Course revision process

Apple Dictionary

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 choose Revise Course and follow the prompts to complete the revisions to the course.
  • Save and submit to workflow 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 these 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