1. Local Curriculum Approval Processes
Marie Boyd, Curriculum Chair, Chaffey College
Leticia Hector, ASCCC Curriculum Committee, San Bernardino Valley College
2018 Curriculum Institute
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

2. Objectives Examine the requirements of Title 5 versus local processes
Greater Efficiency for the Curriculum Committee and local approval process
Share best/recommended practices

4. Review of Last Year’s Requirements
Annual Credit Courses Certification
Certification forms were due on October 16, 2017
Form required the signatures of the CEO, CIO, Senate President, and Curriculum Chair
This certification applied to the following:
All credit courses (stand alone or program applicable) except for cooperative work experience

5. How Did We Certify Training for Curriculum Committee Last Summer/Fall?
Chaffey College: “Curriculum Committee Retreat” San Bernardino Valley College: Dedicated first Fall meeting for training Other Suggestions?

6. Review of Local Requirements Regarding Curriculum Processes
This year’s changes in streamlining curriculum will be outlined at Saturday’s General Session!! The memo regarding the certification will go out mid-September and due October 16.

7. SO………… BUT…….. We want our local streamlined processes to be efficient
We also need to be compliant with Title 5
Let’s look at the interplay between local process and Title 5

8. Title 5 versus Local Processes
Approval of CORs
CORs versus Syllabi
Curriculum Committee Membership
Length of Local Curriculum Review Process A-Z
Local Curriculum Approval for CTE areas
Some topics we will specifically address in today’s presentation

9. Title 5 versus Local Processes – Approval of CORs
Title 5 requires a Faculty Senate: § Academic Senate or Faculty Council
Title 5 requires a Curriculum Committee: § (a) (1) Standards and Criteria for Courses. Curriculum Committee
Title 5 specifies faculty purview: § Definitions – “10+1” - faculty primacy
Title 5 dictates what must be on a COR: § (a) (3) Standards and Criteria for Courses. Course Outline of Record
SLOs?
Title 5 mandates local Board approval: §51002 Standards of Scholarship among others
But Title 5 is more or less silent regarding HOW curriculum is approved at the local level.
Requisites and advisories for noncredit should follow the same rules as those for credit courses, but Title 5 §55002 places no requirements around the establishment of them in noncredit instruction. However, the Title 5 section on requisites and advisories, §55003, does not differentiate between credit and noncredit courses. The process and need for developing and implementing requisites applies to all courses. In general, the purpose should be to provide either a requisite or some elementary guidance with a strong recommendation to seek counseling advisory services. The noncredit course faculty author should consult with the curriculum chair or other local resource to determine local policy. If local policy allows for requisites on noncredit courses, the faculty member should review the guidelines for prerequisite, corequisites and advisories. From Course Outline of Record

10. Required Elements of a COR per T5 §55002 – Credit Curriculum
Course Number and Title
Unit Value and Contact Hours – including “homework” hours
Requisites
Catalog Description
Objectives
Content
Methods of Instruction
Methods of Evaluation
Sample Assignments – Required Reading and Writing Assignments
p. 14 in COR Guide: Outside-of-class hours are the hours a student is expected to engage in coursework outside of
the classroom. Federal and state regulations for credit hour calculations are based on the total
time a student spends on learning, including outside-of-class hours. As a matter of standard
practice in higher education, lecture and related course formats require two hours of student
work outside of class for every hour in-class. All other academic work, including laboratory,
activity, studio, clinical, practica, TBA, etc., must provide an equivalent total number of
student learning hours as typically required for lecture, with the ratio of in-class to outsideof-class
work prorated appropriately for the instructional category. This ratio is reviewed by
accrediting commissions to ensure that it is in compliance with federal regulations regarding
credit hours.

11. Required Elements of a COR per T5 §55002 (c) (1) – Noncredit Curriculum
Noncredit instruction is limited to nine areas stipulated by Education Code §84757 Noncredit Categories
Only one standard for approval is mandated by Title 5 for noncredit courses. This standard placed the burden of rigor upon the local curriculum committee to determine that course elements detailed herein are appropriate for the intended students.
(1) Parenting, including parent cooperative preschools, classes in child growth and development and parent-child relationships.
(2) Elementary and secondary basic skills and other courses and classes such as remedial academic courses or classes in reading, mathematics, and language arts.
(3) English as a second language.
(4) Classes and courses for immigrants eligible for educational services in citizenship, English as a second language, and work force preparation classes in the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing, mathematics, decisionmaking and problem solving skills, and other classes required for preparation to participate in job-specific technical training.
(5) Education programs for persons with substantial disabilities.
(6) Short-term vocational programs with high employment potential.
(7) Education programs for older adults.
(8) Education programs for home economics.
(9) Health and safety education.

