Defining Common Courses for the Common Course Numbering Project

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Defining Common Courses for the Common Course
Numbering Project

• Universal Other Course List Task Group

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Common Course Numbers

• Presidents approved implementation plan at
  Decembers Educational Services meeting
• Now identifying most common courses - Universal
  Other Course List Task Group
• IC to approve Universal list spring meeting
  Identify Other list
• Full implementation within 3 years

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Common Course Numbering (CCN) Committee

• A broad membership from across the CTC system
  including representatives from
• Instruction Commission and Councils
• Student Services Commission Councils
• Business Affairs Commission
• FACTC/Faculty
• CIS/SMS
• WAOL
• SBCTC
• BIs (COP)

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Universal Other Task Group

• ATG (Articulation Transfer Group CTC Deans of
  Arts and Sciences)
• ACC (Advising and Counseling Council)
• ARC (Admissions and Registrars Council)
• Nancy DeVerse serves as task group chair

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Goal of Common Course Numbering

• The CTC Common Course Numbering relates to
  transfer within the CTC system.
• In about 3 years, we anticipate re-labeling
  common courses with the same Dept Abbreviation,
  Number, and Title for the courses that meet one
  or more definitions of common. 
• The point is to clearly identify common courses
  from the many courses that will not have a common
  number.
• To achieve this goal in 3 years, we expect to
  review the Universal list this spring the Other
  list next year.  The lists will be ready for
  common designation only after approval by the
  Instruction Commission at their spring or
  subsequent meetings.

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Different Numbers Names Lead to Student
Confusion

• Example 1st English Composition Class
• College Composition, College Writing, English
  Composition, Analytic Writing, Principles of
  Writing, Written Expression
• ENG 101, ENGL 101, ENGL 105,ENGL 110, ENGL 111,
  WRIT 101

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Different Numbers Names Lead to Student
Confusion

• Example Calculus
• Calculus I, II Calculus Analytical Geometry
  1,2,3 Calculus I, II, III Multi Variable
  Calculus Analytical Geometry 1, 2, 3 Multi
  Variable
• MATH 124, 125, 126, 227 MTH 171, 172, 173 MTH
  231, 232, 233, 234 MATH 151, 152, 153 MATH 200,
  201, 202

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Universal Other Lists

• - Universal acceptance of equivalencies
  within CTC system
• - Other courses that may be common but
  not on the Universal Listlack of universal
  acceptance

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What Makes a Course Common within the CTC
System?

• Quantity - commonly taken by many students --
  National listing of 30 core courses offered by
  open door institutions
• 1st English Composition
• Common in sequence/ coverage/structure throughout
  higher education
• Korean 101, 102, 103

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What do you think of theDraft List

• Some examples from the Universal Other Lists
• Core Communications Courses
• 1st English composition
• Second English Comp - Research Paper
• Technical Writing
  (with 1st Eng Comp as prerequisite)

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What do you think of the Draft List? Math
universal

• Math Examples from the Universal List
• Core Quantitative Reasoning Options,
  Prerequisites and Advanced Math
• 1st two courses in calculus series
• Math as a liberal art
• Linear Algebra (course beyond Calculus)
• Intermediate Algebra
• Statistics Business degree
• Logic

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What do you think of the Draft List? Math
other

• Math examples from the Other List
• Core Quantitative Reasoning Options,
  Prerequisites and Advanced Math
• Pre-Calculus
• Trigonometry
• College Algebra
• Finite Math
• Math for Elementary Ed
• Differential Equations

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What do you think of the Draft universal
List? Other Areas

• Introductory courses in distribution areas
• 1st year in all world languages and ASL
• Courses identified in Transfer
• Associate Degrees
• Other courses

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Introduction Courses in Distribution Areas on
universal List?

• Humanities
• Music Appreciation
• Interpersonal Communication
• Small Group Communication
• American Literature
• Public Speaking
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Theater
• Music Theory 1st Year
• Introduction to Mass Media

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Introduction Courses in Distribution Areas on
universal List?

