Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Course Classification. Information on
courses for which credit is to be awarded shall be submitted to ICCB through an
electronic exchange system in order for the courses to be classified into
appropriate instructional and funding categories and added to the college's
Management Information System (MIS) Course Master File.
b) Course Credit Hour Determination
1) Credit hours for courses for which ICCB
credit hour grants are to be claimed shall be determined on the basis of an
expected 45 hours of combined classroom/laboratory and study time for each
semester hour.
2) Lecture Courses.
Courses with students participating in lecture/discussion oriented instruction
shall be assigned one semester credit hour or equivalent for each 15 classroom
contact hours, at a minimum, of instruction per semester or equivalent. It is
assumed that two hours of outside study will be invested for each classroom
contact hour.
3) Laboratory
Courses. Courses in which students participate in
laboratory/clinical-laboratory oriented instruction shall be assigned one
semester credit hour or equivalent for each 30-45 classroom contact hours, at a
minimum, of instruction per semester or equivalent. It is assumed that one hour
of outside study will be invested for each two laboratory contact
hours.
4) Clinical Practicum
courses. Courses in which students participate in clinical practical
experiences shall receive one semester credit hour or equivalent each 30-60
contact hours, at a minimum, per semester or equivalent. It is expected that
one hour of outside study time will be invested for each two clinical practicum
contact hours.
5) Internship
Courses. Courses in which students participate in nonclinical internship,
practicum, or on-the-job supervised instruction shall receive one semester
credit hour or equivalent for each 75-149 contact hours, at a minimum, per
semester credit hour or equivalent.
6) Students who participate in an approved
program with an intensified or accelerated schedule shall be exempt from the
contact hour requirements of this subsection (b).
c) Course Syllabus. A syllabus shall be
developed and maintained for each credit course and shall be available to the
public and students upon request. A syllabus contains the description of the
course, specific objectives of the course, a topical outline, and the method
for evaluating student performance.
d) Course Applicability. All credit courses
must be part of an approved unit of instruction (see Section
1501.302),
and the approved unit of instruction for each course shall be indicated on the
college's ICCB MIS Course Master File.
1)
Lower-division Baccalaureate Courses. Courses designed to meet lower-division
baccalaureate degree requirements shall be applicable to associate transfer
degrees. For each baccalaureate course offered, the college shall either obtain
approval for the course to be listed as a Statewide articulated transfer course
by a general education or baccalaureate major panel of the Illinois
Articulation Initiative or maintain current written articulation agreements or
transfer equivalency documents with:
A) at
least three Illinois public universities;
B) at least three baccalaureate
degree-granting institutions to which a majority (51%) of the college's
students transfer; or
C) one or
more baccalaureate degree-granting institutions to which a majority (51%) of
the college's students, majoring in the field for which the course is required,
transfer.
2) GECC
Credential. Upon a student's completion of the GECC, a college is authorized to
award a GECC credential, which shall, at a minimum, consist of a notation on a
transcript for the student achieving the credential.
3) Remedial Course Credit. No remedial course
credit shall be applicable to associate degrees designed for transfer to
institutions granting baccalaureate degrees.
4) Adult Basic Education Course Credit. No
adult basic education course credit applies to degrees or to certificates,
except the Adult Basic Education Certificate.
5) Adult Secondary Education Course Credit.
No adult secondary or college preparatory education course credit applies to
degrees or certificates, except the Adult Secondary Education
Certificate.
6) Career and
Technical Education Course Credit. Courses designed to prepare individuals with
a technical skill shall be applicable towards the requirements or electives for
completion of an associate's degree (applied or transfer) or a career and
technical education certificate.
7)
General Studies Course Credit. General studies course credit applies only to
the Personal Development; Homemaking; Improving Family Circumstances;
Intellectual and Cultural Studies; Community and Civic Development; and Health,
Safety and Environment Certificates.
e) Special Upper-Division Courses
1) A college may offer any course that is
offered by a university, regardless of numbering system, if the university
normally permits its own students to take the course as lower-division
students. These courses will be eligible for ICCB grants, if they meet all
other criteria.
2) If at least
three public universities in Illinois agree, or if a public university that is
the principal recipient of transfers from the community college agrees, certain
special courses taught at the upper-division level may be offered by a college
and be eligible for ICCB grants, provided they meet all other
criteria.
f) Independent
Study. Independent Study course credit shall not exceed 25 percent of the
credit hour requirements for a student to earn an associate degree. The topic
of an independent study course shall be listed on the student's permanent
academic record.
g) Internships. An
internship experience for credit that is designed to provide the student an
opportunity to put into practice the theories and techniques learned in the
classroom/laboratory shall be applicable to an associate degree or certificate,
provided at least 12 semester credit hours or equivalent in the corresponding
curriculum are completed by the student before, or are taken by the student
concurrently with, the experience.
h) Courses Approved as Repeatable
1) Courses in which the content varies from
term to term or from student to student (e.g., independent study, special
topics, and internship courses) or in which a student is expected to gain
increased depth of knowledge and skill through repetition shall, at the request
of the college, be approved for repeatability under the following conditions:
A) The number of times the course may be
taken for credit does not exceed four times, or the semester equivalent, e.g.,
a single course can be taken one time and repeated no more than three times per
student;
B) The method of
determining the amount of credit to be awarded for each section of the course,
for each term, or for each student is specified in the college's catalog, on
the course syllabus, and on the course classification form, and the subject
matter and number of credits for which the student enrolled is specified on the
student's permanent academic record;
C) The college's catalog, the course
syllabus, and the course classification form requesting approval of
repeatability by the ICCB indicate the number of such credits that will apply
to degree or certificate completion for a single course or a combination of
related courses; and
D) The total
number of credit hours for a single course or for a combination of related
courses that are applicable to degree or certificate completion does not exceed
the maximums established in subsection (b) governing credit hour determination,
subsection (f) governing independent study, or Section
1501.507(b)(10)
governing the maximum rate of credit hour
production.
2)
Vocational skill courses that must be retaken periodically by law for persons
employed in an occupation or vocation to maintain employment shall, at the
request of the college, be approved for repeatability beyond the limits
described in subsection (h)(1)(A) under the following conditions:
A) The content of the course is determined by
law and does not change from one year to the next; and
B) A copy of the law (or regulation
administering it) and a course syllabus accompany the course classification
form requesting repeatability.
3) An adult basic, adult secondary, or a
remedial education course that is organized into discrete modules and offered
for variable credit shall, at the request of the college, be approved for
repeatability under the following conditions:
A) No discrete module is repeated more than
three times;
B) The title of a
module completed and the grade received is permanently recorded on the
student's permanent academic record; and
C) The content and number of credit hours for
a discrete module is shown on the course syllabus and on the course
classification form requesting approval of repeatability by ICCB.
4) An adult basic, adult secondary
or remedial education course that is not organized into discrete modules shall,
at the request of the college, be approved for repeatability under the
following conditions:
A) The number of times
the course may be taken for credit does not exceed four times, or the semester
or equivalent; e.g., a single course can be taken one time and repeated no more
than three times per student.
B)
The variety of skill levels included in the course and the methods used to
accommodate individual differences based on an assessment of student skills is
specified in the course syllabus; and
C) The course title and the grade received is
permanently recorded on the student's academic record each time that the course
is taken.