Funded Research

The Project is to Develop a Course Descriptor for an Introduction to American Political Economy Course. Every 5 years, the California Community Colleges Faculty Discipline Review Group (FDRG) for Political Science convenes to discuss the discipline’s current Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) and existing Course Descriptors (CD) and seek input from the field to update the current TMC, or existing CDs, or consider new CDs. A Course Descriptor is a document that lists the status, discipline, descriptor title, units, general description, C-ID number, prerequisites, corequisites, advisories, content, lab activities, objectives, evaluation methods, textbooks, approval date, and revised date. These CDs are used by faculty at 115 campuses to develop a Course Outline of Record (COR) and CORs are used by faculty to guide writing of their unique Course Syllabus. In preparation for the next FDRG convening in 2025-2026, this Project is to convene an intersegmental group of faculties to develop a CD for an Introduction to American Political Economy course. Faculty from CCCs, CSUs, UCs, and external faculty APE experts from outside California, will be invited to attend at least two 2-hour Zoom convenings to discuss and answer questions for developing a CD for Introduction to American Political Economy in fall 2024 and spring 2025. The group will interact asynchronously as well, publish the CD, and submit it to the FDRG in summer/fall 2025 for their consideration, adoption, and inclusion in the next TMC.