Lou FCD
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Quote (OgreMkV @ Oct. 24 2012,15:02) | Quote (sparc @ Oct. 24 2012,12:40) | Is it a common practice at US schools to run the same course under three different numbers and two designations at the same time in the very same room? Quote | AP862 Intelligent Design [...] Start Date 1/14/2013 End Date 1/19/2013 Time MO,TU,WE,TH,FR 6:00pm-10:3 [rest not displayed] SA 8:00am-4:30pm
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Sometimes.
Most colleges or universities will run an undergrad and grad course on the same subject at the same time, with the same teacher. The grad students have extra work (lab time, outside research, etc) assigned.
I have seen some junior colleges offer the same course with two different designations in the same room with the same teacher at the same time.
This is because technical school programs (automechanics, cosmotology, etc) are not accepted by other colleges for transfer. In auto mechanics, it's not that big a deal, but it is a big deal in computer science courses.
You might have a 2-yr technical degree in computer programming. Since it's a tech degree, no 4-yr school will accept it for a bachelor's degree. But there is a 2-yr academic program specializing in computer programming. If we say that both degree plans have a requirement for a course in C++, then you would need to give the students that are planning on transferring a different course number, one that is accepted by 4-yr schools.
Why not have the technical degree take the academic course? In some states, the entry requirements for technical degrees and academic degrees are very different. Further, the state (like in Texas) may require that technical degrees only are allowed 5 academic courses (usually 2 semesters of freshman English, a social studies, a fine art, and speech).
So we have to have a special academic course with certain requirements and a technical course with different requirements... even though they are exactly the same course.
I don't think I could explain 3 different versions though. But then, I'm willing to bet my new house that the school isn't regionally accredited and that's the only accreditation that matters. |
My Ornithology course runs that way, with an undergrad course number and a graduate course number.
Also, sometimes a class fits two different programs, and needs two different numbers. There's a Biochemistry course here that fulfills a particular requirement in the Biology and Marine Biology department for Bio majors and thus has a BIO #, and it also fulfills a particular requirement in the Chemistry department for Chem majors, and thus also has a CHM #, for instance.
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