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Technical College System of Georgia

Technical College System of Georgia. Quarter to Semester Conversion. March 2010. Taskforce Recommendations. Recommendation 1: Timeline Curriculum Revision be completed by July 2010 Advising package must be completed by July 2010 Rollout/implementation to begin August 2011 .

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Technical College System of Georgia

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  1. Technical College System of Georgia Quarter to Semester Conversion March 2010

  2. Taskforce Recommendations • Recommendation 1: Timeline • Curriculum Revision be completed by July 2010 • Advising package must be completed by July 2010 • Rollout/implementation to begin August 2011 Technical College System of Georgia March 2010

  3. Taskforce Recommendations • Recommendation 2:  Calendar • The taskforce recommended moving towards a traditional semester system with 15 weeks of instruction in the fall and spring with a shorter term in the summer Technical College System of Georgia March 2010

  4. Proposed Semester Calendar • Semester First Start Date1 Last End Date2 • Fall Aug 22 Dec 16 • Spring Jan 2 May 11 • Summer May 21 Aug 10 1Colleges may start term later than this date, but not earlier. 2Colleges may end term earlier than this date, but not later. Technical College System of Georgia March 2010

  5. Session A Session C Session B Week 1 Week 7.5 Week 15 For a full academic year, it would be possible to offer three sessions per term.

  6. Curriculum Conversion • Development of curriculum through July 2010 • Development of the electronic database • Development of the Academic Affairs Q2S website • www.tcsg.edu/teched/standards/q2s.html Technical College System of Georgia March 2010

  7. Suggested Timeline for Program Conversion • Day 1 – DACUM Developing ACurriculUM • Day 2 – Job Analysis • Day 3 – Program Outcomes and Identify Major Outlines of Courses • Day 4, 5, & 6 – Development of Curriculum • Day 7 & 8 – EDGE Course Analysis

  8. Course Structure • Contact Hour Unit: Educational activity described by lecture, lab, etc. and the minutes associated with the learning activities. • Example:    750 minutes of lecture is one contact hour unit • 1500 minutes of 2-1 lab time is one contact hour unit • 3000 minutes of 2-1 lab time is two contact hour units • 4500 minutes of 3-1 lab time is two contact hour units (2250 minutes of 3-1 lab time is one contact hour unit) • For the example above the course would be 6 semester hours.

  9. Program Approval for Quarter to Semester (Q2S) Conversion December 2009

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