Resources

CurricUNET Training

• Quick Reference Guide for Course Checklist
  Lists which sections are required or optional for new and revised courses.
• Curriculum Committee Orientation (August 2025)

Basics for Curriculum Development

Key CSM resources for writing curriculum

• Curriculum Handbook (December 2024)
• General Education Handbook (May 2025)
• Faculty Resources for Distance Education at CSM
• College of San Mateo Policy on Regular and Substantive Interaction (January 2021)

Chancellors' Office Resources - Curriculum and Instruction Unit

• CCCCO Curriculum Inventory
• Program and Course Approval Handbook (PCAH) 8th Edition
  Chancellor's Office guidelines that answers many questions about the approval processes for credit, non-credit and not for credit courses

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)

• The Course Outline of Record: A Curriculum Reference Guide Revisited (2017)
• Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges
• Ensuring Effective Curriculum Approval Processes: A Guide for Local Senates (2016)
• Curriculum Institute - July 2025 - presentation materials
• Curriculum Institute - July 2026 - presentation materials/resources