Getting ready to modify a course, program, or addendum?

CurrIQunet Maverick is here! See the video and learn more about this upgrade.

Confused about Oneness and the new distance ed tab?

Already launched the outline and need to respond to a tech review request, or maybe you are the reviewer/approver and need to take actions? Find the outline via Approvals to complete the next steps. Work in Approvals mode for full functionality.

• In Maverick, find the Curriculum button (top-left) and choose Approvals.
  • Find your in-review item via Approvals.
    • View the proposal history page. If that page doesn’t appear initially, click the blue "view proposal history" link near the top of the page.
      • Complete your work. Then use the action menu dropdown (top-left) to select "changes made." Then hit the Commit button.
• When considering different certificate and degree types, remember that
  • a degree cannot be fewer than 18 units.
  • a certificate of accomplishment (CAcc) is not transcriptable.
  • a CAcc often requires a single-digit number of units.
  • a certificate w/ 16 or more units must be a certificate of achievement (CAch).
  • a CAch can also be as few as 8 units, as shown on page 77 of the 2026 PCAH.
  • a CAch w/ 16 or more units helps students with financial aid.
  • a noncredit Certificate of Completion emphasizes improved employability. 
  • a noncredit Certificate of Competency emphasizes preparation for a career field that is articulated with degree-applicable coursework.

Outline writers and reviewers, please use these crib notes and checklists

• Does your outline pass the smell test? Take a sniff.
• Is your outline stuck in 2020?
• Course Outline Crib Notes
• Annotated Methodology Section Example (Please look closely at the annotations!)
• The Down and Dirty Course Outline Checklist (Do this. Don't do that.)
• Course Outline TRACE Checklist (Technical Review Avoiding Common Errors)
• Program (Degree/Certificate) Crib/TRACE Checklist
  • AA-T/AS-T outlines must follow a CCCCO-approved template
    • Credit program narrative template (for AA/AS/CAch narratives)
    • Noncredit program narrative template
• Work Experience Education Outline (WEE) Crib/TRACE
• Understanding Oneness and the new distance ed tab
• Common Course Numbering Templates (CCN outlines involve required language and unique formatting.)

Ready to rock? Please log into ramid.ccsf.edu to use CurrIQunet and make curriculum magic.

Outcomes, Hours, and Units

• Learning Outcomes at CCSF: Course (SLO), Program (PSLO). Gen Ed (GELO), and Institutional (ILO)
• Bloom's Taxonomy and Outcomes Writing Guide
• Hours and Units Calculations Quickguide - for checking hours and units
  • Units = [Total contact time + homework time] divided by 52.5 and then round down.
  • For a lecture-lab course, calculate lecture and lab distinctly; then add together the rounded-down results for total course units. That is, calculate lecture hours [round down for units] THEN calculate lab hours [round down for units]. Add together the rounded down results for total course units. Please see these examples of the new standardized accounting based on units, not hours.
• Standardized Noncredit Hour Options

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Curriculum

• Revised Title 5 Guidelines and CCSF Course Outline Procedures
• Moving the Needle: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, and Anti-Racism in the Course Outline of Record
• DEI in Curriculum: Model Principles and Practices
• Curriculum Handbook DEI checklist
• CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines
• Humanizing Course and Program Outlines, Fall '24 CCSF Flex Presentation (PDF)

Reminders about the Process

Please allow time to do a course slo aggregate or degree/certificate assessment and reflect on the success data.

• This spreadsheet could help you plan and coordinate aggregate and program assessments w/ curriculum modifications and launches.

Whether you are modifying an existing outline or drafting a new one, you must log into CurrIQunet. For visual guidance, see the video linked above and the Abridged CurrIQunet Manual (Curriculum Focus).

• The green "Create New Proposal" button, as it says, is for new proposals, not modifications. Please choose the correct course or program (degree/certificate) "proposal type" option.
• When revising or modifying an active item, first search for the active item, then use the "Modify" button displayed next to the course, program, or addendum. You should also see buttons to "deactivate" and "clone." Cloning is a "typing timesaver" limited to outlines that are changing subject code or course number; this could be helpful with some Common Course Number modifications.
• Yes, Common Course Numbering is here! And CCN outlines use a slightly different format.
  • See which CCN courses have been worked on for Fall '27.
• The now not-so-new Cal-GETC general education pathway!
• It's very important to look at an impact report, especially when a modification involves a unit-hours change, a name change, or a course is being deactivated. There's a ripple effect!

Use the documents linked below to ensure that you are following current outline and addenda standards. Thank you.

• If you are new to the curriculum writing process or need a refresher, please browse the Curriculum Resources page and use the crib notes below.
• Is your outline going to expire (i.e., exceed its 6-year shelf life from Curriculum Committee approval date)?
• Remember, all degrees and certificates must also include a narrative. See the Guide to Supplemental Docs for Programs and the narrative templates below.
• For a sense of how outlines enter and move through tech review, see this timeline and process document.
• Use ramid.ccsf.edu to access CurrIQunet.

Assessment and Impacts

• When modifying a course, you must look at the IMPACT REPORTS of the active and historical versions of the course to see if degree, certificate, or requisite changes will also need to happen. If the course is in another department’s program, communicate with them. This is especially crucial if there is a unit, hour, or name change, as that will have catalog implications. Please document Impact Report info (copy/paste) and intradepartmental communication in CurrIQunet’s Internal Notes section. Thank you.
• If the ToP Code or units change during a Certificate of Achievement modification for a 16+ unit program that already qualifies students for financial aid, this could temporarily prevent a student from receiving financial aid. Please consult the Dean of Financial Aid about the Dept of Education process involved.
• A certificate of accomplishment cannot simply be modified into a certificate of achievement; that must be a new proposal, and it should correspond with deactivation of the certificate of accomplishment.
• Course and program aggregate reports must be launched within 18 months prior to outline modification submissions. (NOTE--Addenda modifications do not require an aggregate assessment.) These assessment reports pull together the results of individual section-level reports and should inform outline revision. Allow time for analysis, reflection, and conversation. Consult your chair or course/program coordinator about the currency of the aggregate report you need.

CurrIQunet Curriculum Support

• CurrIQunet Maverick is here! See the video and learn more about this upgrade.
• Go to Approvals to do this stage of the work when responding to change requests.
• Abridged CurrIQunet Manual (w/ a curriculum focus!)
• Take advantage of support offered through Zoom.
• For questions on the software, request help through the CurrIQunet Support Request form.

Help guide your proposal through the workflow

You are not done yet! Your active participation in ensuring that your proposal moves through the reviews and approvals process in a timely manner is vital. Help move your proposal through by checking the status in CurrIQunet, by carefully and thoroughly responding to all communications about your proposal, and by bringing it to the attention of those who need to sign off on it.

• Managing tech review: timeline and process for reviewers and writers

Timely completion of stipulations (after the Curriculum Committee meeting)

When a proposal is reviewed by the Curriculum Committee during a meeting and stipulations (changes) are requested, those stipulations will be posted in CurrIQunet after the meeting.  Check the approvals queue and watch for emailed notifications.

• Changes must be made and resubmitted within CurrIQunet within a short time period, as posted on the Curriculum Committee Calendar.
• Proposals approved with stipulations that are not resubmitted correctly in a timely manner may be moved back to the department chair to start over again.