Curriculum Approval Process

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL

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CURRICULUM APPROVAL PROCESS

BASED ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ RULE AND TITLE

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PURPOSE

The purpose of this section is to provide procedures and administrative, staff and faculty roles and responsibilities related to the review and approval of College curriculum.

PROCEDURE

The Faculty Senate President recommends full-time faculty representatives in collaboration with the appropriate Associate Vice President, and forwards names to the Provost. The Provost, with concurrence of the appropriate Division Vice- Presidents, and Campus Presidents, will be responsible for confirming final approval of full-time faculty appointments.

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Membership

The membership of the Curriculum Committee shall be appointed for two-year terms that coincide with the term of the incoming faculty senate president.

President of Faculty Senate or designee

Adult Education (1)

School of Arts and Sciences (1 faculty member from each area)

Communications

Humanities & the Arts

Mathematics

Natural Sciences

Social & Behavioral Sciences

School of Business Faculty (1)

School of Education Faculty (1)

School of Health Sciences Faculty (1)

School of Technological Sciences Faculty (1)

School of Public Safety Faculty (1)

Florida Coast Career Tech Faculty (3)

Learning Resources Faculty (1)

SGA president (1)

Associate Vice President of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Associate Vice President of Career Degree Programs

Associate Vice President of Academic Foundations

Chairperson of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Registrar

Student Success Dean (1)

Academic Dean (5); One from each campus, (including Open Campus)





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Resource Persons

The following College staff act as resources to the Curriculum Committee:

Curriculum Services

Others as appropriate

Appointment of Members

The appointment and two year rotation, of Curriculum Committee member coincides with the election of an incoming Faculty Senate President prior to the new academic year. The newly elected Faculty Senate

President shall request the Associate Vice President for Liberal Arts and the Associate Vice President for

Career Degree Programs, working with the Provost and Division Vice Presidents, to provide a list of names of full-time faculty candidates to represent respective areas. The Faculty Senate President may add names of full-time faculty candidates to the candidate lists. The Faculty Senate President, in collaboration with the

Associate Vice President for Liberal Arts and the Associate Vice President for Career Degree Programs will then recommend the appointment of a full-time faculty member from the lists of candidates to represent the respective area. The Faculty Senate President will notify the faculty member of their nomination to determine if the candidate would accept the appointment if approved, and to ascertain that the faculty member’s class schedule does not conflict with the committee’s scheduled meetings. The recommended full-time faculty candidate must inform his/her instructional program manager or appropriate dean to secure his/her support.

The program manager or dean will then provide the appropriate Campus President with justification for support/non-support of the appointment. The Campus President will then advise the Faculty Senate President whether the nomination is supported. If not supported, the Faculty Senate President, in collaboration with the appropriate AVP, shall then reinitiate the process. A final list of candidates will be provided to the Provost,

Campus Presidents and appropriate Division Vice President no later than June 1 st for final review. On behalf of the instructional leadership, the Provost will be responsible for notifying all candidates of their appointment no later than June 15 th

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Committee members, who miss two (2) consecutive meetings, having not sent an alternate representative to the Curriculum Committee’s scheduled meetings, shall be removed from the committee and replaced as outlined in this section.

Officer/Leader

The Faculty Senate President or designee is responsible for serving as chair of the Curriculum Committee.

Official File of Record

Curriculum Services will maintain records and minutes of the Curriculum Committee. Information regarding new courses and programs will be distributed to faculty, counselors, academic administrators and advisers by Curriculum Services within ten (10) days of the District Board of Trustees meeting following the Curriculum Committee meeting.

Special Procedures

The Curriculum Committee meets on the third Thursday afternoon of each month (September through June) unless a second meeting or alternative meeting day is necessary to handle all agenda items. The Chair may





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Reporting Relationship and Authority

Advice of the Curriculum Committee is forwarded to the Provost who shall communicate/coordinate with the appropriate Division Vice Presidents for action as needed.

