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Assessment Information and Assistance

Contact the Assessment Specialist for support in aligning course and program Student Learning Outcomes.

Curriculog Resources, Guides, and Training

Curriculog is the program through which all Curriculum approval processes are submitted and reviewed. This fully web-based system allows for course and program origination, curriculum and program changes, as well as review and approval process by committee.

Curriculum Forms

 Login to Curriculog * Faculty Guide to Curriculog

"Regular" Course Forms

Reference Resources:

Login to Curriculog * Faculty Guide to Curriculog

Action Form to Be Completed (All forms are available in Curriculog)
Creating a New Course

The approval of a C-form means that a new course may be offered for credit and its description will appear in the course catalog. However, the course will not automatically be listed as a new elective in a major or program. In order to assure that this new course appears in the catalog as an elective for a program/major, either:

1. Complete a P-2 form describing the change, or

2. Submit edited catalog copy via Word Doc using Track Changes, and add the new course(showing exactly where you want it to appear). The edited copy should be attached to the C form for the new course. 

Changing an Existing Course
  • C-2 Form

The approval of a C-2 form means that a course revision may be offered for credit and its description will appear in the course catalog. However, the course will not automatically be listed as a new elective in a major or program. In order to assure that this new course appears in the catalog as an elective for a program/major, either:

1. Complete a P-2 form describing the change, or

2. Submit edited catalog copy via Word Doc using Track Changes, and add the new course(showing exactly where you want it to appear). The edited copy should be attached to the C-2 form for the new course.

Deleting an Existing Course
  • D Form
Proposing a Special Topics Course
Inactivating an Existing Course Please refer to the Inactive Course Policy.
Reactivating an Inactivated Course No form - send an email or memo to Lourdes Shahamiri (Catalog & Curriculum Coordinator) and Regina Eisenbach (Dean of Academic Programs


Extended Learning Course Forms

Form Action
E-T Form Offering a special topics degree-credit (i.e., "regular") course through Extended Learning
X Form

Extension Course Proposal Form 		Offering a non-degree Extension Credit course* through Extended Learning
*A course, carrying University credit approved/established by the academic department but not listed in the General Catalog, which is designed primarily to address the needs of a specified client group or audience. These are professional-level courses which do not typically apply to credentials or degrees offered by the University.
Reference:  Extended Learning Definitions list

For information about Extended Learning curriculum planning, please contact:

Aaron Guy, Associate Dean of Programming
Extended Learning
aguy@csusm.edu
760-750-8784


Program Forms

Action Form to Be Completed (All forms are available in Curriculog)
Adding a New Degree Program to the University Academic Master Plan (UAMP) Complete an Abstract Form (A Form)


 
Proposing a New Degree Program (BA, BS, MA, MS, etc.)

[Note that such programs must first be placed on the University Academic Master Plan (UAMP). See the A Form immediately above.]

NEW PROGRAM PROPOSAL INFORMATION
 (effective March 2017)

1.  Review the TIPS for Completing a Successful Program Proposal.This is an explanation of the items in the Proposal Template with examples that will help you understand what is required.

2.  Complete the New Program Proposal Template.  Following the directions given in the footnotes of the template and the TIPS document referenced in #1 above will greatly simplify the approval process for this proposal. The footnotes may be deleted from the completed proposal.

3.        For State-Support Programs:

For Self-Support Programs -  Complete a Cost Recovery Budget (explained in item #9 in the New Program Proposal Template)

4. CSUSM New Degree Proposal Checklist 

Proposing a New Minor, Option, Track, Concentration, or Credential Program

Elevating an existing Option within a current Major to a stand-alone Major

Proposing a New Certificate
  • Complete the New Certificate Template.  Please include Catalog Copy with your completed New Certificate proposal.

Changing an existing program

 Complete a Program Change Form (P-2 Form)  Please include Catalog Copy indicating changes to the program with your P-2 form. How to Submit Catalog Copy changes in Curriculog.

 

General Education Certification Forms

Note that GE Forms supplement but do not replace ordinary course forms. So,

  • If this is a new course, a C Form needs to be filed together with the appropriate GE form;
  • But, if this is an existing course which is not being changed, only the appropriate GE form needs to be filed (no other forms are needed);
  • If this is an existing course which is being changed, a C-2 Form needs to be filed together with the appropriate GE form;
  • If this is the first offering of a special topic course for which GE credit is being sought, a T Form needs to be filed together with the appropriate GE form. 
  • If a topic course that has GE certification is converting to a permanent course with GE, BOTH a C-form and a GE form must be submitted together. GE credits do not carry over from the topic course to the permanent course.
GE Requirement Form to Be Completed (All forms are located in Curriculog under the "Courses" tab)
  • A1 Oral Communication
  • A2 Written Communication
  • A3 Critical Thinking
  • B1 Physical Science
  • B2 Life Science
  • B4 Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
  • BB Upper-Division Science and/or Mathematics
  • C1 Arts
  • C2 Humanities
  • CC Upper-Division Arts and Humanities
  • D7 Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
  • D Discipline-Specific or Second Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
  • DD Upper-Division Social Sciences
  • E Lifelong Learning and Information Literacy