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Department Chairs Workshop:. Curriculum. Relationship with Program Directors. Provide course offerings in support of programs Maintain department curriculum records, syllabi, and textbook requests. New Program Development. Ideas for new majors generated at the department level
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Department Chairs Workshop: Curriculum
Relationship with Program Directors • Provide course offerings in support of programs • Maintain department curriculum records, syllabi, and textbook requests
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 • Entitlement to Plan • Authorization to Implement • Implementation • Joint Program Review • Implications for new courses and faculty
Curriculum & Instruction Committee • review, develop, recommend curriculum policy and guidelines • approve requests for new courses, course revisions, new programs, program revisions • encourage use of appropriate standards throughout the curriculum • encourage a transdisciplinary approach to curriculum and instructional growth • http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/ciccomm.cfm
Curriculum Handbook • 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
Course approval process flowchart http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/Currflow-2.pdf
Course Development Checklist Available to guide you through the process. http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/upload/corsappr-2.pdf
Before CIC • General Education • Racial and Ethnic Studies • Global Perspective • Exceptions to approval process
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
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 [PDF] • Checklist for new course development [PDF] http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/newcourse.cfm
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
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.
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
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
Active/Inactive Courses • Contact Tricia to discontinue courses no longer offered. • Annual review of courses not offered past three years
ImageNow • Permanent curriculum files are imaged • Department chairs/secretaries are authorized to view documents • Course syllabi are NOT imaged at the university level
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
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
General Education Assessment • GE Course Assessment Reportshttp://www3.uwstout.edu/provost/genedassessment.cfm • GE Senior Level Assessmenthttp://www.uwstout.edu/bpa/ir/surveyresults/gened08.pdf • ETS Proficiency ProfileNew: Replaces CAAP • Survey on New GE Objectives
Program Review Annual Assessment in the Major • Department and faculty involvement: Improving student learning outcomeshttp://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/aitm.cfm • Annual reports due: Mid October
PRC Program Reviews • Every seven years • Program self study • Survey key instructors • Reports strengths, areas for improvement, and recommendations http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/prc.cfm
Curricular Incubation Center • Grant provides financial support for course development • Grant information and application:http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/cic.cfm • New round of funding Fall 2012
Websites • Curriculum Handbook – http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/currhb/ • Undergraduate Bulletin –http://www.uwstout.edu/bulletins/undergraduate/index.cfm • 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 • UG Program Websites –http://www.uwstout.edu/programs/ugrad.cfm • Program Advisory Committee –http://www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/progcommittees.cfm • Access Stout –https://access.uwstout.edu/psp/ps/ • WebNow–https://imagenow.uwstout.edu/webnow/