Laws and Regulations
These curriculum rules are set by law and can only be updated by acts of legislation.
What is California Education Code?
This category of course calls for critical thinking and the understanding and application of concepts determined by the curriculum committee to be at college level.
What is a Degree-Applicable Credit course?
5C
What is the California Community College Curriculum Committee?
This new transfer general education pattern is the sole GE pattern for transfer to UC and CSU campuses, beginning this fall.
What is the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)?
This role is the first step in the COS Curriculum review process.
What is the Division Chair?
This document is incorporated into regulations by reference, and contains specific requirements for curriculum submissions.
What is Program and Course Approval Handbook?
This category of course is listed as a requirement or a restricted elective in a degree or certificate of achievement.
What is a program-applicable course?
ASCCC
What is the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges?
This system determines course similarity for use in Transfer Model Curriculum.
What is the Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID)?
This decision-making body has final approval authority for most curriculum.
What is the Board of Trustees?
These regulations govern curriculum in California, are drafted by 5C, and approved by the CCCC Board of Governors.
What is Title 5?
This method of instruction includes one hour inside of class and two hours outside of class for one unit of credit.
What is lecture?
COCI
What is Chancellor's Office Curriculum Inventory?
These "degrees with a guarantee" are based on templates developed collaboratively by community college and CSU faculty.
What are Associate Degrees for Transfer?
These are the local procedures and policies the govern institutional work at COS.
What are Administrative Procedures and Board Policies?
This Assembly Bill required community colleges to "adopt a common course numbering system for all general education requirement courses and transfer pathway courses."
What is AB1111: Postsecondary education: common course numbering system?
These three assignment types are required for credit course outlines.
What are reading, writing, and homework?
ACCJC
What is the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges?
This website is "The official course transfer and articulation system for California colleges and universities," and allows students and others to look up which courses count for CSU and UC transfer.
What is Assist.org? (Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer!)
These are the three manuals that outline COS processes.
What are the GDM (Governance and Decision Making), Resource Allocation, and Integrated Planning Mnauals?
This law specifies the requirements under which legislative bodies in California hold their public meetings.
What is the Ralph M. Brown Act?
This determines the minimum qualifications for instruction for a particular course.
What is discipline assignment?
UCTP
What is the University of California Transfer Program?
This process involves submission of a course to a specific 4-year institution, and ensures students receive specific course credit on transfer.
What is Articulation?
These are the four goal areas of the 2025-2035 COS Master Plan.
What are Growth, Success, Equity and Continuous Improvement?