University of South Florida Course Change Proposal – General Education Certification (effective Fall 2018)
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Department and Contact Information
Department / College / Chartfield StringProposer Name / Phone / Email
Current Course Information This information is pulled for course inventory and is not editable in the proposal.
Prefix / Number / TypeLab or Combined
Full title:
Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum) (if full title is more than 30 characters, the abbreviated title will be used in Banner and Schedule Search)
Is the course title variable? / Yes or No
Are the credit hours variable? / Yes or No
Credit Hours (list min-max if variable)
CIP Code (use CIP for the appropriate discipline, ex. Electrical Engineering CIP is 14.1001)
Course Description (255 characters maximum including spaces):
Section Type – Select One / Class Lecture, Directed Individual Study, Discussion, Graduate Dissertation, Graduate Thesis, Individual Performance, Internship, Laboratory, Medical Clinical Professional, Other, Supervised Research, Supervised Teaching
Grading Option / Continuing, Regular, S/U Only
How will the course be offered?
On Campus or Online / If an online or partially online course, what percentage of instruction (interaction between student and instructors and among students) is delivered via the internet (when students and instructors are not in the same place)? 100% – Full Distance Learning, Less than 50% – Primarily Classroom, 50%-79% – Hybrid, 80%-99% – Primarily Distance Learning
Repeatability: Not Repeatable, Maximum Hours Repeatable, Number of Times Repeatable / Number:
Corequisites:
Prefix / Number
Co-Prerequisites:
Prefix / Number / Level / Minimum Grade
UG, GR, ND, PR
UG, GR, ND, PR
UG, GR, ND, PR
New Course Information (leave unchanged fields blank)
New Prefix / New Number / New TypeLab or Combined
New Full Title
New Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum) (if full title is more than 30 characters, the abbreviated title will be used in Banner and Schedule Search)
Is the course title variable? / Yes or No
Are the credit hours variable? / Yes or No
New Credit Hours (list min-max if variable)
New CIP Code (use CIP for the appropriate discipline, ex. Electrical Engineering CIP is 14.1001)
New Course Description (255 characters maximum including spaces):
New Section Type – Select One / Class Lecture, Directed Individual Study, Discussion, Graduate Dissertation, Graduate Thesis, Individual Performance, Internship, Laboratory, Medical Clinical Professional, Other, Supervised Research, Supervised Teaching
New Grading Option / Continuing, Regular, S/U Only
How will the course be offered?
On Campus or Online / If an online or partially online course, what percentage of instruction (interaction between student and instructors and among students) is delivered via the internet (when students and instructors are not in the same place)? 100% – Full Distance Learning, Less than 50% – Primarily Classroom, 50%-79% – Hybrid, 80%-99% – Primarily Distance Learning
New Repeatability: Not Repeatable, Maximum Hours Repeatable, Number of Times Repeatable / Number:
New Corequisites:
Prefix / Number
New Co-Prerequisites:
Prefix / Number / Level / Minimum Grade
UG, GR, ND, PR
UG, GR, ND, PR
UG, GR, ND, PR
Course Restrictions
DepartmentInclude, Exclude, No Restriction
Field of Study: Major/Program
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Field of Study: Concentration
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Field of Study: Minor
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Class
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Level
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Degree
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Campus
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
College
Include, Exclude, No Restriction
Online Justification
1. How do the student learning outcomes of the proposed online course compare to the traditional delivery of the course, or an identified, comparable course?2. How does the academically engaged time of students in the proposed online course compare to the traditional delivery of the course, or an identified, comparable course?
3. Indicate a methodology for assessing and reporting on the comparability of the student learning outcomes for the proposed online course and the traditional course, or a comparable traditional course.
4. Indicate a plan for use of assessment results as the basis for ongoing design of the proposed online course to ensure comparability with the traditional delivery of the course.
