of Curriculum

Ara Aguiar

09/15/14

Approval Process

• • Determine if the course or program is part of the District inventory.

• New to District • New to College If new to district and/or college • If new program • • Letter of intent to curriculum committee & senate Letter of intent to District discipline committee

Approval Process

• • • Refer to: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Portals/1/AA/ProgramCourseAppr oval/PCAH_Final_July2012.pdf

If the new program is a CTE (Career and Technical Education) • • How to identify a CTE program or discipline Check the TOP Code (Taxonomy of Program Code at http://extranet.cccco.edu/Portals/1/AA/BasicSkills/TopTax6_rev09 09.pdf

Letter of intent to District CTE Deans and Regional Deans

Development Steps

• • • • • • • Electronic Curriculum Development System (ECD) http://ecd.laccd.edu/ Follow steps for new course development Tech Review with Curriculum Chair Curriculum Committee approval Academic Senate approval District approval California State Chancellor’s Office approval

New Course Characteristics

• • Same as other approved courses MUST align to a degree or certificate • If the new course is part of a new certificate or program • Obtain local approval only and submit course together with the degree/program Narrative application http://curriculum.cccco.edu/PublicPage/View/Templates • Recommendation: Develop the certificate or program plan concurrently.

Chancellor’s Office

• • Templates for traditional programs and certificates • http://curriculum.cccco.edu/PublicPage/View/Templates Template for Associate Degree for Transfer ADT (aka) Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) • Approved template • • Approved narrative format Approval process already aligned does not have to have discipline, program or regional approvals.

• Must have Curriculum Committee, Senate, District and Chancellor’s Office

ADT Process

• • College must comply with SB 1440 by Fall 2014 Courses must be submitted to Course Identification Numbering System-C-ID for approval/articulation • http://www.c-id.net/degreereview.html

• List of degrees • • Sample courses Approved template for each degree approved

Acronyms

• • • • • • ECD – course approvals and updates ADT – State Chancellor’s Template and SB 1440 directive TMC – State Chancellor’s Template and SB 1440 directive C-ID – Articulation system for CSU and Community College courses ESC – Electronic Schedule Change LACCD system Curricunet – State Chancellor’s curriculum inventory system for courses and programs