• Social Science
• General Psychology
• Intro to Sociology
• 1st Year series Western/World Civilization
• World History 1 year sequence
• Pacific NW History (College level, not HS
  Completion)
• Intro to Political Science
• US Government
• Life Span Psychology

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Introduction Courses in Distribution Areas on
universal List?

• Social Science (continued)
• Intro to Anthropology
• Intro to Cultural Anthropology
• Human Sexuality
• Women in US History
• Native American History
• African American History
• Abnormal Psychology Intro
• International Relations
• Social Problems

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Introduction Courses in Distribution Areas on
universal List?

• Natural Science
• Inorganic Chemistry stand alone course
• Physics for Liberal Arts
• Physics not Calculus-based
• Physics Calculus-based
• Intro to Physical Anthropology
• Introduction to Astronomy
• Biology for Liberal Arts with and without Lab
• 1st Year Biology for Science Majors
• Biology for Health Sciences
• Chemistry for Liberal Arts
• Inorganic Chemistry stand alone course

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1st Year in World Languages ASL on
universal List?

• 1st year sequence in
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Russian
• Japanese
• ASL
• Chinese
• Korean
• Vietnamese

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Courses Identified in Transfer Associate Degrees
on universal List?

• Micro and Macro Economics
• 3 quarter Accounting series for Business - DTA
  (not accounting tech classes)
• Business Law
• Human Nutrition (course for pre health science
  bachelors)
• Public Speaking
• Life Span Psychology
• Intro Object Oriented Programming (for Engineers)
• Child Development

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Courses Identified in Transfer Associate
Degrees on other List

• 10 credits A P for Health Sciences
• Child Development
• Intro to Practicum in Education
• Special Ed - Exceptional Child
• Art Appreciation
• Human Geography-Intro to Geography
• Chemistry for Health Sciences Organic Bio
• Intro to Geology

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Other Courses on universal List

• Administration of Justice
• Introduction to Law Enforcement
• Criminal Justice
• Corrections
• Criminal Law
• Criminology
• Graphics Design History
• Information Literacy
• Blue Print Reading
• Introduction to Business

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Other Courses on other List?

• Special Education Exceptional Child
• Medical Terminology (generic)
• Human Relations
• Business Mathematics (for applied administrative
  support degrees)

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What Else is CCN

• Common Course Title
• Common Department Abbreviation
• Three to four characters (ART, BIOL)
• Common Course Number
• Probably 4 numbers

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Common Course Number Schema

• Questions being addressed by the Numbering Task
  Group
• Should all courses in each colleges catalog be
  part of the common course numbering system?
• Only those that are common?
• All transfer courses?
• All professional/technical courses
• Should all course numbers be assigned at once or
  should they be phased-in in some way?

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Examine the List Document

• Current Working Draft of Universal and Other List
  of Common Courses -
• http//www.sbctc.ctc.edu/education/CommonCourseNum
  bering.asp
• Enable Macros (security level medium)

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Remember CCN is NOT

• It is NOT common course descriptions, or
  outlines.
• It is NOT a change in course content to align
  with a common course number.
• It IS a new label on already existing transfer
  practices between CTCs

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Next Steps

• IC to approve Universal list (spring meeting)
  Universal acceptance as equivalent between all
  CTCs that eliminates need for course by course
  review
• Also identify Other List for faculty review
• Faculty Review of Other List
• Full implementation within 3 years

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Proposed Budget

• Must 75,000 SMS Changes
• Other considerations
• 75,000 Faculty stipends (one-time)
• 20,000 Faculty stipends (on-going)
• 25,000 Searchable database
• 200,000 Degree Audit staffing

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Feedback Input Please

• On identifying common courses
• Nancy DeVerse, Grays Harbor, [phone],
  ndeverse_at_ghc.ctc.edu
• Loretta Seppanen, SBCTC, [phone],
  lseppanen_at_sbctc.ctc.edu
• On overall CCN project
• Sunny Burns, Pierce, [phone] ,
  sburns_at_pierce.ctc.edu
• Suanne Carlson, SBCTC, [phone],
  scarlson_at_sbctc.ctc.edu