Many CLAS units offer classes through the Center for Credit Programs, a department of the Division of Continuing Education (116 International Center, 335-2575). The goal of the CCP is to help departments provide classes and programs in non-traditional formats and schedules that meet the needs of non-residential students. Students in residence may also participate in CCP offerings, subject to the conditions noted below. Some courses are jointly offered by CCP and the College.

The CCP administers Saturday & Evening (S & E) Classes and classes delivered in a variety of distance-education formats, including Guided Independent Study (including "virtual" sections), Iowa Communication Network (ICN) classes, telecourses, web-based classes, and face-to-face instruction at off-campus sites (extension courses). The CCP also administers the Bachelor of Liberal Studies program, a non-residence degree program for which the degree is awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

All classes sponsored by CCP can fulfill requirements for departmental majors. Courses approved for General Education credit retain that approval when offered through CCP. CCP offerings carry residence credit for all students admitted to the College.

Classes sponsored by the CCP must meet all the normal standards for departmental courses and must have equivalent goals to the same course offered in the departmental curriculum. Courses are ordinarily part of the unit's general curriculum, although a few are offered only through CCP.

Staffing

DEOs select and approve faculty to teach all CCP offerings. As many as possible of the instructors should be tenured faculty. Probationary faculty should not take on assignments that would interfere with their professional development.

When tenured or tenure-track faculty are not available, DEOs may select adjunct faculty or graduate students who meet the standards of teaching competence (in their knowledge of the subject, previous teaching experience, degrees earned, and oral language proficiency) that the department employs in assigning temporary instructors to all its courses.

Note: It is collegiate policy that all 100-level courses must be taught by persons holding the terminal degree in the field. Permission to assign a TA or other instructor who does not hold the terminal degree is granted by the Associate Dean for Faculty (a sample letter requesting such permission is available here).

Compensation

For S & E Classes, faculty are paid on the basis of a salary matrix prepared by the College in consultation with the DEO.

For other courses, faculty may be paid to develop or revise a course and are then paid for instruction on a per-assignment basis. Arrangements also may be made for teaching distance education courses on-load.