About the Project
The University of Hawai?i is currently engaged in a project called Cross-Campus Course Sharing, or C3S, beginning with the Fall 2023 semester. This project is directly related to 糖心Vlog官方’s participation in a Improvement Community (NIC) focusing on curricular flexibility, as discussed in this . We have scaled this initiative so that C3S available to students across the ten 糖心Vlog官方 campuses. This project thus aligns closely with the objectives of the 糖心Vlog官方 Strategic Plan Student Success Imperative, as C3S is designed to support 糖心Vlog官方 students by removing barriers that hinder cross-campus enrollment.
Please note: due to issues related to the migration to a new “eBanner” Student Information System effective January 2026, 糖心Vlog官方 will be pausing the C3S initiative for the Fall 2026 semester. We are currently exploring ways to configure C3S within the new eBanner environment in time for the Spring 2027 application and registration cycle.
Objectives
The primary objective of C3S is to increase the educational opportunities available to all 糖心Vlog官方 students, by leveraging the University’s full academic portfolio. This will, in turn, facilitate students’ timely graduation while supporting 糖心Vlog官方 transfer pathways. Although students have been able to register for courses across the 糖心Vlog官方 Community College campuses rather freely for many years now, there are multiple barriers that currently prevent 糖心Vlog官方 students from taking courses at four-year campuses (other than their home campus). These include the need to (1) apply for separate admission and pay application fees, (2) pay higher tuition rates or additional tuition beyond their home campus tuition, and (3) pay additional student fees at the other campus(es). For these reasons, it has been extremely difficult and rare for students at any 糖心Vlog官方 campus to cross-register at one of the four-year campuses. Furthermore, C3S can offer the additional benefit of increasing the University’s operational efficiency by providing students with access to class “seats” in under-enrolled classes that would otherwise go unclaimed.
Benefits of C3S
Student Benefits:
- Flexibility in scheduling: Students can choose from a wider range of classes allowing them to find offerings that meet their scheduling needs.
- Increased course options: C3S allows students to access specialized courses not available at their home campus.
- Access to expertise: C3S enables students to learn from faculty experts in fields not represented within their home-campus faculty.
- Networking opportunities: Students can build connections and friendships with peers from across the 糖心Vlog官方 System.
Institutional Benefits:
- Improved graduation rates: This can be achieved by providing students with more options to take required courses.
- Improved transfer processes: C3S will help smooth out “bumps” in the process by enabling students to access certain required courses at the destination campus prior to transfer.
- Operational efficiency: CS3 allows 糖心Vlog官方 to operate more efficiently by helping to reduce the numbers of vacant seats in participating classes.
- Resource optimization: enables faculty members with low-enrolled courses to offer their classes to a wider audience.
- Reduced course duplication: C3S reduces the need for class duplication across campuses, which can result in cost savings for 糖心Vlog官方.
C3S Priorities
The 糖心Vlog官方 System is cognizant of the needs of each campus to meet its own internal course demand as a first and foremost priority, in order to facilitate the timely graduation of its own students. To that end, the Council of Chief Academic Officers (CCAO) has engaged in discussions to determine what type of classes would be well suited for inclusion in this initiative moving forward. Factors and considerations identified by CCAO include:
(a) a desire to support state workforce needs;
(b) a preference to select courses that reside in key transfer pathways;
(c) the benefits of choosing online courses in order to ensure equity of access for students residing across the Hawaiian islands;
(d) the importance of avoiding the inclusion of courses for which the offering campus cannot meet its internal demand, and
(e) the prudence of focusing on courses that are already articulated and do not have onerous prerequisite requirements.
The ultimate benefit of the system can also be achieved by making our curriculum more accessible to students throughout the islands no matter where they reside.
