New Course Proposals
Date Developed: 1/00
Date Reviewed: 3/05
Date Approved: 5/13/05
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Before a new, an independent study or special topics course may be
offered, the responsible program director must recommend that course to
the Graduate Council, based upon a review of course content in a
tentative syllabus. The Graduate Council may approve the proposed course
for graduate credit, based upon this recommendation and its own
determination that the offering is at a level commensurate with graduate
instruction.
A tentative syllabus must contain sufficient information for review
(title, credits, objectives, and evaluation standards) by the program
director and Graduate Council, but is exempt from the standards for
syllabi (see Policy 10 Course Syllabi). If approved
for graduate credit, the tentative syllabus must be made to conform to
the policy for established course syllabi (Policy 10).
Notice: None.
Petition: A letter proposing a new course for graduate credit
(including independent study and special topics courses) must be
submitted to the appropriate program director. The letter should provide
the rationale for or benefits in offering this course. A tentative
syllabus describing the course, its objectives, method of instruction and
assessment, and, where possible resources to be used, must be attached.
This letter should be submitted at least one month proceeding
pre-registration for the term in which the intended course is to begin.
If in the director approved the content, as being appropriate to the
specific graduate program, the proposal will be forwarded to the Graduate
Council for final consideration. At a called meeting, the Graduate
Council will consider the petition and the faculty member proposing the
course may be invited to the meeting, to address the request. If approved
the course may be added to the roster of courses for the next term and to
the next revision of the Graduate Catalog – if appropriate.
Remediation: None.
* A Graduate Advisory Committee or, in the absence of such a
committee, a designated advisor.
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