Policy on Curriculum Revision and Review

Leeward Community College

Purpose:  To establish policy and procedures for institutionalizing curriculum revision and review, and for the periodic review of core outlines and course syllabi with the goal of assuring academic rigor and integrity in all courses and programs and of assuring the continued appropriateness of curriculum content, instructional methods, course activities and objectives, and student competencies.

Implementation:

1. The division will be responsible for determining which courses will be reviewed each year, so long as all courses are reviewed over a six-year cycle.

2. Each discipline will review its own courses, ensuring the accuracy of the core outlines, their academic rigor, integrity, and currency, and the continued articulation of the courses with system colleges, should that be the case.

3. If the courses to be reviewed need no modification, the division chair will input approval into Curriculum Central.

4. If the core outlines that are reviewed need modification, normal curriculum procedures for course modifications as determined by the Chancellor for Community Colleges Memos (CCCM) will be followed within the current semester.  The discipline representative will be present at the Curriculum Committee meeting to present the rationale, etc., for the changes.

5. Curriculum Central will be modified so that the essential elements needed for course syllabi are standardized with the same initial information. This standard information will become the first page(s) of each course syllabus to ensure that course alpha and number, title, credits, prerequisites, description, goals, and learning outcomes, are presented uniformly regardless of the instructor. Also on the first page(s) will be the fields for the instructor’s personalized information: name, office, office hours, phone number, email address, course section number, classroom, course meeting days and times, and requisite textbooks and supplies.  Additional pages of the syllabus will reflect the individuality, style, and creativity of the instructor.

6. Each discipline will compare the core outlines of the revised courses with the individual syllabi of the faculty within the current semester.

7. If the syllabi do not reflect the required elements of the core outline, the discipline, along with the division chair, will work with the faculty to correct the discrepancies within the current semester.