Please provide a rationale for why this course may not be taught as an online course. 250 word
limit
List minimum qualifications for the instructor, using the following SACS language: "Doctorate or master's degree in [fill in the teaching discipline] or master's degree with a concentration in [fill in the teaching discipline] (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline)." For graduate courses, a minimum of a doctorate (terminal degree) is required.
Other Course Information:
Course ObjectivesLearning Outcomes
Major Topics
Summary of change(s): Be specific. (Summarize all of the changes, i.e., change of objectives, course level, etc.)
General Education
Effective Fall 2018, the University of South Florida is enhancing its general education curriculum. The General Education Council (GEC) is, therefore, inviting academic departments to submit undergraduate courses to be certified as part of the enhanced general education curriculum. Certified courses will receive the designated course attribute in Banner and can be used by students to fulfill general education graduation requirements. Departments can choose to submit major required courses general education curriculum certification providing they use the GEC approved Student Learning Outcomes.
The enhancement is designed to provide students with a more rigorous and robust general education curriculum that is relevant for the needs of today’s undergraduate students. There will be a phased implementation of the entire curriculum, with the first phase being intellectual and practical skill-based courses that focus on Creative Thinking, Information + Data Literacy, and Human & Cultural Diversity.
Courses wishing to certify in the enhanced general education curriculum for Fall 2018 must choose:
· one skill area under which they will certify
· two approved student learning outcomes from that area
Courses wishing to certify in the enhanced general education curriculum for Fall 2018 must also clearly indicate how they will:
· address Critical & Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
· meet the state requirement for writing
· integrate the general education student learning outcomes throughout their course
· authentically assess the achievement of the student learning outcomes
Courses wishing to certify under the skill area of Human and Cultural Diversity must also select two global student learning outcomes.
What “type” of General Education course are you proposing? - SELECT ONE
☐ Honors College (these are specific courses offered by the Honors College for their students only)
☐ Major Requirement (these are major-required courses that are only allowed to be taken by students in a particular major. These courses likely have pre-requisites)
If Major option is chosen please answer the following questions:
Justification: 250 WORD LIMIT FOR EACH OF THE 5 QUESTIONS
1. State the reasons why the change is necessary and how it will improve the course or major.
2. Indicate where this course is in relation to other courses in the major.
3. Does this change affect accreditation or certification?
4. Indicate how this course will strengthen the major.
5. What will be the effect of this change on the major and on the students?
☐ Open to All (these courses are open to any student needing General Education credits and may also serve as a major requirement)
If All is chosen, the following question pop up:
Justification:
1. What other academic majors, concentrations, minors, and/or certificates would this course serve?
Capacity Commitment (only for Open to All courses)
Please indicate how many seats you can comfortably guarantee to provide in the General Education curriculum. Please remember that all general education courses must only have 45 students for each grader (a grader can be a faculty member or a graduate assistant).
☐ We can commit to offering sections in Summer B.
Number of Sections / Proposed Number of Students in Each SectionFall Sections:
Spring Sections:
Summer Sections:
Average Number of Faculty who will Teach Course :
Textbook Affordability
The University of South Florida is committed to reducing the financial burden placed on students by high textbook costs (for more information on the Textbook Affordability Project see: tap.usf.edu). Courses wishing to certify in General Education are required to strongly consider textbook affordability as part of the proposal process:
Please indicate what type(s) of course readings are used:
☐ Textbook ☐ Collection of readings ☐ Both
Please provide information for the textbook being used for each section of the course:
Textbook Citation:Textbook Cost:
Is your textbook more than $40.00 per credit hour (i.e., a 3 credit course should have a textbook that costs no more than $120.00) ☐ Yes ☐ No
Please indicate what other textbook resources you have investigated (e.g., ebooks, open access textbooks, using library course reserves). Please also indicate the necessity for the specific text you have chosen. 250 WORD LIMIT
Please provide information on the course readings being used for each section of the course:
List of Readings:How are they made available to students:
State Computation Requirement (formerly known as Gordon Rule Math) (i.e. USF Quantitative Reasoning)
Six (6) semester hours of mathematics coursework at the level of college algebra or higher. For the purposes of this rule, applied logic, statistics and other such computation coursework which may not be placed within a mathematics department may be used to fulfill three (3) hours of the six (6) hours required by this section.
