Curriculum Committee
On-Campus Course Proposals
On this page there are forms and deadlines for applying for Curriculum Committee approval for new and revised semester courses, Liberal Arts Perspective courses, New General Education Curriculum courses, Writing courses, and First Term Seminars.
These are the only forms that should be used for proposals made during this academic year. For all types of course proposals, download and complete the course proposal form. For new general education course proposals, please follow the naming convention suggested on the form.
For example: If you are Professor Smith planning to submit an Arts Area Designation Form, you will download the form currently named ARTS_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20, and submitted it as ARTS_New_321_Smith_F20.
Please send any proposals for new area designation(s) related to this new course to the email alias listed on the form for that specific area. If it is an existing course, you do not need to re-submit a proposal for the course itself, but you do need to submit a proposal for the new area designation(s) you would like to be associated with the course.
While each General Education Area has its own course-level SLOs, which are met at the course level, Distributive Area courses must also contribute to overall student learning by addressing all four general education program-level SLOs. If you are submitting a Distributive Area Designation Proposal Form for one of the following Distributive Areas: Arts, Humanities, Natural Science, Human Behavior and Social Institutions, or Theological Studies, in addition to the area designation form, please also submit the General Education Program SLOs form
Before completing proposals, please see information on the college's course credit guidelines and Institutional Student Learning Outcomes.
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Proposals for Spring 2020 On-Campus Semester Courses
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| New Spring On-Campus Course | NewRegularSemesterCourse | Sept. 14, 2019 |
| Liberal Arts Perspective Credit for New or Repeat Spring Course | GeneralEducationAreaProposal | Sept. 14, 2019 |
| WRITD and WRITI Credit for New or Repeat Spring Course | WRIT Course Proposal Page | Sept. 14, 2019 |
Late Proposals for J-Term 2020 On-Campus Semester Courses
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| New J-Term On-Campus Course | NewIEXcourseproposal_2020 | September 14, 2019 |
| Repeat J-Term On-Campus Course | Repeat_IEX_Course_Proposal_2020 | September 14, 2019 |
LAP Proposals for Fall 2020 On-Campus Courses
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| New Courses (Current LAP curriculum criteria) | NewRegularSemesterCourse | January 18, 2020 |
New General Education Curriculum Proposals for Fall 2020 On-Campus Courses
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
| New General Education Program SLOs - to be submitted with the Distributive Area Designations Proposal Forms | New_General_Education_Program_SLOs_proposal_form | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 |
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
|
| Arts Distributive Area Designation | ARTS_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-arts@gustavus.edu |
| Challenge Seminar | CSEM_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub@gustavus.edu |
| Global Affairs and Cultures Area Designation | GLOBLCULT_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-globlcult@gustavus.edu |
| Non-English Languages and Cultures Area Designation | GLOBLLANG_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-globllang@gustavus.edu |
| U.S. Identities and Difference Area Designation | GLOBLUS_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-globlus@gustavus.edu |
| Humanities Distributive Area Designation | HUM_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-hum@gustavus.edu |
| Natural Science Distributive Area Designation | NATSCI_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-natsci@gustavus.edu |
| Quantitative Reasoning Area Designation | QUANT_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-quant@gustavus.edu |
| Human Behavior and Social Institutions Distributive Area Designation | HBSI_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-hbsi@gustavus.edu |
| Theological Studies Distributive Area Designation | THEOL_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-theol@gustavus.edu |
| Wellbeing Area Designation | WELL_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-well@gustavus.edu |
FTS General Education Curriculum Proposals for Fall 2020
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproposal of existing FTS Course | FTS-100_New_lastname_F20 |
October 15th |
capsub-fts@gustavus.edu |
| New FTS course | FTS-100_New_lastname_F20 |
TBD - Early March 2020 |
capsub-fts@gustavus.edu |
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Course Proposals for Fall 2020
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
|
| Writing and Information Literacy (WRITL) | WRITL_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-writl@gustavus.edu |
| Writing in the Disciplines (WRITD) | WRITD_New_coursenumber_lastname_F20 | September 14, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | capsub-writd@gustavus.edu |
Proposals for J-Term 2021 On-Campus Courses
Proposal Type |
Form |
Deadline |
| New J-Term On-Campus Course | Coming soon! | April 5, 2020 |
| Repeat J-Term On-Campus Course | Coming soon! | April 5, 2020 |
Proposals for Cross-Listing Semester Courses
To apply for approval to cross-list a course, refer to the documents and forms below:
Applying for Exemptions for Courses
To apply for an exemption for a requirement for a course, e.g. to apply for an exemption to the rule that an IEX course cannot carry general education credit, go to the web page on Exemptions.
Applying For a Change in Credit Hours
Proposals for changes in course credit value are submitted to CAPSUB. There is no form. Proposals should come from the department/program chair only, and should give the following information: the course number and name, the current credit value, the proposed credit value, a brief rationale for the change which refers to the criteria in the Course Credit Guidelines, and an explanation of how (if at all) the change will affect students. Send this information as a WORD document to courseproposal@gustavus.edu.