{"id":1822,"date":"2013-04-09T09:26:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T14:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=1822"},"modified":"2013-04-09T09:26:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T14:26:23","slug":"cross-listing-of-courses-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/cross-listing-of-courses-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Listing of Courses: Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><ul>\n<li>A St. Olaf course is cross-listed only if the subject matter of the course lies between two discipline-specific or interdisciplinary fields and\/or if the approach to the subject matter draws on two discipline-specific or interdisciplinary fields.<\/li>\n<li>The FTE for the cross-listed course comes from one of the sponsoring departments\/ programs unless the course is team-taught. The planning and scheduling of the course are completed by both departments\/programs involved, and the cross-listing is approved by both departments\/programs, by the associate deans that oversee both departments\/programs, and by the Registrar, in consultation with Dean\u2019s Council and with CEPC.<\/li>\n<li>Both departments\/programs may use the course as a requirement or an elective in the major or concentration when appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>The course number, title, and description remain constant over time. The academic catalog and the class and lab schedule list the course in numerical order under both participating department(s)\/program(s), accompanied by a cross-listing notation. The class and lab schedule also lists the course under the dual department code (see below).<\/li>\n<li>Subject to normal review, the GE attributes attached to the cross-listed course remain consistent across terms and instructors.<\/li>\n<li>If more than two departments\/programs wish jointly to cross-list a course, that course must be housed under the Interdisciplinary Studies (ID) program in the catalog and the class and lab schedule. It may be cross-listed under all of the participating departments in the catalog and in the class and lab schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"body\"><strong>Cross-listing of Courses: Implementation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em> Technical Specifications: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-listed courses receive a joint department\/program code that reflects both sponsoring departments\/programs. (See examples below.)<\/li>\n<li>In the class and lab schedule, a cross-listed course appears, in numerical order, under the joint heading and also, in numerical order, under both sponsoring departments. A cross-listing notation is appended to the class and lab entry.<\/li>\n<li>In the St. Olaf catalog, the course is listed, in numerical order, under each of the sponsoring departments; an additional cross-listing notation is included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Procedures for Submitting Course Proposals for Cross-listed Courses: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty requesting to cross-list a new course must include with their new course proposal documentation a rationale explaining the place of the course in the curriculum of each department and the ways in which the course subject and\/or approach lies between two discipline-specific or interdisciplinary fields and\/or the approach to the subject matter draws on two discipline-specific or interdisciplinary fields.<\/li>\n<li>The signatures of both\/all department chairs\/program directors and relevant associate deans are required on the form.<\/li>\n<li>Otherwise, the new course and GE approval processes are the same as for any other course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the March Faculty Meeting, the faculty approved several courses, the designations of which will change if this motion is passed:<\/p>\n<p>Biology\/Environmental Studies 350, \u201cBiogeochemistry\u201d will become BI\/ES 350.<\/p>\n<p>ID 125, \u201cIntegrated Chemistry\/Biology I,\u201d ID 126, \u201cIntegrated Chemistry\/Biology II,\u201d and ID 127, \u201cIntegrated Chemistry\/Biology III\u201d will become CH\/BI 125; CH\/BI 126; CH\/BI 127.<\/p>\n<p>Philosophy\/Religion 278, \u201cEthics of War\u201d will be PH\/RE 278.<\/p>\n<p>New \u201cdepartments,\u201d BI\/ES, CH\/BI, and PH\/RE, will appear alphabetically in the Class and Lab Schedule.<\/p>\n<p>In the catalog, these courses will be listed within the participating departments.<\/p>\n<p>For example, PH\/RE 278 will appear under PHILOSOPHY, between Philosophy 261 and Philosophy 294; it will also appear under RELIGION, between Religion 276 and Religion 280.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rationale for the motion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The St. Olaf curriculum has become increasingly interdisciplinary as borders between disciplines blur. Cross-listing courses recognizes and encourages the value of interdisciplinary connections. It also makes possible an adequate representation of that interdisciplinary in the catalog and the class and lab schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed system avoids the typical pitfalls of cross-listing: double-enrollment in the same course and, thus, false reporting of number of courses offered and enrollments; inconsistencies or mistakes in the catalog; proliferation of cross-listed courses; problems tracking pre-requisites.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-listing increases visibility of interdisciplinary courses, but cross-listing is not appropriate for all courses that would benefit from increased visibility. Cross-listing of courses should not be seen as a mechanism for advertising courses more widely than one department listing within the class and lab schedule. The Registrar\u2019s Office is exploring other ways of accomplishing this goal<\/p>\n<p>For this method of implementing a policy of cross-listing courses, the registrar is indebted to Meredith Braz, Registrar and Director of Student Financial Services, Bates College, Lewiston, ME.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/committees\/cepc\/cepcgreensheets\/2006-07\/cepcgs060709.html<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A St. Olaf course is cross-listed only if the subject matter of the course lies between two discipline-specific or interdisciplinary fields and\/or if the approach to the subject matter draws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}