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COCI Handbook Table of Contents
1.1 Academic Senate Regulations and COCI Procedures
1.1.1 Berkeley Division By-law 33: Committee on Courses of Instruction
Membership
1.1.2 Standing Order of the Regents 105.2 (b)
1.2 The Responsibilities of COCI and of Academic Units
2.1.2 Changes to Existing Courses
2.1.3.1 Final Assessment in New Courses
2.1.3.2 Changing the Method of Final Assessment in
Approved/Existing Courses
2.1.3.3 Regulations Related to Final Exams
2.1.5 How to Submit Course Proposals
2.1.6 Timing for Course Approvals
2.1.7 Notification of Course Approval Status
2.1.10 Criteria Used in Course Review
2.1.12 Reading, Review, and Recitation (RRR) Week Guidelines
2.2.1 SR 740: Classification of Courses
2.2.2 Additional Restrictions on Course Numbers
2.2.4 Approved Instructional Formats
2.2.7 Cross-Listed Courses and Room Shares
2.3.1 Designation of Unit Value
2.3.2 Maximum Allotment of Units
2.3.3 Courses that May Be Repeated for Credit
2.4.1 Student-Facilitated Group Study (98/198, including DeCal Courses)
2.5 Web-based and Online Courses
2.8 Guidelines for Undergraduate Pedagogy Courses (for Undergraduate
Teaching Assistants)
2.9 Required Dissemination of Course Syllabus
3.1.1 Guidelines for Instructors of Record for Lower Division Courses
3.1.2 Guidelines for Acting Instructor-Graduate Students
3.1.3 Submitting Requests for AI-GS Approval
3.1.4 Guidelines for Instructors in “XB” Courses
3.1.5 Instructional Title Codes
3.1.6 SR 750 Related to Instructors
3.1.7 BR A250 Related to Instructors
3.1.8 Regulations Related to Instructors of University Extension Courses
3.2.1 Changing Final Exam Group
3.3.1 Procedures for Grade Appeals Based on the Alleged Use of
Non-Academic Criteria
3.3.1.2 Informal Resolution of Contested Grades
3.3.1.3 Formal Grievance Process
3.3.4 In Progress (IP) Grading in Sequence Courses
3.3.5 Duplication of Credit by an Independent Study Course
3.3.6 SR 780B Related to Grades
3.3.7 BR A201, A202, A203, A204, A205, A207 Related to Grades
3.4 American Cultures Breadth Requirement
3.4.1 American Cultures Variance Requests
3.4.2 BR 300 Related to the American Cultures Breadth Requirement
3.5.1 Graduation Under Suspension of the Regulations
3.5.2 Senior Residence Requirement
3.5.3 Unit Requirement Waivers for Undergraduates
3.5.5 Posthumous Academic Awards
3.5.6 SR 634 Related to Degrees
3.5.7 Berkeley Division By-law 100 Related to Degrees
3.5.8 BR A290 and A291 Related to Degrees
APPENDIX 1 Guidelines for Approval of Intercampus Courses Originating Elsewhere
than Berkeley