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Cerritos Community College
EXTENSIVE LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION
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THE SUBMISSION: To apply to have a laboratory classified as “extensive”, gather the following documents and
submit to the Academic Affairs Office.
A. COURSE INFORMATION
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1. Completed Application
An application is submitted on behalf of a department. A person authorized to represent the
department, usually the chair, signs the form.
2. Chancellor Approved Course Outline of Record
Highlight or indicate those portions that apply specifically to the laboratory if this may not be
evident to people outside of your discipline. For those portions that apply to both lecture and
laboratory components of a course, provide a brief breakdown of the laboratory elements in
the margin.
3. Published Course Syllabi
Highlight those portions that apply specifically to the laboratory.
4. Brief Factual Statement(s) and/or Chart(s)/List(s)
The purpose of the brief statement(s) is to provide factual information to the Extensive
Laboratory Committee (ELC) that may not be apparent from the provided documents. Its
purpose is not to explain why the lab should be granted parity or to provide a rationale.
Please keep the statement(s) brief. A maximum of 250 words (half of a single-spaced page)
will be more than sufficient.
The statement may address any or all of the following:
a. Describe equipment-related set-up and breakdown responsibilities
b. Describe the instructor’s activities during lab sessions
c. Describe safety hazards that require the presence of the instructor in the laboratory
In addition to or in place of the brief factual statement; provide charts, graphs, or lists if
these will provide clear information to the ELC about the laboratory. A list or chart of
equipment-related set-up and breakdown responsibilities may be clearer and easier to develop
than a statement.
5. Published Laboratory Student Learning Outcomes
6. Published Methods of Evaluation
B. PRE-LABORATORY ACTIVITY
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1. Curriculum Development for Each Lab
Please provide a minimum of two (2) examples of any of the following: workbooks or
photocopies of relevant pages from workbooks or worksheets (if applicable), etc..
2. Published Schedule of Individual Laboratory Activities
3. Published Laboratory Activity Objectives
4. The laboratory requires extensive student preparation from text and lecture material prior
to, during, and after each laboratory session.
5. Supervision of equipment maintenance, laboratory set-up, acquisition of lab materials and
supplies, field trip logistics, or preparation to ensure a safe environment conducive to
learning.
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C. DURING LABORATORY ACTIVITY
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1. Instructor is actively engaged in lab when students are performing lab activities.
2. Instructor is responsible for active facilitation of laboratory learning.
Please provide a minimum of two (2) examples of any of the following: workbooks or
photocopies of relevant pages from workbooks or worksheets (if applicable), etc.
3. Instructor is responsible for active delivery of curriculum.
Please provide a minimum of two (2) examples of any of the following: workbooks or
photocopies of relevant pages from workbooks or worksheets (if applicable), etc.
4. Instructor is responsible for significant evaluation of student work.
D. POST-LABORATORY ACTIVITY
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1. Instructor is responsible for personal evaluation of significant student outcomes (lab
exercises, exams, practicals, notebooks, portfolios, etc.) that become a component of the
student grade that cover the majority of lab exercises performed during the course.
THE EVALUATION: The Extensive Laboratory Committee will hold several meetings with which to evaluate the
submissions received by the deadline. Specifically, the purpose of each meeting is to determine whether or not the labs
THE RESULTS: If extensive status is authorized, the office of Academic Affairs shall indicate the date on which
extensive status begins on the appropriate paperwork. If extensive status is denied, the committee shall provide a
rationale and may provide recommendations for resubmittal of the application. A representative of the ELC will
schedule an appointment to meet with the instructor who submitted the paperwork and allow two weeks from that
meeting for a revised packet to be submitted for reconsideration by the committee. If, after this second time, the
committee is satisfied with submission, they will be granted ELC status. If not, the application will be denied again and
eligible for resubmittal the following fall.
Suggested Supporting Materials: COR, SLOs, syllabi, charts and/or brief factual statements, textbooks, workbooks,
worksheets, handouts, grade sheets, final grade formulas