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Curriculum Office – Course Revision Process

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Types of course revisions that require curriculum committee and college approval:

  • course title change
  • course number
  • contact/credit hour change
  • description
  • requisites
  • learning outcomes
  • general education or cultural literacy designation
  • related instruction for CTE embedded courses

Course Revision Process:

  • Log in to CourseLeaf through the Faculty Tab in MyPCC. Under Tools on the right hand side, click Course Management and do a search for the course to be revised. Select the course to be revised and choose Revise Course and follow the prompts to complete the revisions to the course.
  • Save and submit to workflow in for review and recommendation by the SAC Chair and Program Dean.
  • The Curriculum Committee may recommend the course for approval as proposed, amend the proposal and recommend or postpone for further review.
  • Once recommended by the Committee, the course must be recommended by the Pathway Dean and Executive Dean for Teaching & Learning Support, and approved by the VP of Academic Affairs.  Depending on the type of revision, state approval may also be required.
  • Implementation:
    • Once the changes have been approved by internal approval process, the Curriculum Office will enter the changes into Banner.

Other Curricular Items to Note:

  • Changes that Require a Degree or Certificate Revision:
    • change in credit hours
    • course title change
    • course number change
  • Consent Items (SACs can make these changes in Courseleaf; no committee approval is required):
    • inactivation
    • grade option
  • CCOG Revisions that can be made with SAC approval only (SACs can make theses changes in Courseleaf; no committee approval is required):
    • assessment strategies
    • addendum to the description
    • course activities and design
    • course content

Video Tutorial: How to Propose a Course Revision using Courseleaf