Support Guides

• Process Guides for Program Level Submissions
• Process Guides for Course Level Submissions
• Catalog Format for Programs
• Program Request Pre-Check
• Colorado Community College System - CCCS Contact Hour to Credit Hour Ratio Guidelines
• State Faculty Curriculum Committee – SFCC Style Guide

State Procedures

• SP 9-30a – Associate Degrees - Colorado Community College System (cccs.edu)
• SP 9-30b – Bachelor Degrees - Colorado Community College System (cccs.edu)
• SP 9-30c - Certificates - Colorado Community College System (cccs.edu)

College Procedures

• EP 105 Course and Program Approval
• EP 105A Revisions to HLC-Approved Degree Programs
• Program Discontinuance Procedure

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

• HLC Assumed Practices B: Teaching and Learning 1: Program, Courses, and Credits
  • Expectations for how programs are developed: including number of credit hours, general education credits, rigor of content, and prior learning credit
• HLC Policy Book (February 2024), Chapter G: Substantive Change, Including Change of Control, INST.G.10.010: Substantive Change, p. 130
  • Determine if HLC re-approval is necessary for existing programs
  • EP 105A can be used instead of the HLC Policy Book to determine if reapproval is necessary

Support Offices

• Advising
  • Director of Advising and Testing: Brook Koltun
    • Guidance on transparent language and requirements for programs related to student advising
  • Senior Director of Admissions, Recruitment and Enrollment Services: Kevin Hudgens
    • Guidance on transparent language and requirements for programs related to student advising
    • Adding program to Application page drop down menu, post program full approval
• Assessment Coordinator and Assessment Coaches
  • List on the Assessment for Student Learning page of the CETL sharepoint
    • Development of PLOs and curriculum maps
• Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) – Patricia Grandieu
  • CIP Program names and CIP Codes
  • HLC requirements for new programs
  • HLC requirements for substantive revisions to existing programs
  • Submitting materials to HLC is done by the ALO
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) Gateway Power User – Abby Corcoran
  • Access to Gateway
• Curriculum Committee Recorder – Chris Schneider
  • Invitation to the Curriculum Committee meeting WebEx for non-committee members
• Curriculum Committee Chair – Sharon Bjorkman
  • Questions about the Curriculum Committee processes
  • Invitation to the Curriculum Committee meeting WebEx for non-committee members
• Financial Aid – Director of Financial Aid: Ron Swartwood
  • Financial aid eligibility
  • Programs need to have a minimum of 16 credits to be eligible
• Gateway – See CTE Gateway above
• Marketing – PPSC Help Center found on the left side of employee tab on myPikesPeak Portal, under Requests on the left side of page
  • New program webpage and press release, post program full approval
• Military & Veterans Program (MVP) Coordinator – Sierra Jones
  • Required credit numbers for benefits and other restrictions
• Registrar – Stephanie Snyder
  • Banner Code Creation, post program full approval
• SFCC Representatives
  • CTE – Christine Sines
  • Transfer – Elsa Dias

As of September 2025