Below are excerpts from Don Daves-Rougeaux’s Powerpoint presentation on the UC/CSU “a-g” Subject Requirements. (The complete presentation is too large to post.) Included are links to web resources, two slides on the course review process, one slide about the honors course approval process, and information about UC’s Curriculum Integration Project, which provides for the cerfication of courses with integrated curriculum. For a copy of the complete presentation, email .
UC DOORWAYS ON THE WEB
Doorways portal: http://doorways.ucop.edu
“a-g” Guide: http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide
Course lists: https://doorways.ucop.edu/list
Online update: https://doorways.ucop.edu/update
UC ANNUAL REGIONAL CONFERENCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STAFF
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/conferences.html
Resource for:
Admissions News
Counseling Basics
A-G at UC: Policies and Updates
Articulation, Admission and Selection
Meet the Campus Admissions Directors
Personal Statements
Freshman Q&A with Senior Evaluators
COURSE LIST UPDATE PROCESS
Schools should update every year.
Review can take up to three months.
Steps of course review:
* Individual reviewers (Dual-Blind Review)
* Team of reviewers (as needed)
* UC Faculty Subject Area Expert
REVISIONS TO UC COURSE APPROVAL PROCESS
UC is implementing an enhanced process that will include a review by an external subject matter expert as well as a UCOP reviewer.
The revised review process will be phased in over the next 2-3 years.
Integrating Dual Blind Reviews over next two years
HONORS COURSES
All AP and designated IB courses accepted automatically if approved through the College Board AP audit
3-semester/4-quarter-unit UC-transferable college courses that fall within “a-g” accepted for honors credit
School-created honors courses must be at the college level, and meet the following criteria and fall within course limitation:
* Comparable to AP, IB or college-level courses
* Intended for 11th- and 12th-graders
* Appropriate prerequisites
* Comprehensive written final exam
* Meet subject-specific criteria
CURRICULUM INTEGRATION PROJECT
CIP is intended to promote integration of academic and CTE course content in a way that is more likely to gain “a-g” approval.
Curriculum Grants
* Currently offering ten $5,000 curriculum development grants
UC Curriculum Integration Institute
* 3.5 day training and curriculum development retreat
* Trained to become part of the UC Cadre of Experts
* Graduates will be eligible to serve as Course Evaluators
Courses that have been approved
* Auto Physics
* Medical Arts and Science
* Physics of Electronic
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Articulation questions:
