I. Proposal Tracking Curriculum Committee Use Only
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Revise a Course
Use this form to revise a course that already exists in the Utica College Catalog. Revise-a-course proposals are Class I proposals, meaning (a) they generally are reviewed by Blue Curriculum Committee, and (2) they are presented to the Faculty Senate via a Curriculum Committee Consent Agenda. Refer to the Curriculum Committee Sourcebook for more information about Curriculum Committee policies and processes. No hard copy is needed; instead, this form uses the honor system whereby names typed into the signature spaces are considered legitimate signatures. The person identified in Section II below will be notified when this proposal has been placed on a CC agenda for review, when there are any questions, and when a decision has been reached and the proposal has been placed on the appropriate Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee agenda. You are welcome and encouraged to attend the Curriculum Committee meeting when your proposal is scheduled for review. Please submit to [email protected] I. Proposal Tracking – Curriculum Committee Use Only
Date submitted: Click or tap to enter a date. Submission number: Click or tap here to enter text. Short ID: Click or tap here to enter text.
II. Contact Information
The person identified in this section is referred to as the “Proposer.” Information in this section is used for Curriculum Committee and other entities involved in the curriculum review process to contact the Proposer with updates, questions, notifications, etc. Please provide the name and contact information for the person best to contact for these types of information.
Name: Click or tap here to enter text. Email: Click or tap here to enter text. Phone: Click or tap here to enter text. School: Choose an item. Division (if applicable): Click or tap here to enter text. III. Registrar
The Registrar’s Office reviews and signs off on the information in this section. Unless otherwise requested in writing, proposals are implemented as soon as possible once approved by Utica College administration. Please contact the Registrar’s Office with any questions about this section of the form (315.792.3021). A. Which Course Is Being Revised? Course prefix: Click or tap here to enter text. Course number: Click or tap here to enter text. Course title: Click or tap here to enter text. B. What Is/Are the Revision(s) Being Proposed? From To You do not have to complete this entire table; instead, complete only those rows where revisions are being proposed. Course prefix Course number Course title Short title Prerequisites Co-requisites Prerequisites that can be taken concurrently Credit hours Contact hours Grading option Schedule type Cross listed (e.g., AGE 214/BIO 214) Meets with (e.g., EDU 303/EDU 503) Same as (e.g., PSY 211/SOC 211) Note. To revise a course description, please use the “Update a Course Description” form on the CC website (click here). Revisions not listed here generally are considered significant enough to warrant an Add-a-Course form. C. Registrar Approval – Registrar Use Only Registrar “signature”: Click or tap here to enter text. Date of approval: Click or tap to enter a date. Typing your name in this blank signifies that the Registrar’s Office has reviewed and approved Section III of this proposal. IV. Academic Assessment
The Director of Academic Assessment (DAA) reviews and signs off on the information in this section. Please contact the DAA with any questions about this section of the form (315.792.3183). A. Learning Goals and Curriculum Map 1. Please list the course learning objectives, indicating any altered objectives with yellow highlighting. Click or tap here to enter text.
2. If this course revision alters your program’s curriculum map, please explain how and provide a new copy of the curriculum map with the course revision highlighted in yellow. Choose an item.
B. DAA Approval – DAA Use Only DAA “signature”: Click or tap here to enter text. Date of approval: Click or tap to enter a date. Typing your name in this blank signifies that the Office of Academic Assessment has reviewed and approved Section IV of this proposal.
V. Program/Department and Division/School Faculty
Names and signatures in this section indicate approval of identified faculty, confirmation that the course will first be run generally as outlined herein, and confirmation that the course syllabus will adhere to Utica College’s guidelines for syllabi— especially the academic accommodations and academic honesty policies. Signatures should be obtained in the order listed by the proposer. A. Program/Department Approval – Official Program/Department Use Only Chair of Program/Department “signature”: Click or tap here to enter text. Date of approval: Click or tap to enter a date. Typing your name in this blank signifies that the Program/Department has reviewed and approved this proposal. B. Division/School Approval – Official Division/School Use Only Division Head/School Dean “signature”: Click or tap here to enter text. Date of approval: Click or tap to enter a date. Typing your name in this blank signifies that the Division/School has reviewed and approved this proposal. VI. Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Committee (CC) reviews and approves the information in this section of the form. Please contact CC with any questions about this section of the form: [email protected] A. Academic Wisdom 1. Please explain how the proposed revision(s) will affect students: Click or tap here to enter text.
2. Identify and consult with all relevant entities both within and outside your school/division/department/program, and document the responses. (Please work with the Registrar’s Office to identify affected programs/departments/divisions/schools beyond your own.) Click or tap here to enter text.
3. Check the box to indicate that you have read UC’s guidelines for creating a syllabus and will adhere to them: ☐ B. Rigor A rigorous course or program is characterized by an intentional structure designed to promote student learning at appropriate, increasingly sophisticated levels. A rigorous course or program is a dynamic process whereby students are led deliberately through a sequence of increasingly extensive, complex, and sophisticated knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes. 1. Do the proposed revisions affect the rigor of the course? Click or tap here to enter text.
2. If yes, to V.A.1, then please explain how you determined the appropriate level of rigor for this course and how this level of rigor is manifested through appropriated sophisticated learning objectives and curricular requirements: Click or tap here to enter text. C. Coherence A coherent, or aligned, course or program is structured so that the component parts work together to ensure that students achieve the desired learning outcomes. Activities within the course, or courses within the program, are designed to achieve the learning goals, and each goal has a corresponding activity, course, or set of activities or courses. 1. Please describe if/how the proposed course revision fits with the program and/or college mission. Click or tap here to enter text. D. School CC Liaison Sign-Off – CC Liaison Use Only School CC Liaison “signature”: Click or tap here to enter text. Date of approval: Click or tap to enter a date. Typing your name in this blank signifies that the School Curriculum Committee Liaison has reviewed Section VI of this proposal and determined that it is complete.
You have reached the end of the portion of the form for which the Proposer is responsible. The remainder of the form will be completed on hard copy by officials.
Please submit your completed form to [email protected]
You will receive an email confirming receipt of your submission. E. CC Approval – CC Use Only Chair of Curriculum Committee signature: Date of approval:
Signing your name in this blank signifies that the College Curriculum Committee has reviewed and approved Section VI of this proposal. Any conditions or comments:
VII. Faculty Senate – Official Faculty Senate Use Only
Faculty Senate President/Secretary signature: Date of approval:
Signing your name in this blank signifies that Faculty Senate has approved this proposal. Any conditions or comments:
VIII. Administration – Administrative Use Only
College President/Provost signature: Date of approval:
Signing your name in this blank signifies that the Utica College administration has reviewed and approved this proposal. Any conditions or comments: