Developmental Courses
Developmental courses are specifically designed and required for students who initially fail to meet the minimal proficiency level in English and/or Math based on the CUNY Proficiency Index. Developmental courses are non-credit (zero credits).
Corequisite Model Courses
Beginning Fall 2022, CUNY eliminated standalone developmental courses and replaced them with a corequisite model that incorporates the college-credit course with the built-in supports that were typically found in the standalone developmental course. This approach provides students with the necessary contextualized developmental information in order to be successful in the college-level course while ensuring students maintain academic momentum. Students who fail to meet the minimal proficiency level in English and/or Math based on the CUNY Proficiency Index are placed in a corequisite course, examples include ENG 12A0, MAT 500, and MAT 9010.
Basic Courses
Basic courses are courses that individual Kingsborough departments feel are essential for college students so that they may learn the fundamental and basic concepts of a discipline. Some basic courses require prerequisite courses or departmental permission. This is indicated within the course description.
Advanced Courses
Advanced courses are courses that individual Kingsborough departments feel are important as follow-up courses to explore, either in breadth or depth, the areas of knowledge to which students have been introduced while taking the basic courses.
Cross-Listed Course
A cross-listed course is one that is offered by more than one discipline or department, but has the same content and in which students should expect to have the same or similar experience. An example is MAT 9100 - Biostatistics/BIO 9100 - Biostatistics.
Equated Credits
Weekly class hours in developmental courses for which credit is not given are, for certain purposes, counted as equated credits. For example:
MAT M100 4 hours 0 credits AND 4 equated credits 4 hours 0 credits AND MAT M200 4 equated credits
Credits
Credits are points granted for courses taken at the college. The number of credits is usually based on one credit for each weekly class hour. In some cases, the number of required hours may exceed the number of credits granted (e.g., science and physical education courses). For example:
CHM 1200 6 hours 4 credits HIS 1100 3 hours 3 credits PEC 2000 2 hours 1 credit
Course Load
Matriculated students register for a specific degree in a particular curriculum or plan. To be considered a full-time student, a student must enroll in a program of study carrying a minimum of 12 credits and/or 12 equated credits during the fall and spring terms. Part-time students carry fewer than 12 credits and/or equated credits.
While it is possible to carry a full-time evening program, not all Kingsborough degree programs are available for full-time evening study. Non-department required degree courses can be used for necessary basic courses and credits before completing department requirements in the day session. Advisors are available for consultation.
Prerequisite Requirements
A course, test, or index that one must pass, or skills-set that is required, before enrolling in a basic course or more advanced course.
Corequisite Requirements
A course that must be taken at the same time that you enroll in a particular course and in conjunction with that course.
Pre-/Co-requisite Requirements
Courses that can be completed before enrolling in a particular course, or at the same time as a particular course.
Student Attendance Policy
A student who has been absent 15% of the total number of instructional hours that a class meets during a session or module may be considered excessively absent by the instructor. The instructor may consider excessive absences as a factor in the assignment of a student's grade.
Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
Instructors usually distribute a syllabus on the first day of class that identifies student learning outcomes, goals, and objectives, and lists the requirements of the course. They will choose approaches to teaching that are designed to help you meet these outcomes, and will assess how well you have achieved them through exams and/or assignments, as appropriate to the course.