1. Curriculum Committee Meeting 10/28/16
EQUIVALENT COURSES
Curriculum Committee Meeting 10/28/16

2. Outcomes
See a broad overview of equivalent courses at our college & across the District
Examine the process in which equivalent courses are created, and its definition(s)
Engage in a discussion around the implications that arise from the creation of equivalent courses
Questions? Group Discussion….

3. Broad Overview
As of October 26, 2016, we have a total of 1444 Equivalent courses across the District. This total excludes All Cooperative Education Courses (670, 671 and 672's).

4. What are Equivalent Courses?
There are various definitions used for “equivalent” courses, and they include the following:
Equivalent courses are typically those that are offered in more than one subject, and share the same course outline of record.
For example:
ENGL 200, Introduction to Linguistics: A survey of Language (3 units)
And,
LING 200, Introduction to Linguistics: A survey of Language (3 units)

5. What are Equivalent Courses? Continued….
Equivalent courses also include courses that are offered in a specific subject, and are then inactivated so that they can be offered in another subject.
BUS. 415, Beginning Computer Keyboarding (1.5 units) - Inactivated
And,
CBOT 415, Beginning Computer Keyboarding (1.5 units) – Active
Equivalent courses also include courses that are offered in more than one campus using different course numbers within the same subject and/or as stated above, in another subject altogether. For Example:
ECE. 313, Health, Safety and Nutrition (3 units) - Cañada
ECE. 314, Health, Safety and Nutrition (3 units) - Skyline
HSCI 314, Health, Safety and Nutrition (3 units) - Skyline

6. What are Equivalent Courses? Continued….
Equivalent courses may also include courses which share portions of their content for various reasons.
Courses that are deactivated and then created as new courses with the same and/or different unit value. For Example:
ENGL 827, Integrated Reading and Writing (7 units) – Active
Equivalent to: 
ENGL 801, Basic Reading and Composition (3 units) –Inactive
ENGL 826, Basic Reading and Composition (3 units) – Active at Cañada
ENGL 828, Basic Reading and Composition (5 units) – Active at CSM and Skyline
And,
READ 801, Reading Improvement (3 units) – Inactive
READ 825, Introduction to College Reading (3 units) – Active at CSM
READ 826, Reading Improvement (5 units) – Active at Cañada

7. What are Equivalent Courses? Continued….
Equivalent courses may also include courses that are offered on more than one campus which share the same course number and content. For Example:
BIOL 250, Human Anatomy (4 units) - Cañada
And,
BIOL 250, Human Anatomy (4 units) - CSM
BIOL 250, Human Anatomy (4 units) - Skyline

8. There are several issues that need to be addressed when creating equivalent courses, and/or identifying existing courses as equivalent to each other (or not).
Repeatability (Title 5)
Placement of the equivalent courses within various disciplines.
Minimum qualifications (when courses are offered across disciplines)
Alignment of elements including corequisites/prerequisites
Issues with Program Major Requirements not being met. Example: HSCI 100 changing from 2 to 3 units (course substitutions).

9. Discussion, Questions Group Work