New Course Proposal:

 

Note that all proposals must be approved by the department chair or the individual supervising the workload for the instructor of the proposed course.

 

  1. Justify the need for this course
  2. Identify and justify any effect on other courses in your department or in any other department.  Specifically list other departments’ chairpersons and/or faculty consulted and summarize results of discussion.
  3. Identify the main emphasis of the course along with major topics covered.  Include a list of learning objectives.
  4. If appropriate, Outline how this course addresses one or more of the 10 outcome goals of undergraduate education at UD(see link:  http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/) and how these outcomes will be assessed
  5. If this course is required by majors/minors/concentrations, outline how this course relates to the overall programmatic goals.

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Program Approval Forms

 

Note that all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document or UG catalog text of the program policy, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.

 

  1. List new all courses required for the new or revised curriculum.  How do they support the overall programmatic objectives of the major/minor/concentrations).
  2. Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education:  http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
  3. Identify other units affected by the proposed change(s)
  4. Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s).
  5. Program requirements.  Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.

 

 

Avron:

The Graduate Studies Committee reviewed the materials you sent me regarding additions that could be made to the forms for new course approval and academic program approval.  We have two recommendations: 1) the course approval form should make it clear that the department chair or person representing the workload supervisor for the instructor of the proposed course must approve the proposal and 2) all graduate studies academic program proposals must include an electronic copy of the graduate program policy document.  Our committee does not approve them with out this document.

The purpose of the former is to make sure that a faculty members is not adding or subtracting workload obligations without the department chair's approval.  The purpose of the second recommendation is to ensure that any changes in a departments program are properly stated and approved in the graduate policy document for that unit.  This policy is considered the official U of D document for any issues pertaining to graduate requirements.

Chuck

Charles E. Mason, Professor
Dept. Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
University of Delaware
Newark, DE  19716-2160
Phone: 302 831-8888, Fax 831-8889

 

Chuck and Avron,  Would it be possible to state that the Graduate

Studies Committee needs to see the current Program Policy Statement as

well as the new Program Policy Statement that includes the changes and

revisions?

 

 

Mary makes a good point that I overlooked.  What has worked well in the past is if we receive the old policy document with the proposed new changes indicated by  bold, underline, shading, or a comparable means of contrast. I suggest that the modified statement read as follows: "all graduate studies academic program proposals must include an electronic copy of the graduate program policy document showing the changes in bold or some other distinguishing means."

Mary: Does the statement above take care of this?

 

Avron, I compared the new course proposal draft you sent me to a form from the Course Inventory. I noticed the draft you sent did not include the descriptive information on the current form; I assume this will still be required. It seems to me that item 3 on the draft (Identify main emphasis of the course...) is similar to the Narrative box on the current form. For item 2, would it be better to use the word "unit" instead of "department?"

The additions to the program form also seem fine, obviously in line with the assessment project. What about rewording item 3 to read, Identify other units affected by the proposed program change(s)? For item 4, how about Describe the rationale and demand for the proposed change(s)?

just my thoughts, Don