1. Update: Graduation Requirements Implementation
AGC – February 13, 2018
Mike Vargo & Sheila Jones

2. Presentation Outline Review of Policy Statement
Additional Modifications from Previous Policy
Instructional Support Implementation
School of Arts & Sciences Implementation
Fall Headcount and % Full-time
Questions?

3. Review of Policy Statement
7.20 Graduation Requirements (Approved by AGC: November 10, 2015; Effective: Fall 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 Previous Policy
Elimination of the Wellness Course Requirement
Elimination of the PS American Government Course Requirement

6. Instructional Support Implementation
General Education Review Team determines courses that meet General Education Group Distribution requirements
MTA-aligned Communications courses: COM131-Fundamentals of Public Speaking and COM135-Interpersonal Communication
Tracking changes in program requirements that might affect section counts

7. Instructional Support Implementation
Tracking changes in program requirements that might affect section counts
Graduation Requirement
16/17 % of programs including
17/18 % of programs including
Notes
PS110
28%
27%
Retained as program requirement or Social Science Gen Ed
Wellness 29 10
Retained as program requirement
EN 101 & 102 28 31
EN 102 or COM131/135 71 69
Students select EN or COM to complete program requirement
MTA Communications
(COM131/135) 14 19
COM131/135 remained in program requirements or electives
*As of February, 2018 ( Catalog)

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 & COM 131/135 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
Fall 2017 40
91% 53
81%
Winter 2014 55
96%
102
82%
Winter 2015 50 73
89%
Winter 2016 54
Winter 2017 60
93%
Winter 2018 30
79% 43
80%

10. School of Arts & Sciences Implementation: EN 102 & COM 131/135
Sections
% 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%
Fall 2017 39
97% 37
Winter 2014 86 61
Winter 2015 82
95% 48
Winter 2016 88 30
Winter 2017 90 26
Winter 2018 80
89%

12. Questions?