Intellectual and Practical Skill Area
An undergraduate student is required to complete nine (9) general education credit hours in the core areas of Creative Thinking, Information Literacy, and Human & Cultural Diversity.
Which requirement will this course fulfill?
☐ Creative Thinking (TGEC)☐ Information Literacy (TGEI)
☐ Human & Cultural Diversity (TGED) *also requires two global student learning outcomes
Required Student Learning Outcomes
Each skill area in the General Education curriculum has a set of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) that have been approved the General Education Council. Please select the two SLOs you are going to address in your course.
Creative Thinking: Students will: - SELECT TWO
☐ Demonstrate responsiveness within an established disciplinary context to new information, experiences, and ideas through a process of re-evaluating the ideas and/or approaches.
☐ Create an original contribution within a specific discipline.
☐ Evaluate the limitations imposed on any new approach or solution within a discipline to propose original contributions to problems.
☐ Synthesize disparate or conflicting thoughts when evaluating questions/problems to form cohesive and collaborative solutions.
☐ Break Down complex problems to examine, propose, and support potential solutions, even if those solutions deviate from acceptable, mainstream solutions.
Please provide evidence in your uploaded course syllabus for how you will embed these student learning outcomes throughout the entire course.
Are you planning to add Global Citizens Project student learning outcomes?
☐ Yes ☐ No
Information & Data Literacy: Students will: - SELECT TWO
☐ Use research tools and indicators of authority to determine the credibility of sources, while identifying any legal and ethical restrictions placed on the use of information.
☐ Critically interpret quantitative evidence (such as graphs, tables, charts) in order to identify false claims, incorrect use of evidence, or contradictory statements.
☐ Contribute to scholarly conversations using discipline-appropriate communication in different modalities, such as local online communities, guided discussions, undergraduate research journals, and conference presentations/poster sessions.
☐ Revise submitted coursework by integrating new sources of information and determining relevance of existing sources.
☐ Critically compare and contrast opposing claims regarding the same fact or hypothesis, when the various sides are credible according to discipline-specific indicators of authority.
☐ Summarize the key changes in scholarly perspective over time on a particular topic within a specific discipline.
☐ Formulate questions for research based on information gaps or on reexamination of existing, possibly conflicting, data, then use the questions as a guide to organize information in meaningful ways.
Please provide evidence in your uploaded course syllabus for how you will embed these student learning outcomes throughout the entire course.
Are you planning to add Global Citizens Project student learning outcomes?
☐ Yes ☐ No
Human and Cultural Diversity*: Students will: - SELECT TWO
☐ Demonstrate the ability to see issues from the perspective(s) of other groups/cultures by describing the values and communication styles found in groups different from one’s own and the way in which those differences can affect styles of verbal and nonverbal communication.
☐ Define personal values and beliefs using appropriate language and communication methods that consider others’ points of view and respect differences.
☐ Analyze how diversity affects interactions with major societal institutions (such as health care, criminal justice, education, employment, voting, military) from contemporary and/or historical perspectives.
☐ Weigh options/planned actions (such as policies and practices) to formulate possible solutions to reduce inequality and disparities in access and success in major societal institutions (such as health care, criminal justice, education, employment, voting, military).
☐ Analyze the ethical, social, and environmental challenges of global systems to formulate possible solutions regarding international cooperation and collaboration.
Please provide evidence in your uploaded course syllabus for how you will embed these student learning outcomes throughout the entire course.
*Courses certifying under Human and Cultural Diversity are also required to select two global student learning outcomes (i.e., self-awareness, willingness, practice, knowledge, analysis, synthesis) and one bulleted item from each SLO.