G eneral E ducation R equirements (GER) Sub-Committee

The Curriculum Committee will establish a GER Sub-Committee and charge the Sub-Committee with the responsibility to review proposals of new courses being offered for placement into existing GER categories for the appropriate degrees prior to proposal submission to and action by the College Curriculum Committee.

The GER Sub-Committee may also address other general education instructional related proposals, such as recommendations on exit exams, student learning outcomes assessment, graduation requirements, placement testing, etc.

The GER Sub-committee will be composed of thirteen (13) voting members as follows: one full-time faculty member from each of the five liberal arts discipline categories (Communication, Humanities, Mathematics,

Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences); two full-time faculty from the PSV area; two upper division faculty representatives, one representing Allied Health/STEM disciplines, and the second representing non-STEM programs; two academic deans, one of whom represents the PSV area; the Associate

Vice Presidents for Liberal Arts and Career Degree Education and the Faculty Senate President who will be ex-officio. The Faculty Senate President may appoint a student success faculty member when appropriate.

Curriculum services staff will serve as resource staff to the GER Sub-Committee.

The GER Sub-Committee faculty members will be appointed by the Faculty Senate President in his/her capacity as Chair of the Curriculum Committee. The faculty members will identify a full-time alternate who will attend the scheduled meetings in the event the member is unable to attend. Committee members who miss two (2) consecutive meetings without sending an alternate representative to the Sub-Committee’s scheduled meetings will be removed by the Faculty Senate President from the committee and replaced.

The GER Sub-Committee academic deans will be recommended to the Provost by the appropriate

Associate Vice President of Liberal Arts or Career Degree Programs. The Provost will appoint the academic deans to the GER Sub-Committee.

The Faculty Senate President will serve as chair and the Sub Committee members will elect a Vice-Chair from the voting members.

GER-related proposals to be considered by the Curriculum Committee, and which have gone through the review process, will first be forwarded to the GER Sub-Committee for consideration and “action.”





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The originator will be invited to a scheduled GER Sub-Committee meeting to present and explain the proposal and to answer any questions the Sub-Committee members may present. The originator will then present the proposal to the full Curriculum Committee. The GER Sub-Committee Chair will indicate to the Curriculum Committee supports, supports with conditions, or does not support the GER-related proposal.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW

All General Education courses are reviewed annually by the respective discipline groups (Communications,

Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences) as part of Institutional

Effectiveness.

The implementation of the new general education requirements program shall go into effect the fall term following its adoption by the District Board of Trustees at no later than the March District Board of

Trustees meeting.

The General Education Sub-Committee representatives shall report their respective discipline activities as informational items to the Curriculum Committee at the beginning of the Academic Year, or when the

Committee calls to order its first meeting of the Fall term.

Major GER Changes

Major GER program changes that require review by the GER Sub-Committee are considered to be the following:

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Revisions to the purpose and the philosophical underpinnings of the General Education

Requirements; the discipline categories (Communication, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural

Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences) of the program; the statewide competency areas and applicability to General Education discipline areas, the credit hour distribution among the discipline categories; student learning outcomes and assessment schema as applicable; the general education courses included within the discipline categories in an appropriate; the purpose of each subject area, and the criteria or rationale for the inclusion of courses for any degree.

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Revisions to the general conditions in the General Education Requirements for any degree, including the addition of courses.

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Deletion of courses listed within each area for any degree.

In 2008, the College adopted the five Statewide General Education Competency areas of Communication,

Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning, and Global Sociocultural

Responsibility. Each General Education Discipline areas adopted two of the five competency areas as being most pertinent to their discipline and committed to their instruction and assessment. Changes to the





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Curriculum Committee for review.


Curriculum Purpose and Process

To provide a forum for discussing curriculum issues and to serve as an advisory committee to the Provost who will collaborate as appropriate with other Division Vice Presidents and Campus Presidents regarding the coordination and improvement, of the College’s instructional programs and courses.

