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Curriculum

Agendas and Minutes are housed in BoardDocs.
Link to course and program outlines: CurriQunet

Purpose

The Curriculum Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Academic Senate by developing policy recommendations which the Board of Trustees have elected to "rely primarily" on the advice and judgment of the Academic Senate, and for which the Curriculum Committee shall provide policy recommendations and procedures are:

  • Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines;
  • Degree and certificate requirements;
  • Grading policies.

In addition, graduation requirements, general education requirements, transfer requirements, articulation agreements and other matters relating to the curriculum may be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee for formulating policy recommendations and procedures to the Academic Senate.

The Curriculum Committee shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Academic Senate and the Chief Executive Officer, as the Board of Trustees designee, on academic and professional matters on areas where mutual agreement must be reached before being submitted to the Board of Trustees. The eight areas that the Curriculum Committee shall provide policy recommendations procedures to the Academic Senate and the Chief Executive Officer are:

  • Educational Program development
  • Standards of policies regarding student preparation and success
  • College governance structures, as related to faculty roles
  • Faculty roles and development in accreditation processes
  • Policies for faculty professional development activities
  • Processes for program review
  • Processes for institutional planning and budget development
  • Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon

In addition, community needs assessments, instructional methodologies, catalog and schedule development, and other matters relating to programs and instruction may also be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee for formulating policy recommendations and procedures to the Academic Senate and the Chief Executive Officer.

Composition

The voting members shall be the Academic Senate Representative (Faculty Co-Chair); Articulation Officer; Department Chairpersons; Nursing and Allied Health Department Faculty Representative; Public Safety Department Faculty Representative; Child, Family and Consumer Sciences Department Representative; Distance Education Coordinator; District Counseling Coordinator; and Associated Student Government Representative.

The consulting members shall be the Chief Instructional Officer (CIO) (Co-Chair), Division Deans; Vice President for Student Services and Equity/Chief Student Services Officer; Disability Student Programs and Services Director; Director of Admissions and Records; Student Success and Support Program Director; Librarian; Transfer Center Director; Associate Dean of Workforce Development and Non-Traditional Instruction (representing non-credit); Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health; SLO Coordinator; CPL Coordinator; and Guided Pathways Coordinator(s).

The Curriculum Committee members shall attend all Curriculum meetings or send their representative.

Meeting Schedule

The regular meetings of the Curriculum Committee are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 2:40 p.m. in the board room.

Meeting Dates: 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month
Time: 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Location: Administration Board Room (Bldg. 10)
 

 

COMPOSITION: VOTING MEMBERS:
Academic Senate Representative Kristen Gomez (Co-Chair)
Behavioral/Social Science Depart. Chair Dr. Austen Thelen
Business Department Chair Andres Martinez
Exercise Science/Wellness/Sport Dept. Chair Andrew Robinson
English Department Chair Dr. Michael Heumann
ESL Department Chair Dr. Sydney Rice
Science/Math and Engineering Depart. Chair Dr. Daniel Gilison
Humanities and World Languages Depart. Chair Carol Hegarty
Industrial Technology Department Chair Jose Velasquez
World Languages and Speech Com. Coordinator Jose Ruiz
Mathematics/Engineering Coordinator Dr. Allyn Leon
Distance Education Coordinator Xochitl Tirado
Articulation Officer Kristen Gomez
Counseling Faculty Representative Elizabeth Trevino
CFCS Director Becky Green
Nursing & Allied Health Department Faculty Rep. Cristal Mora
Public Safety Department Faculty Rep. Kathy Rodriguez
ASG Representative ASG Senator
  NON-VOTING MEMBERS:
Chief Instructional Officer (Co-Chair) Dr. Cuauhtemoc Carboni
Vice President for Student Services & Equity Alexis Villa
Dean of Arts, Letters and Learning Services Vacant
Dean of Economic & Workforce Development Efrain Silva
Dean of Math and Sciences Krista Byrd
Dean of Student Services & Special Projects Vacant
Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Dr. Daniel Ortiz
Associate Dean of Non-Traditional Education Victor Torres
Associate Dean of Athletics, Exercise Sci & Health Enrique Lechuga
Director of Admissions and Records Vikki Carr
Director of DSP&S Wendy Prewett
Dean of Health & Public Safety Gail Warner
Director of Library and Learning Services Mirelle Kotoklo
Student Equity & Achievement Coordinator Norma Nunez
SLO Coordinator Kevin Howell
CPL Coordinator Roxanne Morales
Guided Pathways Coordinator Alex Cozzani
Transfer Center Coordinator Kristen Gomez
Recorder Dixie Krimm

 

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