Course Proposal Form

        Please submit 4 completed copies of this form and supporting documents to the Registrar

Both sides of this form must be completed

          (Revised February 2006)

 

 [ ] Proposal for:   [ ] Regular   [ ] Interim   [ ] Summer   [ ] FYS   [ ] VaST   [ ] Special Topic 1  course

 

[ ] Request for change in:  [ ] Number   [ ] Description 2       [ ] Title   [ ]Other _______________________

 

Department_____________________            Suggested Course Number__________                            Date____________

 

Title___________________________________________________________________

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: (for catalog): Limit Description to no more than 75 words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites__________________________________________________________________________________

 

Contact Hours Per Week_________            Staff____________________________________________

 

Effective Term___________      Is this a Required course for Majors/Minors?  _____ Yes  _____ No

 

1. Please attach a syllabus that includes course objectives and expectations, grading policy and bibliography/reading list. These should be as complete as possible.

 

2. Can this course be used to satisfy the Writing Requirement in the Lafayette College Common Course of Study (minimum 20 pages of process writing)?    _____ Yes  _____ No

If so, explain how the course meets the criteria for a “W” course in your syllabus. 

 

3. Can this course fulfill any other requirement within the Common Course of Study?  If so, please indicate which one(s) including which Foreign Culture Cluster area:

 

________________________________________________________

 

4. Indicate whether the proposed course is appropriate or recommended for or required by any of the following interdepartmental/interdisciplinary programs or clusters (consultation with and a memo of concurrence by the appropriate program chair are required):

 

                                                Req'd            Recom'd                                                                      Req'd            Recom'd

Africana Studies              [ ]           [ ]                               Health Care/Society                 [ ]          [ ] American Studies              [ ]           [ ]                               International Affairs                  [ ]          [ ]

Architectural Studies              [ ]           [ ]                               Jewish Studies                          [ ]          [ ]

Asian Studies                            [ ]           [ ]                               Latin Amer/Caribbean Studies           [ ]           [ ]

Biotechnology/Bioengineering  [ ]           [ ]                               Neuroscience                           [ ]          [ ]       

Classical Studies              [ ]           [ ]                               Russian/E. European Studies  [ ]          [ ]

Environmental Science             [ ]           [ ]                               Technology Studies                   [ ]          [ ]

Ethical Studies                           [ ]           [ ]                               Women's Studies                      [ ]          [ ]

                                               

1 Note: A Special Topics course, upon approval, may be offered only two times within a three-year period, with the further requirement that the course will be taught by the same staff member(s).

2 Note: Please attach a syllabus for proposals requesting a change in description.

 

5. To secure approval, the department head must provide the following information:

 

A.      Explain how and where this course fits into the curricular mission of the department? 

      In your statement, please consider:

                        Is this an elective or required course in the major? 3

                        Is this course essential to maintaining the quality of the major program? Why?

                        Is this course needed to improve the major program? Why?

                        Is it important as an elective course for nonmajors?

                        If appropriate, why is it attractive as an experimental or Special Topics course?

 

B. If this course overlaps with other courses (in your department or in other departments) explain.

                        How is it different?

                        List the department heads with whom you have consulted. Their comments/endorsements

                        should be attached to the proposal.

 

            ____________________________________     ____________________________________

            Name                                                               Department

 

            ____________________________________     ____________________________________

            Name                                                               Department

 

C.     Explain the impact this course will have on the following resources:

            Staffing, Budget, Library, Computing. If additional resources are required, please provide a separate

            statement for review by the Provost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Will this course involve the use of human subjects in learning exercises?  If so, approval by the Institutional Research Board may be necessary; contact the Provost’s Office for further information.

 

 

7. Will this course involve the use of animal subjects in learning exercises?  If so, approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee may be necessary; contact the Provost’s Office for further information.

 

 

______________________                _________                  ______________________                __________

Proposer's Signature                                 Date                             Proposer's Signature 4                          Date

 

 

___________________________            __________                ____________________________            __________

Department Head Signature                     Date                             Department Head Signature4             Date

 

3  Note: For a new required course, please attach a request for change in requirements.

4 Note: If this is a team-taught or INDS course, approval of additional department head(s) may be required

 

Please Note: Faculty Committee on Curriculum and Educational Policy cannot evaluate incomplete proposals.  They will be returned to the submitter, which may delay course approval.