of Curriculum Ara Aguiar 091514 Approval Process Determine

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/Program. Course. A pproval/PCAH_Final_July 2012. 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/Basic. Skills/Top. Tax 6_r ev 0909. 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/Public. Page/View/Templates • Recommendation: Develop the certificate or program plan concurrently.

Chancellor’s Office • Templates for traditional programs and certificates • http: //curriculum. cccco. edu/Public. Page/View/Template s • 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