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Course Classification Number Description Typical Example and Comments
C-01 Large Lecture Lecture courses in any discipline with more than 50 enrollments.
C-02 Lecture Discussion Lecture courses in any discipline in which class participation is a planned portion of the instructional method
C-03 Lecture - Composition
Lecture - Counseling
Lecture - Case Study
Business, Education, English, and Psychology courses in which students write, are counseled or study law cases
C-04 Lecture /Recitation Courses in any discipline in which student participation (discussion) is the primary instructional method
C-05 Seminar Courses in any discipline using seminar methods of instruction
C-06 Seminar/Clinical  Demonstration Nursing and psychology courses in clinical processes and education courses involving individual testing, such as driver training in a simulator
C-07 Fine Arts and Science Activities Art, anthropology and science activities
C-08 Education Workshops and Social Science Activity Includes methods taught on an activity basis in education and subject areas
C-09 Music Activity Does not result in a major public (large group) performance
C-10 Music Activity Instrumental or vocal instruction (small group)
C-11 Physical Education and Recreation Activity Gym classes or intramural sports if credit is given
C-12 Speech, Drama and Journalism Activity Classwork in debate, acting and publication; no public performances involved
C-13 Technical Activities and Laboratories  Courses involving the use of business and other machines; accounting, geography, foreign languages, home economics, psychology, library science, photography, engineering, industrial arts, agriculture, mathematics and statistics
C-14 Remedial Course Activities Courses for students admitted as exceptions only
C-15 Technical Activities and Laboratories Laboratories in art, foreign languages, home economics, industrial arts, physical education, speech correction, cartography, audio-visual, mathematics, library science, police science
C-16 Science Laboratories Laboratories in natural science, life science, psychology, natural resources, agriculture, engineering, meteorology
and photography
C-17 Clinical Practice
Laboratories
Off-Campus 
Nursing, social work
C-18 Major Intercollegiate Athletic Sports Activities Football, basketball, baseball, track and field, wrestling, swimming, etc.; limited to four sports per year
C-19  Minor Intercollegiate Athletic Sports Activities Other sports not listed as Athletics
C-20 Performance/Production Production courses in art, drama,
Activities journalism, music, photography,
radio-TV, debate; results in a major public
performance, showing or distribution
C-21 Performance/Production Activities Major performance groups, such as orchestras, bands, and choruses.
S-23 Social Work Supervision Graduate level social work only. Faculty - student contact averages 3 hours per week
S-24 Practice Teaching Undergraduate - all disciplines. Faculty - student contact averages 2 hours per week
S-25 Practice Teaching, Workstudy, Thesis Project and Independent Study Undergraduate - practice teaching and graduate level public school nursing - all disciplines. Faculty - student contact averages 90 minutes per week
S-36 Independent Study, Field Work, Studio Instruction, Supervised Activities Undergraduate - all disciplines. Faculty - student contact averages one hour per week
S-48 Independent Study, Studio Instruction, Supervised Activities Undergraduate - all disciplines. Faculty - student contact averages 45 minutes per week
C-77 Peer-taught Courses, or Non-Workload Instruction which is not state supported Course which generates no workload ROTC for faculty but generates FTES for the campus and is not state supported
C-78 Non-traditional instruction, examination, or evaluation Course which generates credit by examination or evaluation or which is taught in modes not described by the formulas faculty workload is assigned
All 78 courses are state supported

Chart 2

Course Classification Number APDB C/S No. Faculty Contact Hours Per CCU Normal Class Size LD UD GD Workload K-Factor
C1 01 1 facility limits (50)  1.0
C2 02 1 40 40 40 1.0
C3 03  30  30 30 1.0
C4  04 1 25 25 25 1.0
C5 05 1 20 20 15 1.0
C6 06 1 20 10 10 1.0
C7 07 2 24 24 24 1.3
C8 08 2 30 30 30 1.3
C9 09 2 40 40 40 1.3
C10 10 2 10 10 10 1.3
C11 11 2 30 30 30 1.3
C12 12 2 20 20 20 1.3
C13 13 2 facility limits (24) - 1.3
C14 14 2 15 15 15 1.3
C15 15 3 facility limits (24) - 1.5
C16 16 3 facility limits (24) - 2.0
C17 17 3 8 8 8 2.0
C18 18 3 (more than 3) 20 20 - 6.0
C19 19 3 (more than 3) 20 20 - 3.0
C20 20 3 (more than 3) 20 20 20 3.0
C21 21 3 (more than 3) 40 40 40 3.0

Chart 3

“Supervision” WTU’s (CS Numbers below) are computed as enrollment times adjusted
factor.

Course Classification Number APDB C/S No. Faculty Contact Hours Per CCU Normal Class Size LD UD GD Workload K-Factor
S1 48 n/a 48  48 48 0.250
S2 36 n/a 36 36 36 0.333
S3 25 n/a - 25 25 0.500
S4 24 n/a 18 18 18 0.667
S5 23 n/a - - 12 1.000
             
C77 77 zero n/a n/a n/a 0.0
C78 78 zero n/a n/a n/a 0.0