The process presented herein is designed to allow effective representation and input from instructional and student support services personnel while minimizing the total processing time from origination to implementation. The curriculum process will be used for new course and program actions, as well as for modification of courses and programs, updating course outlines and GER review. Further, the process described herein can be used to initiate advice on instructionally related issues concerning student assessment, placement, counseling, advising, program admission, grading, internal articulation, distance learning/unique instructional approach courses, and graduation requirements.

Although curriculum proposals are typically initiated by a faculty member, a curriculum proposal may be initiated by anyone within the College or may be initiated by anyone external to the College in collaboration with the appropriate College faculty and the appropriate College instructional staff. The originator will notify the appropriate instructional program manager and/or appropriate campus academic dean of the intent to develop a curriculum proposal. If the curriculum proposal is being initiated by someone other than a College faculty member, the appropriate instructional program manager, campus academic dean or appropriate AVP will facilitate the collaboration between the proposal originator and the appropriate College faculty.

On behalf of the Curriculum Committee, the Curriculum Services Office will forward all curriculum changes and proposals recommended by the Committee to the Provost and appropriate Division Vice

President. If the Provost or other Division Vice President suggests amendments to or denies a Curriculum

Committee approved proposal/change, the proposal/change will be returned to the Curriculum Committee.

The Provost, the Associate Vice President for Academic Foundations, and the Curriculum Committee

Chair will identify those items that constitute a significant change versus those that are minor in nature or clerical. In accordance with the meeting provision of the APM, the Curriculum Committee Chair may choose to call a meeting of the full Curriculum Committee to address such matters. The proposal may then be resubmitted with edits to the Provost for final consideration and approval.

Curriculum Proposal Classification(s)

The term “Curriculum Proposal” as referred to herein can include any of the following types of curriculum actions:

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Course Proposal (new, modify, update upon review, inactivate, or reactivate)

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New Program or New Option to Existing Program (new, modify, or reactivate)





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General Education Requirements Proposal

Curriculum Processing Forms

A variety of forms have been developed to ensure proper details for processing and development of specific types of curriculum proposals for credit or non-credit courses. Proposal originators must use the approved proposal form.

Copies of all forms are available in Curriculum Services and may be obtained electronically, by fax or mail.

Forms are also available at the Curriculum Services website.

Use of Forms

The curriculum proposal forms are prepared by the proposal originator with support from the appropriate instructional program manager and/or the appropriate academic dean and Curriculum Services. The forms must be reviewed and signed by the Campus President indicating support, support with conditions, or do not support before they are forwarded to Curriculum Services for review and for facilitating the full signature process. Next the forms are signed by the appropriate Associate Vice President indicating support, support with conditions, or do not support before being forwarded to the appropriate Division

Vice President who will review and sign indicating their “Support, Support with Conditions, or do not

Support.” The forms will then be returned to Curriculum Services to be distributed collegewide for review and input.

Reviews are returned to Curriculum Services either by mail, fax or e-mail. Reviews will be compiled and provided to the Curriculum Committee chair and the originator(s) for review. The originator may revise the proposal based on input received or respond to questions proposed at the Curriculum Committee meeting. The Curriculum Committee will act as arbitrator of any review recommendations that are not included in revisions to the proposal by the originator and forwarded with comment to the Provost or appropriate Division Vice President for final action.

Procedure for the Campus Origination of New Program Development not Identified on the College

President’s Targeted Program List

Individuals who plan to submit a curriculum proposal that seeks to establish a new program (degree or certificate) that is not on the College Presidents targeted program list must support that request by a Letter of Interest to Develop a New Program. The letter must include evidence that the program meets the mission of the college, that a regional labor market need exists for graduates of the program, that there is sufficient student interest in the program to make the program viable, that a state curriculum framework exists for the program if the proposed program is to be a PSV degree or PSAV certificate program, and that the Campus has adequate funding to establish the program.

