Experimental courses: General Guidelines
Experimental courses are intended to help faculty develop new, innovative courses.
1. Proposals for experimental courses should be submitted to the Dean for approval.
If General Education designation is being requested, the Dean will ask the
Curriculum Committee to evaluate the GE component of the proposal (see item 2
below). Proposals should be submitted early enough to allow time for review.
The Dean will notify the Department Chair of the decision on the proposal and
will send a copy of approved proposals to the Records Office.
2. If the course is proposed to fulfill a General Education Requirement:
a. Identify the specific criteria that the course will meet for the cognate
area(s) indicated on the cover page and give a rationale for how the course
will meet those criteria. The course criteria for the different cognate areas
can be found on the Curriculum Committee web page at the “General
Education Curriculum” link.
b. Include a completed General Education Assessment Form, found on the
Curriculum Committee web page. After approval of the GE designation
from the Curriculum Committee, the GE assessment form will be
forwarded to the Assessment Committee.
3. An experimental course may be taught at most two times before it must be
submitted to the Curriculum Committee for evaluation/approval as a permanent
listing in the curriculum and in the Marietta College Catalog.
4. Attach a course syllabus.
5. An experimental course cannot be a required course in a major, minor or
certificate program.
6. Experimental courses will be numbered x94.
Revised Apr 2010
Experimental Course Proposal Form
Please submit to the Provost. An experimental course must be approved by the
Provost before the course can be listed in the course offerings.
Department:
Faculty member teaching course:
Email address: ______________________
Campus phone ext.: __________________
Course number and title:
Credit hrs: ______
Capacity: _______
What term will this course first be offered? ___________
General Education designations being requested:_____________________________
Approval by CC indicated by chair’s signature: __________________
Brief course description to be distributed to faculty and students:
Rationale for teaching this as an experimental course:
________________________________________
Department Chair
__________________
Date
_________________________________________
Provost and Dean of the Faculty
____________________
Date
Course syllabus must be attached
Revised Apr 2010