SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEW OF NEW COURSE MATERIALS

The Subcommittee on the Breadth Requirement in American Cultures is responsible for monitoring the consistency of the AC curriculum on campus and ensuring that courses – new or old – are taught in accordance with Berkeley Division Senate Regulation 300. As part of this monitoring, the Subcommittee reviews course materials (syllabus, reading list, etc.) developed by instructors who will be teaching an AC course for the first time.

In advance of teaching an AC course for the first time, instructors should follow the normal procedures for creating and submitting AC course materials so that the Subcommittee can review the materials to be used and provide their endorsement that the course remains consistent with the “AC status” of the course.

Instructors will receive a response regarding the Subcommittee’s review of their course materials within one week of the meeting at which they were reviewed. In some cases, the Subcommittee will provide comments and recommendations – in the interest of maintaining consistency across all campus offerings – and possibly ask for further information before endorsing an instructor’s course plan.

For questions about Senate review procedures or the outcome of a review, please contact the Subcommittee directly c/o Senate Analyst Lili Vicente Goldsmith (lvicente@berkeley.edu). For questions regarding course development please contact the AC Center c/o Victoria Robinson, Ph.D. (victoriarobbi@berkeley.edu).