College of Arts & Media
University of Colorado Denver
Syllabus Template
Course Informationo Course Title
o Number, Section
o Meeting Dates & Times & Location
o Semester
Instructor Informationo Instructor
o Contact Information [phone, official CU Denver email address]
o Office Hours
o Location
o To schedule an appointment contact: [e.g., Department Program Assistant]
CAM Vision, Mission, and ValuesVision—art changing lives
Mission—The College of Arts & Media exists at the intersection of art, technology, and commerce, and as such, faculty and students use powerful art making, expansive teaching/learning, and strategic service to connect deeply with the arts disciplines and the creative industries—as these currently exist and as they might become.
Values
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Experimentation and Innovation
Excellence and Professionalism
Community
Creative Research and Scholarship
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Technological Innovation
Critical Thinking
Diversity, Accessibility, and Equity
Intellectual Freedom and Artistic
Integrity
Sustainability
Civic Engagement
Experiential Learning
Social Responsibility
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Course DescriptionCourse description as stated in the course catalogue
Course Learning OutcomesInsert outcomes for the course (i.e., knowledge, skills, and dispositions)
Safety and Emergency Preparedness Resources
There are many resources available to ensure that you and the universitycommunity are prepared for all types of emergencies.
Emergency Telephone Numbers
· EMERGENCY DISPATCH-From a campus phone dial 9-1-1 or 303.556.5000 from any other phone.
· EMERGENCY TTY (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing) 303.556.2133
· Campus Emergency & Information Hotline-303.556.2401
· Hazardous Materials Emergency-From a campus phone dial 9-1-1 or 303.556.5000 from any other phone.
· RAAP (Rape Assistance Awareness Program) 24 hour Hotline -.303.322.7273
· Suicide/Crisis Prevention Hotline-303.860.1200 or 303.343.9890
· Poison Control Center-303.739.1123
· Health Center at Auraria-303.556.2525
· Receive text, voice, e-mail or pager campus emergency notifications through the University Emergency Notification System. Students are recommended to register for Rave free text and voice messaging service at www.getrave.com/login/DenverAlerts.
· Posted in all classrooms, conference rooms and office suites is the Emergency Procedures Reference Sheet.
· Be familiar with the information located in the Emergency Preparedness Quick-Reference Guide. Better yet, print out a copy of the guide and keep it with your course materials. The guide covers information such as, emergency and non emergency phone numbers, medical emergency, fire and active shooter situations.Emergency Preparedness Guide: http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/UniversityPolice/EmergencyPreparedness/Pages/EmergencyGuides.aspx
· Campus Safety Video. A ten minute video that describes how to prepare for and respond to an emergency on campus. The video is available online and in all classrooms. Shots Fired Videos: http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/UniversityPolice/PersonalSafetyCrimePrevention/ClassesTraining/Pages/SafetyVideos.aspx
· Campus Emergency Phones. Located throughout the campus (interior and exterior), the phones provide direct contact with the Auraria Police Department with the push of a single button.
· Cleary Act. This detailed report provides information about crime statistics on campus and safety-based policies and procedures. http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/UniversityPolice/CrimeStatistics/Pages/CrimeStatistics.aspx
Campus Resources for Personal Safety
The Campus Assessment, Response &Evaluation (CARE) Team was created at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz campus to address the health and safety needs of students as well as the campus community. The purpose of the team is to assess whether individuals pose a risk to themselves or others and to intervene whennecessary, and more generally, to identify and provide assistance to those in need. The team takes a preventative approach to risk assessment by offering resources, referrals, and support to both the concerning individual and those impacted by their behavior. See the CARE Team website for helpful information regarding conduct issues. http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/beta/Pages/default.aspx
The Office of Community Standards and Wellness serves as a resource to the entire university community through its efforts to meet the developmental and educational needs of students related to community expectations, civility and respect for self and others. We strive to create a dynamic, open and just environment where civility, cultural competence and learning are expected and celebrated.
The CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center provides mental health counseling services to the CU Denver student body as well as the Denver Metro community.
The Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services offers a variety of support, education and advocacy services for the entire campus community.
