Developing and Reviewing Course Proposals

1. Developing and Reviewing Course Proposals Brian Self, ASCC Chair Gary Laver, GEGB Chair Susan Olivas, Associate Registrar Presented individually to all college curriculum committees Spring 2019

2. Purpose of meeting • What do you need to do for 2020-2021 catalog? • Timelines for upcoming proposals • Changes to GE template, what that means • Next catalog cycle – three C’s • CLOs • Consultation • extended Course Outline

3. 2019-20 Catalog • You can view proposals approved for the catalog in the Curriculum Management system • Search for the course or program • Click on proposal in 'History' panel • Proposal will open in a new browser window

4. 2019-20 Catalog • Can submit the following types of proposals • New course or online delivery of a course • Edit a course to make its requisites less restrictive or to add a cross-listing Source: Curriculum Handbook

5. 2020-21 Catalog • Purpose of this catalog is to implement the new GE template • No other edits to programs may be made • Departments will not need to submit proposals • Office of the Registrar will update programs with new GE template • If the new GE template necessitates a change to major or support requirements in a program, the Office of the Registrar will reach out to the department to make those changes together (September/October 2019)

6. 2020-21 Catalog • Departments will not need to submit proposals to edit GE courses • Office of the Registrar will make updates • Edit descriptions with new GE Area designations, e.g. Fulfills GE Area A2 (formerly GE Area A1) • Edit prerequisites with new GE Area designations, e.g. "Completion of GE Area A2 (formerly GE Area A1) with a grade of C- or better" • Timeline • Summer/Fall 2019 – courses will be edited in the Curriculum Management system • December 2020 – courses will be updated in PeopleSoft • Winter 2020 – prerequisites will be coded in PeopleSoft • Spring 2020 – registration starts for Summer/Fall 2020

7. 2020-21 Catalog • Can submit the following types of proposals • New course or online delivery of a course • Edit a course to make its requisites less restrictive or to add a cross-listing Source: Curriculum Handbook

8. Changes to General Education • New template approved this spring Academic Senate Resolution AS-873-19 • New guidelines in the works A/B – Academic Senate Resolution AS-879-19

9. General Education Timeline Fall Winter Spring Submit Brand New A & B – available 7/1/19 Re-Up Current A&B Deadline May 2020 (approved by college by 6/1/20) AY 2019-2020 Submit Brand New C/D/E Ac Senate approves GE C/D/E EO/CR Submit Brand New A/B/C/D/E AY 2020-2021 GE Review of A&B Re-Ups for 2021-202X catalog Re-Up Current C/D/E 2021 Lower Div 2022 Upper Div

10. GE Curricular Timeline: Next Year • Program compliance with new template • Programs will be contacted by Registrar’s Office • Preparation of Area A & B course-review re-up materials for May 2020 deadline (approved by college by 6/1/20) • Proposals for brand-new GE courses based on Registrar’s published schedule

11. GE Curricular Timeline: AY 2020–2021 • Review of Area A & B re-up proposals • Preparation of Lower-Division Area C, D & E course-review re-up materials for May 2021 deadline (approved by college by 6/1/21) • Proposals for brand-new GE courses based on Registrar’s published schedule

12. GE Curricular Timeline: AY 2021–2022 • Implementation of Area A & B re-up proposals • Review of Lower-Division Area C, D & E re-up proposals • Preparation of Upper-Division Area C & D course-review re-up materials for May 2022 deadline (approved by college by 6/1/22) • Proposals for brand-new GE courses based on Registrar’s published schedule

13. GE Curricular Timeline: AY 2022–2023 • Implementation of Lower-Division Area C, D & E re-up proposals • Review of Upper-Division Area C & D re-up proposals • Proposals for brand-new GE courses based on Registrar’s published schedule

14. GE Curricular Timeline:  AY 2023–2024 • Implementation of Upper-Division C & D re-up proposals • Proposals for brand-new GE courses based on Registrar’s published schedule

15. GE Writing Requirements • Basic 10% writing requirement • Areas A2, A3, C2, Upper-Division C & D are designated as writing intensive. • This means… › a minimum of 3,000 words of writing (2,000 minimum for C2) › at least 50% of grade based on writing

16. 2021 – 2022 Catalog • Timeline • CLOs • Consultation • Extended course outline

17. 2021-2022 Catalog Timeline Fall Winter Spring Departments Propose Courses Put in system early! College Review Due June 1, 2020 AY 2019-2020 Edit Program in Program Management System Available April 2020 ASCC Catalog Review Office of the Registrar editing catalog 2021-2022 Published AY 2020-2021

18. Source: Curriculum Handbook

19. Learning Objectives • ProgramLearning Objectives • CourseLearning Objectives Classroom Activities • Weekly Outline • Assessments

20. Learning Objectives • Student-focused • Action-oriented • Assessable • Aligned with Program Learning Objectives “By the end of the course, my students should be able to…” http://registrar.calpoly.edu/course-learning-objectives

21. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

22. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Lower Division Courses Upper Division Courses

23. Learning Objectives Sample CLOs from Linda Suskie’sAssessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide (Jossey-Bass, 2009) and from Cal Poly courses: • Applyeconomic principles to everyday life. • Explain the impact of the Korean War on U.S.-East Asian relations today. • Identify an audit problem in a financial statement, and recommend ways to address it. • Predictwhat is likely to happen when two chemicals are combined, and justify the prediction. • Design a community service project. • Write a poem that uses imagery and structure typical of early-nineteenth-century American poets. • Accurately solve engineering problems using methods from perturbation theory • Compare how structure and function are related for key structures of the human nervous system

24. Assessments • Assessments for each CLO CLO: Predictwhat is likely to happen when two chemicals are combined, and justify the prediction. Assessment: Pre-lab notebooks, midterm exam, final exam In general, the assessment method(s) should not be the same for every CLO (e.g., don’t just copy and paste Homework, Test, Final exam to every CLO)

25. Extended Course Outline (Week by Week) Smell test Can another instructor look at the outline and teach the course with respect to… • Content • Depth • Level • Pace

26. Consultation • Are there groups the department overlooked? • Delivery • Similar courses/content in the college • Outside the college • Clients • Who is serviced by the course? • Automatic emails for course edits for courses that are listed in another program http://registrar.calpoly.edu/consultation-other-departments

27. New Programs, Editing Programs • Academic policy requirements • Concentrations • Graduate degree programs • Minors • Graduate certificate programs http://registrar.calpoly.edu/program-policies-guidelines

28. Roles of Reviewers: ASCC • University-wide input • Consultation • Attention to campus need • Avoiding duplication • Verification that department and college reviews were completed • Part of Senate approval process

29. One-Year Catalog Cycle • Approaches for moving from two-year to one-year catalog cycle • Agile approach • Two-year catalog cycle occurs over 23 months – May 1 kick-off for proposals that are published in the catalog 23 months later • One-year catalog cycle is based on continuous review– program proposals received by June 1 are published in the catalog 10 months later

30. One-Year Catalog Cycle • Approaches for moving from two-year to one-year catalog cycle • Stepped approach • New courses may be proposed on a rolling, quarterly basis • Once a new course is fully approved in the system, it can be added to a program proposal • Course proposals fully approved in advance will make editing and reviewing programs easier

31. One-Year Catalog Example: 2021-22 Catalog

32. One-Year Catalog Example: 2021-22 Catalog