Curriculum Revision Approval Policy

Attachment A:

Type of Instruction:

10 Lecture – Must have class hours, but no laboratory hours.
11 Lecture/Supervised Laboratory/Clinic – Must have lecture hours AND supervised lab/clinic hours.
12 Lecture/Unsupervised Laboratory/Clinic – Must have lecture hours AND minimally supervised lab/clinic hours
20 Seminar – Small group of upper division, graduate and/or honors students studying and interacting with a faculty member(s).
30 Supervised Laboratory/Clinic – Students in a lab or clinic under minimal supervision.  Must have lab hours but no lecture hours
40 Unsupervised Laboratory/Clinic – Students in a lab or clinic under minimal supervision.  Must have lab hours but no lecture hours. This includes
50 Independent Study – Approved study topic with periodic faculty guidance and no lecture, lab or clinic contact hours (code correspondence courses here)
55 Directed Study – A one to one teaching situation, e.g., private piano lessons.
57 Asynchronous Instruction – Instruction that normally occurs without assigned space and with timing and duration that varies among students.  This would include Internet, videocassette, print-based correspondence, and some types of satellite courses.
60 Practice Teaching – Teacher education field experience.
81 Internship/Practicum – Minimally supervised practical or field experience related to the program of study
91 Thesis – Student working on master’s thesis with minimal supervision.
92 Dissertation – Student working on doctoral dissertation with minimal supervision
   
Level of Course:
10 Learning Support (Developmental Studies, Academic Assistance, and Regents’ Remediation)
Lower Division:
  21 Freshmen
  22 Sophomore
Upper Division:
  31 Junior
  32 Senior
  55    Master’s and Specialist level
  65    Doctoral level courses
  70    Doctoral dissertation courses
  80    Professional

 

Revised July 18, 2008.   Please send comments, suggestions or questions about this page to Gwyn R. Toole, gtoole@mcg.edu .