Clarifying and Choosing Course Types

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Clarifying and Choosing Course Types

• Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
• Mark Wade Lieu, Ohlone College
• Pat Mosteller, San Diego CE
• Andrea Sibley-Smith, North Orange SCE

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But first

• A QUIZ
• (Dont be afraid)

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Degree Credit

• Transferable and Non-Transferable
• Purpose
• Content
• State funding support
• Fees

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Non-Degree-Applicable Credit

• Purpose
• Content
• State funding support
• Fees

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Noncredit

• 9 Areas Apprenticeship Career
  Development/College Preparation
• Purpose
• Content
• State funding support
• Fees

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Noncredit

• Nine Areas of Instruction
• 1. Parenting
• 2. Basic Skills
• 3. ESL
• 4. Citizenship for Immigrants
• 5. DSPS
• 6. Short-term Vocational
• 7. Education Programs for Older Adults
• 8. Education Programs for Home Economics
• 9. Health and Safety Education

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Noncredit

• Purpose
• Noncredit courses are intended to provide
  students with lifelong learning, college transfer
  and career preparation opportunities. Noncredit
  often serves as a first point of entry for many
  underserved students as well as a transition
  point to credit instruction.
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  Noncredit at a Glance

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Noncredit

• Content (Noncredit courses can be classified
  into three instructional areas)
• Literacy
• Career Development
• Family and Community Education

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Noncredit

• Funding Sources
• State apportionment and categorical funds
• Grants
• Fees
• Contracts

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Community Service (aka Not for Credit)

• Purpose
• Content
• State funding support
• Fees

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Contract Education

• Purpose
• Content
• State funding support
• Fees

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Contract Education

• Purpose and Content
• A community college district contracts with a
  public or private entity for the purpose of
  providing instruction or services or both. Ed
  Code 78020(a)
• The contract usually dictates the content,
  generally involving vocational training and/or
  workplace skills instruction, but may also
  involve curriculum development and/or student
  services.

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Contract Education

• Funding Sources
• Employer / Industry Funded
• State apportionment
• General Funds
• Student/Industry Fees (Community Ed)

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Issues

• What factors would you consider as you choose the
  curriculum type for your course?

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Issues

• Is there an educational continuum between the
  different curriculum types?

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Issues

• Is there a clear delineation between courses
  offered under noncredit, non-degree-applicable
  credit, and degree-applicable credit?

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Issues

• Community Service
• What about curricular oversight?
• Faculty minimum qualifications?
• What do we do about curriculum that essentially
  duplicates what we do for apportionment?

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Issues

• Contract Education
• Sometimes it is offered for credit and sometimes
  it is not.
• How does this affect the facultys role in
  contract education?

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Title 5 changes in the works

• Degree-Applicable Credit
• Two types of noncredit
• Noncredit repeatability
• Community Service Offerings