Submitting a 4-Credit Course Proposal
DUE OCTOBER 15, 2009 for Fall 2010 courses
DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2010 for Spring 2011 courses
Guiding Statement
- The additional 1 credit is roughly another 2.5 hours of student work per week averaged over the whole semester
- The goal is an expectation of additional student engagement/learning, not necessarily more classroom time
- Approved 4-credit General Education courses are ready for launch-dates of Fall 2010-Spring 2011.
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The Faculty Senate approved the 4th credit option for General Education courses on September 17, 2009. The approving body that will review faculty proposals for the 4th credit option is the Subcommittee for Course Approvals of the Ad Hoc committee on General Education Revision and Implementation (GERICO).
Part A of this 2-part proposal will be reviewed by the Subcommittee for Course Approvals for academic approval of the 4th credit option only. Part B is for informational purposes and will not affect the academic approval of the course. The information you provide in Part B will inform your department chair and dean about resource needs or other steps necessary to implement your course, after the 4th credit has been approved by the Subcommittee.
COURSE APPROVAL FORM QUESTIONS:
PART A
1. In two to three paragraphs, describe how your course justifies the increase to 4 credits. Some ideas for adding a 4th credit are offered on the Adding a 4th Credit webpages.
2. Attach your current syllabus and briefly explain how it will change to incorporate the additional 1 credit of student learning/work.
PART B
Do you foresee additional needs for the 4th credit in terms of classroom space, TA support, lab space, etc., or the use of campus resources such as the Learning Commons, Learning Resource Center, library, Academic Computing, Center for Teaching, Community Service Learning, etc.?
HELPFUL TIP: Instructors are advised to type their answers to the course proposal questions in a Word document saved to their computers first, and then copy and paste those entries onto the course proposal form. (If many non-letter characters appear, the entry should be saved as text (.txt) prior to pasting into the online fields.) Taking these steps will help avoid losing any work.
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