| Most Common Reasons |
| 1. |
The course outline appears to be
too old (should not be more than five years old) and out-of-date for the content
indicated. |
| 2. |
The course outline had no textbooks
listed, textbooks were too old and/or were inappropriate for the subject matter. |
| 3. |
Course did not meet criteria. |
CSU and/or UC Transferable Courses |
| |
The course, in general, did not meet
the criteria for baccalaureate level. Refer to the handout from the Academic Senate
of the California State University (from a report dated November 7, 1986). |
CSU General Education-Breadth Requirements |
| |
The course did not meet the criteria
for the area requested. Refer to the CSU Executive Order No. 595 handout. |
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) |
| 1. |
A majority of courses are denied
because they are not appropriate for general education. They are too narrow in scope
or too personal, practical or applied. In particular, science courses were denied
if they lacked hypothesis testing or scientific methodology. They were also denied
if the focus was too narrow. |
| 2. |
Courses that are not first approved
transferable either to CSU or to UC. |
| 3. |
Variable topic courses are not accepted. |
| 4. |
Courses that had an insufficient
prerequisite listed. |
| 5. |
Area 1B (Critical Thinking, English
Composition) courses are often denied because no instruction in writing such as drafts,
peer review, pre-writes, instructor readings of student essays, etc:, were listed
in the outline. The review committee cannot assume a course with "composition"
included that composition is being taught. Course outlines must provide details for
area 1B approval. |
| 6. |
Area 1C (Oral Communication) courses
must indicate that the student is giving oral presentations with appropriate instructor
feedback. |
| 7. |
Skills based courses were not approved
such as drawing, painting, or music fundamentals, etc. |
| 8. |
Courses must be a minimum of three
units. |
| 10/17/01 |
