Curriculum

REEDLEY COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

The curriculum process is a faculty driven process by which curriculum is developed and updated on a regular basis to maintain articulation, remain current with new developments in content, and integrate new instructional methods. The curriculum committee meets weekly during the school year. The curriculum committee is led by the Academic Senate Vice President for Curriculum.

Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 55002 (a) (1) includes the following:

“Curriculum Committee. The college and/or district curriculum committee recommending the course shall be established by the mutual agreement of the college and/or district administration and the academic senate. The committee shall be either a committee of the academic senate or a committee that includes faculty and is otherwise comprised in a way that is mutually agreeable to the college and/or district administration and the academic senate.”

The Reedley College Academic Senate has designated that the Reedley College Curriculum Committee has the authority to make recommendations regarding curriculum (including compliance of courses with state standards) directly to the local governing board through the district Educational Coordinating and Planning Committee (ECPC).

The committee and the curricular process must comply with shared governance requirements. This means, on curriculum issues, that the college must consult collegially in accordance with the Shared Governance Policy of the Board of Trustees (AR 4020 Program and Curriculum Development and BP 2510 Participation in Local Decision-making).

Locally defined duties of the Curriculum Committee

defines local academic and curricular standards
ensures that local general education and associate degree requirements are appropriate to meet the goals of the College and the needs of students and the communities the College serves
recommends to the SCCCD Board of Trustees approval of new courses and programs
scrutinizes and approves prerequisites, corequisites, and advisories and their documentation (content review and establishing prerequisite/corequisites)
recommends to receiving institutions courses and programs for transfer/articulation
reviews existing curriculum

determines the appropriateness of new and revised course or educational program proposals for departments or disciplines.
ensures that all Career Technical Education (CTE) Course Outlines of Record are updated/reviewed every two years and all other Course Outlines of Record are updated every five years
with administration and senate, maintain and carry out other locally defined duties as articulated in SCCCD Board Policy, Administrative Regulations, and Reedley College Academic Senate resolutions per agreed upon regulations

General Curriculum Information

Curriculum Committee meets Thursdays, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in LRC 104.

Curriculum submission deadline is the third Friday of each fall/spring semester.

Meeting agenda and materials can be found at:

RC Curriculum Committee Meetings

Curriculum Committee Members List

2023-2024 CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Committee Membership
Area Represented	Committee Member Name
Academic Senate Vice President for Curriculum (standing chair)	Whitney Menefee
Curriculum Analyst (non-voting)	Cheryl Hesse
Vice President, Instruction (non-voting)	Dale van Dam
1 Dean of Instruction (non-voting) appointed by the VP Instruction
Dean of Instruction (non-voting)	Juan Bedolla
2 Academic Senate Representatives as appointed by the Academic Senate President
Academic Senate Representative	Kevin Woodard
Academic Senate Representative	Allie Kenyon
Articulation Officer (may also represent counseling if a separate counselor is not assigned)
Articulation Officer	David Shoemaker
Instructional Department Representative – one from each instructional department of the college *Vice Chair is elected from the membership of the committee*
Agriculture Department	David Lopes
Art, Music, & English Department	Deanna Garabedian
Business Department	Tiffany Dix
Communication and Languages Department	David Nippoldt
Counseling Department	Kimberly Mullins
Early Childhood Education Department	Nancy Marsh (Vice Chair, Curriculum)
Engineering, Computer Science, & Physical Science Department	Simon Sultana
Forestry & Wildland Fire Department	Josh Soderlund
Industrial Technology Department	Andrew Mancini
Life Science & Allied Health Department	Shelly Sorensen
Mathematics Department	Steven Zook
Physical Education, Kinesiology, & Athletics Department	TJ Jennings
Social Science Department	John Terrell
Developmental Services Representative (appointed by the Director of DSPS)
Developmental Services Representative	Ashley Calhoun
1 Student Representative as appointed by the ASG President (non-voting)
Student Representative (non-voting)	Joseph Cruz

Distance Education Coordinator (non-voting)	Jason Boyer

ECPC meets monthly

Board of Trustees meet the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise specified on the calendar.

CurriQunet

Curriculum is managed through CurriQunet, a web-based curriculum management system. Reedley College's Course Outline of Record for each course is available at RC Course Outlines of Record (COR)

All modifications to courses and programs, newly developed courses and programs, as well as deleted programs and courses are processed using the curriQunet Curriculum Management system. For assistance with curriQunet, contact Cheryl Hesse at extension 3007 or cheryl.hesse@reedleycollege.edu.

Approved Course Outlines of Record and Program Outlines of Record are available at RC Course Outlines of Record (COR)

SCCCD Intra-District Articulated Courses

“In-lieu” refers to courses that Clovis Community College, Fresno City College, Reedley College, and Madera Community College (which includes Oakhurst) have agreed to articulate with one another to meet major and general education requirements for local associate degree and certificate programs. Please speak with your counselor to obtain this information.

The “In Lieu” agreement does not apply to the CSUGE and IGETC Certificate of Achievement. CSUGE and IGETC certifications are based on the individual college at which the course was completed. In lieu courses may or may not meet the same major requirement at a CSU, UC, independent, or out-of-state institution. Articulation agreements for specific majors and general education to the CSU and UC campuses vary by college and are available on www. assist.org.

Reedley College Programs include:

Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T) (AS-T)
Associate in Science (AS) or Associate in Arts (AA)
Certificate of Achievement (CA)
Certificates in (name of program)
Certificates of Completion/Competency (CC) (noncredit)

An alphabetical listing of all degrees and certificates offered at Reedley College is available in the college catalog.

Transfer Degrees and Major Programs

Reedley College students may transfer to universities to complete their bachelor's degree work. The College's transfer programs offer coursework which can meet lower division General Education requirements for the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems.

Articulation agreements with various UC and CSU systems can be obtained in the Counseling Office, Transfer Center or on the website: ASSIST. Students planning to transfer should consult a counselor for program planning purposes.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs

Reedley College offers Career and Technical Education programs designed to prepare students for a career or occupation. These programs offer the student education and training in selected career fields. Many certificates of achievement combined with General Education units prepare the student for an Associate Degree.

Certificates of Achievement (16 or more units)

A certificate of achievement shall be awarded to students who successfully complete a specified curriculum with a minimum "C" grade in each required course. The specific courses required for the certificate of achievement are identified in each degree program where such certificates are awarded.

Certificates (8 to less than 16 units)

Certificates for a course or a series of courses fewer than 16 units may be offered by departments. A certificate may be awarded with a minimum of "C" average for finishing a course or courses leading to specific competencies.

Program Level Outcomes by List of Program

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, and abilities a student is expected to be able to demonstrate upon completion of a certificate or degree. Program Level Student Learning Outcomes are listed in the current catalog.

Course outlines

Course outlines of record are available at Course and Program Outlines.

Resources for Developing Courses and Programs