The letter should be addressed to the appropriate Division Vice President, copied to the Associate Vice

President Degree Career Programs, and signed by the Campus President. The Division Vice President,





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Originator(s) who plan to submit a curriculum proposal that seeks to establish a new program (degree or certificate) that is on the College President’s targeted program list do not need to submit a Letter of

Interest to Develop a New Program.

Originator(s) who plan to submit a curriculum proposal for an advanced technical certificate or a state authorized certificate program in which the program curriculum consists only of courses found in the an existing Bachelor, PSV degree program or PSAV program do not need submit a Letter of Interest to

Develop a New Program. A state authorized certificate program is defined as either a PSV or PSAV program in which a state curriculum framework exists.

Proposal Preparation/Submission

All curriculum proposals must be submitted electronically on the appropriate forms to the Curriculum

Services office.

To submit a proposal, the originator(s) follows these five steps:

1.

The originator will notify the appropriate campus instructional program manager and appropriate campus academic dean of the intent to develop a curriculum proposal. If the curriculum proposal is being initiated by someone other than a College faculty member, the originator will work with the appropriate campus instructional program manager or appropriate campus academic dean to establish a process for collaboration with the appropriate College faculty.

2. Curriculum Services and the AVP for Liberal Arts, Career Degree Education, Academic

Foundations, and/or Baccalaureate Programs will assist as appropriate, with overall development of the proposal package and specific instructions on procedure, standards, review, transmittal methods, and time schedules.

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The responsible Associate Vice President or designee, will assist in ensuring that the proposal’s purpose and content are in alignment with state and College goals and initiatives.

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All proposals must be submitted to Curriculum Services by the last Monday of the month before the College Curriculum Committee meeting at which the proposal is to be placed on the agenda.





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5.

Final proposals submitted to Curriculum Services must include a Curriculum Proposal

Review Form signed by the Campus President of the campus from which the proposal originates and by the appropriate college Division leaders.

Proposal Types

(Lower Division) College-credit and workforce credit (including adult studies) proposals: A proposal to create, or modify a College course or program, or inactivate/reactivate a College course. (Upper Division)

Per s.1007.33 F.S., new Baccalaureate proposals must follow specific statutorily defined procedures for approval/activation or inactivation.

General Education Review Proposal: A comprehensive proposal that reviews the applicability of discipline courses to the five statewide general education competency areas: (Communication, Humanities,

Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences) the credit hour distribution among the discipline categories, student learning outcomes and assessment schema as applicable, and the general education courses included within the discipline categories in an appropriate degree. See section on “Major

GER Changes.”

Proposal Review

Before submission to the Campus President for review, the appropriate campus dean and originator will duplicate and disseminate copies of the proposal (if applicable) to all campus instructional program managers or academic deans affected.

After review by affected areas, the proposal will be submitted to the Campus President for review. The proposal should be reviewed within ten (10) working days of receipt from the originator and returned to the originator for submission to Curriculum Services. The Campus President must sign the proposal review form indicating “Support, Support with Conditions, or do not Support.”

Before distribution for collegewide review the appropriate Associate Vice President (AVP) and appropriate Division Vice President will review all proposals. These individuals will indicate “support, support with conditions, or do not support” and provide comments on the Curriculum Review Form. The proposal will then be submitted to Curriculum Services twelve (12) days before the Curriculum

Committee meets.

Curriculum Services will facilitate the collection of written responses from reviewers. Responses will be provided to the originator. The originator may revise the proposal based on input received or respond to questions proposed at the Curriculum Committee meeting. The Curriculum Committee will forward the curriculum proposal to the Provost and/or appropriate Division Vice President with comments.

If suggested, modifications to the proposal are supported by the Provost and/or appropriate Division Vice

President, the appropriate campus dean and Curriculum Services will work with the originator to reflect





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Curriculum Services will review the contents of the final proposal to ensure that it is complete and technically accurate, and will convene the College Curriculum Committee on the third Thursday of the month, or as outlined under the Special Procedures section.

Proposal Approval

Curriculum proposals are approved as follows:

The following curriculum proposals will be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee before submission to the Provost or appropriate Division Vice President for action.