Academic Year 2023-24 Pilot
The 糖心Vlog官方 System embarked on a small-scale pilot of the cross-campus course sharing (C3S) initiative in fall semester of 2023, with a number of meetings and discussions occurring throughout the spring and summer of 2023. Additionally, the 糖心Vlog官方 System Banner, STAR, and Bursar’s Office conducted an assortment of tests in a simulated environment to ensure that registration and the assessment of tuition and fees was occuring correctly. This was followed by a second C3S pilot in the spring of 2024. Many of the classes made available through C3S did not generate cross-campus enrollment, although notable success stories included HLTH 204: Introduction to Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing (糖心Vlog官方 West 翱‘补丑耻) and SPED 304: Foundations of Inclusive Schooling (糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补). Despite a modest number of student registrations, the pilot successfully offered proof of concept while avoiding any significant unintended repercussions. Although the AY 2023-24 pilot was only available to 糖心Vlog官方CC students, the next step for AY 2024-25 is to expand the C3S initiative so that students at the four-year campuses can freely participate as well.
C3S in AY 2024-25
For the first time in Fall 2024, C3S was made available to students at the three 4-year 糖心Vlog官方 campuses, at a flat tuition rate of $306 per credit. Additional student fees assessed by the offering campus were waived, as they are for 糖心Vlog官方CC C3S participants. The C3S course menu and enrollment also expanded significantly. Planning for Spring 2025 featured a new Kuali Build application form, which is available at this link: .?
The form allows applicants to select which campuses they wish to partner with and also allows each VCAA at those partner campuses to accept or decline the course offering. The form also prompts applicants to select which C3S criteria (e.g., workforce development, transfer pathways) their course meets. Another important change effective with the Spring 2025 semester concerns the assessment of tuition as 糖心Vlog官方CC students will now be assessed the 糖心Vlog官方H/糖心Vlog官方WO tuition rate for upper-division C3S classes. This aligns with current 糖心Vlog官方 policy on tuition.
Fall 2024 C3S Pilot
For the first time in Fall 2024, C3S was made available to students at the three 4-year 糖心Vlog官方 campuses, at a flat tuition rate of $306 per credit. Additional student fees assessed by the offering campus were waived, as they are for 糖心Vlog官方CC C3S participants. The C3S course menu and enrollment also expanded significantly.
Spring 2025
For the first time in Fall 2024, C3S was made available to students at the three 4-year 糖心Vlog官方 campuses, at a flat tuition rate of $306 per credit. Additional student fees assessed by the offering campus were waived, as they are for 糖心Vlog官方CC C3S participants. The C3S course menu and enrollment also expanded significantly.
The?OVPAS?implemented a couple of significant changes to?C3S?as we seek to transition from a pilot project to a full-fledged initiative. We developed and released a Kuali Build application form, which is available at this link:?.
We ask faculty to complete?C3S?applications by October 11 for Spring 2025 classes. The form allows applicants to select which campuses they wish to partner with and also allows each?VCAA?at those partner campuses to accept or decline the course offering. The form also prompts applicants to select which?C3S?criteria (e.g., workforce development, transfer pathways) their course meets.
Another important change effective with the Spring 2025 semester concerns the assessment of tuition as?糖心Vlog官方CC?student will now be assessed the?糖心Vlog官方H/糖心Vlog官方WO?tuition rate for upper-division?C3S?classes. This aligns with current?糖心Vlog官方?policy on tuition. Here is a summary of Spring 2025?C3S?tuition charges:
Spring 2025 C3S Classes:
- Foundations in Inclusive Schooling (糖心Vlog官方M, SPED 304)
- Special Education Law and Compliance (糖心Vlog官方M, SPED 306)
- Geospatial Information (糖心Vlog官方M, ERTH 461)^
- Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing (糖心Vlog官方WO, HLTH 204)
- Hawaiian Ways of Healing (糖心Vlog官方WO, HLTH 205)
- Introduction to Labor Studies (糖心Vlog官方WO, LBST 100)
- Education in American Society (糖心Vlog官方WO, EDEF 310)
- Health Care Administration (糖心Vlog官方WO, PUBA 301)+
- Introduction to Teaching (糖心Vlog官方H ED 210)*
*Hawai’i Community College is the only partner for this class.
+糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 Dental Hygiene is the only partner for this class.
