Curriculum Committee

The purpose of the Curriculum Committee is to approve new and revised curriculum and academic policies to ensure compliance with Title 5 and California Education Code prior to submission to the District Governing Board for final approval. The Curriculum Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Senate who, with advice from administration, reviews and recommends new/modified curriculum to the Academic Senate and District Board of Trustees.

Committee Members

Maria Elena Fernandez, Committee Chair / Faculty / Distance Education and Instructional Design Coordinator *
Danielle Campbell, Coding Reviewer / Academic Analyst
Josh Collins, Academic Advisor / Curriculum Resource
Dr. Jeremiah Sims, Dean, Career and Technical Education
Dr. Mark Fields, Vice President, Academic Affairs
Michelle Knudsen, Articulation Officer / Faculty *
Valerie Roberts, Dean, Liberal Arts
Charlie Roche, Athletics Director / Faculty *
John Tarantino (JT), Director of Planning, Assessment & Research / Curriculum Resource
Amanda Thomas, Faculty *
Kirk Thomsen, Faculty *
Veronica Coots, Director, Non-Credit, Community & Contract Education
VACANT - Student Representative

* Voting Members

Meetings

Currently we meet every Friday from 10:00 - 11:30 am on the Weed Campus in the Emergency Services Training Center room 107. Details in the BoardDocs agenda.

Course Outlines of Record (COR)

All active course CORs, for noncredit and credit courses, can be accessed from

Compliance

Title 5 §53200(b) states that the Academic Senate is an organization whose primary function is to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters. Section §53200(c) states that "academic and professional matter" means the following policy development and implementation matters:

Curriculum including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines
Degree and certificate requirements
Grading policies
Educational program development
Standards and policies regarding student preparation and success
District and college governance structures, as related to faculty roles
Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes, including self-study and annual reports
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 between the board and the academic senate.

Of these matters, 1 through 5 relate to curriculum. The Curriculum Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Senate who, with advice from administration, reviews and recommends new/modified curriculum to the Academic Senate and District Board of Trustees.