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Advisory Committees

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•      Useful Queries for Enrollment Management

Curriculog instructions for courses/programs

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  • Request for marketing materials
  • Requesting Perkins Funds

Advisory Committees

Below are tools to help you manage your advisory committee.

Aligning Program Curriculum to Industry Needs (Links to external site)

A tool to help support coordinators lead advisory committees in structured data informed conversations about current skill needs, educational requirements and employment hiring trends in our region.

Enhancing Advisory Committee Effect

Program Approval Request (PAR)

New degrees and certificates must be approved by the SBCTC before being added to our list of programs. You can visit this link for detailed information.

Professional-Technical Programs (Links to SBCTC)

Degree Approval Flow Chart

Degree Approval flow chart.pdf

Program Approval Process

Program Approval Process.pdf

Program Approval Request Form (PAR)

Program Approval Request Form (PAR).doc

Updating Programs for the Catalog

Each year you will need to determine if your programs need to be updated in the catalog. This could include updating program level outcomes or courses within the program. Changes must be submitted by March 1st for the next academic year.

To make changes, make sure the courses you need are in curriculog. If there is a new course you are adding, this must be done first.

Go to the catalog (catalog.highline.edu) and click on the link that says “Associate Degree & Certificate Requirements”
Scroll down to the program you wish to update
Copy and paste the information on that page to a word document
Turn on “track changes”
Make updates.

Sample Program Update

Program Outcome Mapping

Workforce programs have additional outcomes that need to be assessed. The process is to map your course level outcomes to your degree/certificate level outcomes to make visible how each course addresses which outcomes. In addition, those can be mapped to the colleges Core Competencies. Here is a sample done by the Business department:

BUSN Degree Level Visual Mapping.xlsx

Graduation Review

Students may apply for graduation as soon as they register for their last quarter. At that point, if no notes are in Degree Audit, you will receive an email with a spreadsheet of students that have applied for graduation from your program. You will need to go into the notes section of Degree Audit and enter the appropriate notes.

The instructions are:

To make an evaluation please:

Create a NEW note in Degree Audit for each evaluation or to update an existing evaluation, listing the exact name of the credential. (For AAS in XXX)
Please list out all classes your student is currently taking that apply towards completion. (Needs to complete the following courses: )
If the student has grades in all the courses required for the credential, please confirm this in the Degree Audit notes by naming the specific credential as complete. (Degree Complete)
Please only make evaluation notes in Degree Audit for credentials that the student has applied for.
Also include any substitutions made in the students coursework.

Dates and Deadlines

Program Approval Process

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)

Link to PLA webpage

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)

Link to PLA webpage

Terminology

Vocational Certification

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