Cross-Listing Courses in CIM

Cross-listed courses are defined as two or more active courses marked equivalent to each other in Banner. To be edited using a single curriculum change form in CIM, nearly all aspects of the courses must be the same – title, description, prerequisites, etc. If the departments do not agree on these common factors, each course will have to be maintained using a separate CIM form. Courses can be cross-listed in the schedule (taught together) and not be cross-listed in CIM.

Each cross-listed pair or group must have a primary course; this is normally the course subject within the department teaching the course.

The following describes the actions that would involve cross-listed courses and the steps for each within the CIM system. These apply to courses that are cross-listed in CIM.

Creating two (or more) new courses that will be cross-listed (a SINGLE CIM form):

Click Propose New Course and enter the primary course information in the Subject and Course Number fields.
Locate the Cross-Listed field further down in the form and Add the secondary course(s) information using the drop-down menus.
Complete all required fields on the proposal.
Click Start Workflow.
Once approved, both/all courses are created in CIM and Banner with identical information.
For step-by-step instructions, see Creating a New Course and a New Cross-Listed Course.

Creating two (or more) new courses that will be cross-listed in schedule but are not identical:

Requires two CIM forms.
Click Propose New Course for each course separately.
Note in the Describe/Justify box of each proposal that the courses are equivalent and will be taught together but won’t use single CIM form.
Complete all required fields on each proposal.
Click Start Workflow on each.

Creating a new course(s) to cross-list with existing course:

Edit existing course (it will be primary to start). Do not propose a new course.
In the proposal of the existing course, locate the Cross-List field and Add the information of the new course number(s) using the drop-down menus.
If new course is to be the primary, click the Make Primary link in the Cross-List area once the new course is visible there.
Complete all required fields.
Click Start Workflow.
For step-by-step instructions, see Creating a New Cross-listed Course from an Existing Course.

Removing the cross-list and inactivating one of the courses:

Search for one of the cross-listed courses and select Edit.
Ensure that the course to be inactivated is NOT the primary course; if necessary, make it the non-primary course by toggling Make Primary in the Cross-List area.
Once the course to be inactivated is listed in the Cross-List field, click the Remove link (this will inactivate the non-primary course).
Complete all required fields.
Click Start Workflow.
For step-by-step instructions, see Inactivating the Primary Cross-Listed Course or Inactivating a Secondary Cross-Listed Course.

Inactivating both/all courses in a cross-list pair/group:

Search for primary course.
Select red Inactivate button.
Provide effective term and justification.
Both/all courses will be inactivated.

Contact Sally Fiscus in the Registrar’s Office To:

Cross-list two or more courses that already exist on the course file.
Remove cross-listing and keep both courses active,.

REMEMBER:

Cross-list in CIM means equivalent in Banner and all (with few exceptions) information about the two courses is the same – one CIM form.

Courses can be equivalent in Banner but not cross-listed in CIM…in this case, each course would have its own CIM form.