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1© 2015 ELLUCIAN. CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY | Session 12849

Student PlanningUsing Pseudo Courses in Curriculum Tracks

Jen VanGilder and Julia Bies

Ellucian

April 16, 2015

Session 12849


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Introduction

This session will show Colleague clients how to incorporate pseudo courses into curriculum tracks when there are some choices/electives. A basic overview of curriculum tracks will be provided, as well as a detailed demonstration of how to build pseudo courses, & use them in a curriculum track. The session will allow time for questions/answers and discussion. Attendees will learn how to create curriculum tracks for their institutions and incorporate pseudo courses in curriculum areas where student have a choice of courses/electives.


Outline

1. What are Curriculum Tracks?

2. How do you build Curriculum Tracks?

3. What are Pseudo Courses?

4. How can Pseudo Courses be used in Curriculum Tracks?

5. Questions and Answers


What are Curriculum Tracks


What are Curriculum Tracks?

A Curriculum Track is a recommended sequence of courses for a student to take for a particular program.

Curriculum Tracks are built on CUTK and CSBL.


How do you build Curriculum Tracks?


Curriculum Tracks – CUTK (an example)


Curriculum Blocks – CSBL (an example)


Logging Curriculum Tracks and Curriculum Blocks


Best Practices for Building Curriculum Tracks

• Follow your typical naming conventions.• Log your Curriculum Tracks and Curriculum Blocks.• Adhere to your institution’s catalog or other official materials.• Pre-date the Curriculum Tracks.• Link Curriculum Tracks to Programs.• Consider a default Curriculum Track to use.


What are Pseudo Courses?


What are Pseudo Courses?

Pseudo courses can be used for different reasons:

• They can be used to award a student credit for a transfer course which is not a direct course-for-course equivalent.

• They can be used as a placeholder course in Student Planning to represent a requirement in which the student has a choice between courses/electives.


Pseudo Courses

Pseudo courses are created on the CRSE form, and can adhere to similar values as other native courses.


Pseudo Courses

Consider department, title, level, course title etc…. And track the Pseudo courses that you will create.


Best Practices for Building Pseudo Courses

• Build your Pseudo Courses on a spreadsheet.• Discuss and decide on course numbering, course titles, descriptions,

requisites, etc. Be consistent.• Consider whether or not you want to include these Pseudo Courses in the

Course Catalog search in Student Planning.• If you decide to hide these Pseudo Courses in the Course Catalog,

remember to create the “Do Not Show” value on Course Types and assign it to your Pseudo Courses to suppress them.

• Test! Test! Test!


Loading a Curriculum Track

On the Progress view, select


Pseudo Courses used in Student Planning

Timeline View of a Pseudo Course


Pseudo Courses in Student Planning

View when you click on a Pseudo Course


Pseudo Courses used in Student Planning

Course Catalog view of a Pseudo Course


Pseudo Courses in Student Planning

Progress view of Pseudo Courses


Next Steps…

• Determine sequence of courses for a program.• Determine needs and naming conventions.• Build the Pseudo Course spreadsheet.• Build Pseudo Courses in CRSE; remember to hide the course

if that’s what you decide.• Build Curriculum Tracks.• Build Course Blocks.• Attach to Program.


Important Step if you Hide Pseudo Courses!

Hiding Pseudo Courses in Student Planning

1. Go to VAL

2. Type in ST

3. Type in Course.Types

4. Add a line item for Do Not Show, along with the Special Processing code of “P”


Questions?


Thank you!

Jen VanGilder and Julia Bies

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