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Course Modality Policy

1.0聽 聽Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to establish appropriate definitions and designations for all CSUDH courses.

2.0聽 聽Course Modalities

All courses shall be designated as belonging to one of the course modalities defined below. Details regarding how these modalities may be implemented and scheduled are described in Section 6.

2.1 Face-to-Face Courses

A course in which instruction occurs primarily through in-person contact between students and the instructor, such as lecture, discussion, seminar, demonstration, laboratory, clinical, practicum, or other classroom activities. More than two-thirds (2/3) of instructional meetings occur face-to-face at the scheduled time and location. Course materials, instructor notes, and assignments may be distributed through the learning management system (LMS) or other online tools, but instruction takes place primarily in the classroom or an approved physical off-campus location.

2.2 Hybrid Courses

A course in which instruction and/or required course activities are delivered through a combination of in-person and online components. Courses designated as hybrid must have no more than two-thirds (2/3) of instructional meetings conducted face-to-face. The online components may be delivered synchronously, asynchronously, or through a combination of both (bichronous).

2.3 Fully Online Courses

A course in which all instruction and required course activities occur online (synchronous or asynchronous), and no in-person meetings are required. Fully online courses rely exclusively on academic technologies, including the campus learning management system (LMS), to deliver instruction and support course content, communication, and assessment. Instruction may be delivered synchronously, asynchronously, or through a combination of both (bichronous).

3.0聽 聽For existing courses, additional modalities must be reviewed and approved using the normal curriculum processes of the University. Proposal of a new course must specify the modality/modalities by which it will be offered. Course modality must be chosen, and courses constructed, in a planned, pedagogically viable manner.

4.0聽 聽The programs, departments, and colleges shall govern scheduling decisions related to the instructional modality of class sections.

5.0聽 聽Exceptions

5.1. Faculty, with approval of department chairs or program directors, as applicable, may request an existing course to be piloted temporarily in an online or hybrid modality for up to two (2) terms. Approval of the appropriate college deans and Dean of Undergraduate Studies or Graduate Studies and Research, as appropriate, is required. Academic Programs will track approved pilot offerings. A course that has already been piloted twice must have a course modification for the additional modality approved through the curriculum review process as described in 3.0 before it can be offered again in the new modality.

5.2. Independent Study Courses: As part of an exempt policy, the course meeting is decided on an agreement with the faculty member, the appropriate program or department administrator, and student before enrollment. Meeting patterns should be recorded at the department level and be made available for review upon request by the Dean.

6.0聽 聽For the purposes of scheduling and communication with students, Online and Hybrid class sections will be coded according to whether instruction is synchronous and the proportion of campus meetings required. Note that all class sections designated 鈥淔ully Online鈥� are included in the list of class sections for the CSU Fully Online concurrent enrollment program under the California AB386 Bill: