Semester-Calendar System - California State University, Los Angeles

Table of Contents
Abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 4
Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 5
Section 1: Semester-Conversion Taskforce Charge........................................................ 7
Section 2: Taskforce and Subcommittees Rosters .......................................................... 8
Section 3: Boundary Conditions....................................................................................... 12
Section 4: Pledge to Students.......................................................................................... 13
Section 5: Timeline and Organization .............................................................................. 14
5.1 Timeline............................................................................................................. 14
5.2 Organization ...................................................................................................... 14
Section 6: Transition Components ................................................................................... 15
6.1 Semester Calendar ........................................................................................... 15
6.1.1 Fall and Spring Semester Design Principles ......................................... 16
6.1.2 Summer Semester Design Principles .................................................... 17
6.1.3 1st Day of Classes and State Holidays.................................................. 17
6.1.4 Summer 2011 Transition-Term Dates ................................................... 18
6.1.5 Reflections on the Proposed Semester Calendar.................................. 18
6.2 Pedagogy, Curricula, and Course Development ............................................... 19
6.2.1 Procedure for Conversion of Curricula .................................................. 19
6.2.2 Submitting and Encoding Curricular Changes....................................... 22
6.2.3 Protocol for Uniform Course Numbering................................................ 22
6.2.4 Class Scheduling Grid ........................................................................... 23
6.3 Advising............................................................................................................. 24
6.3.1 Assessment of Advising Capacity.......................................................... 24
6.3.2 Individualized Advising Plans ................................................................ 26
6.3.3 Three-Pronged Advising Plan................................................................ 26
6.3.4 Articulation............................................................................................. 26
6.4 Information Technology..................................................................................... 26
6.4.1. Systems Modification............................................................................. 27
6.4.2 Systems Redesign................................................................................. 27
6.4.3 Data Entry.............................................................................................. 27
6.4.4 Procedures ............................................................................................ 27
6.5 Infrastructure .................................................................................................... 27
6.6 Policies and Procedures ................................................................................... 28
6.7 Communications................................................................................................ 30
Taskforce Plan for Converting to a Semester-Calendar System (Final Report) 2 (43)