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Disciplines, Departments, and FSAs

Disciplines, Departments, and FSAs. Cathy Cox Mission College Curriculum Review Committee Chair March 1, 2010. Disciplines. Title 5 §53400-53430

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Disciplines, Departments, and FSAs

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  1. Disciplines, Departments, and FSAs Cathy Cox Mission College Curriculum Review Committee Chair March 1, 2010

  2. Disciplines Title 5 §53400-53430 • Listed in the “Disciplines List”: Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in the California Community Collegeshttp://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/minimum_quals_jan2008.doc • 2 sections:Master’s and non-Master’s disciplines • Special qualifications for some faculty – DSPS, Noncredit, etc.

  3. Disciplines and Departments • Discipline = minimum qualifications needed to teach • Department = administrative oversight of the course • Departments “own” the course but must assign facultywith correct MQs to each course

  4. Interdisciplinary studies Minimum qualifications for “Interdisciplinary Studies”: • Master’s in the interdisciplinary area OR • Master’s in one of the disciplines included in the interdisciplinary area and upper division or graduate course work in at least one other constituent discipline

  5. Hypothetical course: “Politics of Race and Gender” • Applicable Disciplines: • Sociology • Ethnic Studies • Political Science • Women’s Studies Interdisciplinary Studies (requires degree in one area plus additional grad. work in second area) Multiple Disciplines (any one of the listed disciplines can teach course)

  6. Cross-listed Courses • Cross-listed courses are one course with two or more course numbers. • Scheduling needs to be coordinated between departments.

  7. FSAs – Faculty Service Areas • Determine seniority in event of layoff • Must be Board-approved • Are not determined by contract (not negotiated) • Can correlate to disciplines OR departments, depending on how they are set up in a district.

  8. FSAs and WVMCCD

  9. Chancellor’s Office Approval required by the State for: • Associate Degrees • “Certificates of Achievement” of 18 units+(transcriptable) • Substantial modifications to existing programs

  10. Resources: • Program and Course Approval Handbook(PCAH) http://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/pcah_032009.pdf • Minimum Qualifications (Disciplines List)http://www.asccc.org/Publications/Papers/downloads/PDFs/minimum_quals_jan2008.pdf • ASCCC Curriculum Developer’s Websitehttp://www.ccccurriculum.info/

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