The purpose of the Curriculum Committee is to approve new and revised curriculum and academic policies to ensure compliance with Title 5 and California Education Code prior to submission to the District Governing Board for final approval. The Curriculum Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Senate who, with advice from administration, reviews and recommends new/modified curriculum to the Academic Senate and District Board of Trustees.
Neil Carpentier-Alting, Committee Chair / Faculty *
VACANT, Director, Non-Credit Education
Elaine Eldridge, Interim Coding Reviewer / Academic Analyst
Maria Fernandez, Interim Distance Education and Instructional Design Coordinator / Faculty *
Dr. Mark Fields, Vice President, Academic Affairs
Tim Frisbie, Faculty *
Mark Klever, Dean, CTE
Michelle Knudsen, Articulation Officer / Faculty *
Shirley Louie, Faculty *
Valerie Roberts, Dean, Liberal Arts
Charlie Roche, Dean, Health, Physical Education, and Kinesiology / Athletics Director
Kirk Thomsen, Faculty *
VACANT - Student Representative
* Voting Members
Currently we meet every Friday from 10:00 - 11:30 am on the Weed Campus in the Emergency Services Training Center room 107. Details in the BoardDocs agenda.
All active course CORs, for noncredit and credit courses, can be accessed here: https://siskiyous.elumenapp.com/public/
Title 5 §53200(b) states that the Academic Senate is an organization whose primary function is to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters. Section §53200(c) states that "academic and professional matter" means the following policy development and implementation matters:
Of these matters, 1 through 5 relate to curriculum. The Curriculum Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Senate who, with advice from administration, reviews and recommends new/modified curriculum to the Academic Senate and District Board of Trustees.
Program and Curriculum Review Calendar
Distance Learning Addendum Form
Program and Course Approval Handbook 7th edition
Annual Curriculum Committee Training and Review Manual
The Course Outline of Record: A Curriculum Reference Guide
Good Practices for Course Approval Processes
Board Policies, Chapter 4 Academic Affairs:
BP 4020 - Program and Curriculum Development
BP 4025 - Philosophy and Criteria for Associate Degree and General Education
BP 4235 - Credit by Examination
BP 4260 - Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Administrative Procedures, Chapter 4 Academic Affairs:
AP 4020 - Program and Curriculum Development
AP 4022 - Course Approval
AP 4025 - Philosophy and Criteria for Associate Degree & General Education
AP 4105 - Distance Education
AP 4227 - Repeatable Courses
AP 4235 - Credit by Examination
Neil Carpentier-Alting, (530) 938-5206, carpentier-alting@siskiyous.edu
Questions regarding curriculum and technical issues
Maria Fernandez, (530) 938-5268, fernandez@siskiyous.edu
Regarding matters pertaining to Distance Education
Michelle Knudsen, (530) 938-5960, mknudsen1@siskiyous.edu
Regarding matters pertaining to General Educaton and Articulation, including CI-D and AD-T