5:16 p.m.
To expand a little on Karl's email:
The Coordinating Board has created a new set of codes for the Component Area Option (CAO)
of the core. All CAO courses used to be 090, but now they can be anywhere from 090
through 098. For all those that like the details, here is the information from the
Coordinating Board [in part]:
Component Area Option (transcript code 090)
The CAO allows the institution flexibility to incorporate institutional requirements or
include specific degree requirements in the core curriculum. Examples are courses such as
a writing focus course, a multicultural studies course, an additional mathematics course
for engineering majors, or an additional social and behavioral science course for liberal
arts majors. Alternatively, the CAO may provide options for students to choose additional
courses from the other FCA. The fourth hour of a four-SCH course that cannot be
accommodated by its FCA may also be counted as CAO hours. (See section Overflow Hours).
The content of the six SCH in the CAO is defined in rules:
Option A: At least three SCH of the CAO must be aligned and associated with the
definition and core objectives of one of the eight other FCA.
Option B: Up to three SCH may be aligned and associated with at least one of the eight
FCA definitions and may incorporate one or more core objectives of the institution's
choice besides the two core objectives communication skills and critical thinking skills,
which are required.
Transcripts are not required to show whether a course was approved for Option A or Option
B of the CAO or which FCA definition and core objective a course fulfills. The receiving
institution must accept as part of a student's core completion any approved course for
an institution's CAO without regard to the type of course or its association with an
option in the CAO. Each institution must ensure that, according to Coordinating Board rule
4.28(b)(4)(B), not more than three SCH of a student's core curriculum may come from
Option B of the CAO.
The Coordinating Board's TCC WebCenter lists CAO courses with a three-digit
designation that makes the type of CAO course transparent:
CAO course in Option A:
091 - Course aligned with Communication
092 - Course aligned with Mathematics
093 - Course aligned with Life and Physical Sciences
094 - Course aligned with Language, Philosophy and Culture
095 - Course aligned with Creative Arts
096 - Course aligned with American History
097 - Course aligned with Government/Political Sciences
098 - Course aligned with Social and Behavioral Sciences
CAO course in Option B:
090 - Course without specified Foundational Component Area
Degree Works has been updated with the new code information. This means that 095 no
longer will be the code to tag courses in SHATRNS to satisfy AIS in Degree Works. Now,
you need to tag courses as 090 for a course to count as AIS in DW.
If you have any questions, please email us at
DegreeWorks@utsa.edu<mailto:DegreeWorks@utsa.edu>.
Regards,
Amanda Garcia
Program Coordinator
Undergraduate Studies Support and Technology Services
University of Texas at San Antonio
210-458-6519 (phone)
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Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:37 AM
To: advising(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu
Subject: [Advising] FW: AIS Issue
Advising World,
The new code for AIS replacement course for banner 090
GO RUNNERS!
Karl Fisher
Advisor I
Interdisciplinary Education Advising
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
Main Building 3.214
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210-458-4424
karl.fisher@utsa.edu<mailto:karl.fisher@utsa.edu>
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From: Degree Works
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 8:51 AM
To: Karl Fisher <karl.fisher@utsa.edu<mailto:karl.fisher@utsa.edu>>; Amanda
Garcia <amanda.garcia@utsa.edu<mailto:amanda.garcia@utsa.edu>>; Degree Works
<DegreeWorks@utsa.edu<mailto:DegreeWorks@utsa.edu>>
Subject: RE: AIS Issue
AIS changed to 090. A list should be coming out soon.
Charlie
From: Karl Fisher
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 8:43 AM
To: Amanda Garcia <amanda.garcia@utsa.edu<mailto:amanda.garcia@utsa.edu>>;
Degree Works <DegreeWorks@utsa.edu<mailto:DegreeWorks@utsa.edu>>
Subject: AIS Issue
Good Morning Amanda and Degree Works,
The code in banner for AIS is coming up as Creative Arts and not AIS. When you save the
code in banner it will not pull in the AIS course for degree works.
Thank you for your support!
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GO RUNNERS!
Karl Fisher
Advisor I
Interdisciplinary Education Advising
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
Main Building 3.214
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210-458-4424
karl.fisher@utsa.edu<mailto:karl.fisher@utsa.edu>
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