Links to External Resources

Curriculum for California Community Colleges
This website is designed to assist those within the California Community Colleges who design and approve curriculum.

Program and Course Approval Handbook
This document contains laws and administrative procedures relating to approval requirements for degrees, certificates, and courses in our system. Go here to find out how to create a new program.  In addition, this next document contains revisions (October 2007) to the Program and Course Approval Handbook for Approval of Credit Programs. 
Also, the Inventory of Approved Programs will list all the approved program for California community colleges.  This inventory is updated every 2 weeks.

Taxonomy of Programs (TOPS)
The Taxonomy of Programs is a system of numerical codes used at the state level to collect and report information on programs and courses, in different colleges throughout the state, that have similar outcomes.  Revised version March 2007 and July, 2007.

Stylistic Considerations in Writing Course Outlines of Record
This Spring 2008 document from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is a great resource for writing the course outline of record and has a great chart of verbs requiring cognitive outcomes.

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges
Human Resources Division, State Chancellor's Office, California Community College. The Discipline List can be found in this document. February 2008.

Distance Education Guidelines
This is the most recent Distance Education Guidelines which reflect the changes in Title 5.  Also the access DE guidelines from 1999.

Title 5, California Code of Regulations

California Education Code

AB 1725

ASSIST
Articulation System Stimulating Inter-institutional Student Transfer. Use this site to determine curriculum needs and what courses can be used to satisfy 4-year requirements. This site includes articulation agreements.

MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. Find web sites to use in your class that are peer reviewed by subject.

California Articulation Number System (CAN)
The California Articulation Number System (CAN) was a course identification system for common core lower-division transferable, major preparation courses commonly taught on CCC and CSU campuses. The CAN system is no longer in use, but the CAN numbers are being honored.  If the course has an existing CAN number, please check with the Articulation Officer, Rose Stock.

Ralph M. Brown Act
This California law covers the conduct of meetings of public entities.