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THE CATALOG

The winter quarter-spring semester :

• American Cybercultures (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Berkeley)
• Introduction to Astronomy (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Irvine)
• Pre-Calculus (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Irvine)
• Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics and Engineering I (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Riverside)
• Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics and Engineering II (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Riverside)
• Dance (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Riverside)
• Elementary Spanish (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis)
• Global Climate Change (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis)
• General Psychology (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Berkeley)
• Introduction to Psychology (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Irvine)
• Introduction to Statistics (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Berkeley)

The �������ϲ����Ͽ� system has given up paper forms and gone digital for cross-campus enrollment — that is, there’s a website now for �������ϲ����Ͽ� students to register for online classes hosted by other �������ϲ����Ͽ� campuses.

The site lists 11 classes for winter quarter (or spring semester), all taught by �������ϲ����Ͽ� faculty. Students receive the same �������ϲ����Ͽ� credit as they would in face-to-face classes, and pay no extra for the courses.

�������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis is hosting two of the courses:

• Elementary Spanish, SPA 003V (“V” for virtual) — Completely online, for �������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis students or those at any other �������ϲ����Ͽ� campus. Taught by Professor Robert Blake.

• Global Climate Change, SAS 25 (“SAS” for Science and Society”) — Plant sciences professor Arnold Bloom teaches this course in two formats in winter quarter: in person, with traditional lectures, for �������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis students; and completely online, as SAS 25V, for �������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis students and those at any other �������ϲ����Ͽ� campus.

The new registration website is for undergraduates at �������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis and six other general �������ϲ����Ͽ� campuses. (San Diego and Santa Barbara are resolving logistical issues and will be added to the program once those are resolved, according to a from the �������ϲ����Ͽ� Office of the President.)

The new site replaces a complex and time-consuming process involving paper forms. (�������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis students wishing to enroll in SPA 003V or SAS 25 should use the regular, �������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis enrollment system.)

In launching the Cross-Campus Enrollment website, �������ϲ����Ͽ� also is making more credit-bearing courses available online — all in accordance with the university's , begun this year with $10 million from the state. The money came with conditions: Use it for online education to expand access to high-demand classes and help undergraduate students complete their degrees in a timely manner.

"This initiative lets us take advantage of the most innovative things happening in online education on the �������ϲ����Ͽ� campuses and make them more broadly accessible to students across the system," �������ϲ����Ͽ� Provost Aimée Dorr said in the news release.

In addition to expanding access to existing online classes, the Innovative Learning Technology Initiative is funding the development of . Proposals include courses in high-demand subjects with submissions from highly sought-after faculty and innovative collaborations between campuses.

William Jacob, chair of the systemwide Academic Senate, commented: "These are courses that students need, and some are interesting courses that they won't find on their own campus."

As a pilot project, the new registration website is the first step toward an easier process by which �������ϲ����Ͽ� campuses can share data and instructional costs in a way that fosters cross-campus enrollment.

"This process will show us where the issues are and how to begin addressing them, so that we can make cross-campus enrollment available on a larger scale," Jacob said.

Dave Jones of Dateline �������ϲ����Ͽ� Davis and Nicole Freeling of the �������ϲ����Ͽ� Office of the President contributed to this report.