The Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee (CAS) is a standing campus governance committee which encourages and fosters curriculum development and faculty participation in the governance of the college curriculum and academic standards. As a standing committee in the campus shared-governance process, CAS seeks to remain responsive to emerging needs; to recognize and respect the contributions of all members of the college, and to support quality, openness, and vision in teaching and learning.

Matters that need to be brought to CAS for recommendation include the following:

	All degree and/or certificate deletions, additions, and revisions, except for extremely minor changes, such as name changes, and changes in course descriptions.
	General education outcomes and requirements for degree and certificate programs.
	Addition of courses.
	Matters pertaining to academic standards, e.g. college grading policy, program admission requirements, academic probation policy, course withdrawal policy.
	Assessment, both for student placement and for student outcomes.
	Any curriculum or academic standards related issue brought to the committee by the administration or the college faculty.
	Program reviews.

All changes that effect the Master Course Outline of a course or the Scope and Sequence of a Program need to be presented to CAS.

The following DO require a CAS vote:

	New courses
	New programs
	Course name change
	Course prefix or number change
	Course credit change
	Course description change
	Any other “significant” course changes (such as learning objectives etc)

The following revisions DO NOT require a CAS vote but do need to inform and provide appropriate paperwork to CAS:

	Course pre-requisite change
	Course deletions from inventory
	Reducing the amount of General Education Outcomes to those that are supported by substantive, rather than incidental, instruction and assessment in the course
	and currently
	programs replacing listed internship courses with CWE 110