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REVISED COURSES
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The Process
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Pre-planning:
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Check the schedule
of Critical Dates on the CAS
website so that you are timely in your planning and presentation to
CAS. No last minute, rushed through courses, without proper signatures
and preparation, will be accepted for CAS presentation.
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Get department approval. Talk with appropriate faculty in your
department/division for suggestions or ideas you may have missed.
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Get division approval. The process for Divisional Approval
depends on your Dean and Division. Ask your Dean to present this to
Instructional Council if appropriate and to notify the CAS chair that
the course is being prepared.
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If you are applying
for special designation, get
subcommittee approval. The application process of is
available at the web page Applying for Special
Designation
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Document Preparation:
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All
documentation must be complete, all stake-holders consulted and all
signatures obtained before the CAS presentation.
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Save the appropriate
forms (above) to your computer and edit them
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If this course is
shared across the District, obtain concurrence approval from other
colleges by signature or email.
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Contact Mark Baumann (206) 587-4102 for a
new course number, "CIP code", and an
"institutional intent" code.
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Seek out comments
from the Advising, Credentials, Library and Technology groups on
campus. These individuals will be able to point out potential issues
with your course such as: appropriate fees, transferability,
prerequisites, library/technology support etc. Get signatures from
these groups on the appropriate forms.
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¬Make any revisions
suggested by the above groups.
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Send completed forms
electronically to the CAS
chair for review at least 1 week prior to the presentation date you are
hoping for.
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Send completed
paperwork, with all necessary signatures, to the CAS chair for review
at least 1 week prior to the presentation date you are hoping for. A
CAS presentation date can then be set. (The CAS chair must have all
signed, completed paperwork prior to a date being set.)
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CAS Presentation:
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Course revisions
which DO require a CAS vote:
- Course name change
- Course prefix or number change
- Course credit change
- Course description change
- Any other ÒsignificantÓ course changes (such as learning
objectives etc)
Course revisions which DO NOT require a CAS vote but do
need to inform and provide appropriate paperwork to CAS:
- Course pre-requisite change
- Course deletions from inventory
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Change in
the General Education Outcomes
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Prepare for your CAS
presentation: be ready to explain Òthe questions to ask yourselfÓ,
mentioned above. Be sure all suggested revisions are complete, final
paperwork is in the CAS chairÕs possession, and e-versions of your
paperwork have been received by the chair. Do not make hard copies for
the CAS presentation; the documents will be projected onto a screen as
you present. You will provide a brief introduction to the course and
why you have developed it. CAS will then vote on whether or not to
approve the course.
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When the course is
approved, the CAS chair will sign and date the documents and send them
on to the Vice President of Instruction. With the VP of Instruction’s
signature, 5 copies of the original signed documents will be made and
distributed to the appropriate places. (District, Office of
Instruction, Credentials, Advising, Division).
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If you have not
received your copies of signed documents back at your division within 2
weeks of CAS approval, please contact the CAS chair. When your course
has been approved by the District Office and the State Board, they will
email the Chair and your course will be put on the CAS website as
approved.
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Congratulations!
Teach your course!
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Please remember that all
signatures must be obtained prior to CAS presentation. It is the
instructor’s job to obtain the signatures for the course paperwork, not the
secretary’s. The instructor needs to hear the feedback from the
stakeholders and make any changes suggested.
If you need help with any of the
steps, please contact the CAS chair or the CAS representative from your
division.
To see a list of critical dates, the
CAS membership roster or the official copy of the 2005 General Education
Outcomes, click on the appropriate link to the left.
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