1. Welcome to CAB

2. CAB 2019-2020 Agenda for Orientation
Welcome
Process for Curricular Change
Membership
Introductions
CAB Website
CAB Overview
Sample CAB Proposal
Charge
Considerations
What We Do
Resources
When Do Programs Come to Us
Access to Documents

3. Introductions Name New or Returning
What you most recently watched (TV, streaming, movie etc).

4. CAB Overview - Charge
The Curriculum Advisory Board (CAB) is charged with reviewing all changes in curricula or catalog listings, including the addition of new courses and programs, and making recommendations to the designated Academic Officer in accordance with the policies of the Collin College Board of Trustees, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), and the US Department of Education (USED). Further, the CAB is charged with providing a faculty-driven forum to address college-wide issues through a curricular perspective.

5. What We Do
All members of the CAB shall review each course / program proposal to verify the following:
The course / program is consistent with the mission and strategic plan of Collin College.
The course / program is relevant to its degree / certificate plan.
The course / program is not a duplication of other courses / programs offered at Collin.
The course / program title seems appropriate.

6. What We Do (Cont’d)
All members of the CAB shall review each course / program proposal to verify the following:
The course / program includes measurable student learning outcomes.
The program includes the necessary courses to satisfy any technical and general education curriculum requirements of all approving bodies.
The course / program has sufficient resources and commitment to support the proposal.
Course Inventory enrollments will be considered to maintain a curriculum that contributes to institutional effectiveness.

7. What We Do (Cont’d)
All members of the CAB shall review each course / program proposal to verify the following:
The course title leads with wording from the Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) if an academic transfer course or wording from the Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) if the course is a technical workforce course.
The course description is appropriate and includes all the THECB-approved and necessary information (prerequisites, lab hours, etc.)
Compliance with common course numbering, accuracy of approval numbers, and other administrative details consistent with the guidelines of the THECB, the SACSCOC, and the USED.

8. When Do Programs Come to Us
When there is something new
Examples: a new program, field of study, AA or AS, course, local needs course, workforce course, or marketable skills
Revisions
Examples: adding a new course to a program, modifying program requirements, or deletion of certain requirements

9. When Programs Come to Us (cont’d)
Marketable Skills – Cindy Gruver

10. Process for Curricular Change (flowchart)
The initiator of the request (often, the Discipline Lead) meets with the relevant Dean(s) (and, when appropriate, Associate Dean(s))
The Discipline Lead contacts the curriculum office
The Discipline Lead and the curriculum office coordinate the necessary paperwork and documentation
The curriculum coordinator sets the CAB presentation time
The Discipline Lead makes a CAB presentation and CAB votes
The curriculum coordinator or CAB Chair notifies the Dean(s) of the outcome (revise and resubmit, approve, or deny)
Recommendations are also sent to appropriate academic officers
The CAB chair presents recommendations to the Academic Leadership Team
The CAB chair updates CAB on the recommendations (what the leadership team decided)

11. Curriculum Flow Chart

12. Membership
CAB Chair – formally guides the meetings (selected by voting members)
CAB Chair Elect – in training to be chair and leads meetings when the Chair is absent (selected by the voting members)
Faculty Council Rep. – gives reports of Faculty Council meetings when possible (usually, a volunteer voting member)
Academic and Workforce Deans’ Liaisons – non-voting
Liaison from Student Enrollment Services – non-voting
Liaison from Institutional Research Office – non-voting
Liaison from Academic Partnerships – non-voting

13. Membership
One representative from each Associate Dean of Academic Affairs - Selected by Deans
One representative from the group of Discipline Directors
One representative from Developmental Education
Voting members - serve as liaisons to their academic areas to both the Dean and faculty

14. Membership
3-year commitment (1 yr. = 1 academic year), including the summer after the third year
Miss no more than 2 meetings per semester; when you need to miss…
Notify CAB chair AND Curriculum Office
Cell Office
Cell
Attendance is important
CAB voting members are needed to make quorum
Proxy counts toward the quorum vote
For a proxy to be valid, the proxy must contain your vote, concerns, and questions
Send proxies to or
CAB decisions are decided by a 2/3 vote or ½ +1

15. Curriculum Website
Cougarweb
Faculty Tab
Faculty Links – Curriculum

16. Sample CAB Items to Review (2/27)
Agenda
Expedited Reports
AAS – Health Information Management
Red = delete
Blue = Add
Green = Change

17. Considerations
Changes to awards - may have implications to other awards within a program. We should broaden our perspective to look at the entire program.
Gen Ed Courses - If a specific course is proposed, there should be a rationale for it. Sequence and prerequisites should have been addressed in the program outline.

18. Resources Workforce Programs WECM - Tom AAS General Education Core
Academic Emphasis_FOS_Form (AF)
CAB Membership
CAB Meeting Dates – Business Meeting
CAB Operational Procedures and Guidelines
General Education Core
New Program Proposal Checklist
Programs and Awards Quick Guide

19. Access to Documents
Karen s documents to members ~1 week before meeting along with agenda
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20. Questions, Comments, or Concerns?