The Phoenix Center at Auraria is a tri-institutional office on campus that provides free and confidential services to survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. We serve students, staff, and faulty at all 3 Auraria institutions and AHEC. 24/7 free and confidential helpline: 303-556-CALL (2255) Main office (for appointments): 303-556-6011 Tivoli 227
Campus Resources for Academic Support
Writing Center
The Writing Center at CU Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus is a free resource available to all university students who wish to improve as writers. Services include in-person and online one-on-one appointments; an asynchronous Drop Box for graduate students and all students on the Anschutz Medical Campus; workshops on a variety of topics (for example: citation, literature reviews, C.V.s, and more); and downloadable handouts, podcasts, and videos. Professional Writing Consultants will work on any type of writing and any aspect of the writing process, including (but not limited to) idea-generation, organization, thesis development, source usage, and grammar. Students bring in documents ranging from C.V.s. and personal statements to research essays and capstone projects to rhetorical analyses and grant applications. All writing is welcome.
Downtown Campus: North Classroom 4014 Hours: Monday – Thursday, 9am-6pm & Friday, 9am-2pm
Campus Village at Auraria: North 3rd Floor Common Room
Hours: Sunday, Monday and Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm & Friday, 2pm-5pm
Online: http://writingcenter.ucdenver.edu
Learning Resource Center
The Center provides individual and group tutoring, Supplemental Instruction (SI), study skills workshops and ESL support. Room: NC 2006 303-556-2802 Denver Campus.
Hispanic Student Educational Programs and Outreach
The Hispanic Student Educational Programs and Outreach is an academic service designed to promote and maintain quality higher education for students of Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central Americanand Spanish descent.
Hours: Monday-Friday | 8am-5pm Denver Campus North Classroom 2012C 303.556.6209
Career Center
The center assists and guides students with understanding and leveraging their skills, personality, values and interests as they choose an academic major and determine a career direction. Services include job search and strategies, resume development and writing, practice interviews and salary negotiation.Employers may benefit fromonline job posting, resume referrals, on-campus interviewing, career fairs, employer presentations, and networking events. TivoliStudent Union267
Phone: 303-556-2250
Academic Success and Advising Center
The center helps new freshmen and transfer students through academic advising, schedule planning, time management, personal support and referrals to other on-campus resources. North Classroom 2024
Phone: 303-352-3520
College of Arts & Media (CAM) Office of Advising & Student Services
Academic advising for all Arts & Media students with 30 or more credit hours. Appointment times for advising vary throughout the week. E-mail quick questions to . http://cam.ucdenver.edu/ > Student Resources > Advising 101; ARTS 177; 303-556-2279.
Educational Opportunity Programs
Minority outreach, peer counseling, workshops, assistance with applying for financial aid, cultural events. http://www.ucdenver.edu/EOP; NC 2012; 303-556-2065.
Experiential Learning Center
Get experience through internships, cooperative education, service learning, community engagement and undergraduate research. www.ucdenver.edu > Campus Life > All Student Services > Experiential Learning Center; TIV 260; 303-556-6656.
Scholarship Resource Office
Provides information about scholarships and offers guidance in the scholarship application process. There you will find helpful information such as how to search for a scholarship, how to write an effective essay and how to create a scholarship application tracking calendar. ; www.ucdenver.edu > Academic Life > Scholarship Office; TIV 259; 303-352-3608.
Student Advocacy Center
Support services, peer advocacy, referrals, problem solving. http://ucdenver.edu/EOP > Student Advocacy Center; NC 2012; 303-556-2065.
TRiO Programs/Student Success Services
For first-generation and/or low income students – provides advising, peer counseling, peer mentoring, etc. www.ucdenver.edu > Campus Life > All Student Services > TRiO Student Support Services; NC 2506; 303-556-3420.
Veteran Student Services
Advising and administrative services for military veterans. Email: . www.ucdenver.edu > Campus Life > All Student Services > Veteran Student Services; Records Annex at 1250 14th Street, Suite 107 A/B; 303-556-2630.
Women’s Resource Center
Information regarding services and resources (e.g. daycare, housing, etc.). www.ucdenver.edu/wrc; NC 2008; 303-352-3740.
