Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID) – Common Course Numbering, Articulation, Transfer Degrees, and Beyond

Michelle Pilati, Rio Hondo CollegeDuane Short, San Diego Miramar College

Overview

• What is C-ID?• C-ID and Articulation• C-ID and TMC• C-ID and Your Curriculum• The Future of C-ID• Questions and discussion

What is C-ID?

• Origins– A replacement for CAN– A replacement for LDTP– A response to various mandates and needs

from legislature and others– CCCCO supported– Faculty driven & intersegmental

What is C-ID?

• A “common course numbering system”

• A set of descriptors to help “translate” between courses at different institutions

• A way to streamline articulation and transfer

What is C-ID?

• A bilateral system of articulation• The building blocks for TMCs / SB-

1440 degrees • A tool to help in your curriculum

development

What else is C-ID?

• ..an established infrastructure for intersegmental vetting.

• ..the only existing venue for the convening of intersegmental discipline faculty.

• ..a well-positioned initiative to facilitate intersegmental collaboration.

• ..funded for foreseeable future.

Where can one get C-ID information?

• www.c-id.net– General project information– Discipline list servs (sign up today!)– Descriptors• For review and finalized

– Established articulation– COR Review – TMC• For review and finalized

C-ID and Articulation

• A system of bilateral articulation (CCC to CSU and CCC to CCC)

• Descriptor-based– Like a general course outline– Specify the “minimum requirements” for a

course to receive a C-ID designator

What is C-ID?

• Descriptor example–C-ID MATH 240 Ordinary Differential

Equations, and;–Hartnell College’s MAT 5

C-ID and Articulation

• C-ID Approval means– Your course is articulated to every CSU that

has articulated the C-ID descriptor – Your course is articulated to every other CCC

course approved for the same descriptor– You must accept every other CCC course

approved for the same descriptor in lieu of your own course

C-ID and TMC

• C-ID descriptors used to “build” TMCs– C-ID descriptors developed and approved

intersegmentally– CCC courses approved for C-ID descriptors

have been reviewed by CSU and CCC faculty– CCC courses approved for C-ID descriptors

carry bilateral articulation

C-ID and TMC

• C-ID approval and SB-1440 degrees–Currently, CCC courses do not

need C-ID approval to be part of an approved SB-1440 degree–BUT in the future they will

C-ID and Your Curriculum

• C-ID descriptors can aid in developing your curriculum– Like a general course outline– Specify the “minimum requirements” for a

course to receive a C-ID designator– Developed by an intersegmental group of

CCC and CSU faculty– Articulated by many CSU and CCC campuses

C-ID and Your Curriculum

• C-ID descriptor components– Course description– Minimum units– Prerequisites & advisories– Course content– Laboratory activities– Course objectives– Methods of evaluation– Sample textbooks or other support materials

C-ID and Your Curriculum

• Benefits to submitting courses for C-ID– Increased articulation with CSUs– Possibility for increased articulation with UCs

and private/out of state universities– Bilateral articulation with CCCs– Future SB-1440 degree approval– Reinvention of wheel not required!

C-ID and Your Curriculum

• Working with discipline faculty– Provide descriptor as an example/tool– Ask if other CCC courses approved for the

descriptor will be accepted in lieu of your course

– Other ideas??

The Future of C-ID

• 2011-12– C-ID in ASSIST– Finalize more descriptors– Add disciplines and courses– Continue support of TMCs

• Top 20 Discipline Status

Top 20 Discipline Status (2007-2008)

1. Business Administration 2. Psychology 3. Liberal Studies 4. Criminal Justice 5. Sociology

Top 20 Discipline Status

6. Accountancy 7. Kinesiology/PE 8. Art

a) Art Historyb) Studio Art

9. History 10.English

Top 20 Discipline Status

11.Biology – Vetting now12.Child Development/ECE 13.Pre-Nursing – convened, but no

descriptors and no TCM (“high unit”)

14.Management15.Communication

Top 20 Discipline Status

16. Marketing 17. Finance18. Political Science 19. "Speech Communications"

a) 856 studentsb) ??

20. Social Work a) 749 studentsb) ??

The Future of C-ID

• Other topics– C-ID as a means to address the “similar”

courses issue?– C-ID as a means of developing descriptors

for courses that meet multiple purposes?– C-ID as a tool to facilitate course updates?

The Future of C-ID

• www.c-id.net– General project information– Discipline list servs (sign up today!)– Descriptors• For review and finalized

– Established articulation– COR Review – TMC• For review and finalized

Q & A

• Questions?• Discussion?

Thanks!