HONORS COURSE PROPOSAL FOR HONR 250 (SPECIAL TOPICS) AND HONR 220 (INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES)
Title of Special Topic OR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY:
Faculty Member:
Proposed Term:
Course Description:
(Please provide a catalog-style description. Please do not be specific about texts, etc.)
Course Objectives:
(Please include specific, measurable objectives that lead students to high levels of thinking, such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Optional: please indicate which General Education SLO learning objectives would be fulfilled if you are interested in eventually offering this course to meet a general education requirement.)
Assessment Methods:
(Please include the techniques and approaches you will use as they relate to the objectives. Please do not include a quantitative rubric or percentage distribution.)
Outline of Topics:
(Please include a list of possible topics and their order.)
distance learning components:
If any distance learning component will be involved (e-mail, internet, videotape for distance learning, etc.) and will deviate from the methods of assessment, assurance of coherence/comprehensiveness, or contingency teaching plan specified in the Curriculum Committee proposal, please specify that here.
GUIDELINES SPECIFIC TO HONORS COURSES:
Please indicate how your course will meet the following criteria. The "shalls" indicate requirements. Not meeting arequirement would disqualify a course from consideration as an honors course. The "shoulds" contribute to a higher evaluation in the rubric, but a lack of no single "should" disqualifies a course.
1. Intellectual Rigor
A. Shall require student to apply domain knowledge gained in the course to higher level intellectual processes including analysis, synthesis, integration, evaluation, such as independent problem solving, critique of processes or arguments, teaching of others, etc.
B. Should expose students to multiple viewpoints on the same topic and require students to integrate and compare those viewpoints and formulate their own.
2. Scholarly or Professional Resources
A. Shall require students to utilize a variety of resources available through the campus library and/or other third-party sources.
B. Should require students to acquire independent resources and to apply independent judgment as to their authenticity, validity, and appropriateness.
3. Multi-faceted Learning Objectives
A. Should prepare students to engage in self-directed life-long learning activities germane to the topic of the class.
B. Should provide opportunities for the student to consider the topic's personal and social relevance.
4. Pre-requisite Knowledge
A. Shall not require any pre-requisites or specific foundational knowledge that would prohibit students from other majors/divisions from fully participating in the class.
5.Communication
A. Shall require students to properly communicate in accordance to the standards of the discipline.