ACCJC

Complete the fields in the template: Title of Award, Date of Inquiry, Anticipated Start Date, Institution Name and Address, ALO and Contact information. See ACCJC Application Template.

Note, institutions should complete the Substantive Change Inquiry Form if they change the title of their degree.

Describe how the baccalaureate degree is consistent with the mission of the institution (Standard 1.1). See CCCCO BDP Application:

• Cycle 2: Section 22;

• Cycle 3: Question 8: Program Quality and Curriculum Design

• Cycle 6: Program Quality and Curriculum Design (questions 12 and 13)

Describe how the baccalaureate degree will be integrated into the institution’s regular review of relevant and meaningfully disaggregated data to evaluate its progress and inform plans for improvement and innovation (Standard 1.3).

Does Baccalaureate Degree have a minimum of 120 credits?

Is Baccalaureate Degree more than 120 credits?

If yes, provide justification for additional credits.

Include in your response the student learning outcomes for the baccalaureate degree.

Include program sheet for the college catalog

Consider including requirements:

A combination of lower division and upper division coursework totaling a minimum of 120 semester or 180 quarter units that are applicable to a baccalaureate degree as defined within
these guidelines.

1. Completion of the CSU (California State University) General Education Breadth or
   Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum pattern.

2. Completion of a minimum of 40 semester or 60 quarter units of upper division courses, including a minimum of nine semester or 14 quarter units of upper division general education.

3. The general education requirements are integrated and distributed to both lower and upper division courses.

Program Requirements:

Include lower division, upper division major requirements, and upper division general education

See CCCCO BDP Application:

• Cycle 2: Section 22;

• Cycle 3: Question 8: Program Quality and Curriculum Design

• Cycle 6: Program Quality and Curriculum Design (questions 12 and 13)

Describe the upper-level general education requirements for the baccalaureate degree (Standard 2.3).

Describe how courses in the baccalaureate degree will be scheduled to ensure completion in the expected period of time (Standard 2.5).

Describe how the institution designs and delivers equitable and effective services and programs (e.g., counseling, advising, tutoring, library, etc.) that support students in the baccalaureate degree (Standard 2.7).

Describe how the institution systematically reviews and assesses the baccalaureate degree to ensure quality and implement improvements and innovations in support of equitable student achievement (Standard 2.9).

Describe how the institution employs qualified faculty, staff, administrators, and other personnel to support and sustain the baccalaureate degree (Standard 3.1).

Include faculty qualifications

Describe the institution’s fiscal resources to support and sustain the baccalaureate degree

(Standard 3.4).

Provide a budget showing evidence the institution has the capacity to start and maintain the proposed baccalaureate degree.

Describe the institution’s physical resources including, if applicable, equipment and supplies, to support and sustain the baccalaureate degree (Standard 3.8).

Describe the institution’s technology resources to support and sustain the baccalaureate degree (Standard 3.9).

Describe how the institution’s decision-making structures support innovation and equitable student outcomes for the baccalaureate degree (Standard 4.3).

Describe any external approval process for the baccalaureate degree (state/federal approvals, etc.).

Include documentation, if appropriate, of state/regional authorization with application, or within one year of ACCJC approval.

Provide a hyperlink or include documentation for each item below. Be sure to provide a clear, descriptive name for each document.

·      Documentation of the institution’s advertising and recruitment policies, demonstrating alignment with the Policy on Institutional Advertising and Student Recruitment.

·      Policies/processes for student complaints, demonstrating how the institution communicates process to students and handles complaints with due process.

·      Documentation of institution’s implementation of the required components of the Title IV Program (if applicable), including:

o   Findings from any audits and program/other review activities by the U.S. Department of Education (ED)

o   Evidence of timely corrective action taken in response to any Title IV audits or program reviews

See Policy on Institutional Compliance with Title IV

Please provide any evidence that supports the narrative above as separate files. Please link evidence where appropriate in the narrative. Do not embed evidence files into the application.

ACCJC Substantive Change Requirements

Sample Substantive Change Application

ACCJC Application Template

Sample ACCJC Substantive Change Approval Letter

ACCJC Substantive Change Requirements 2024