Common use of Course Equivalency Clause in Contracts

Course Equivalency. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Community and Technical College System shall create a committee of faculty content experts to create learning outcomes for course equivalencies. The committee will review course submissions in accordance with the 70% similar or the same statute. Each course will be resubmitted every five years for review by the committee of content experts. The committee will be responsible for publishing and disseminating a transfer guide which includes (1) the state coursework agreement and (2) the list of approved courses at each of the institutions. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Each institution shall have the responsibility of implementing the agreement and distributing the transfer guide to advisors, faculty advisors, and to students. Institutions shall be responsible for identifying each course listed in its course catalog that is also listed in this agreement. Courses shall be identified on the official and unofficial school transcript with a tilde (~) for general studies or with a carat (^) for course equivalencies on the lead character of the course title. Every institution shall review these courses in July of each year for accuracy. It is the responsibility of the student who is transferring from an in-state college or university to another in-state institution to be aware of the specific program requirements at the receiving institution. In an academic program such as engineering or other professional field there may be a requirement for completion of a particular general studies course(s). As specified in West Virginia State Code, courses approved as a course equivalency and listed in bold with a carat (^) will count as a fulfillment of that particular requirement. Those courses in the Core Coursework Transfer Agreement and not listed in bold provides for uniform acceptance of up to 35 credit hours of general studies coursework. However, the student must still complete all institutional program requirements for his/her course of study. The courses from in-state colleges and universities that are approved under the agreement are:

Course Equivalency. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Community and Technical College System shall create a committee of faculty content experts to create learning outcomes for course equivalencies. The committee will review course submissions in accordance with the 70% similar or the same statute. Each course will be resubmitted every five years for review by the committee of content experts. The committee will be responsible for publishing and disseminating a transfer guide which includes (1) the state coursework agreement and (2) the list of approved courses at each of the institutions. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Each institution shall have the responsibility of implementing the agreement and distributing the transfer guide to advisors, faculty advisors, and to students. Institutions shall be responsible for identifying each course listed in its course catalog that is also listed in this agreement. Courses shall be identified on the official and unofficial school transcript with a tilde (~) for general studies or with a carat caret (^) for course equivalencies on the lead character of the course title. Every institution shall review these courses in July of each year for accuracy. It is the responsibility of the student who is transferring from an in-state college or university to another in-state institution to be aware of the specific program requirements at the receiving institution. In an academic program such as engineering or other professional field there may be a requirement for completion of a particular general studies course(s). As specified in West Virginia State Code, courses approved as a course equivalency and listed in bold with a carat (^) will count as a fulfillment of that particular requirement. Those courses in the Core Coursework Transfer Agreement and not listed in bold provides for uniform acceptance of up to 35 credit hours of general studies coursework. However, the student must still complete all institutional program requirements for his/her course of study. The courses from in-state colleges and universities that are approved under the agreement are:

Course Equivalency. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Community and Technical College System shall create a committee of faculty content experts to create learning outcomes for course equivalencies. The committee will review course submissions in accordance with the 70% similar or the same statute. Each course will be resubmitted every five years for review by the committee of content experts. The committee will be responsible for publishing and disseminating a transfer guide which includes (1) the state coursework agreement and (2) the list of approved courses at each of the institutions. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Each institution shall have the responsibility of implementing the agreement and distributing the transfer guide to advisors, faculty advisors, and to students. Institutions shall be responsible for identifying each course listed in its course catalog that is also listed in this agreement. Courses shall be identified on the official and unofficial school transcript with a tilde (~) for general studies or with a carat (^) for course equivalencies on the lead character of the course title. Every institution shall review these courses in July of each year for accuracy. It is the responsibility of the student who is transferring from an in-state college or university to another in-in- state institution to be aware of the specific program requirements at the receiving institution. In an academic program such as engineering or other professional field there may be a requirement for completion of a particular general studies course(s). As specified in West Virginia State Code, courses approved as a course equivalency and listed in bold with a carat (^) will count as a fulfillment of that particular requirement. Those courses in the Core Coursework Transfer Agreement and not listed in bold provides for uniform acceptance of up to 35 credit hours of general studies coursework. However, the student must still complete all institutional program requirements for his/her course of study. The courses from in-state colleges and universities that are approved under the agreement are:: ENGL 101 Written English 3 ENGL 102 Written English II 3 ENGL 110 Technical Writing and Communication 3 Communication and Literature - 6 hours COMM 202 Fundamentals of Speech 3 COMM 205 Professional Communications 3 ENGL 204 Survey of American Literature 3 ENGL 208 Survey of World Literature 3 ART 103 Introduction to Visual Art 3 ENG 150 Play Production 3 MUSIC 111 Introduction to Music 3 MATH 101 Introduction to Mathematics 3 MATH 114 Elementary Probability and Statistics 3 MATH 154 Finite Mathematics 3 MATH 207 Calculus I 4 BIOL 102/102L General Biological Science II and Laboratory 4 PHYS 103/103L General Physical Science and Laboratory 4 PHYS 104/104L General Physical Science II and Laboratory 4 CHEM 125/125L Introduction to College Chemistry and Laboratory 4 CHEM 127 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I 4 CHEM 128 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry II 4 GEOL 101 Geologic Sciences 4 ECON 206 Principles of Microeconomics 3 GEOG 105 World Cultural Geography 3 HIST 101 World History to 1500: Early Man Through the Renaissance 3 HIST 102 World History since 1500: The Renaissance Through the Present 3 HIST 201 United States History to 1877 3 HIST 202 United States History from 1877 3 HIST 210 West Virginia and Appalachian History 3 PSCI 100 Introduction to Political Ideology 3 PSCI 101 American Federal Government 3 PSCI 102 State and Local Government Course 3 PSYC 203 Introduction to Psychology 3 SOCI 203 General Sociology 3 SOCI 205 Social Problems 3 SOCI 215 Human Relations 3 ECON 123 Contemporary Economics 3 ECON 205 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 ENGL 101 Composition I 3 ENGL 102 Composition II 3 Communication and Literature - 6 hours COMM102 Basic Communications 3 ENGL 201 Humanistic Tradition 3 ENGL 205 Modern Tradition 3 SPCH 208 Fundamentals of Speech 3 THEA 200 Introduction to Theatre 3 MATH 101 General Mathematics 3 MATH 110 Trigonometry 3 MATH 220 Calculus 4 BIOL 101/103 General Biology and Laboratory 4 BIOL 102/104 General Biology and Laboratory 4 BIOL 210/211 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Laboratory 4 BIOL 212/213 Human Anatomy and Physiology II and Laboratory 4 CHEM 101/103 General Chemistry and Laboratory 4 CHEM 102/104 General Chemistry and Laboratory 4 ENSC 201/203 Environmental Science I and Laboratory 4 ENSC 202/204 Environmental Science I and Laboratory 4 PHSC 101/103 Physical Science Survey and Laboratory 4 PHSC 102/104 Physical Science Survey and Laboratory 4 PHYS 202/224 General Physics II and Laboratory 4 PHYS 211/223 General Physics I (Calc-based) and Laboratory 4 PHYS 212/224 General Physics II (Calc-based) and Laboratory 4 GNET 101 Technical Physics I and Laboratory 4 GNET 102 Technical Physics II and Laboratory 4 ECON 211 Principles of Economics I 3 ECON 212 Principles of Economics II 3 HIST 101 World Civilization 3 HIST 102 World Civilization 3 HIST 105 American History 3 HIST 106 American History 3 POSC 218 State and Local Government 3 POSC 200 American Government and Economy 3 PSYC 103 General Psychology 3 SOCI 210 Principles of Sociology 3