http://www.rit.edu/conversion/
October 18, 2010 to October 22, 2010
Semester Conversion Office - Weekly Update
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TLS Course Conversion Support information has been posted to the live Conversion website. Here is the
direct URL: http://www.rit.edu/conversion/facstaff_tls.php
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A reminder for College Conversion Coordinators:
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Once Program Files are compiled, they should be saved in PDF form and then moved along with the
Program Checklist to your College Curriculum Committee’s Ready for Review section within your
college committee’s myCourses shell.
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After receiving College Curriculum Committee approval, the Program PDF, and the Checklist should
then be moved into the ICC/Grad Council myCourses shell in the appropriate committee’s Ready for
Review section.
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All Coordinators have access into this shell, if you don’t see the ICC/GC shell on your list check in the
other tabs [Guest/Student/Instructor/Support Staff] found on your myCourses home page.
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Courses do not get moved into ICC/GC shell. There is a section in your shell titled: Courses OutlineFINAL (pdf) Ready for Review. Place them there and leave them there until approved by your College
Curriculum Committee. Then place them in the Approved by Committee file unless it is a
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Course that requests GEN ED designation. If so put it in the Approved & Awaiting Gen Ed Review file.
The Gen Ed Committee will review all of these courses, in all the college shells after the Gen Ed
framework has been completed and approved.
INCOMING Q & A:
Q. What is the correct format for recording pre- and co-requisites on form 2.0 of the Course Outline form?
A. Please enter the alpha-numeric code.
Q. Do Departments need to prepare a course outline form for Coop, Independent Study, Special Topics,
Research and or Thesis?
A. Yes, there needs to be a course outline form prepared to serve as a placeholder for these courses in the
catalog and on the Registrar’s inventory. Departments should only complete the section of the course
outline form that applies. Normally this would be section 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3, 4.
Q. Do Departments need recommended numeric codes to use when preparing the course outline form and
the NYSED documentation for:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Coop
Independent Study
Special Topics
Research credit
Thesis credit
A. The numeric codes recommended by the Registrar are as follows:
a)
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d)
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Coop
Independent Study
Special Topics
Research credit
Thesis credit
(499 for undergraduate / 699 for graduate)
(599 for undergraduate / 799 for graduate)
(489 for undergraduate / 789 for graduate) see note below***
(not yet available)
(not yet available)
*** Departments may also designate a special topic number for each course level if needed. These
numbers would be ‘189’, ‘289’,’389’, etc. This would not preclude programs from designating additional
special topic numbers as needed, but if only one special topic number is used at the undergraduate and
graduate level then we would expect that ‘489’ and ‘789’ would be used.
ICC and Grad Council will take up the issue of providing guidelines on the definition of a special topics
course after program reviews are done. This will include the number of times that it may be offered and
any other guidance that the ICC and GC believe to be important.
Q. On the standard RIT Course Outline Form, section 8 asks for program outcomes and/or program goals
supported by this course. In the case of a service course, this is difficult because one course or a series of
courses may be required in a number of different program majors and sometimes these program majors
even fall outside of the college offering the course. How should we fill section 8 in on this form?
A. Consider using a broad statement in section 8 that could apply to any program that uses the course. For
example: "This course provides a foundation in the concepts of college level xxxxxx.") or “this course
provides students with specific skills and knowledge in the area(s) of xxxxxxxx”.
Q. In the current quarter system curriculum, is it a local/departmental decision as to which level a course in the
concentration needs to be? For example, can we allow a 200 or 300 level course as an option to fulfill an IT
concentration requirement? Also, is it safe to assume that any course with the words “Intro” or
“Foundations” would have an expected 100 or 200 level number?
A. It is still the department’s choice as to which level a course in a concentration should be.
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100 level courses are those with no pre-reqs.
200 level courses are usually taken by second year students and may have pre-reqs.
It seems that most intro courses would be 100 level.
Packet Menu: https://www.rit.edu/conversion/facstaff_program_conversion_packet.php
RECENT CHANGES
10.20.10 – ICC Schedule added
10.21.10 – SC Directions updated
10.21.10 – Grad Council Schedule updated
10.21.10 – Certificate Checklist updated
CONVERSION RELATED MEETINGS
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The Steering Committee is scheduled to meet 10/25/10.
The Advising Committee met with the deans and delegates from COS and KGCOE this week.
The Cross Disciplinary Committee is scheduled to meet 10/26/10.
The General Education Committee met 10/22/10 and is scheduled to meet 10/29/10.
Comments or questions can be directed to the Academic Calendar Conversion Office [email protected].