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Curriculum Committee

Agendas and Minutes are housed in BoardDocs.
Link to course and program outlines: CurriQunet

Curriculum Agenda & Meeting Minutes

Purpose

The Curriculum Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Academic Senate by developing policy recommendations which the Board of Trustees have elected to "rely primarily" on the advice and judgment of the Academic Senate, and for which the Curriculum Committee shall provide policy recommendations and procedures are:

  • Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines;
  • Degree and certificate requirements;
  • Grading policies.

In addition, graduation requirements, general education requirements, transfer requirements, articulation agreements and other matters relating to the curriculum may be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee for formulating policy recommendations and procedures to the Academic Senate.

The Curriculum Committee shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Academic Senate and the Chief Executive Officer, as the Board of Trustees designee, on academic and professional matters on areas where mutual agreement must be reached before being submitted to the Board of Trustees. The eight areas that the Curriculum Committee shall provide policy recommendations procedures to the Academic Senate and the Chief Executive Officer are:

  • Educational Program development
  • Standards of policies regarding student preparation and success
  • College governance structures, as related to faculty roles
  • Faculty roles and development in accreditation processes
  • 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

In addition, community needs assessments, instructional methodologies, catalog and schedule development, and other matters relating to programs and instruction may also be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee for formulating policy recommendations and procedures to the Academic Senate and the Chief Executive Officer.

Composition

The voting members shall be the Academic Senate Representative (Faculty Co-Chair); Articulation Officer; Department Chairpersons; Nursing and Allied Health Department Faculty Representative; Public Safety Department Faculty Representative; Child, Family and Consumer Sciences Department Representative; Distance Education Coordinator; District Counseling Coordinator; and Associated Student Government Representative.

The consulting members shall be the Chief Instructional Officer (CIO) (Co-Chair), Division Deans; Vice President for Student Services and Equity/Chief Student Services Officer; Disability Student Programs and Services Director; Director of Admissions and Records; Student Success and Support Program Director; Librarian; Transfer Center Director; Associate Dean of Workforce Development and Non-Traditional Instruction (representing non-credit); Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health; SLO Coordinator; CPL Counselor; and Guided Pathways Coordinator(s).

The Curriculum Committee members shall attend all Curriculum meetings or send their representative.

 

Curriculum Resources

 

Schedule

Meeting Dates: 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month
Time: 2:40-4:00 p.m.
Location: Administration Board Room (Bldg. 10)

 

Voting Members:

Academic Senate Representative: Kristen Gomez
(Co-chair)

Behavioral and Social Science Department Chair:
Austen Thelen

Business Department Chair:
Andres Martinez

Child, Family, and Consumer Sciences Department Rep:
Becky Green

English Department
Chair:
Michael Heumann

ESL Department Chair:
Ed Scheuerell

Exercise Science/
Wellness/Sports Department Chair: Andrew Robinson

Humanities Department Chair:
Carol Hegarty

Industrial Technology Department Chair:
Jose Velasquez

Math and Engineering Department Chair:
Allyn Leon

Nursing and Allied Health Department Faculty Rep:
Cristal Mora

Public Safety Department Faculty Representative:
Kathy Rodriguez

Science Department Chair:
Daniel Gilison

World Languages and Speech Department Chair:
Jose Ruiz

Articulation Officer: Kristen Gomez

Counseling Faculty Representative:
Veronica Soto Figueroa

Distance Education Coordinator:
Xochitl Tirado

ASG

Representative

  

 

Non Voting Consultants:

Interim Vice President for Academic Services/CIO:

Gail Warner (Co-chair)

Vice President for Students Services and Equity:

Alexis Villa

Dean of Arts, Letters and Learning Services:

Hector Garza

Dean of Economic and Workforce Development:

Efrain Silva

Interim Dean of Health and Public Safety: 
Brett Houser

Dean of Math and Science:
Krista Byrd

Dean of Student Services and Special Projects:

Vikki Carr

Associate Dean of Athletics, Exercise Science, and Health:
Enrique Lechuga

Associate Dean of Non-Traditional Education (Noncredit Rep):

Victor Torres

Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health:
Daniel Ortiz

Director of Admissions and Records:

Jorge Salas

Student Equity and Achievement Program Director:

Norma Nunez

Transfer Center Director: 
Kristen Gomez
Guided Pathways Coordinator:

Alex Cozzani

SLO Coordinator:
Melani Guinn
CLP Counselor:

Paige Lovitt

Disabled Student Programs and Services:

Wendy Prewett

Librarian:

Mireille Kotoklo

   
Recorder:  Jessica Prock