CLA CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 2015

CURRICULUM CYCLE AND CALENDARS CURRICULUM CYCLE - SPRING THROUGH FALL PROPOSED CURRICULUM 3- WEEK UNIVERSITY WIDE REVIEW (Nov/Dec) CERTIFICATION EFFECTIVE FOLLOWING FALL ( ) CATALOG EDIT Includes all curriculum from the past cycle (Feb/Mar)

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS LINKS CURRICULUM Curriculum Calendar and Deadlines Links to GE and University Curriculum Forms and information Standard Course Outline and Syllabus Policy EPCC Minutes Curriculum Flowchart Instructional Resources Attendance, grading, cheating and plagiarism, office hours, etc. Academic Calendars (Registration, final exam schedules, etc.)

PROCEDURES DEPARTMENT APPROVAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AND DEPT. CHAIR COLLEGE APPROVAL EPCC COMMITTEE APPROVAL OTHER APPROVALS (SEE FLOWCHART) GENERAL EDUCATION NEW PROGRAMS AND CHANGES THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL APPROVALS

REPORTS AND RESOURCES CSLINK REPORTS ACTIVE COURSE REPORT LBSR0008E COURSE ATTRIBUTES, GE CATEGORY, TYPICALLY OFFERED SEMESTERS Needed for filling out Course Change curriculum forms COURSE CATALOG REQUISITE REPORT LBSR0236 Needed to confirm which prerequisites are enforced

CHOOSING THE RIGHT CURRICULUM FORM

COURSE FLOWCHART - DETERMINE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO - NEW COURSE / CHANGE / GENERAL EDUCATION?

Course Classification C-1 to C-6 1 class hr and 1 wtu C-7 to C-14 2 class hrs and 1.3 wtu C-15 & above Supervision S-1 (48) =.25 wtu S-2 (36) =.33 wtu S-3 (25) =.50 wtu S-4 (24) =.67 wtu S-5 (23) = 1.0 wtu COURSE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CURRICULUM HANDBOOK ATTACHMENT 4.2 NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH GENERAL EDUCATION CATEGORIES

PROGRAM FLOWCHART

STEP 1 DETERMINE THE GENERAL EDUCATION CATAGORY

A1 Written Comm A2 Oral Comm A3 Critical Thinking B2 Math/Quant. Reasoning **Curriculum item- Prereq for GE courses Foundations All other GE must have pre or co-req from Foundation. 300 and above Must have entire Foundation as prereq. GENERAL EDUCATION – CATEGORY FOUNDATION ( ) NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH COURSE CLASSIFICATIONS

Explorations B1 Natural Sciences C Arts & Humanities D Social Science & Citizenship E Lifelong Learning & Self Development Capstone (F) Interdisciplinary Service Learning Advanced Skills Integrative Learning Writing Intensive GENERAL EDUCATION CATEGORIES CONT.–

STEP 2- IDENTIFY GE ESSENTIAL SKILLS

COMPLETE NECESSARY PAPERWORK GEAR FORM The General Education Action form is found at the GEGC weblink: /aa/ge/faculty SCO Standard Course Outline Template is available at the CLA website. /cla/policies_and_procedu res/academics.html

GENERAL EDUCATION CYCLE AND DEADLINES All GE proposals must first be approved at the EPCC; give yourself time to meet the GEGC deadline for submission and approval.

GENERAL EDUCATION REVIEW DEADLINES Submitted 10/1 – 2/15 Submitted 2/16 - 9/30 Courses new to GEEffective the next Fall Existing Courses New to GE or adding a GE Category Effective the next Fall Effective the next Spring Semester Existing GE Courses Asking to Remove a GE Category Effective the next Fall Effective the next Spring

GENERAL EDUCATION RESOURCES /