12. Required Elements of a COR per T5 §55002 (c) (1) – Noncredit Curriculum
Course Number and Title
Status (noncredit versus credit or others)
Contact Hours (not required to have coursework outside of class time)
Requisites
Catalog Description
Content
Objectives
Methods of Instruction
Methods of Evaluation – including attendance
Sample Assignments – Required Reading and Writing Assignments
Give a shout out for last year’s publication of the Course Outline of Record Guide – show a copy of it.

13. And just a few words about Units, Credit Hours and Learning
T5 mandates the formula for calculating credits and hours
AND
ACCJC Accreditation standard IIA requires local Board Policy and Administrative procedures be in place:
The evaluation team will examine and evaluate the reliability and accuracy of the
institution’s assignment of credit hours by reviewing the institution’s related policies
and procedures and application of those policies and procedures to programs and
courses.
ACCJC. Manual for Institutional Self Evaluation p.

14. ACCREDITATION – SYLLABUS
Title 5: COR vs SYLLABUS
TITLE 5 – COR
Title 5 §55002 does much to establish many elements of a course outline of record, but it does not paint the complete picture of what the COR must accommodate.
APPENDIX III in Course Outlines of Record Guide, p. 76:
Alternative Course Formats
Cooperative Work Experience Education §55250-§55257
Independent Study §55230-§55240
Open Entry/Open Exit §58164
Special Topics/Activity Courses §55041, §58161
Supplemental Instruction §58168-§58172
Certificates of Achievement §55070
Degrees/Area of Emphasis §55063
Distance Education §55200-§55210
Excursions and Field Trips §55220, §58166
Grading Policies §55021-§55023
Noncredit Programs §55150-§55155
Enhanced funding §55151-§55154
Requisites §55003
ACCREDITATION – SYLLABUS
STANDARD II.A.3 “The institution identifies and regularly assesses learning outcomes for courses, programs, certificates and degrees using established institutional procedures. The institution has officially
approved and current course outlines that include student learning outcomes. In every class section
students receive a course syllabus that includes learning outcomes from the institution’s officially approved course outline.”
Local Senates May Have a template with boilerplate language recommending items to be included in the syllabus.

15. Title 5: Curriculum Committee Composition
Nothing in T5 specific to the makeup of the Curriculum Committee
As a review, related Title 5 citations:
§ Definitions – “10+1” - faculty primacy
§ Academic Senate or Faculty Council – requirement to have a Faculty Senate
§ Standards and Criteria for Courses – requirement for a Curriculum Committee
§53000 is in chapter 4 on “Employees”
§55000 is in chapter 6 on Curriculum and Instruction
55002 a (1) Curriculum Committee. The college and/or district curriculum committee recommending the course shall be established by the mutual agreement of the college and/or district administration and the academic senate. The committee shall be either a committee of the academic senate or a committee that includes faculty and is otherwise comprised in a way that is mutually agreeable to the college and/or district administration and the academic senate.

16. Curriculum Committee Composition
A local decision – let’s hear from you!

17. T Local Approval Process
Nothing in T5 specific to the length of the local curriculum approval process
Quite often this process is dictated by the local Curriculum Management database….
Technical Review
General Education subcommittee
Articulation Review – Comparable Courses
How many readings by the Curriculum Committee
Faculty Senate endorsement
Review by your VPI?
Local Board approval
(share Chaffey’s calendar and timelines)

18. Local Approval Process – Other Issues
Program Initiation Processes?
Program Deactivation/Viability Processes?
Narrative for Program/Certificate submission to COCI
COCI

19. Share Best Practices
Prepare timelines and calendars for your campus community regarding curriculum deadlines
Monthly curriculum submissions to the local Board
Submit proposal to regional consortium while it is working it’s way through local process – submit Board approval date at the end
For CTE proposals, obtain LMI from Center of Excellence AND Advisory Committee minutes ASAP

20. Local Curriculum Processes for CTE – Suggested Practices
Submit proposal to regional consortium while it is working it’s way through local process – submit Board approval date at the end
For CTE proposals, obtain LMI from Center of Excellence AND Advisory Committee minutes ASAP
Prepare handbook/guide for faculty for the accurate and thorough recording of Advisory Committee Minutes

21. How do we process curriculum that can be locally approved?

22. Sources for Effective/Best Practices and Curriculum
ENSURING EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM APPROVAL PROCESSES: A GUIDE FOR LOCAL SENATES
THE COURSE OUTLINE OF RECORD: A CURRICULUM REFERENCE GUIDE REVISITED