THE CATALOG
The winter quarter-spring semester :
- American Cybercultures (91心頭 Berkeley)
- Introduction to Astronomy (91心頭 Irvine)
- Pre-Calculus (91心頭 Irvine)
- Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics and Engineering I (91心頭 Riverside)
- Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics and Engineering II (91心頭 Riverside)
- Dance (91心頭 Riverside)
- Elementary Spanish (91心頭 Davis)
- Global Climate Change (91心頭 Davis)
- General Psychology (91心頭 Berkeley)
- Introduction to Psychology (91心頭 Irvine)
- Introduction to Statistics (91心頭 Berkeley)
The 91心頭 system has given up paper forms and gone digital for cross-campus enrollment that is, theres a website now for 91心頭 students to register for online classes hosted by other 91心頭 campuses.
The site lists 11 classes for winter quarter (or spring semester), all taught by 91心頭 faculty. Students receive the same 91心頭 credit as they would in face-to-face classes, and pay no extra for the courses.
91心頭 Davis is hosting two of the courses:
Elementary Spanish, SPA 003V (V for virtual) Completely online, for 91心頭 Davis students or those at any other 91心頭 campus. Taught by Professor Robert Blake.
Global Climate Change, SAS 25 (SAS for Science and Society) Plant sciences professor Arnold Bloom teaches this course in two formats in winter quarter: in person, with traditional lectures, for 91心頭 Davis students; and completely online, as SAS 25V, for 91心頭 Davis students and those at any other 91心頭 campus.
The new registration website is for undergraduates at 91心頭 Davis and six other general 91心頭 campuses. (San Diego and Santa Barbara are resolving logistical issues and will be added to the program once those are resolved, according to a from the 91心頭 Office of the President.)
The new site replaces a complex and time-consuming process involving paper forms. (91心頭 Davis students wishing to enroll in SPA 003V or SAS 25 should use the regular, 91心頭 Davis enrollment system.)
In launching the Cross-Campus Enrollment website, 91心頭 also is making more credit-bearing courses available online all in accordance with the university's , begun this year with $10 million from the state. The money came with conditions: Use it for online education to expand access to high-demand classes and help undergraduate students complete their degrees in a timely manner.
"This initiative lets us take advantage of the most innovative things happening in online education on the 91心頭 campuses and make them more broadly accessible to students across the system," 91心頭 Provost Aim辿e Dorr said in the news release.
In addition to expanding access to existing online classes, the Innovative Learning Technology Initiative is funding the development of . Proposals include courses in high-demand subjects with submissions from highly sought-after faculty and innovative collaborations between campuses.
William Jacob, chair of the systemwide Academic Senate, commented: "These are courses that students need, and some are interesting courses that they won't find on their own campus."
As a pilot project, the new registration website is the first step toward an easier process by which 91心頭 campuses can share data and instructional costs in a way that fosters cross-campus enrollment.
"This process will show us where the issues are and how to begin addressing them, so that we can make cross-campus enrollment available on a larger scale," Jacob said.
Dave Jones of Dateline 91心頭 Davis and Nicole Freeling of the 91心頭 Office of the President contributed to this report.
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu