College Curriculum Committee

CCC Profile

The curriculum committee is a standing committee of the Academic Senate specifically responsible for credit review. The committee's responsibilities include:

evaluation of credit course offerings and curricula to insure that they meet the College’s vision, mission core values and objectives and conform to state, accrediting, and licensing body mandates;
evaluation of proposals for new and revised courses or curricula;
and planning, developing, and projecting degree and certificate programs on a long-term basis.

Membership

The committee consists of 20 voting members representing the following areas.

Chair (a member of the Academic Senate)
12 other full-time faculty representatives selected by the President of the Triton College Faculty Association (TCFA) from the following areas: 5 from the School of Arts and Sciences, 5 from Career Education representing diverse constituencies, 2 non-teaching faculty (1 Librarian and 1 Counselor)
2 students selected by the TCSA
2 academic deans
2 additional administrators from academic affairs and student services appointed by the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs
Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs

The committee also consists of non-voting, resource members representing the following areas.

A representative from Office of Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Representatives from Admissions and Records (Records Evaluators)
A representative from Learning Resources and Academic Support Programs
A representative from Continuing Education
A representative from Admissions and Registration
A representative from Curriculum and Assessment
A representative from Instructional Technology

Meetings

The committee meets once per month during the academic year, typically on the first Thursday. Click here to view Fall 2013 College Curriculum Committee Calendar.

Disposition of Items Acted on by the Committee

A copy of all recommendations of the Curriculum Committee are submitted for review simultaneously to the Academic Senate and to the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. The recommendations of the Academic Senate, the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs are submitted to the TCFA as information and to the Board of Trustees for action.

College Curriculum Committee Resources

College Curriculum Handbook

College Curriculum Committee Calendar: Fall 2013

College Curriculum Committee Calender: Spring 2013

College Curriculum Committee Calendar: Fall 2012

For a current, approved Course Outline, visit our MyTriton page or contact Susan Maratto, Curriculum & Assessment Assistant at Ext. 3821 or smaratto@triton.edu.

Download Forms

Course Proposal

Curriculum Proposal

Topical Course Outline

Contact College Curriculum Committee

Susan Campos, Committee Chair, scampos2@triton.edu, (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3655
Mary Ann Tobin, Director of Teaching and Learning, mtobin@triton.edu, (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3823
Susan Maratto, Curriculum & Assessment Assistant, smaratto@triton.edu (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3821