Courses-Initiating and Changing

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1 Courses-Iniiaing and Changing The iniiaion and mainenance o a course's descripive daa and conen is he responsibiliy o he academic division or he course's speciic insrucional area. All oerings o a course (course secions scheduled) conorm o he course's descripive daa which are sored on he MATC mainrame (COSMO), exbook, and prerequisie daabases. All oerings o he courses conorm o he course's oicial conen as deined in he Course Oucome Summary sored on he disric's nework. The char below oulines he seps involved in iniiaing/changing courses. Deermining Credis and Hours o Insrucion The ollowing sandards are aken rom Secion 6 in he ESM (he WTCS' Educaional Services Manual) iled Course Sandards. Noe: The numbers o periods in he able below have been modiied rom WTCS 50-minue periods/18 weeks, o 55 minue periods/16 weeks

2 Degree and Technical Diploma Credi Sandards Insrucional Mehod Deiniions Toal per Semeser Degree O u s i d e E o r Technical Diploma Toal per Semeser O u s i d e E o r (A) Lecure Classroom Presenaions (Lecure/ Demonsraion/Discussion) Speciically planned learning experiences based on ideniied objecives; Direc insrucor - suden conac (coninuous); (B) Lab or Shop On-Campus Laboraory (Demonsraion wih pracice and/or skill developmen, in an on or o-campus scheduled space); Speciically planned learning experiences based on ideniied objecives; Direc insrucor involvemen wih ongoing supervision; (C) Clinical, Exended Laboraory (Mediaed presenaion and demonsraion, limied discussion aciviies, pracice and/or skill developmen on an individual/independen basis) Speciically planned learning experiences based on ideniied

3 objecive; Periodic evaluaion check poins and/or supervision by insrucional sa; Degree and Technical Diploma Credi Sandards Insrucional Mehod Deiniions Toal per Semeser Degree O u s i d e E o r Technical Diploma Toal per Semeser O u s i d e E o r (D) Occupaional Experience (Simulaed or Acual, on- or ocampus, coordinaed by he insrucor) * Programs o aciviies wih planned learning experiences ideniied joinly by insrucor, suden and, i appropriae, employer; * Periodic supervision and evaluaion o perormance by insrucional sa; (E) On-he-job Experience (Programs o work wih non-speciied learning experiences, o-campus) * Pracice and skill developmen (wih or wihou suden remuneraion); * Insrucor coordinaed experience; * Supervision o work perormance by he employer and minimal supervision by insrucional sa; Appreniceship Credi Calculaion

4 The WTCS calculaion o credi or apprenice courses is based upon he sandard o 36 periods per credi, rounding he resul o he neares 0.25 credi. Translaion o MATC's 32, 55-minue periods resuls in he ollowing equivalens: Appreniceship Credi Calculaion Toal Credis Toal Credis Coninuing Educaion Courses (400- and 600-series) Credi Calculaion Calculaion o credi or coninuing educaion courses is based upon he sandard o 40 (50-minue) periods per credi, rounding he resul o he neares 0.05 credi. Given he number o 50-minue periods, he number o credis is calculaed using he ollowing ormula: Credis Number o periods (round he resul o neares 0.05) Deermining he Appropriae Dae or Implemenaion I he course's descripive daa changes is ile, credi, and/or hours he old version on COSMO is assigned an end-dae and a new version is creaed wih an eecive dae corresponding o he dae ha course-secions would begin in he new orma. Only one course version is "acive" a any given poin in ime. Because o he inerconnecedness o courses and programs on he college's COSMO sysem, i is very imporan ha hose individuals who are responsible or scheduling course secions are amiliar wih curriculum changes, paricularly which semeser course changes are o be implemened. Saisying program requiremens means ha courses are oered in he paricular semeser maching wha sudens need in heir program o sudy. Eecive Daes and Class Scheduling The eecive dae o a course is based upon he beginning dae in an academic year, or example:

5 I a new or changed course will be oered or he irs ime: I will irs appear in he prined schedule: Wih secions having beginning daes: Summer o academic year 2014 SU2014 schedule June 2013 Fall o academic year 2014 FA2014 schedule Augus 2013 Spring o academic year 2014 SP2014 schedule January 2014 The ollowing deail screen rom he disric's compuer sysem (COSMO) or an Accouning course illusraes how changes in ile appear as separae course versions; heir eecive daes appear in he righ column: Equaing New Course Versions or Program Requiremens Courses and programs on he college's COSMO sysem are inerconneced. I is very imporan ha when a course changes is ile, an assessmen is made o deermine i coninuing sudens can saisy program requiremens by aking eiher course version. I hey can, his is indicaed on he Course Updae orm so ha an "equae" can be esablished. When he new version o he course is enered on COSMO, esablishing he equae will provide boh new and coninuing sudens wih he opion o mee he requiremen by compleing eiher course version. When an equae is no esablished beween wo courses, sudens mus complee he version o he course ha is required o complee he program in he paricular caalog year ha hey are ollowing. Course Approval New courses and changes o exising courses originae wihin he deparmen and division responsible or he course. Courses ha originae or are oered by he Coninuing Educaion and Workorce Developmen o business and indusry, also all wihin he jurisdicion o he academic division. Requess o change daa or

