Courses Related in Content

Course Attempts within Subject Families: Students may attempt active participatory courses in physical education/kinesiology and performing or visual arts, where the course objectives are met by repeating a similar primary educational activity and an expanded educational experience occurs each time the course is attempted for the following reasons:

• The student’s skills or proficiencies will be enhanced by supervised repetition and practice within class periods and 
• Active participatory experience in individualized study or group assignments is the method to learn the objectives. 

District policy limits enrollment of students in courses that are active, participatory courses in physical education/kinesiology and performing or visual arts (Title 5 Section 55040). See Course Repetition. In this regard, the colleges have established “families” of similar educational activities.

Although a course cannot be repeated, a student may attempt up to four courses in a subject “family.” Some subject families offer more than four courses, but a student may enroll in a maximum of four courses within a family. 

All course attempts in a student’s academic history count toward this enrollment limitation within a “family” of courses. This limitation applies even if the student receives a substandard grade or a “W.”  Enrollment limitations are monitored district wide for a subject “family.” 

New students are advised to enroll in the beginning level of a course family and be placed by their instructor upon assessment. Continuing students who have previously taken a course within a family must progress to the next level.  

More information is available on the Course Family Charts page.