MTSE/SISL 2017 – Proposal Form
Submit an electronic copy (pdf files only) of the complete proposal packet to Sara Demko no
later than Monday, March 21, 2016. A complete proposal packet includes:
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Proposal form with all sections completed in full. This is a fillable Microsoft Word
document; enter all information in the fillable fields.
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Syllabus and Engaging the World Outcomes/Assessment Worksheet.
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Tentative itinerary. The itinerary should include dates or number of days in all locations,
including proposed excursions. The itinerary should be separate from the syllabus.
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Tentative program budget using the provided template.
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Scanned signature page with signatures of the relevant department chairs. Study
Experiences with faculty/staff proposing from different departments require the
signatures of both department chairs. If the unit does not have a chair, the dean’s
signature is required.
General Information
Faculty/Staff Leaders: Enter information for up to four faculty/staff leaders.
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Basic Study Experience Information
Title of Study Experience:Click here to enter text.
Proposed Study Experience Location:Click here to enter text.
Proposal Type:
☐ May Term Study Experience (MTSE)
☐ Summer International Service Learning (SISL)
Program to be offered in:
☐ 2017 only
☐ 2017 and 2019 (alternating years)
☐ 2017, 2018, 2019 (consecutive years)
Rationale for program rotation (one time, alternating, or consecutive years):
Minimum number of participants:Choose an item.
Maximum number of participants:Choose an item.
For repeat programs only, list all previous years that this program been offered?Click here to
enter text.
Course Information
List the title, number, and instructor of all proposed courses to be offered as part of this
study experience and identify which degree requirement(s) the courses fulfill.
Title and number:
Instructor:
☐ WCore Engaging the World
☐ Major required course
☐ Major elective course
☐ Other:Specify details here.
Study Experience Details
Rationale for Conducting Course Abroad
1. Please explain your rationale for choosing the course(s) and the proposed location. How
do you expect the location(s) to influence your teaching and student learning? Why
should this course be taught abroad and not on campus? What are your academic and
program goals?Click here to enter text.
2. If applicable, please describe all of the proposed excursions (day or overnight trips
outside the program location) and their connection to the academic focus of your
course(s).Click here to enter text.
Safety and Security
3. Describe any health, safety, or security considerations related to the location you are
proposing and how they may impact the program. You may wish to review the following
resources: U.S. Department of State, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
International SOS country risk ratings.Click here to enter text.
4. Describe medical care availability, access, and quality at each destination of the
program.Click here to enter text.
5. Will faculty and students need inoculations, immunizations or be required to take
prophylactic medications? If yes, please describe:Click here to enter text.
6. Will there be any high risk activities included in the program such as participation in
athletic events, scuba diving, or mountaineering where ropes or guides are normally
used? If so, please describe.Click here to enter text.
7. In the event of an emergency, who will provide on-site support?Click here to enter text.
8. Are there any food & water health/safety issues? If yes, please describe:Click here to enter
text.
9. Describe the means of transportation to the proposed excursion(s) and address any potential
safety concerns related to the travel, activities or destination of the excursion.Click here to
enter text.
Recruitment and Pre-program Preparations
10. Which student population(s) are you targeting and why will this program (course and
location) appeal to them academically and personally? Approximately how many
students comprise your target population on the Westminster campus?Click here to enter
text.
11. What avenues are open to you through your department and college/school for reaching
your target group(s)? (i.e. list serves, newsletters, informational sessions, classroom
presentations, events, lectures, etc.) Who are key contacts in your department who will
assist with recruitment?Click here to enter text.
12.
Do you have any commitments that will take you off campus for more than three weeks
during the academic year prior to the program? If yes, please explain.Click here to enter
text.
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How do you plan to prepare students for program departure? Will you hold required
meetings? What will be covered in the pre-departure meetings?Click here to enter text.
Study Experience Organization
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Who will make travel arrangements? List any travel agencies, websites, or individuals
who will provide travel arrangements.Click here to enter text.
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Describe classroom facilities and how they will be arranged.Click here to enter text.
16.
At what type of facilities will students be staying? How many students will share a
room/bathroom? Are there cooking facilities?Click here to enter text.
17.
How many meals will be included in the program cost? If meals are not included, how
will students be advised about the additional expense and supported in-country to find
low-cost food options.Click here to enter text.
18. Will the program be able to accommodate students with special dietary needs
(vegetarian/vegans, health/allergies, religious)? If not, please explain local conditions and
program circumstances:Click here to enter text.
19. Will there be challenges to overcome for students with disabilities – physical, mental, or
learning? If so, please describe.Click here to enter text.
Related Previous Experience
20. Briefly outline your experience teaching the proposed course(s) or similar courses at
Westminster, any experience teaching U.S. students in a foreign setting, or other
analogous teaching experience.Click here to enter text.
21. What is your experience in the proposed location(s)? When was the last time you visited
this location, and for how long?Click here to enter text.
22. For repeat programs only: please describe any changes you intend to make to the
structure or academic content of the program compared to prior years, if applicable.Click
here to enter text.
Itinerary
Attach a tentative itinerary that includes:
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destinations and dates of travel
accommodations/housing (can be tentative for now)
when meals are included
field trips, site visits and cultural activities
free time (should be limited)
Engaging the World
In order for a Study Experience to fulfill the Engaging the World criteria, the study experience
must address at least four of the six Global Learning Domains. Check which Global Learning
Domains are addressed:
☐ Global Self-Awareness:
In the context of global learning, the continuum through which students develop a mature, integrated
identity with a systemic understanding of the interrelationships among the self, local and global
communities, and the natural and physical world.
☐ Perspective Taking:
The ability to engage and learn from perspectives and experiences different from one’s own and to
understand how one’s place in the world both informs and limits one’s knowledge. The goal is to
develop the capacity to understand the interrelationships between multiple perspectives, such as
personal, social, cultural, disciplinary, environmental, local, and global.
☐ Cultural Diversity:
The ability to recognize the origins and influences of one’s own cultural heritage along with its
limitations in providing all that one needs to know in the world. This includes the curiosity to learn
respectfully about the cultural diversity of other people and on an individual level to traverse cultural
boundaries to bridge differences and collaboratively reach common goals. On a systems level, the
important skill of comparatively analyzing how cultures can be marked and assigned a place within
power structures that determine hierarchies, inequalities, and opportunities and which can vary over
time and place. This can include, but is not limited to, understanding race, ethnicity, gender,
nationhood, religion, and class.
☐ Personal and Social Responsibility:
The ability to recognize one’s responsibilities to society--locally, nationally, and globally--and to
develop a perspective on ethical and power relations both across the globe and within individual
societies. This requires developing competence in ethical and moral reasoning and action.
☐ Understanding Global Systems
The complex and overlapping worldwide systems, including natural systems (those systems associated
with the natural world including biological, chemical, and physical sciences) and human systems
(those systems developed by humans such as cultural, economic, political, and built), which operate in
observable patterns and often are affected by or are the result of human design or disruption. These
systems influence how life is lived and what options are open to whom. Students need to understand
how these systems 1) are influenced and/or constructed, 2) operate with differential consequences, 3)
affect the human and natural world, and 4) can be altered.
☐ Applying Knowledge to Contemporary Global Contexts
In the context of global learning, the application of an integrated and systemic understanding of the
interrelationships between contemporary and past challenges facing cultures, societies, and the natural
world (i.e., contexts) on the local and global levels. An ability to apply knowledge and skills gained
through higher learning to real-life problem-solving both alone and with others.
Save this document as a pdf and email it with your other MTSE/SISL proposal documents to
Sara Demko no later than March 21, 2016.