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Fullerton College
Region: Orange County
At a glance
Fullerton College's Academic Senate AI Workgroup, chaired by Business Professor Gary Graves, drove adoption of instructor-discretion AI guidelines in the 2025–26 catalog and launched a comprehensive AI in Business degree and certificate suite in Fall 2026. The college now offers dedicated courses including BUS 256 F (AI and Prompt Engineering for Business, debuted Fall 2025) and participates in the district's PapyrusAI writing-coach grant.
Updated Scan Findings
7 new 🆕· 9 source-verified findings from the updated web scanAI Policies · 1
- Catalog AI Guidelines (instructor-discretion model). The 2025-2026 Fullerton College catalog includes 'AI Guidelines' stating instructors retain academic freedom to permit, restrict, or prohibit AI in their courses; any AI use not explicitly permitted by the instructor may violate the Academic Honesty and Standards of Student Conduct and Discipline Policy. AI is defined as computer systems/algorithms that suggest work products intended to replicate human thought and effort. 2025 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 8
- 🆕New AI degree and certificates launching Fall 2026. Fullerton College's official News Center (April 21, 2026) announced new Fall 2026 programs including an Associate in Science in AI in Business plus certificates in Artificial Intelligence Foundations, AI in Business, and Intelligent Systems Programming. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI in Business program structure (BUS/CIS Division). The Business and CIS Division details an AI in Business AS degree (21-23 units), AI Foundations Certificate (12 units), and AI in Business Certificate (21-23 units), all effective Fall 2026, with core courses including BUS 108 F, BUS 256 F (AI and Prompt Engineering for Business), and CIS 201 F (Intro to Python). Students can take courses now and apply for the program starting Fall 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕New course BUS 256 F: AI and Prompt Engineering for Business (Fall 2025). Fullerton College launched BUS 256 F, 'AI and Prompt Engineering for Business,' in Fall 2025 (taught by Prof. Gary Graves), covering prompt engineering, business AI applications, ethics/bias, and hands-on tools including ChatGPT, DALL-E, NotebookLM, Microsoft Copilot, Canva Magic, and Playlab.AI for building custom bots. No prior tech experience required. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Faculty-published AI courses/certificates/degrees overview. Prof. Gary Graves' Fullerton College faculty page describes the AI pathways (AI Foundations Certificate, AI in Business Certificate, AI in Business AS degree) and lists core/elective courses such as BUS 255 F (Business and Data Analytics), BUS 257 F (AI Applications for Business), and CIS 258 F (Applied AI: Machine Learning, Deep Learning & NLP). Programs launch Fall 2026; individual courses are open for enrollment now. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Participation in inaugural NOCCCD AI Expo 2025. Fullerton College participated in the North Orange County Community College District's first AI Expo (April 16, 2025, at Cypress College), themed 'Empowering Minds: Explore the Future of AI in Education,' with Fullerton College's Prof. Gary Graves listed as the campus contact and a keynote by Playlab.ai CEO Yusuf Ahmad. The expo welcomed students, faculty, staff, and K-12 educators across the district. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Classroom adoption of generative AI tools (Playlab.AI, ChatGPT, Copilot). Fullerton College's Fall 2025 BUS 256 F course adopts hands-on generative AI tools including Playlab.AI (for building custom bots), ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, DALL-E, NotebookLM, and Canva Magic as part of instruction; Playlab.ai also keynoted the district AI Expo. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕District (NOCCCD) AI writing-coach grant including Fullerton College. NOCCCD (Fullerton College's district), with Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine, was awarded a $442,805 three-year grant (2024-25 through 2026-27) to research/develop the PapyrusAI AI writing assistant for academic writing and digital literacy, including studying whether it can reduce equity gaps. The grant is district/Cypress-led; the article did not detail specific Fullerton College department involvement. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- Student-press coverage of AI in education. Fullerton College's student newspaper, The Hornet, has published on campus AI adoption, including a 2025 opinion piece noting the college now offers AI classes such as BUS 256 F in Fall 2025, and an earlier (Oct. 2023) piece on faculty debate over AI and academic-dishonesty syllabus language. 2025 · medium confidence — source
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
V2030: PeopleV2030: Policy
Team/Lead: Fullerton College/Academic Senate/ AI Workgroup/Professor of Business Management Gary Graves
- March 2023 Student cheating concerns Fullerton College instructors as more are opting to learn remotely
- Fall 2024 Faculty Senate AI Workgroup
- AI Workgroup shared recommendations for policy related to AI
- March 2025 Faculty Senate AI Workgroup
- AI workgroup shared proposed catalog language revised draft—Workgroup chair will present revised draft catalog policy language for a second read and vote (Graves, 10 minutes, action)
AI Policies
V2030: Policy
Team/Lead: Fullerton College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on student code of conduct, Academic Honesty
- “Students shall not plagiarize, which is defined as
- stealing or passing off as one’s own the ideas or words of another, or
- using a creative production without crediting the source.”
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
V2030: ResourcesV2030: People
Team/Lead: Fullerton College
- PD
- Artificial Intelligence Expo Introduces Fullerton College to the Future
- Entrepreneurship Week: AI-Powered Business Ideation: Sessions on how to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate business ideas and branding.
- ‘Business in the Digital Age’ Conference
- Courses
- Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department offers AI-related courses that cover programming and data analysis
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: Fullerton Collegeinitiative: Artificial Intelligence Expoinitiative: Entrepreneurship Weekinitiative: AI-Powered Business Ideationinitiative: Business in the Digital Age Conferenceorganization: Fullerton College Academic Senateorganization: Fullerton College Faculty Senate AI Workgrouporganization: Computer Information Systems Departmentperson: Gary Gravespolicy: Fullerton College AI Catalog Policy Languagepolicy: Fullerton College Student Code of Conductpolicy: Fullerton College Academic Honesty Policy
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- https://committees.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/2024/11/Faculty-Senate-Agenda-11.21.24.pdf fetched
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AI Policies · 1
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4
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