1. Update: Graduation Requirements Implementation
AGC – November 8, 2016
Mike Vargo & Sheila Jones

2. Presentation Outline Review of New Policy Statement
Additional Modifications from Existing Policy
Instructional Support Implementation
School of Arts & Sciences Implementation
Questions

3. Review of Policy Statement
7.20 Graduation Requirements Policy Statement (Approved at AGC on November 10, 2015; Effective Start of Fall Semester 2017): To be awarded an associate’s degree at Grand Rapids Community College, students must have:
Completed at least 60 credit hours of course work.
Completed at least 15 credit hours of course work at GRCC.
Completed the coursework outlined in the GRCC catalog for the program in which they are enrolled.
Earned a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in all course work completed at GRCC.

4. Review of Policy Statement
Earned at least 6 credits of English composition or at least 3 credits of English composition and 3 credits in a Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) aligned communication course for all Associate degrees for the degree they are seeking.
Earned credit for the appropriate general education Group Distribution Requirements for the degree they are seeking.
No courses below 100 level will be used toward graduation requirements, including the minimum number of credits that need to be completed.
A maximum of two Wellness credits may be applied toward graduation unless they are specified as a program requirement.

5. Additional Modifications from Existing Policy
Elimination of the Wellness Course Requirement
Elimination of the PS110 American Government Requirement

6. Instructional Support Implementation
Tracking changes in program requirements that might affect section counts
Graduation Requirement
% of programs including*
Notes
PS110
28.38%
Retained as program requirement
Wellness
29.73
EN 101 & 102
28.38
EN 102 or COM131/135
71.62
Students select EN or COM to complete program requirement
MTA Communications
(COM131/135)
14.86
COM131/135 remained in program requirements or electives
*As of September 1, 2016

7. Instructional Support Implementation
General Education Templates
Faculty Advising Training
CTE Workshops
Learning Day

8. School of Arts & Sciences Implementation
Tracking impact of these changes on academic departments:
May reduce enrollment in WE and PS110 sections
May increase enrollment in other elective and Gen Ed courses
May change enrollment in EN 102 & Communication courses

9. School of Arts & Sciences Implementation: PS 110 & Wellness
PS 110 Sections
PS 110 % Full
WE Sections
WE % Full
Fall 2014 63
95% 79
90%
Fall 2015 69
97% 68
94%
Fall 2016 64
98% 66
Winter 2014 55
96%
102
82%
Winter 2015 50 73
89%
Winter 2016 54
91%
Winter 2017* 60
33%
44%
Winter 2016* 49
37% 71
40%
*Point-to-point comparison in the enrollment cycle for Winter 16 & 17 semesters

10. School of Arts & Sciences Implementation: EN 102 & COM 131/135
Sections
EN % Full
COM 131/135 Sections
COM 131/135 % Full
Fall 2014 46
99% 59
98%
Fall 2015 45 40
93%
Fall 2016 44
94% 34
92%
Winter 2014 86 61
Winter 2015 82
95% 48
97%
Winter 2016 88 30
Winter 2017* 78
53% 27
32%
Winter 2016* 76
27%
*Late October point-to-point comparison in the enrollment cycle for Winter 16 & 17 semesters

11. Questions?