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College Credit Courses (new, modify, update upon review, inactivate, or reactivate)

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General Education Requirements Program

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Modification to General Education Requirements Proposal

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New Program or New Option to Existing Program (new, modify, or reactivate)

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New PSAV Courses and Programs (except Continuing Workforce Education)

Non-Action Items

The following submissions will be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee as information-only items and do not require action:

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Applied Music and Dance Courses: Reactivation of courses in applied music and dance areas that are options for various levels;

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Internal Articulation Agreement: An agreement between a PSAV program and a college credit program allowing select PSAV coursework to count toward a credit degree upon the recommendation/approval of the appropriate Division Vice President and approval by the

Provost.

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Statutorily Mandate Changes: Changes required by the State that do not have economic impact to the College or students.

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Program Inactivation: The inactivation of a program requires a separate process and form. The program inactivation process involves three specific steps: 1). investigation, 2). form submission, and 3). notification. The inactivation form requires a teach-out plan which is written plan developed by an institution that provides options if fifty percent or more of at least one program ceases to operate before all students have completed their program of study. It may include, if required by the institution’s accrediting agency, a teach-out agreement between institutions. The teach-out plan must be approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and

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The Provost acts upon college credit curriculum matters and in collaboration with the Division Vice

Presidents on workforce credit (including adult studies) curriculum matters after review from the appropriate Campus Presidents, appropriate Associate Vice President and the Curriculum Committee.

The Curriculum Committee does not review Continuing Workforce Education and Self-Supporting courses.

After the review of the appropriate Campus President, appropriate Associate Vice President, Division

Vice President and the Curriculum Committee, the Provost may approve college credit degrees, diplomas and certificates, and the appropriate Division Vice President may approve workforce credit certificate and diploma programs (including adult studies) for submission to the District Board of Trustees for final approval. Course and program proposals not approved or approved with change will be returned to the

Curriculum Committee by way of the appropriate Associate Vice President. The Associate Vice President will inform the originator that the proposal was disapproved or approved with changes and will provide the reasons for the change or disapproval. The proposal may be revised or resubmitted.

Effective Terms of Curriculum Actions

Curriculum proposals should be processed as developed and will become effective in accordance with this

APM.

The implementation date for changes to existing curricula or development of new programs may be before

District Board of Trustees of Trustees approval with appropriate justification.

Justification for early implementation date must be endorsed by the appropriate campus dean, and included in the proposal when the proposal is submitted to Curriculum Services for review and entry into the process. The Campus Presidents, in collaboration with the Provost, appropriate Division Vice

Presidents and Associate Vice President will approve the request.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Proposal Originator

The originator, by initiation of a curriculum proposal, is the author of record and responsible primarily for the proposal content, and its review and processing. The originator is responsible for the development of the curriculum proposal and the appropriateness and quality of its content, including all input and supporting documentation.

The originator must contact and work with the appropriate instructional program manager, campus dean,

College faculty and Curriculum Services personnel. The originator will also research and identify the state course/program number for a course(s) and/or program(s) with the assistance of Curriculum Services.

The originator will be expected to respond to requested clarifications and review all recommended modifications. The originator is expected to attend the meeting of the Curriculum Committee at which the





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Appropriate Campus Dean

The appropriate campus deans will provide direction and guidance to the proposal originator; evaluate and make appropriate recommendations related to each proposal; and, ensure that proposals, meeting announcements, and agenda are communicated appropriately.

The appropriate campus dean is the immediately responsible administrator of a specific instructional area or discipline, and will work collaboratively with all areas including the appropriate Associate Vice

President to ensure that processes are followed.

The appropriate campus dean will provide the opportunity for all area faculty collegewide to review and respond to the proposal before submission to Curriculum Services. Evidence of that opportunity

(Input/Reaction Tracking Form or e-mail) must be included in the completed proposal, along with all other written comments and reactions.

