| Illinois Community College Chief Student Services
Officers Listserv |
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How do you offer face-to-face classes (e.g., days/# of minutes) |
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| SVCC |
MWF - 50 minutes; T/TH - 75 =
minutes;
M/W - 75 minutes |
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| Kankakee |
MWF; T/TH |
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| JWCC |
We have converted our offer=
ings to
a MW/TTH schedule with all but a few classes. Each credit hour meets for 50 mi=
nutes
per week for |
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16 weeks. Typical 3 credit hour classes me=
et 2
times/week for 75 minutes. |
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| Parkland |
Too many to list; an individ=
ual
class might meet anywhere from 1 - 5 days per week. See #6. |
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| Oakton |
80% of our face-to-face cou=
rses are
scheduled 2 days/week MW or TR for 75 minutes in the following pattern:
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8 - 9:15a; 9:30 - 10:45a; 11=
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12:15p; 12:30 - 1:45p; 2 - 3:15; etc. |
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| MVCC |
Primary format for 3 credit =
hours is
based on 16-weeks of instruction plus 1 week for final exams. |
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MWF - 50 minutes; T/TH - 75 =
minutes;
M/W - 75 minutes |
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One night/week x 180 minutes
(including a 20-minute break) |
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| CLC |
3 credit classes meet for 1=
50
minutes a week. If the clas=
ses
meet twice/week =3D 75 minutes each. |
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If they meet three times/wee=
k =3D 50
minutes each. |
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| MCC |
M/W, MWF, TTH for day time
offerings; M - TH for evening offerings (one night per week); Saturdays
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Most Adult Education classes=
meet
twice/week for 2 - 3 hours per class meeting. |
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| RVC |
MWF, TTH for day time offer=
ings;
twice per week (MW or TTH) or once per week (M, T, W, or TH) for evening
classes; Saturday only |
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| 4.
What is the latest time your classes end? |
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| SVCC |
9:00 p.m. |
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| Kankakee |
10:30 p.m. (2 career classes=
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| JWCC |
Typically 9:30 p.m. although=
we have
"electrical labs" that end at 10:00 p.m. |
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| Parkland |
Around 10:00 p.m.; some go a=
little
later in technology areas, but those are few and far between. |
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| Oakton |
Our day classes are for 75 =
minutes
each and they go until 3:15 p.m.; We have very few courses from 3:30 - 5:=
45
p.m. |
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Our evening classes which a=
re
offered once a week start anywhere from 6 - 6:30 p.m. They may end as late as 10:20 p.=
m. |
| MVCC |
9:50 p.m. |
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| CLC |
10:00 p.m. |
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| MCC |
10:00 p.m. |
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| RVC |
Mostly 8:40 p.m. but a few s=
ections
run from 7:25 - 10:05 p.m. (one night per week) |
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| 5.
How do you offer classes on the weekend? |
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| SVCC |
N/A |
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| Kankakee |
similar to weekday classes; =
building
closes at 12:00 noon on Saturday |
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| JWCC |
Three hour blocks on Saturda=
y 9 -
12:00 noon; 1 - 4:00 p.m. - these offerings are rare if at all. |
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| Parkland |
Currently, none. |
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| Oakton |
We have once a week classes=
offered
on Saturday and Sunday. Most
begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 11:50 a.m. (3 credit hours); |
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The 4 credit hour classes ru=
n from
9:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.; |
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Classes offered for less than
16-weeks will have longer course time. |
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| MVCC |
Weekend sections are usually
scheduled only on weekend days - not in combination with a week day. |
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Therefore, contact time is o=
ften 2
to 4 hours per day; longer if the term is for 8 weeks. |
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| CLC |
Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 1=
:00
p.m., the same format for Sundays.
Sunday classes are available but they are rare. |
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| MCC |
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; usua=
lly in
blocks of 2 hours and 50 minutes; there is one course offered on Sat. from
9:30 a.m. - 1:50 p.m. |
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for 11 weeks (4 credit hour=
s). Adult Education/Workforce Servic=
es
offers morning and afternoon Spanish GED classes. |
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They also may schedule an ES=
L class
on Saturday. |
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| RVC |
Saturdays - morning or after=
noon |
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| 6.
