Academic Programs
PSC Curriculum
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
The Curriculum Committee is an elected group of full-time faculty members representing all of the academic divisions of the College: arts and sciences, business and technology, health professions, and advising and adult education. It is a subcommittee of the Faculty Senate, which is the academic committee of our full-time faculty union (Prairie State College Federation of Teachers, Local 3816, AFT, AFL-CIO). This committee meets twice monthly during the academic year, and all curriculum must be approved by this committee.
Committee members are elected each Fall, and serve until a new committee is elected the following fall. Curriculum Committee members for 2008-2009 include:
- Joe Berlinksi, Business
- Lee Anne Burrough, Physical Science
- Jackie Dennis, Information Technology
- Alison Drake, Early Childhood Education
- Susan Ecsi, Mathematics
- Sarah Hein, Counselor, Transfer Programs
- David Naze, Communication, Secretary
- Patrick Reichard, English and Developmental English, Chair
- Mohammad Salami, Physics
PSC CURRICULUM APPROVAL PROCESS
| Faculty Initiate Curriculum Action | Coordinator and Chair Approval | Dean Approval | Curriculum Committee Review / Approval | Vice President Approval | Board of
Trustees
Approval (if needed) |
ICCB approval (if needed) |
Programs and courses are subject to peer review as they develop, change, and are discontinued.
This approval process will shortly be implemented in CurricUNET, which is an online program
for automating curriculum development and approval. CurricUNET is being implemented in
Illinois in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB).