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.

Regards,

Amanda Garcia

Program Coordinator
Undergraduate Studies Support and Technology Services

University of Texas at San Antonio

210-458-6519 (phone)

From: advising-bounces@lists.sis.utsa.edu [mailto:advising-bounces@lists.sis.utsa.edu] On Behalf Of advising@lists.sis.utsa.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:37 AM
To: advising@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

From: Degree Works
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 8:51 AM
To: Karl Fisher <karl.fisher@utsa.edu>; Amanda Garcia <amanda.garcia@utsa.edu>; Degree Works <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>; Degree Works <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!