Our Mission

Anu Khanna, Curric. Co-chair
Stephanie Sherman, Curric. Co-chair
Mary Clark, Curric/Catalog Coordinator
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Reflecting the mission of De Anza College, the DA Curriculum Committee strives to ensure that De Anza's curriculum is academically sound, comprehensive, and responsive to the evolving needs and multiple perspectives of the community.
To accomplish its mission, the De Anza Curriculum Committee provides faculty ongoing assistance in creating and reviewing curricula that serve students interested in transfer education and specific major courses, workforce education classes, asociate degree and certificate programs, general education classes, developmental education (basic skills) classes, counseling classes, and non-credit lifelong learning classes.
The De Anza Curriculum Committee fulfills its mission by ensuring that De Anza's course outlines, certificates, and degrees comply with California Education Code regulations and are responsive to De Anza's Mission Statement and to our community of faculty and students.
CURRICULUM DEADLINES (download deadline flyer):
- New GE courses - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 (5:00pm)
- Revised GE courses - Wednesday, November 12, 2008 (5:00pm)
- New/Reveised NON-GE course - Wednesday, December 3, 2008
- New/Revised Certificates & Degrees - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (5:00pm)
- Distance Learning Courses - Any time before the quarter it is being offered
*All revised and new courses
(GE and non-GE) must be entered in ECMS. Meeting the deadline date MEANS that your course is in ECMS
and all of your forms are completed and have the necessary signatures required, and have been submitted to the Curriculum Office on-time. Courses or certificates/degrees requests submitted after the deadline date will be included in the following year's catalog. Failure to take action on a course or certificate/degree that is due for a 5-year revision will result in the course or certificate/degree being deleted from the 2009-10 catalog.