The course outline of record plays a central role in the curriculum of the California Community Colleges. Standards for the course outline appear in Title 5, in the Curriculum Standards Handbook, in accreditation standards, in intersegmental general education agreements with the California State University and the University of California (IGETC and CSU-GE), and serve as the basis for transfer articulation agreements with individual CSU and UC campuses. As a consequence, discipline faculty and curriculum committee members are faced with the daunting task of writing and approving course outlines which will meet this array of updated standards. Below are the documents meant to assist Curriculum developers in the system:

Program and Course Approval Handbook

CAN System: Toward Increased Faculty Participation
The paper explores the background and purpose of CAN, examines the CAN-ing process, describes the criteria to qualify courses, discusses faculty participation and identifies systemwide issues in the evaluation and funding of the project. Curriculum developers should view the CANing process as part of the local curriculum review / approval process and assure that there is faculty participation and oversight.

Role of the Course Outline
The course outline of record plays a critical educational role on campus. It is the primary vehicle for course planning. When a course is revised or updated, it is the course outline that records the changes.

Process of Course Outline Revisions
The effort of revising and upgrading our course outlines of records should continue to be a priority for those of us in the classroom. It is through our unique approaches to curriculum that community colleges continue to contribute to and enhance higher education in California and the nation.

Components of a Model Course Outline of Record
Reviews all requirements for course outlines for degree credit courses including a suggested format and content for the course outline to meet those standards. Source: The Academic Senate, 1995.

Stylistic Considerations in Writing Course Outlines of Record
This paper recommends good practices for writing each of the sections of the course outline of record. The focus of the recommendations is to provide course outlines which are thorough and comprehensive of the Title 5 standards as well as providing complete descriptions of actual classroom practices which are sufficient for articulation.

A Proposal to Revise the Use of Certificates
The proposal seeks to provide for certificates that have a high degree of credibility with employers so that they will be helpful to students seeking employment. Adoption of this proposal will also bring greater uniformity to certificates and other awards, thereby making them more portable than are many of today's certificates.

Information Competency in the California Community Colleges
This paper seeks to address issues associated with information competency and commence the discussion on how these competencies can be incorporated into the California Community College curriculum. Issues to be discussed in this paper include a clear and concise definition of information competency, a listing of key components for information competency, expectations of what students need to know before they complete their educational endeavors.

Academic Freedom, Privacy, Copyright and Fair Use in a Technological World
This position paper of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges examines the increasing use of technology in education and the fundamental, academic implications of this increase for the traditional understanding of academic freedom, privacy, copyright and fair use.

Placement of Courses within Disciplines
Faculty hired to teach in a discipline, either under the credential or minimum qualifications systems, are allowed to teach any course in that discipline. As such, it becomes important for each college to assign courses to the subject matter areas identified in the Disciplines List. This document gives a suggested procedure for local academic senates to use in this process, including multiple listing and interdisciplinary listing. As new courses are approved by curriculum committees, recommendations to the senate for discipline assignment are needed. Source: The Academic Senate, 1994.