Q2S Transition for ITS Students

The academic year 2011-2012 is the last year of quarters. OU, and the McClure School, have made a commitment to not have the transition to Semesters delay your graduation, as long as you work with us to make that happen! That means you really, really need to see your ITS advisor, and follow his or her advice.

Schedule and Expectations

• Fall Quarter Preparation Sessions -- attend an information session led by an advising assistant to prepare for your meeting with your faculty advisor.
• Fall Quarter Advising -- Your faculty advisor will announce times when you can schedule an advising appointment. During your appointment you and your advisor will review the equivalency lists below to catalog courses you still need to take, and prioritize courses to complete in the last two quarters.
• Winter Quarter Preparation Sessions -- attend a group session led by an advising assistant to prepare a first draft of your Transition Degree Completion Plan (TDCP).
• Winter Quarter Advising -- Schedule a meeting with your advisor to complete and file the TDCP

General Rules

Disclaimer: This section is based on our best judgement and information contained in guidelines that exist to date only in draft form. They are still subject to change.

Catalog of Entry

The rule remains that you can rely on the catalog that was in effect when you became an OU student and/or an ITS major (unless it is more than 5 years old). As before, you can elect to switch to a new catalog (the semester one in this case). The course listings below compare the quarter and semester versions of the ITS major, and the way in which courses equate to each other, subject to final approval by the University. The suggestions for degree completion make implicit assumptions about the catalog choice that makes the most sense in a given situation.

Hours Needed to Graduate

Based on draft rules published by the Q2S office, all credit hours will be converted to semester equivalents (quarter hours are multiplies by 2/3). The minimum number of hours to graduate will likely be the semester requirement, 120 semester hours. Assuming all course requirements are met, you could graduate with the equivalent of 180 quarter hours.

Equivalent Quarter and Semester Courses

Tier 1

ITS students should complete Tier 1 Math and English under quarters. Junior composition can be completed under quarters or semesters as appropriate.

Tier 2

ITS Students are strongly encouraged to complete Tier 2 under quarters. If you end up splitting Tier 2 into semesters, here are the rules:

• The six areas are unchanged: 2AS, 2CP, 2FA, 2HL, 2NS, 2SS
• If you have at least 3 quarter hours in an area, it is "covered"; if not, you need at least 2 semester hours in that area.
• Take your Tier 2 quarter hours, and multiply by 2/3; that is the number of semester Tier 2 credits you have. If that number of less than 21, you need to take enough Tier 2 semester courses to reach 21.

Tier 3

ITS Courses

Intro

The quarter and semester intro classes are interchangeable.

Tech Core

ITS students should complete the tech core classes under quarters or wait to start into the tech core until semesters. However, a transitional version of ITS 308 will be taught in the fall semester of 2012 for students who only miss that class out of the tech core.

Policy Core

ITS students should complete the policy core classes under quarters or wait to start into the policy core until semesters. However, a transitional version of ITS 304 will be taught in the fall semester of 2012 for students who took ITS 302 and were unable to take ITS 304.

Capstone

The quarter and semester capstone classes are interchangeable.

Electives

ITS students with a mix of quarter and semester electives should combine either 1 quarter elective with 2 semester electives, or 3 quarter electives with 1 semester elective.

Required Non-ITS Courses

Specific Requirements

Most non-ITS required courses have one-to-one equivalents between quarters are semesters. However, ITS students should either complete the quarter-based pair of COMS classes (COMS 101 and 215), or take FIN 2020 under semesters.

Area of Concentration

ITS students with a mix of quarter and semester AoC classes should combine either 1 quarter class with 3 semester classes, 2 quarter classes with 2 semester classes, or 4 quarter classes with 1 semester class.