Common Curriculum Development Questions Will the course I am developing be accepted in the CSU or IGETC general education patterns? Ref documents: http://icas-ca.org/standards-policies-and-procedures-manual http://www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-1033.html Then course search function What courses do students in the major need for transfer? Does my existing course articulate and, if so, where?

Course Search Function ASSIST: “Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer” http://info.assist.org

“Database,” then “ASSIST Maintenance Reports”

“Click here to go to the ASSIST Maintenance Reports”

Enter Username and Password XXXX/ XXXX

Click on “Course Search”

Under “Institutions” select “All Community College Campuses”

Enter name of course in “Search in course title” box

Select “Courses with any IGETC qualification” in “IGETC Areas”

Scroll down and click on “Continue”

Find course with similar title and click on “curric”

Clicking on “curric” will list transfer status and IGETC area

If available, Click on “PDF” for course description and outline

Lets learn about ASSIST! www.assist.org Tools Lets learn about ASSIST! www.assist.org All of us, but Melynie happy to take this on. Would like to have internet access. Remind room that this portion of the ppt will be available online.

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Look at what you get from ASSIST: CMC Death and Dying COR

Lets look at a few other ways to use Assist:

This slide shows two courses that CMC could offer in art that are currently not fulfilled by our curriculum. This screen is available to anyone from the very front of the assist page. It is useful for students, but there are better shortcuts for faculty!

Here I have am doing a course search to find out what types of courses transfer into the CSU GE Breadth area of Lifelong Learning and Self-Development. Wow! What a list. See the next slide. PE! Belly Dancing! And interestingly enough…. NO courses from CMC!

Cool, huh?