Cross-listed Courses
Collaboration on Curriculum
Being a liberal arts and sciences institution, we support collaboration on curriculum as a general rule. Cross-listing is one possible way to collaborate. Other strategies may be more appropriate for your needs. Please contact the Chair of EPC or the AVP of Academic Programs for assistance.
Cross-listed Courses
A cross-listed course is one course that is offered in two or more departments. The student receives credit in the discipline in which they register for the course; the department whose faculty member is teaching the course receives all the workload credit and FTE/S. Cross-listed courses appear in both the catalog and the Schedule of Classes under the various departments which offer them.
Advantages of Cross-Listing Courses:
- Cross-listing offers possibilities for creating flexible interdisciplinary programs that can be responsive to changing needs.
- Cross-listing makes a wider variety of courses available to students within a particular program.
Guidelines for Cross-Listing:
- Every course must appear in the catalog with a course description under the listing of the department which initiated the course.
- Any department cross-listing a course needs to show a matching number, title, units, CS number, and a reference to the initiating department's course description.
- A department or program approved to cross-list a course offered by another department uses its own prefix, but must use the exact title and course number used by the initiating department.
- The course appears in the Schedule of Classes under the prefix of each department cross-listing the course and on the student's transcript with the prefix of the department under which the student registers for the course.
- Cross-listing additions or changes should be made using a Course Revision Form in Curriculog. See How to Submit a Proposal for a Cross-listed Course for step by step instructions.
- Proposals for cross-listing courses must also include a Cross-listing MOU:
- Adobe eSign Directions for Cross-listing MOU
- Cross-listing is permissible only at the same level. No cross-listing can be done between lower-division and upper-division courses, or between upper-division and graduate courses.