Do you offer alternative and/or accelerated options? If so, how are they scheduled?
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| SVCC |
No, but looking into it. |
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| Kankakee |
Some 8 week classes |
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| JWCC |
Degree track is offered at =
night,
twice per week for 3 hours (6 - 9:00 p.m.) T/TH on an 8-week schedule |
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| Parkland |
Yes, we have some late start
classes that most often begin 2 weeks after the beginning of the fall or
spring semester. |
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That might mean the class m=
eets 55
minutes instead of 50, and the student may have less transition time befo=
re
the next class. |
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We also have a number of cla=
sses
that start at mid-term, so they to double-time. |
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There are some classes that =
run the
first 8 weeks only. |
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| Oakton |
We offer very few media-bas=
ed
courses which are more like independent study courses. Students are sent information fr=
om
their |
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instructors. Student do have to come to campu=
s to
take exams a few times/semester. |
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The shorter the course, the=
more
popular they are to our students.
We offer: 12-week, first 8-week, second 8-week, first 4-week, |
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second 4-week, third 4-week=
, fourth
4-week; We have a small num=
ber of
15-week, 14-week, and 7-week courses as well |
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and they start any time with=
in our
16-week semester schedule. |
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| MVCC |
We offer 3-week, 5-week and=
8-week
sections. All are scheduled on the base of 50 contact min. x 3 meetings/w=
eek
for a 16-week term. |
| CLC |
Courses are offered during =
8, 6,
and 4-week schedules. These
classes run 4 days out of the week with an on-line component. |
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| MCC |
Accelerated options are off=
ered in
the evening with students taking multiple classes between 5:00 - 9:50 p.m=
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Ex) Business Mgmt. Fast Tra=
ck
3-year Program: Class #1 - 16 weeks from 5:00 - 7:20 p.m.; Class #2 - 8 w=
eeks
from 7:30 - 9:20 p.m.; |
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Class #3 - 8 weeks from 7:30=
- 9:50
p.m. |
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Ex2) Manufacturing Manageme=
nt
4-year Program: Class #1 - 16 weeks from 5 - 6:50 p.m.; Class #2 - 16 wee=
ks
7:30 - 9:20 p.m. |
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The Academy of High Perform=
ance
offers integrated classes with reduced seat time. These classes are offered in the
evening |
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and sometimes at the work
site. High School CTE=
(Tech
Prep) classes are typically offered 4 days a week from 7:00 - 8:50 a.m.
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| RVC |
We offer some 5-week, 8-week=
or
12-week courses mostly in the CTE areas. |
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| 7.
Do you offer hybrid courses? If
so, how do you schedule the face-to-face component (including the # of
meetings and min./meeting)? |
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| SVCC |
No, but looking into it. |
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| Kankakee |
Not sure |
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| JWCC |
Yes, the face-to-face is sc=
heduled
depending on the course within the standard MW/TTH 75 minute format and |
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detailed days of course meet=
ing
within the syllabus. |
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| Parkland |
Yes, several; usually there=
is one
weekly meeting and the rest online.
