purpose / Evaluate proposals for new programs and courses and changes to existing courses and programs with an emphasis on cross-departmental impact and curricular alignment (stacking, pathways, etc.) Evaluate the appropriateness of proposals to the college mission, transformative student experience, and strategic plans. Review and make recommendations to the AVPCI on policies and procedures related to curriculum. Share best practices in curriculum design.
College Officer to Whom Committee Reports / Assistant Vice President for Curriculum and Instruction
Committee Status (Permanent or Temporary) / Permanent
Committee Type (Advocacy or Division) / Division
Committee Composition by Unit / Rotating members:
Curriculum Committee Chair; One representative per academic division, one representative from Comprehensive Studies, and one representative from Corporate and Community Education.
Standing non-voting members:
Director of Curriculum and Instructional Support, Curriculum Coordinators, Registrar’s Office representative, Financial Aid representative.The library and marketing may also appoint representatives.
Committee Officers and Terms / Chair (1-year term)
Ex-officio (previous Chair – 1-year term)
Length of Service for appointees: / Three-years, staggered for rotating members
Method for Initial Appointment of Members: / Approved by Assistant Vice President for Curriculum and Instruction
Method for Continuous Appointment: / Nominated by Division Deans
Committee Year: / Fall - Spring
Date of Proposal: / September 2015
Minutes Required? (Y or N) / Yes
Scope (include initial objectives and any decision-making authority) / See below
Bylaws? (Y or N) / N/A
Initial Objectives: / N/A
Approval Signature:
Date of Approval:

Responsibilities

The Chair:

  • votes only to break ties.
  • serves an additional year as an ex officio (non-voting)member.

The Ex-officio:

  • serves as Chair if current Chair is not able to attend.

The Committee members:

  • review the following related to courses and programs

FOR COURSES

New Courses:

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Type of Instruction

Related Outcomes (general, program and external)

Competencies

Competency assessment tasks and criteria

Linkages of competencies to General Education Outcomes, Program Outcomes and External Standards

Guiding Questions:

Is there sufficient evidence this pre-requisite will improve learning or is it a result of a course sequence change?

Is this course contributing to earning the credential as part of a pathway?

Cross-departmental impact: what impact will any change have to other programs?

Does this course change, improve, or maintain the coherence of the curriculum?

Existing Courses:

Pre-requisites / Co-requisites

Deleted Courses:

Notification of deleted courses

FOR NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS

Related Outcomes (general, program and external)

Program outcomes

Alignment

Notification of deleted programs