The appropriate campus dean or designee must attend the Curriculum Committee meeting, along with the originator(s) to represent the proposal and the specific reactions of the area faculty to the proposal.

The appropriate campus dean will review courses offered at the campus and make any necessary recommendations in collaboration with the appropriate faculty. Recommendations are to be based on student evaluations; review by an instructional program manager or academic dean; State Articulation

Coordinating Council directives; academic program review data; Florida Statute; Department of

Education regulation; and any other agencies responsible for accreditation.

Curriculum Committee

The Curriculum Committee is a recommending body that has the following roles and responsibilities :

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Establish the GER Sub-Committee.

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Review curriculum proposals and obtain input/advice as needed.

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Recommend that the Provost and appropriate Division Vice Presidents “support, not support, support with conditions,” or defer to next meeting, curriculum proposals. The committee will use the Curriculum Proposal Review & Approval Form to record action.

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Meet as scheduled by the Chair to consider proposals.

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Maintain records of proceedings. Record in committee minutes all action taken including modifications, information requests, how the curriculum process is working, and documentation of findings, written communications, and clarifications.





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Communicate to concerned entities in writing, signed by the Committee Chairperson.

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Elect a vice-chairperson who will be a faculty member.

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Invoke Robert's Rules of Order where appropriate at all meetings.

Curriculum Services

Curriculum Services has the following roles and responsibilities:

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Advise and assist a proposal originator, appropriate campus dean(s), and instructional supervisor throughout the process with overall development of the proposal package and specific instructions on procedures, standards, review, transmittal and time schedules.

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Provide proposal forms electronically to originator.

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Ensure, that the curriculum proposal adheres to federal, state, and College policies.

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Distribute curriculum proposals college-wide, at least five (5) working days prior to the

Curriculum Committee meeting, to allow for input by the College community.

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Compile curriculum proposal reviews and provide to the Curriculum Committee chair and originator(s) for review.

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Based on faculty and appropriate campus dean input and recommendation, confirm the course number identified by the proposal originator the appropriate course prefix and number assignments within Statewide Course Numbering System.

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Maintain list of appointed members and alternates to the Curriculum Committee, and appointment cycle.

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Attend meetings of the Curriculum Committee as a resource person.

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After the proposal process is completed, notify the originator(s) and appropriate campus dean, and ensure timely and accurate input of all data to necessary systems and master files for implementation.

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Coordinate the scheduling of meetings of the Curriculum Committee, flow of proposals for consideration, and agenda items.

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Coordinate information flow to College student support and instructional areas on curriculum matters including meetings and agenda.

Campus President

The Campus President or designee has the following roles and responsibilities :

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Evaluate and make appropriate recommendations related to proposal(s).

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Indicate “support, support with conditions, or do not support” and provide comments on the

Curriculum Review Form.

Appropriate Associate Vice President

The appropriate Associate Vice President has the following roles and responsibilities :

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Ensure all proposals align with applicable federal and state guidelines, rules and College goals, and initiatives.

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Indicate “support, support with conditions, or do not support” and provide comments on the

Curriculum Review Form.

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Evaluate and make recommendations related to proposal(s).

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Review proposal packets for completion before release for collegewide review.

Division Vice Presidents

A Division Vice President has the following roles and responsibilities:

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Review and evaluate all curriculum recommendations related to curriculum proposals in their area of instructional responsibility;

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Indicate “support, support with conditions, or do not support” curriculum proposals, and provide comments on the Curriculum Review form.

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Collaborate with the Provost on final approval of curriculum proposals within their area of instructional responsibility.

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The Provost of the State College Division, provides administrative oversight and collegewide coordination for the Curriculum Approval Process, ensuring interactive collaboration between faculty, Deans, Associate

Vice Presidents, Division Vice Presidents and Campus Presidents, in the preparation and approval of new and revised curriculum for submission, via the College President to the District Board of Trustees for action, as appropriate.

