Curriculum Development

It is the responsibility of the Curriculum Committee to review curriculum, establish prerequisites, course placement in disciplines, assigning course identifiers, degree and certificate requirements, grading policies, maintain and update the discipline list, and making recommendations to the President for action by the Board of Trustees.  All new courses, as well as changes in current course content, structure, or credit, must be reviewed by this committee.  Develop process and timeline for review of academic programs. View Complete Curriculum Committee Charge 

The Curriculum Committee meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday in Room 2416. All members of the campus community are welcome. View Committee Calendar

The Las Positas College CurricUNET site can be accessed by going to: http://www.curricunet.com/laspositas/.

If you need assistance, please contact:

Craig Kutil, Curriculum Chair, 925.424.1346

Madeline Wiest, Curriculum and SLO Specialist, 925.424.1106

Curriculum Training Materials:

• Quick Guide to CurricUNET
• Curriculum Technical Review Checklist
• CurricUNET Training Material
• Curriculum Handbook  (Fall 2018)

Resources for Creating Curriculum:

• Program Course Approval Handbook  (PCAH)
• C-ID Descriptors
• GE Criteria: CSU GE_B
• GE Criteria: LPC AA/AS
• GE Criteria: IGETC
• LPC Courses Placed in Disciplines List 
• Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) Templates
• Special Regulations- Transfer Articulation
• Course Outline of Records (COR) Reference Guide 
• Bloom's Taxonomy Measurable Verbs (2009)
• Taxonomy of Programs (Top Codes)
• Courses in Families F18
• Chancellor's Office: AD-T Proposal Review 
• AA-T and AS-T Degrees  (Powerpoint Presentation by Articulation)
• Glossary of Terms  (AA-T and AS-T Implementation)
• Sample Language for the Distance Education Form 
• Employment Development Department- Labor Market Information (LMI)

Current LPC General Education and Transfer Patterns:

• LPC GE Pattern A.A. 
• LPC GE Pattern A.S. 
• CSU GE Breadth
• UC Transfer (IGETC) 
• Las Positas College Catalog 2018-19
• Fall 2018 Catalog Addendum

Helpful Links:

• Assist.org
• Chancellor's Office: Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators