TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Operational Procedures

• Introduction to the Curriculum Handbook
• College Curriculum Committee Bylaws (Coming Soon)
• Academic Senate Constitution (Article VIII)

I. General Information

• The College Curriculum Committee and the Academic Senate (Coming Soon)
• Philosophy for Associate Degree and General Education Board Policy 4025
• A Definition of Critical Thinking
• A Definition of College Level
• The Credit Hour 
• Cost Analysis of Proposed Course of Program Changes 
• Weekly Student Contact Hours/Full-Time Equivalent (WSCH/FTE) 
• Adjustments to Class Size
• College Curriculum Committee Review/Development Flow Chart 
• College Curriculum Committee Review/Appeals Flow Charts

II. Reference Materials

• Academic Divisions - Programs and Courses 
• El Camino College Vocational Programs
• El Camino College Disciplines List
• Disciplines Requiring a Master's Degree
• Disciplines in Which a Master's Degree Is Not Generally Expected or Available
• Articulation Overview
• Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum Requirements
• CSU General-Education Breadth Requirements (Executive Orders 595 and 405)
• Title 5 Excerpt Directory
• El Camino College Requirements for the Associate in Science Degree
• El Camino College Board Policy 6123 (Curriculum Review and Approval)
• El Camino College Board Policy 6124 (Prerequisites and Other Limitations on Enrollment)
• Appropriate Terminology for Expressing Behaviorally Measurable Outcomes
• Definitions and Examples of Behavioral Objectives
• The Curriculum Committee: Standards of Good Practice

III. Guidelines and Procedures for Preparation and Review of Curriculum Forms

• Submitting Curriculum Proposals
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: The Course Outline of Record
• Sample Course Outlines of Record
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: Proposal for New Course
• Proposal for New Course Form
• Guidelines for Curriculum Review: Preparing Credit-Mode Worksheets
• Credit-Mode Worksheet Forms
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: Course Outline of Record Affirmation Signatures (Coming Soon) 
• Content Review Procedure
• Challenge Petition for Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Enrollment Limitations
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: Proposal for Course Revision 
• Proposal for Course Revision Form
• El Camino College Distance Education Guidelines
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: The Distance Education Addendum to the Course Outline of Record
• Distance Education Addendum to the Course Outline of Record (Coming Soon)
• Experimental Course Approval Procedure
• Proposal for Experimental Course Form
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: Proposal for New Major or Revision to Existing Major (Coming Soon) 
• Proposal for New Major or Revision to Existing Major Form
• Guidelines for Curriculum Preparation/Review: Proposal for New Certificate or Revision to Existing Certificate
• Proposal for New Certificate or Revision to Existing Certificate Form
• Extenuating Circumstances Procedure for Approval of Curriculum Proposals
• ECC/High School/ROC Articulation Agreement Procedure
• ECC/High School/ROC Articulation Agreement Form

IV. Additional Materials

• El Camino College Division Curriculum Committee Technical Review Guide for Course Development
• Stylistic Considerations in Writing Course Outlines of Record (The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges)
• SCANS Competencies
• El Camino College Course Outline of Record In-Service Training Model

V. Curriculum Directory

• El Camino College Curriculum Committee
• College Curriculum Committee Division Representatives
• El Camino College Division Curriculum Committees
• El Camino College Division Curriculum Committee Scheduled Meetings  
• Curriculum Review Timeline