Applicable Course Notices**Please discuss with your Department Chair, or Area Head, course notices that should be included for your class.**
Examples-
1. Students missing the first two class meetings of this course may be administratively dropped. Students will not be allowed to add the course if they have missed the first two classes. Any meeting sessions that will be rescheduled and/or cancelled due to instructor conferences, commitments, etc.
2. Content Notification. Art scholarship and art practice along with teaching and learning involves a critical exploration of ideas, theories, art-making practices, and art movements that encompass such things as: the human body, sexuality, race, gender, religions, and cultures. This course can touch upon any of the above categories with an expectation that students will actively participate in all course assignments, discussions and tests. Given this information, it is the student’s obligation to determine that the requirements conflict with his or her core beliefs. If the student determines that there is a conflict with his or her beliefs, one of the following actions needs to be taken: 1) drop the class before the last day to drop a course without penalty; 2) meet with the instructor within the first week of classes to determine if an accommodation can be made. (Note, faculty are not required to grant content accommodations.) If no accommodation can be made, drop the course before the last day to drop without penalty.
3. Arts faculty collect samples/examples of student work that may be referenced in courses they teach, annual reviews, and applications for teaching positions. Students that do not wish to have samples of their work collected by faculty members should notify the instructor.
Texts and Supplieso Required Text(s)
o Required Supplies [Ideally, tentative costs and sources will be included.]
o Reserve readings, web-based materials, etc
Key Student Tasks, Course Activities, and Due Datese.g., assignments, projects, presentations, demonstrations, critiques, reading assignments, tests
Assessmento Modes of assessment and relative values in determining project grades and a final course grade
o Grading Policies - Ideally, rubrics/rating scales/checklists, etc. for all student tasks appended to the syllabus
o Course Pre-Assessment Instrument [e.g., prior knowledge, skills, dispositions]
o
Web Gradingo CU Denver utilizes web grading which is accessed through UCDAccess.
o All web grading information can be found at
www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/registrar/faculty-staff/
Policies**THE FOLLOWING COURSE POLICIES MUST BE INCLUDED IN YOUR SYLLABUS**
Students with Disabilities: The University of Colorado Denver is committed to providing reasonable accommodation and access to programs and services to persons with disabilities. Students with disabilities who want academic accommodations must register with Disability Resources and Services (DRS), North Classroom 2514, phone: 303.556.3450.
Attendance: The University recognizes that there will be occasions when students must miss classes that contain examinations, graded assignments, experiments or projects, and general class participation. The University also recognizes that excessive excused absences will make it impossible to evaluate a student’s performance in a class based on attendance and participation or in a class with multiple graded assignments.
There are four categories of absences recognized by the University:
· Absences because of disabilities
· Excused absences
· Unexcused absences
· Religious observances
· The syllabus must clarify if and how attendance will affect a grade. Faculty at UC Denver follow the Student Attendance and Absences Policy. http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies%20Library/OAA/StudentAttendance.pdf
For a course in which attendance is part of the course grade, the syllabus must clarify if and how attendance will affect a grade and how attendance will be taken. Include how the grade will be calculated into the final grade for the course and clarify the difference between an absence and being tardy. Faculty are strongly encouraged to use a daily written record of student attendance when attendance is part of the course grade.
UC Denver Student Attendance and Absences Policy:http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies%20Library/OAA/StudentAttendance.pdf
Participation: For courses, in which faculty utilize participation rather than attendance as part of the course grade, the syllabus should clearly communicate student performance based on participation. State how participation will be assessed, how students will be informed of their participation grade, how participation will be documented and how the participation grade will be calculated into the final grade for the course.
Weekly CalendarWeekly Calendar [with embedded reminders of all key due dates for assignments, tasks, etc.]
Student Letter of UnderstandingSample Letter:
“I, ______(print name) affirm that I have read the attached syllabus and understand the policies of this course. I further acknowledge that should a dispute arise, full disclosure of course focus, requirements, and methods of assessment has been made.
Date:______
Signed:______”
Appendicese.g., course tasks, rubrics, rating scales, checklists, etc.