ANNUAL PURGE OF COURSES NOT OFFERED IN FIVE (5) YEARS

Curriculum Services will provide a list via email annually, identifying non-college credit courses and college credit courses, which have not been taught in the preceding five years.

The list will be distributed on an annual basis to the appropriate Associate Vice President and appropriate academic deans for review. Curriculum Services will identify each course that is a part of a Program of

Study, as a required or elective course.

The appropriate Associate Vice President, in collaboration with the appropriate academic dean will ensure that curriculum actions occur within the year via the curriculum process to ensure that a program includes the necessary number of required and elective courses to complete a degree or certificate. A curriculum proposal must be submitted if the hours of a program are affected by removal of the course(s).

The appropriate Associate Vice President will provide the Provost with a final list of courses that will become inactive. The Provost will then forward the list to the College President who will distribute it to the Board of Trustees at their next regularly scheduled meeting in compliance with 6A-10.0331, Florida

Administrative Code.

If the appropriate academic dean desires to keep active a course(s) which does not comprise a Program of

Study, and has not been taught in five years, a written justification, stating clearly the reason(s) the course(s) should be kept active, must be submitted to the appropriate Associate Vice President via

Curriculum Services, by the requested deadline date. All justifications to keep a course active will be submitted by the appropriate Associate Vice President to the Provost or appropriate Division Vice

President to approve or disapprove the continued active status of the course.

Courses that have not been taught for at least five (5) years, and have not been justified to remain in active status will be inactivated automatically effective fall term. Curriculum Services will notify the Provost and appropriate Division Vice President of the courses to be inactivated according to the review process of this procedure. Courses in inactive status can be reactivated only via the established curriculum processes. Performance-based fine arts courses which have been inactivated according to this process may be reactivated for individual student use through a request to the Associate Vice President of Liberal Arts and Sciences. An information item about the reactivation will be placed on the agenda of the Curriculum

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PROPOSAL, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL COURSE OUTLINES AND DESCRIPTIONS

Course Description

Each course in the curriculum of the College has a Course Description, published in the current College

Catalog, which has been reviewed by the Curriculum Committee. An existing Course Description in need of revision or modification may be changed through a proposal to the College Curriculum Committee.

Official Course Outline

Each course in the College curriculum has an Official Course Outline, reviewed by the Curriculum

Committee, which includes a body of content consistent for all sections of the course taught. Faculty are given the academic freedom to include additional content of their choosing and to select methods of instructional delivery and assessment which they feel will best meet the needs of the students.

These outlines will initially be created as part of the proposal of a new or modified course submitted by faculty to the College Curriculum Committee. During the process, it will be reviewed by appropriate faculty and administrators and modified as necessary. When the proposal for the new or modified course is given final approval the Provost will direct that the approved course outline be filed in Curriculum

Services, posted on-line and distributed to Instructional Deans and Instructional Program Managers, for use and reference by faculty and students.

All General Education courses are reviewed annually by the respective discipline groups (Communications,

Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences) as part of Institutional

Effectiveness.

All discipline groups may be asked to review and make necessary changes, if applicable, to their course outlines to conform to state and college policies, to be in line with DOE regulations, or to improve student access to courses while maintaining academic integrity.

All disciplines and programs across the College have their own respective discipline/program councils.

Each council comprises all faculty in the requisite discipline or program along with one administrative dean or program manager who serves as guide and soundboard. Any decision reached in these respective councils, either by consensus or unanimity, may then be presented to the Gen Ed Sub-Committee for discussion and/or recommendation.

The Provost and appropriate Division Vice Presidents will be responsible for ensuring compliance with standards and identifying those revisions which merit a full review by the Curriculum Committee.

Approved outlines with the latest revision/review dates will be housed in the files of Official Course

Outlines in Curriculum Services and posted on-line.

Adopted Date: November 30, 1988

Revision Date: February 27, 1992, December 14, 1995, April 22, 1999, September 20, 2001,

June 25, 2002, August 27, 2002; April 8, 2008, June 27, 2012

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