Activity/
CS
Abbreviation
Activity/
CS
Numeric
ID
LLC
LEC
LCM
DIS
SEM
CLN
01
02
03
04
05
06
FAC
WSH
LMS
MUS
PEA
JRN
SPC
THR
ACT
REM
TLB
LAB
PRC
VAR
SPT
PRF
MSP
07
08
09
10
11
12
12
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Activity/CS Definition
Lecture – Discussion – Seminar
Large lecture
Lecture discussion
Lecture composition
Discussion
Seminar
Clinical processes
Activities – Labs – Performances
Fine arts and sciences activity
Educ workshops, Social Sci activity
Music act - large group
Music act - small group
PE & Recr activity
Jour activity
Speech activity
Theater activity
Technical activity
Remedial course
Technical lab
Science lab
Clinical practice off campus – DO NOT USE
Major intercollegiate sport
Minor intercollegiate sport
Major performance
Music performance
Supervision*
Required Hours
per Week
(full term=15 wks
+2hr final)
WTU Per Unit
1 hour per unit
1 hour per unit
1 hour per unit
1 hour per unit
1 hour per unit
1 hour per unit
1 WTU per unit
1 WTU per unit
1 WTU per unit
1 WTU per unit
1 WTU per unit
1 WTU per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
2 hours per unit
3 hours per unit
3 hours per unit
3 hours per unit
6 hours per unit
3 hours per unit
3 hours per unit
3 hours per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.3 WTU per unit
1.5 WTU per unit
2.0 WTU per unit
2.0 WTU per unit
6.0 WTU per unit
3.0 WTU per unit
3.0 WTU per unit
3.0 WTU per unit
S12
23
Social Work Supervision
3 hours per unit
S18
24
Practice Teaching
3 hours per unit
S24
25
Practice teaching, workstudy, thesis &
project
3 hours per unit
S36
36
Independent study, studio instruc,
supervised act
3 hours per unit
S48
48
Independent study, studio instruc,
supervised act
3 hours per unit
Each student
enrolled
generates 1.0
WTU
Each student
enrolled
generates .67
WTU
Each student
enrolled
generates .50
WTU
Each student
enrolled
generates .33
WTU
Each student
enrolled
generates .25
WTU
NTI
78
Non-traditional instruction,
examination or evaluation
3 hours per unit
Generates no
WTU
*Please note that Supervision course-classifications generate WTU based on enrollment, not class units.
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Rev. July 2010
Course Classification Examples
CS
Number
Short Description
Examples
Lecture – Discussion – Seminar
01
02
Large lecture
Lecture discussion
03
04
Lecture
composition\counseling\
case study
Discussion
05
06
Seminar
Clinical processes
07
Fine Arts and Science
Activities
Education workshops
and Social Science
activities
Music Activity – Large
group
Music Activity – Small
group
Physical Education and
Recreation Activities
Speech, Drama and
Journalism Activities
Technical Activities and
Laboratories
Lecture courses in any discipline with more than 50 enrollments.
Lecture courses in any discipline in which class participation is a
planned portion of the instructional method.
Business, education, English and psychology courses in which
students write, are counseled or study law cases.
Courses in any discipline in which student participation
(discussion) is the primary instructional method.
Courses in any discipline using seminar methods of instruction.
Nursing and psychology courses in clinical processes and
education courses involving individual testing, such as driver
training in a simulator.
Activities – Labs – Performances
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
Remedial Courses
Technical Activities and
Laboratories
16
Science Laboratories
17
20
Clinical Practice – Off
Campus
Major Intercollegiate
Sports
Minor Intercollegiate
Sports
Major Performance
21
Music Performance
18
19
2
Art, anthropology and science activities.
Includes methods taught on an activity basis in education and
subject areas.
Does not result in a major public performance.
Instrumental or vocal instruction
Gym classes or intramural sports if credit is given.
Classwork in debate, acting, and publication; no public
performance involved.
Courses involving the use of business and other machines;
accounting, geography, foreign languages, home economics,
psychology, library science, photography, engineering, industrial
arts, agriculture, mathematics and statistics.
Courses for students admitted as exceptions only.
Laboratories in art, foreign language, home economics, industrial
arts, physical education, speech correction, cartography, audiovisual, mathematics, library science, police science.
Laboratories in natural science, life science, psychology, natural
resources, agriculture, engineering, meteorology, photography.
Nursing, social work. DO NOT USE.
Football, basketball, baseball, track and field, wrestling, swimming,
etc.; limited to four sports per year.
Other sports not listed as CS 18
Production courses in art, drama, journalism, music, photography,
radio-TV, debate; results in a major public performance, showing
or distribution.
Major performance groups, such as orchestras, bands, and
choruses.
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CS
Number
Short Description
Examples
Supervision
23
Social Work supervision
24
Practice Teaching
25
Practice Teaching,
Workstudy, Thesis
Project and Independent
Study.
Independent Study,
Field Work, Studio
Instruction, Supervised
Activities
Independent study,
Studio Instruction,
Supervised Activities
Non-traditional
instruction, examination,
or evaluation
36
48
78
3
Graduate level social work only. Faculty – student contact
averages 3 hours per week.
Undergraduate – all disciplines. Faculty – student contact
averages 2 hours per week.
Undergraduate – practice teaching and graduate level public
school nursing – all disciplines. Faculty – student contact
averages 90 minutes per week.
Undergraduate – all disciplines. Faculty – student contact
averages one hour per week.
Undergraduate – all disciplines. Faculty – student contact
averages 45 minutes per week.
Course which generates credit by examination or evaluation or
which is taught in modes not described by the formulas faculty
workload is assigned. All 78 courses are state supported.
Rev. July 2010