Curriculum & Instruction Council
Mission
The Curriculum and Instruction Council(CIC) fulfills the state-mandated role of certifying the academic integrity of all credit and noncredit classes, programs, certificates, and degrees. Per the joint agreement between the Academic Senate of Santiago Canyon College and the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) Board of Trustees and in accordance with AB 1725, the RSCCD Board of Trustees will rely primarily on the advice of the Academic Senate with regard to curriculum as relates to establishing prerequisites, degree and certificate requirements, and grading policies. The CIC is also part of the college and district collegial governance framework and provides a forum for students, staff, and faculty to participate in formulating and refining curricular, instructional, and academic policy.
Responsibilities
- Approve, review, and modify all course and program outlines
- Approve all catalog and policy changes affecting curriculum, instruction, degree and certificate requirements, standards of student participation, etc.
- Approve and modify all college academic standards and policies
The Curriculum & Instruction Council (CIC) meets on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays of the month at 1:30 PM during the fall and spring semesters.
Meetings:
Click the folder below to view Agenda, Minutes, and additional items for each meeting date.
Course Data Elements
- Course Data Elements (CB), CCCCO
- Management Information System (MIS) Data Element Dictionary, CCCCO
Distance Education
- Distance Education Accessibility Guidelines, Issued January 2011
- Distance Education Addendum Approval Procedure (Fall 2020)
- Distance Education Addendum Template (Fall 2020)
- Emergency Distance Education Addendum
- Emergency Only Definition for Distance Education Addendum (Approved September 21,
2020, by SCC CIC)
eLumen Instructions and Workflow
eLumen Curriculum Instructions
Other Reference Materials
- Blooms Learning Activity Matrix (adapted from Carnegie Mellon)
- Common Course Numbering Presentation
- Common Course Number Templates (COR Submission)
- Correspondence Education Addendum (CEA)
- The Course Outline of Record: A Curriculum Reference Guide, Adopted Spring 2017 (Academic Senate for California Community Colleges)
- Course Review Guide (Revised 9-3-20)
- Credit Course Repetition Guidelines, November 2013 (California Community College Chancellor's Office)
- Curriculum Audit Workbook 2.0 (Long Beach City College)
- Curriculum and Instruction Council Handbook 2021-22, Revised Fall 2021 (Santiago Canyon College)
- Department Name Workflow, Creation or Revision
- Guidelines for Title 5 Regulations Section 55003: Policies for Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Advisories on Recommended Preparation, Adopted March 2011
- Guiding Notes for Cal-GETC Course Review
- Implementing Content Review for Communication and Computation Prerequisites, Adopted Spring 2011
- Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges
- Noncredit Departments in eLumen (2019)
- Program and Course Approval Handbook (PCAH), 8th edition, 2022
- Summary of Substantial Changes to PCAH, 8th edition
- Setting Class Enrollment Maximums: Process, Roles, and Principles, Adopted Spring 2012
- Special Regulations for Courses in Specific Subject Areas (UC)
- Suggested Standards for Writing Curriculum (Revised Spring 2019, Santiago Canyon College )
- Student Attendance Accounting Manual (2022 Report)
- Taxonomy, Verbs Requiring Cognitive Outcomes
- Taxonomy Of Programs (TOP) Manual (7th edition, May 2023)
- Taxonomy of Programs (TOP) to Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Crosswalk, June 2020
- Transfer Model Curriculum Templates (Approved)
Reference Sites
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) ASSISTCalifornia Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO)
Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID)Orange County Regional Consortia (LAOCRC)
TES College Source