About CCMS

The Curriculum & Course Management System (CCMS) is an integrated platform that combines three systems – curriculum management, course management, and catalog – into one unified and connected space.

User Roles & Access

CCMS is designed to be used primarily by staff for catalog, course, and curriculum management. Please note, CCMS does NOT include scheduling classes; this functionality will remain within Campus Solutions. 

The following table describes the 5 key user roles within CCMS. User accounts with these roles will be active when CCMS goes live on July 15, 2025. If you are a current CMS user, Catalog editor, or have been identified as part of your department or school’s approval workflow, your access is already being prepared. After July 15, we will post a link on this website for requesting access changes.

 

CCMS USER ROLES
You are a . . .	If you will use CCMS to . . .	Key Dates  See details on CCMS Resources
Course Contact	Modify existing courses or request new courses based on dept. Currently use CMS for course management and worked closely with Rachel	April 28 Demo May 9 Last COCI June 16 & 25  Course Contact Training Aug 12 & 13 Course Contact Annual Training
Course Approver	Approve course requests at a specific step for a college or school  Are Dept. Chairs, Faculty Committee Members, or Deans	April 28 Demo May 9 Last COCI Aug 22 COCI
Program Contact	Modify existing programs or request new programs (certificates, majors, minors, MA, MS, PhD, etc.)  Edit program information and requirements in the catalog Currently work with Juliana for catalog (Academic Guide) updates OR an all new role	April 28 Demo Jun 1-30 Catalog Review Window June 17 & 26 Program Contact Training Aug 12 Catalog Review Training
Program Approver	Approve program requests (majors & minors) at a specific step for a college or school Usually these are Dept. Chairs, Deans or their staff	April 28 Demo
Policy Reviewer	Request changes to Policy Pages in the Catalog Staff non-academic departments, such as Admissions and Financial Aid	April 28 Demo Mar 2026 Policy Reviewer Training

Project Background

Prior to CCMS, the university relied on two homegrown systems: Course Management System (CMS) for course management and the Academic Guide for publishing the catalog. While they were sufficient for many years, they were built at a time when there were few third-party options and integration with other campus systems was not possible.

The 2021 Task Force on First Year Experience recommended a comprehensive curriculum management system, which would replace the two systems and include a third component: program/curriculum management, which has been purely a manual process.

In September 2023, Berkeley purchased the Coursedog platform, with an implementation planned to debut the new system in Summer 2025. The Berkeley implementation of Coursedog was named Curriculum and Course Management System (CCMS) to build on the original CMS name.

Managed by the Office of the Registrar, CCMS serves as a vital link between colleges, the Senate, colleagues, students, and key downstream partners—ensuring timely and accurate delivery of critical information. In short, we aim to provide the right message, to the right audience, at the right time.

Our Team

Project Sponsors

• Oliver M. O’Reilly, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
• Olufemi A. Ongundele, Associate Vice Chancellor of Enrollment & Dean of Undergraduate Admission
• Rana Silver, SIS Functional Director

Project Team

• Sarah Reed, University Registrar
• Justin Selph, Associate Registrar, Co-lead
• Susan Cass, CEU Manager, Co-lead
• Alisha Johns, Systems Analyst
• Sam Griffin, Project Manager
• Jennifer Wilson, Change Manager
• Juliana Golden, Managing Editor
• Tiffani Jackson, Communications Specialist
• Phil Stilson, Service Manager
• Barb Sowden, Systems Business Analyst
• Sunil Panta, Developer and Integration BCS Manager
• Syed Ahmed, Senior Developer

 

Contact the CCMS Team