Department Chairs Workshop:

1. Department Chairs Workshop: Curriculum

2. Relationship with Program Directors • Provide course offerings in support of programs • Maintain department curriculum records, syllabi, and textbook requests

3. New Program Development • Ideas for new majors generated at the department level • Academic Planhttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/accplan.cfm • Steps in program developmenthttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/newmajorsteps.cfm • Pre-Authorization: Notice of Intent • Authorization • Implementation • Institutional Quality Control • Implications for new courses and faculty

4. Curriculum & Instruction Committee • Objectives of the CIC are to: • review, develop and recommend new and/or modified curriculum policies • serve as an academic forum to discuss and act upon proposals for credit-producing learning experiences as well as academic programs • encourage a transdisciplinary approach to curriculum and instructional growth • promote academic excellence and educational opportunity and encourage the use of appropriate standards throughout the curriculumhttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/ciccomm.cfm

5. Curriculum Handbook The Curriculum Handbook provides information on: • official university record of curriculum policies and procedures • key processes involved in curriculum approval • formats, procedures, and approval sequences • policies, definitions, and documents of historical significance regarding curriculum http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/index.cfm

6. Course approval process flowchart http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/Currflow-2.pdf

7. Course Development Checklist Available to guide you through the process. http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/corsappr-2.pdf

8. Before CIC • General Education • Racial and Ethnic Studies • Global Perspective • Exceptions to approval process

9. One Time Only? Variable Topic?NOT THE SAME • Special Courses, one- or two-time only requestshttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/1xonly.pdf • Variable Topicshttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/Topic-2.pdf • Must have an approved umbrella course that broadly defines the nature of the topic • May be offered up to three times without CIC review/approval within a five-year period • With CIC review/approval, may be offered unlimited times in five years

10. New Course Development Help Page • Process for Development and Approval • Required Course Documentation • Definition of Types of courses • Do's and Don'ts for writing course proposals • Forms/Resources: • Cover sheets for new course approvals • Checklist for new course development http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/newcourse.cfm

11. New Course Proposal Cover Sheet Includes required data used for Class scheduling Registration Student schedules Degree audits Transcripts Reports http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/Newform-2.pdf

12. Revision or New Course? Changing one or more of the following is a revision: • course content and/or objectives • title • credits • prerequisites • course number/level • catalog description • RES category • GE category If you plan to revise several of the above items, consider dropping the course and submitting a proposal for a new course.

13. Course Revisions Help Page • General Instructions • Required Course Documentation • Revision of a Course - required approval • Process for Development & Approval • Do's and Don'ts for course proposals • Forms: • Cover/Approval sheet for revised courses [PDF] • Course Impact Summary [PDF] • Checklist for course revisions [PDF] http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/courserev.cfm

14. After CIC • Provost and Chancellor review & approve • Curriculum Data Manager enters courses on PeopleSoft (find them at “Browse Catalog” in Access Stout) • Department schedules classes • Department requests special course fees annually around October

15. Active/Inactive Courses • Contact Tricia to discontinue courses no longer offered. • Annual review of courses not offered past three years

16. ImageNow • Permanent curriculum files are imaged • Department chairs and support staff have access to view curriculum documents • Course syllabi will soon imaged at the university level

17. Special Course Fees • Approval is required for extraordinary instructional costs • UW-Stout’s Special Course Fee Policy http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/coursefee.cfm • UW System Special Course Fee Policy: G-29http://www.uwsa.edu/fadmin/gapp/gapp29.htm • Three types of funding - same approval process • Access to Learning • Special course fees • Software/Access Code fees

18. Special Course Fees Three types of funding - same approval process 1) Access to Learning 2) Special course fees 3) Software/Access Code fees Annual approval mid-October for the next academic year http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/coursefee.pdf

19. Academic Integrity • Ensure faculty and instructional academic staff have the degrees and expertise to teach courses • Syllabi need to include university-approved course descriptions and objectives

20. Overloads When assigning overloads: • Follow university guidelines • Consider departmental and college guidelines • Utilize ethical and equitable practices • Consider teaching, research, and service responsibilities HR keeps track of overloads

21. Performance Evaluations • Follow timelines; see HR handout • Evaluate teaching, research and service (for faculty) • Evaluate teaching (for instructional academic staff) • Consider “collegiality” and “civility” when writing the narrative • Below, within, and above

22. General Education Assessment • GE Course Assessment ReportsReports are archived and accessed through UW-Stout’s information portalhttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/assessment.cfm • GE Senior Level Assessment • ETS Proficiency Profile • Writing and Math Assessments under development

23. Program Review Annual Assessment in the Major • Department and faculty involvement- Improving student learning outcomes • Annual reports due: Mid October • Reports are archived and accessed through UW-Stout’s information portal http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/assessment.cfm

24. PRC Program Reviews • First review is five years after new program approval • Subsequently, every seven years • Program self study • Survey key instructors • Reports strengths, areas for improvement, and recommendations http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/prc.cfm

25. Websites • Curriculum Handbook http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/ • UW-Stout Bulletins http://www.uwstout.edu/bulletins/ • Curriculum and Instruction Committee http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/ciccomm.cfm • General Education requirement http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/gened.cfm • Racial and Ethnic Studies requirement http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/ethnic.cfm • Global Perspectives requirement http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/global.cfm • Program Websites http://www.uwstout.edu/programs/ • Program Advisory Committee http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/progcommittees.cfm • Access Stout https://access.uwstout.edu/psp/ps/ • WebNowhttps://imagenow.uwstout.edu/webnow/

26. Questions