6 iniiae a new course are always made using he oicial Course Updae orm, and mus be submied wih eiher he signaure o he dean, associae dean, or insrucional chair o he deparmen. Once he course has been enered on he disric's compuer nework (COSMO), he daa is submied o he WTCS or approval hrough he oice o Curriculum Developmen. WTCS approval is required prior o or during he academic year ha sudens enroll in he course. Failure o obain approval resuls in he wihholding o sae unding. Compleing he Course Updae Form Obain signaures o approval rom he insrucor/iniiaor, and by he insrucional chair or associae dean responsible or he deparmen; Send he orm(s) o he oice o Curriculum Developmen or processing; and Assign an insrucor he ask o compleing or modiying he Course Oucome Summary or he course (see Developing/Revising he Course Oucome Summary secion). Sample-Course Updae orm NOTE: I an academic program is aeced by a course change, he Program Requiremens Updae orm or he aeced program is submied wih he Course Updae. (Reer o he secion on Modiying Program Requiremens.)

7 Updaing Texbook Inormaion The ollowing procedures are based upon he Adminisraive Regulaion and Procedure EE0102. (See he Online Texbook Apopion Process or more deails.) Texbook Adopion To assure air and consisen exposure o primary course-relaed conen, he same principle exbooks and maerials are o be used in all secions o any course augh wihin he college. There are a ew excepions o his guideline: For courses via alernaive delivery such as, on-line, TV College, ineracive video, and individualized insrucion, he principal ex may be subsiued or supplemened wih oher maerials. Texbooks or course oerings in compuer soware applicaions may dier based on he version o soware used in he class secion. Oher guidelines aecing exbook adopion: Each course mus have exs and supplies which when adoped mus be acquired by he suden. When he publisher releases a new ediion, courses ha have adoped he exbook are o use he new ediion. Texbook adopions should remain in orce or wo or hree years. Supplemenary maerials may vary by insrucor and mus be included in he course syllabus. For insance, Communicaion Skills insrucors require supplemenary novels o achieve he reading novel compeency requiremen. Ideniicaion and approval o exbooks and supplies or a course are he responsibiliy o he Academic divisions. The process o selecing exbooks should involve ull- and par-ime insrucors. I only par-ime insrucors each a paricular course, he selecion is wih hem. Advanced course aculy should be consuled o make sure needed compeencies are included. Advisory commiee inpu is welcomed. To coordinae he disric-wide ideniicaion and processing o exbooks, changes o he oicial exbook or a course are channeled hrough he Curriculum Developmen oice. Speciic daa required or ordering a exbook (auhor, ile, ISBN number, publisher, ec.) and supplemenary maerial are sen o Insrucional Design, where a daabase o exbooks and supplemenary maerials or each course is mainained. This daabase is also used o generae Texbook Summary shees or sudens who are sponsored by agencies ha pay or heir exbooks. For complee direcions o he Book Adopion Process, see he Online Texbook Adopion Guide. Developing Disance Learning Programs/Courses MATC has made a commimen o providing alernaive insrucional delivery as a means o meeing he needs o sudens and o enhance he eaching and learning process. Courses oered a a disance and/or hrough alernaive delivery should mee he same rigor and sandards as convenional courses. I is criical ha good communicaion is esablished in order o plan or his course developmen and implemenaion. The ollowing process has been ideniied o allow or imely planning and implemenaion.

8 A need or ineres mus be esablished or a program or course o be oered using disance learning. This ineres can develop rom aculy, associae dean, dean or advisory commiee. Curricula or hese oerings mus mee he sandards o he insrucional programs and courses. The iniial concep should be reviewed in he academic deparmen and hen orwarded o he associae dean and dean or approval and ideniicaion o resources o begin developmen. The proposal should be presened o he division curriculum commiee and he Curriculum Deparmen or review. I he concep represens new curricula, he proposal should hen be orwarded o he disric wide curriculum commiee as well as he Curriculum Deparmen. A he nex sep, aculy are assigned o he projec and may be required o demonsrae skill/compeence relaed o he delivery o insrucion using he disance learning mehod. The design eam, consising o individuals such as he aculy charged wih developmen, he associae dean, curriculum leadership and insrucional suppor aculy, should esablish he course developmen and implemenaion imerame. Course developmen plans or summer and all semesers should be compleed by he preceding January and plans or spring semesers should be compleed by he end o he preceding Augus. Issues o appropriae delivery need o be addressed by he oice o Disance Learning. Thereore, proposed curricula mus be developed using he guidelines o he Disance Learning Course Conversion Approval Process along wih he inormaion and approvals ideniied on he MATC Disance Learning Delivery Form. (See Appendix) A each sep o he process wrien approvals, in he orm o sign-os, should be noed. Compleed original Disance Learning Approval orms are kep and disribued rom he Insrucional Design Oice. Assessmen and evaluaion o he oucomes o each course should occur on a yearly basis o deermine i he insrucion is meeing he mark and o allow or revisions.