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A VISIT TO THE WORLD OF TITLE 5:
HOW THE RECENT REVISIONS IMPACT CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA FALL CONVENTION
NOVEMBER 16, 2007
RANDAL LAWSON
Immediate Past President, CCCCIO
Executive Vice President, Santa Monica College
MARK WADE LIEU
President, ASCCC
Faculty Member, Ohlone College
WHY? WHAT? WHO? HOW?
WHY?
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System Office Strategic Plan process
Legislative changes
AB 1943: Stand-alone course approval
SB 361: Enhanced funding for noncredit
Noncredit alignment project
Curricular recommendations from the Academic Senate
WHAT?
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Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 5—course and program
approval, curriculum standards, standards of
scholarship, and requirements for the Associate
Degree
WHY? WHAT? WHO? HOW?
WHO?
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System Advisory Committee on Curriculum (SACC)
HOW?
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SACC Subcommittee
 Two Academic Senate representatives
 Two CIO representatives
 System Office Staff
 CSSO and Noncredit (ACCE) representation as needed
 Met frequently, beginning January 2007
SACC review of subcommittee recommendations at regular
monthly meetings
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
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Part 1 (the bulk of the revisions) approved by Board of
Governors in July 2007
Part 2 recommendations in final phase of discussion by
SACC and SACC subcommittee
Reorganization of the regulations and minor technical
corrections included in revisions
Substantive revisions—focus of this presentation
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS
§55002
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Course Standards
Course Outline of Record shall include the expected
number of contact hours for the course as a whole
Establishes improvement over current common
practice of listing hours per week
 Ensures consistency among different course offering
patterns (regular semester, compressed calendar,
short-term/intersession classes)
 Generally 48-54 hours for a standard three-unit lecture
course
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PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55002.5 Credit Hour
Basic unit of college credit is defined to avoid reference
to specific term lengths (previously described in terms of
hours/week over a 16 week term):
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48 hours (minimum) of lecture, study, lab work = 1 unit
credit
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1-unit Lecture Course = 16 hours in-class lecture + 32
hours out-of-class study
1-unit Laboratory Course = 48 hours in-class laboratory
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55002.5 Credit Hour (cont.)
96 hours (minimum) of lecture, study, lab work = 2 units
credit
 Credit shall be adjusted proportionately to lecture,
study, lab work in ½ unit increments (may use < ½ unit
increments)
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PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55007
Multiple Enrollments
Prohibits enrollment in two or more sections of the
same credit course at the same time.
§55022
Pass/No Pass Option
CR/NC
P/NP
To prevent confusion of “No Credit” with “Noncredit”
 Implementation Date: Fall 2009
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§55025
Grade Changes
 Removal
of “W” upon determination of
discriminatory treatment
 Ability to use substitute faculty member for grade
change request if student files official complaint
alleging discriminatory treatment or gross
misconduct, or if instructor not available
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55040
Course Repetition—Substandard
Work
 Course
repetition: allows two repeats (was one
repeat) and may claim each for apportionment (total
of three experiences: the original + two repeats)
 Local policy may permit third repetition (no
apportionment) for extenuating circumstances
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55063
Associate Degree
 Must
have 18 units in a major or area of emphasis
 These 18 units must be:
In a single discipline or related disciplines (as listed
in the Taxonomy of Programs) or
 In an area of emphasis involving lower division
coursework which prepares students for a field of
study (as defined by the college) or for a specific
major at UC or CSU
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 May
not award an Associate Degree absent the
18-unit major or area of emphasis
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55063
Associate Degree (cont.)
 Associate
degrees based solely on IGETC or CSU
Breadth are non-compliant.
 Beginning with students admitted in Fall 2009:
Each course in the major/area of emphasis must
be completed with a grade of “C” or better or “P.”
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55070
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Credit Certificates
Sequence of Courses—18 units or more
 Defined
as an educational program requiring
System Office approval
 Known as Certificate of Achievement
 Transcripted
 May develop a Certificate of Achievement based
upon IGETC or CSU Breadth
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Sequence of Courses—12 - 18 units
 May
submit to System Office for approval and, if
approved, may be called Certificate of
Achievement
 Transcripted
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55070
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Credit Certificates (cont.)
