Office of the Provost, SUNY Geneseo
Experimental Course Proposal Form
(Please submit as Word document)
Instructions: Click in table cells to type; cells will adjust automatically to accommodate entered text. Please give this file a title in the following format: prefix_number. Your “prefix” is the four-letter abbreviation of your program. For example, a proposal to revise Anthropology 388 should be titled ANTH_388. Attach the saved file to an email addressed to . Put the words Experimental Course Proposal in the subject line of your email. Sample syllabus is not required for experimental offerings.
Experimental course may be offered on a one-time basis only. The course may be offered a second time only if the course has been proposed as regular part of the curriculum through the College Senate review process. The College encourages faculty as they are developing courses to take into consideration underrepresented groups, cultures, and perspectives. It is suggested that instructors incorporate such scholarship when relevant.
Subject: / Number: / 188___ 288___ 388___ 488___ 588___ 688___Title: (maximum 30 characters)
Instructor Home Department:
Departmental Approval (type date of approval in space at right):
Date of Submission:
Instructor Name:
Instructor Email:
Term for course offering:
I. Course Information
(typeY or N in left hand column for each line that applies)
Has this course been offered previously? If yes, semester: ______and explain below plans for permanent course.Will this course be counted for Major/Minor/Concentration?
Students will have to submit waiver forms to have the course show up correctly in their graduation audit (CAPP).
Bulletin Description
See Undergraduate Bulletin for sample course descriptions. / Description: (maximum of 700 characters including spaces, please!)
Prerequisites:
Credits:
e.g., 3(3-0)
Program and/or applied learning attributes:
Proposed Schedule:
Days: ______Time:______
Preferred Bldg/Room: ______/______Enrollment cap:______
(course will be scheduled depending on availability)
II. Interdepartmental Impact
(type Y or N in left hand column)
N / Will approval of this proposal have interdepartmental impact?If yes, have potentially affected departments/programs been consulted?
List potentially affected departments/programs in space below:
III. Will approval of this course require any of the following?
(type Y or N in left hand column)
Additional faculty or staff (if yes, explain plans below; if no, explain how dept. offerings will change to incorporate this course)Additional supporting services (i.e., library holdings, laboratory or computer facilities). If yes, explain below.
Is this course for General Education credit? / If yes, complete section IV below
Is this a Study Abroad course? / If yes, complete section V
below
IV. General Education Approval Information
General Education Area:R/ Mathematics / Basic Commincation
N/ Natural Sciences / S/ Social Sciences
U/ American History / W/ Western Civilization
M/ Other World Civilizations / H/ Humanities
F/ The Arts / L/ Foreign Language
Learning Outcomes: (Only for Gen Ed courses)
Evaluation Procedures: (Only for Gen Ed courses)
Topical Outline:(Only for Gen Ed courses)
List of Sample Readings and/or Bibliography:(Only for Gen Ed courses)
V. Study Abroad Information
Study Abroad start date:______end date:______Note:Credits for overseas study: The general rule of thumb under State Education Department regulations for Study Abroad programs is to allow one credit per week -- i.e., 8 credits for an 8-week summer session or 15 credits for a normal 15-week semester of full-time study. If carefully justified, one additional credit could be offered for an intensive 4, 6, or 8-week program, and up to 3 additional credits could be allowed for an overload in a semester program. No additional credits beyond one per week should be proposed for any program shorter than 4 weeks. Another rule-of-thumb formula is that one credit is earned in 15 hours of lecture for which outside preparation is required, with 2 or 3 hours of laboratory considered the equivalent of one hour of lecture. Some argue that in a study abroad program every waking hour is part of the learning experience and should therefore earn credit at least as laboratory. While granting the values to students of the out-of class experience, credit for it cannot be permitted in the interests of the academic integrity of the programs.
Number of lecture-type instruction hours:______
Note:Lecture, seminar, quiz, discussion, recitation:A semester credit hour is an academic unit earned for fifteen 50-minute sessions of classroom instruction with anormal expectation of two hours of outside study for each class session. Typically, a three-semester credit hourcourse meets three 50-minute sessions per week for fifteen weeks for a total of 45 sessions
Number of lab or group activity hours: ______
Note:Activity supervised as a group (laboratory, field trip, practicum, workshop, group studio):A semester credit hour is awarded for the equivalent of fifteen periods of such activity, where each activity period is 150 minutes or more in duration with little or no outside preparation expected. Forty-five 50-minute sessions of suchactivity would also normally earn one semester credit hour. Where such activity involves substantial outsidepreparation by the student, the equivalent of fifteen periods of 100 minutes duration each will earn one semestercredit hour.
This section for Office Use Only.
___ Gen Ed course, forwarded to the Core Committee
Assistant Provost for Curriculum and Assessment:______Date______
Core designations: ____ W/ ___H/
___Approved ___Denied Committee vote: Yes____ No____ Abs_____
If denied, briefly state reasons here:______
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Chair of Core Committee: ______Date______
Core Committee Chair: Please forward form as Word document to
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Assistant Provost for Curriculum and Assessment______Date______
(Revised January 2018)
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