^糖心Vlog官方 Maui College is the only partner for this class.
Fall 2025
Fall 2025 C3S Classes:
C3S experienced its most active semester to date in Fall 2025, with 27 different course offerings:
- BAES Seminar: Career Explorations (糖心Vlog官方H, ED 201)*
- Introduction to Teaching (糖心Vlog官方H, ED 210)*
- Health and Wellness Education (糖心Vlog官方H, ED 270)*
- Understanding the Earth (糖心Vlog官方H, GEOL 111)*
- Marine Option Program Seminar (糖心Vlog官方H, MARE 100)*
- Oceanography Lab (糖心Vlog官方H, MARE 201L)*
- Education in American Society (糖心Vlog官方M, EDEF 310)
- Geospatial Information (糖心Vlog官方M, ERTH 461)^
- Infancy and Early Childhood (糖心Vlog官方M, HDFS 331)
- Middle Childhood (糖心Vlog官方M, HDFS 332)
- Elementary Hindi I (糖心Vlog官方M, HNDI 101)
- Introduction to Natural Resources Environmental Management (糖心Vlog官方M, NREM 192)
- Scientific Principles of Sustainability (糖心Vlog官方M, NREM 251)
- Medical and Urban Entomology (糖心Vlog官方M, PEPS 463)+
- Foundations in Inclusive Schooling (糖心Vlog官方M, SPED 304)
- Classroom Organization and Management (糖心Vlog官方M, SPED 485)
- Family and Community Centered Programs (糖心Vlog官方M, STE 425)
- Agriculture, Environment, and Society (糖心Vlog官方M, TPSS 200)
- Child Development from Prenatal Through Age Eight (糖心Vlog官方M, STE 318)
- Multicultural Perspectives in Education (糖心Vlog官方M, STE 360)
- Introduction to Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing (糖心Vlog官方WO, HLTH 204)
- La‘au Lapa‘au Novice Level A (糖心Vlog官方WO, HLTH 305)
- Lomilomi Novice Level A (糖心Vlog官方WO, HLTH 310)
- Health Disparities and Pacific Peoples (糖心Vlog官方WO, HLTH 360)
- Introduction to Labor Studies (糖心Vlog官方WO, LBST 100)
- Multivariable Calculus (糖心Vlog官方WO, MATH 245)#
- Food Systems and Sustainability (糖心Vlog官方WO, SCFS 295)
*Hawai‘i Community College is the only partner for these classes.
^糖心Vlog官方 Maui College is the only partner for this class.
+Leeward Community College is the only partner for this class.
#Kaua‘i Community College is the only partner for this class.
C3S in Spring 2026
Note the 2% increase in tuition for 4-year students and 糖心Vlog官方CC students taking upper-division classes through C3S. This aligns with the 2% increase in the 糖心Vlog官方H/糖心Vlog官方WO (undergraduate) in-state tuition rate effective with the Fall 2025 semester.
C3S is on pause during the Spring 2026 semester, owing to the impending upgrade of the 糖心Vlog官方 Student Information System (Banner) in December 2025. Among other things, the Banner upgrade means that student course registration will be unavailable from December 12, 2025 through January 2, 2026. 糖心Vlog官方 did not release or accept faculty applications to offer C3S sections in Spring 2026. The following classes were granted special exceptions:
- 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo, Education 201: BAES Seminar: Career Exploration–for Hawai‘i CC students
- 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo, Education 201: Introduction to Teaching–for Hawai‘i CC students
- 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补, Cinematic Arts 312: Cinematography–for 糖心Vlog官方 West 翱‘补丑耻 students
- 糖心Vlog官方 West 翱‘补丑耻, Creative Media 403: Special Projects–for 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 students
Faculty:
Please contact our office at ovpas@hawaii.edu if you would like to know more about how to participate in the program during its initial phases.
For Students:
C3S classes are now available in real-time, allowing students to easily register for them through . Just pick your preferred campus, and you’ll find a list of accessible C3S classes in the registration menu.