Class Size Limits

University academic departments specify class size limits for each course, offered both on- and off-campus, to ensure that the pedagogy and interactivity appropriate for the subject at hand can be employed. CIS gains permission from a university department to offer its course(s) by guaranteeing that the course’s essential characteristics – class size being one such characteristic – will be preserved when taught in the high school. Observing the university’s class size limits is also required to meet NACEP’s curriculum standards, which require that a concurrent enrollment course be the same as the course offered on the college campus and that it reflects the pedagogical orientation of the course on the college campus.

If a U of M course offered through CIS is over-enrolled after the first two weeks of the high school term, the school should contact the CIS Director to discuss providing the instructor with additional support that term—for example, release days for the instructor to manage the additional work.

Schools with a pattern of over-enrollment over a period of two years will be asked to meet with the CIS director and a faculty member from the University department that owns the course to consider whether the course can be offered again for U of M credit.

Class size limits apply to the whole class—students enrolled for U of M credit as well as those who are not. (See also "Students Taking the Course for High School Credit Only")

Course-Specific Class Size Limits

For specific class size limits for each course, refer to the Quick Guide to Course Requirements and Related Policies. Contact the CIS office with concerns about meeting the U of M class size limits.