A:  Anyone who has been involved in authoring a new course or a course’s revision is welcome to attend the meetings and be kept in the loop including division chairs and administrative assistants.

A:  If you look at curriculum committee websites you’ll find that no two colleges do this the same way.  We are always looking for suggestions on streamlining our processes.  If you can share some examples you’ve seen of good practices to share we’d LOVE to hear your ideas.

A:  In general, the college uses a fall/fall spring/spring approval calendar for all new courses, new programs, substantial changes and “Non-substantial change B’s” to courses.  This means that a new course approved in fall or a substantial or a non-substantial change B to a course approved internally in fall 2015 will be in effect for and listed as such in the 2016-2017 calendar and the Fall 2016 schedule of classes.  Courses undergoing a “Non-substantial change A” such as a change in catalog description or technical changes to courses or programs such as typographical errors or other mistakes may be corrected earlier on.   In this calendar, we assume that all changes approved either at C & I in fall 2006 or Academic Affairs and the Board of Trustees in March 2017 will be effective in the 2017-2018 catalog.