Sequence of Courses < 18 units and Not Approved by
System Office
May not be called certificate of achievement, certificate
of completion, or certificate of competency
 May not be transcripted
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Naming/Designation of Credit Certificates—Fall 2008
Deadline
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55100
Course Approval
 Local
approval of stand-alone courses
 Implementation of AB 1943
 Training requirement for curriculum committees and
others involved in local approval process
 November 1 deadline for submitting certification of
training to the System Office
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55150-55 Noncredit Courses/Programs
 Implements
the criteria for enhanced funding for
noncredit courses (makes permanent the emergency
regulations adopted by the Board of Governors in
January 2007)
 §55151 defines noncredit certificates of completion and
competency
 May not be referred to as certificates of achievement
(term reserved for credit certificates approved by
System Office)
 Naming/Designation of Noncredit Certificates—Fall
2008 Deadline
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55200-10 Distance Education
 Clarifies
that a course is considered distance
education for reporting purposes if at least 51% of
instructional hours are delivered via distance
education
 Separate approval of distance education courses
required if any portion of the instruction is designed
to be provided through distance education
PART 1 HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)
§55220 Excursions and Field Trips
 Colleges
allowed to use grant or categorical funds
or funds from an auxiliary organization to pay for
student expenses (if allowable by the funding
source)
 Restrictions where a student cannot afford to
attend not applicable to study aboard programs
(apply only to trips which are integral to the
completion of a course)
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF PART 2
Timeline for Part 2:
Consultation Council—January 2008
Board of Governors 1st Reading—March 2008
§55024 Withdrawal
By July 1, 2009, establish a policy on “W” in credit
courses—not to exceed 4 times (can be more
restrictive locally)
 After authorized number of “W”s, student must receive
a grade or a different nonevaluative symbol
 Apportionment for “W”s already limited by §58161
 Exemption to “W” policy—withdrawal due to fighting
wildfires, evacuation, or loss due to wildfires
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PART 2 PREVIEW (CONTINUED)
§55064 Acceptance of Noncredit Courses
 Permits
a student to petition to have a noncredit course
counted toward credit for the Associate Degree
 Recommended to be repealed by July 2009—can
instead be accomplished through credit by examination
§55154 Adult High School Diploma Program
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Delineates criteria for such programs including:
 Number of high school units (160 credit hours)
 Types of courses
 Categories of coursework (parallel to those for
Associate Degree)
 Relationship of hours of noncredit instruction to
high school credits
PART 2 PREVIEW (CONTINUED)
§55253-55 Coop Work Experience Education
 Cleanup
language
 Provides for alternatives to the in-person visit with the
employer under certain circumstances
§55502-32 Matriculation
 Cleanup
language
§58106 Limitations on Enrollment
 Revised
to recognize recently enacted legislation
allowing use of multiple criteria for admission into
nursing programs
PART 2 PREVIEW (CONTINUED)
§58160 Noncredit Course Funding
 Cleanup
language to address SB 361
 Spells out the ten noncredit course categories
eligible for apportionment:
 Elementary & secondary basic skills
 ESL
 Short-term vocational
 Workforce prep courses in basic skills (new
category)
 Citizenship
 Parenting
 Persons with substantial disabilities
 Older adults
 Home economics
 Health and safety education
PART 2 PREVIEW (CONTINUED)
§58161.7 Repetition of Noncredit Courses
 Chancellor
to report to the Board of Governors by
January 15, 2009 on appropriate limitations on
state apportionment for repetition of noncredit
courses including multiple enrollments in the same
course during the same term
 To be developed in consultation with Academic
Senate, CIOs, and other appropriate groups
 SACC subcommittee established to develop
recommendations
 Adopt appropriate limitations by June 30, 2009
WHAT’S NEXT?
Coming soon…
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System Office Guidelines for Part 1 (in final stages of
development)
Program and Course Approval Handbook revision (to
be completed after approval of Part 2)
QUESTIONS???