The length of the meeting might depend on |
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how many credit hours the cl=
ass is
worth; usually 50 minutes. An in-person lab might be longer. |
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There are some classes (Speech) where the online meetin=
gs are
scheduled on set days for student presentations to the class. |
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| Oakton |
We have a small number of h=
ybrid
courses and they are scheduled for 1 or 2 days a week. If 2 days, one is f2f and one is
online |
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If they are scheduled one da=
y/week,
75% is online a few times per semester they will meet f2f. |
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| MVCC |
We aim to keep the f2f comp=
onents
to a minimum, aiming toward a nearly completely on-line experience. |
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The f2f meetings are limite=
d to an
intro session at the start of the term and for testing. Rarely do we run sections |
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where the f2f sessions const=
itute
more than 10% of the total contact time. |
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| CLC |
We offer a number of hybrid
courses. They can vary in f=
2f
instruction and their online component.&=
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The f2f component may be offered |
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weekly, every 2 weeks or
once/month. The 1st day of class is f2f so guidelines and expectations ca=
n be
established for the class. |
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| MCC |
Yes, we offer hybrid classe=
s which
typically meet 1/2 time in the classroom and 1/2 online. Some instructors discuss meeting=
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dates/times at the 1st class
meeting and other instructors list meeting dates/times in the credit
schedule. |
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| RVC |
Very few; One physical scie=
nce
course with online lecture and f2f lab one night per week; other examples=
in
CIS areas. |
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| 8.
Do your class times differ by program?&n=
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If so, please share what you can. |
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| SVCC |
Only the certificate and Nur=
sing
programs. |
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| Kankakee |
Not really. |
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| JWCC |
Some CTE programs such as N=
ursing
vary; Fine Arts such as music performance vary; but all other programs
fall |
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within the typical time patt=
erns and
day schedules. |
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| Parkland |
Yes, especially for some of=
the
career programs and their need for earlier or later hours (health
professions, collision repair, etc.) |
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| Oakton |
Yes, our class times differ=
by
program. Our limited enroll=
ment
programs have very different schedules. |
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Usually the number of meeti=
ng
minutes is much longer than normal classes (due to clinical times, etc.).=
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| MVCC |
Generally, no. Science labs and Health Science
courses are the main exceptions. |
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| CLC |
No, class times are not base=
d by
program. |
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| MCC |
A typical 3 credit class wi=
ll meet
for an average of 2 hours and 50 minutes per week. Technology classes differ from e=
ach
discipline. |
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Ex) Automotive day classes =
are
offered twice a week from 9:00 a.m. - 4:20 p.m. (with 1 hour break for
lunch). |
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Ex2) Some Digital Media clas=
ses are
offered on M/W/F from 1 - 2:50 p.m. |
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Adult Education/Workforce S=
ervices
schedules a number of classes off-campus during the week days in the even=
ing. |
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| RVC |
Some CTE programs such as N=
ursing
vary; Fine Arts such as studio art vary; but all other programs fall into=
the
matrix |
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| 9.
Is there anything else that you can share about your class offerings that
could benefit RVC and our listserv? |
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| Kankakee |
Course offerings should alw=
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driven by the needs of students.
They are often determined by faculty who |
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have preferred teaching time=
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| JWCC |
We try to schedule all offe=
rings so
as to facilitate the students ability to take as many courses on as few d=
ays
as possible. |
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We attempt to coordinate all
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| Oakton |
What Oakton has seen is tha=
t most
students are more interested in courses that meet for shorter than 16 wee=
ks,
courses |
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that meet only 1/week, hybr=
id
courses, online courses, courses beginning in February for spring or after
Labor Day for fall, |
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interim courses for summer.=
Basically accelerated prog=
rams
are becoming more popular for our students as well. |
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| MVCC |
We make no changes to the c=
ourse
curriculum for different instructional modes or scheduling. Sections that=
are
on-line, hybrid, |
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Fast-Trak, week-end, alther=
native,
site, etc. all share the same Master Course Outline (with traditional f2f
sections). |
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We pay clost attention to t=
he
alignment/compliance between the hours for a course as approved by ICCB
(credit, contact, Lec/Lab/Clin) |
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and the scheduling practice=
s for
each section of that course. Over
time there tends to be drift in the scheduling practices |
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and we do our best to keep =
all
sections of a course in alignment and consistent with one another, regardless of mode.=
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| CLC |
We strive to be more creati=
ve with
scheduling of classes in order to meet demand. We are currently facing a higher
demand for |
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more hybrid classes to be sc=
heduled
during evenings and weekends. |
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| MCC |
As enrollment increase, MCC=
will
certainly need to look at offering more Friday day and weekend classes.
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