Cross-listing of Courses

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Last updated: Mar 04, 2024 by Adam Janecke (admin)
Cross-listing of Courses
  • A cross-listed course is a course listed for credit which is offered at the same time, in the same room, and with the same instructor(s) as another course with the same or similar title and may or may not be from a different department or discipline (cataloged under one or more prefixes).  (Note: the courses may have only partial overlap with another course [e.g., one course may run for the quad and one for the entire semester].) They should also be identical in course number whenever possible; however, when within the same department, the course number is usually different.
  • In order for a course to be cross listed (i.e., listed with two or more different course codes for the same course), the course must be:
    • able to stand alone in each department/school
    • agreed upon by each impacted department/school
    • approved by the APCC.
  • Additionally, cross-listed courses:
    • provide students with a choice of relevant prefixes under which to take a course.
    • provide faculty members with the opportunity to collaborate across disciplines, and may benefit departments and programs by sharing resources.
  • Cross-listing should be considered when two or more departments/schools wish to collaborate on offering a course with clear and substantive cross-disciplinary content.
  • Collaborating departments/schools offering a cross-listed course must agree upon scheduling, catalog and schedule listings, and teaching loads to be assigned.
  • Credit hours generated by course sections which are cross-listed between two or more departments/schools should be attributed to those departments/schools in proportion to the teaching loads assigned.
  • If a cross-listed course is being added, changed, or deleted, those actions must be verified by and agreed to by each cross-listing department/school and approved by APCC.
  • Students may earn credit for a cross-listed course under only one of its prefixes, unless the course is repeatable for credit. If the course is repeatable for credit, students may retake the course under the same or a different prefix as was used in the previous enrollment.