Essential Resources for Curriculum Committee Members
Program and Course Approval Handbook, 8th ed., adopted by Board of Governors, 2023
Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in the California Community Colleges, 19th ed., aka "The Disciplines List," adopted by Board of Governors, 2025.
Taxonomy of Programs (TOP codes), revised 6/2012
Ensuring Effective Curriculum Approval Processes, adopted by ASCCC, Spring 2016
The Course Outline of Record: A Curriculum Reference Guide Revisited, adopted by ASCCC, Spring 2017
Ensuring an Effective Online Program: A Faculty Perspective, adopted by ASCCC Spring 2018
DEI in Curriculum: Model Principles and Practices, published jointly by ASCCC and CCCCO, 2022.
Units and Hours
Credit Hours and Units Guidelines, presented at Curriculum Institute, 2017
Units and Hours Summary, Kelly Locke presented to CC October 2017
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Prerequisites, Corequisites, Advisories, and other Limitations on Enrollment, Kelly Locke, presented to CC October 2017
Title 5 Regulations Section 55003: Policies for Prerequisites,Corequisites and Advisories on Recommended Preparation, updated 2020.
Faculty Resources for Program Development
Effective Practices for Program Revision and Development, Presentation by Kelly Locke, updated 2024
Based in part on Effective Practices for Educational Program Development, ASCCC paper, 2018
Faculty Resources for Course Revision and Development
Other Community College Course Outlines (California Intersegmental Articulation Council site at CSUSB)
Courses with C-ID numbers--for descriptors (descriptions, content and objectives) of courses that can be articulated with other CCCs and CSUs.
Board Policies and Administrative Procedures on Curriculum
| Academic Senate - Shared Governance | BP 2005 | AP 2005 (none) |
| College Catalog | BP 4005 | AP 4005 (none) |
| Cooperative Work Experience | BP 4015 | AP 4015 (none) |
| Course Approval | BP 4022 (none) | AP 4022 |
| Course Repetition/Enrollment Limitations | BP 4225 | AP 4225 |
| Establishing, Revitalizing, or Discontinuing Academic Programs | BP 4021 | AP 4021 |
| Grading and Academic Records Symbols | BP 4230 | AP 4230 |
| Philosophy and Criteria for Associate Degree and General Education | BP 4025 | AP 4025 |
| Prerequisites and Corequisites | BP 4260 | AP 4260 |
| Program, Curriculum, and Course Development | BP 4020 | AP 4020 |
| Distance Education | BP 4105 | AP 4105 |
| Required Instructional Materials | BP 4205 | AP 4205 (none) |
| Standards of Scholarship | BP 4220 | AP 4220 (none) |