CourseShare
CourseShare
Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions have a long history of sharing faculty expertise by making specialized courses available to students from member universities. In support of language instruction, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Deans of Arts and Sciences took this concept to another level by launching LCTL CourseShare, an ambitious and visionary program that offers distance-learning courses to students at Big Ten Academic Alliance campuses.
LCTL CourseShare allows students to take less commonly taught language courses offered at other Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions from a distance.
The LCTL CourseShare framework allows enrolled degree-seeking students to register for shared less commonly instructed language courses at the same time and in the same manner as regular courses. Grades and credits are reported on the student’s home university transcript. There are no additional fees associated with shared courses, making them even more attractive to students.
Shared courses can only be initiated and approved by faculty and department contacts at the institutions. Students wanting to take an established shared course are encouraged to check with their advisors/departments to ensure that the LCTL CourseShare course will enhance their studies and apply toward graduation. In turn, they will contact their specific Campus Coordinator to ensure the student qualifies for LCTL CourseShare and that a desired LCTL course is available at another BTAA university.