ࡱ> NPMc b'bjbj A8؎U\؎U\<%FFFFFZZZ8 <Z9t"k9m9m9m9m9m9m9$`;>b9F9FF9XFFk9k9R+6 9/v7W9909=7x>$>< 9x>F 9L99 9x>> : Academic Senate Position Paper 02/03-1 Received : 2/4/03 Approved: 3/24/03 POSITION PAPER OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE on CURRICULUM COMMITTEE GOVERNANCE Authors: Academic Senate Task Force on Curriculum Committee Revision (Don Kaiper, Nancy Whitman, Mitch Schweickert, Nancy Ybarra, Richard Livingston) (This paper supersedes the position paper of 88/89-1 and its amendment of 1992.) INTRODUCTION Curriculum Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Senate, which has primary responsibility for making recommendations in the area of curriculum and academic standards as stated in the Education Code and Title 5. The following academic and professional matters delegated to the Academic Senate apply directly to the primary charge of Curriculum Committee: Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines Degree and certificate requirements Grading Policies Educational Program Development Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success As a subcommittee of the Academic Senate, Curriculum Committee will make regular reports to the Academic Senate. In The Curriculum Committee: Role, Structure, Duties, and Standards of Good Practice (Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, 1996), the following commentary is offered on the relationship between the Academic Senate and Curriculum Committee: Typically, the committee reports both on the courses and programs to be recommended to the Board for approval (usually just a list) and on the procedures used (usually as committee minutes). Because Title 5 specifies that curriculum is recommended to the Board by the curriculum committee, it is not the role of the senate to change the recommendations. However, it is appropriate for the senate to review the policies and procedures used and call attention to any irregularities which might require a recommendation to be returned to the committee for reconsideration. (p.6) MEMBERSHIP The Academic Senate actively encourages a broad range of faculty to serve on Curriculum Committee. To achieve broad participation, faculty will serve 2-year staggered terms, with the possibility of reassignment by their departments or programs. Both the Curriculum Committee itself and the Academic Senate should monitor member rotation to insure that an appropriate balance of experienced and novice membership is sustained. Faculty are primarily responsible for the curriculum offered by the college, and therefore comprise the voting membership of the committee. Clearly, other members of the college community have expertise that is critical to making good decisions; these members are asked to join the committee on an on-going basis to participate in discussions as non-voting members. In addition, the participation of others will be requested when their input is relevant and desirable to the matter at hand. 10 Voting Members to include representation from English Math Computer Field (Computer Science, Computer Networking, Business) Counseling or other Student Service Representative Occupational Education (2 members) Liberal Arts and Sciences (2 members) On-Line Committee Librarian (Note that a 2/3 quorum, or a vote by 7 faculty, is required for action items.) A Senate coordinated process will be used to select representatives for the computer field, occupational education, and liberal arts and sciences. Voting faculty members may designate alternates with full voting rights from among other unit faculty as necessary. Names of alternates should be forwarded to CC Chair for inclusion in official minutes. 7 Regular Non-Voting Members Student Representative Scheduler Secretary Articulation Officer Senior Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senior Dean of Occupational Education Senior Dean of Student Services The Chair is any regular, tenured faculty member approved by the Senate, excluding the acting Senate President or Vice-President. The Chair must report regularly to the Senate, work closely with the Office of Instruction, and take responsibility for training new members of the Curriculum Committee. Chair candidates should be actively recruited and appointed by the Academic Senate. An appointed chair should expect to shadow the incumbent Chair for purposes of job orientation and training. (Preferably, this shadowing would take place one semester prior to assuming office.) CURRICULUM COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES Assess new and existing courses to determine if they are consistent and compatible with existing Ӱɴý policies, programs and priorities. Assess degree-applicable courses to determine if they are college-level. Engage college-wide issues such as assessment of student learning outcomes, program review and curricular aspects of the educational master plan. Consider questions of curriculum balance, educational philosophy and pedagogy, and prerequisite skills. Monitor special programs such as service learning, contract education and PACE. Select an official Curriculum Committee liaison to become a non-voting member of the Shared Governance Council. The liaison may be the chair or any faculty member of the Curriculum Committee. PROCESS FOR NEW COURSE APPROVAL A proposed course must be Written in accordance with the format required by Curriculum Committee. Approved by the department. Submitted to the Office of Instruction with all required signatures for review of technical specifications on the cover sheet, e.g. TOPS codes, lab/lecture hours, load, etc. Publicized to the college community prior to review in Curriculum Committee, with particular notification by the Office of Instruction to departments and/or programs that may be impacted by the proposed course. Reviewed by Curriculum Committee and assessed using consistent and uniform criteria as specified in Title 5. Approved by majority vote. (A 2/3 quorum is required for a vote to be taken; in the case of a tied vote, the chair will cast the deciding vote) Prerequisites, corequisites, and advisories must be approved by separate vote. (Model District Policy, I.C.3) Recommended to the Board through the College President. A vote may result in Approval Approval, with minor modifications Disapproval. In this case a written rationale will be included in the minutes and communicated to the originator with clearly stated modifications required if the course is to be re-submitted for consideration. PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL COURSES A College Curriculum needs a flexible, fast and responsive procedure to develop and offer an experimental course that is intended as a pilot project. It may be a test of new curricular or instructional delivery concepts, or it may meet a sudden need that has surfaced in a changing community that we serve. Experimental courses are Innovative with respect to content, mode of instruction, format, clientele, or delivery system. Limited to three semester offerings, be they short term or semester length. (The Office of Instruction will enforce this.) Approved by their departments and submitted to the Office of Instruction with all required signatures for review of all technical specifications on the cover sheet. SUPPORT FROM OFFICE OF INSTRUCTION The Office of Instruction will provide forms and administrative and clerical support for development of Curriculum Committee materials and agendas. After committee action, the academic deans and support staff will do appropriate follow up i.e. outline revision, coordination with Governing Board and articulation processes, Datatel entry, catalog updates, paper archives, etc. EVALUATION Every two years, the Curriculum Committee will assess its effectiveness with regard to carrying out the responsibilities identified in this paper. The Chair will report the results of this assessment to the Academic Senate. The Academic Senate shall discuss and devise a method of evaluating the responsibilities and duties of Curriculum Committee.     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