FORMAT 1
Submit original with signatures + 3 copies
TRIAL COURSE OR NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
SUBMITTED BY:
Department
Prepared
by
College/School
School of Management
Sheri Layral/Susan Herman
School of Management
474-1939
Phone
Email
Faculty
ffsjh@uaf.edu
Susan Herman
Contact
Contact
See http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd/cdman.html for a complete description of the
rules governing curriculum & course changes.
1. ACTION DESIRED (check
one):
Trial Course
Dept
2. COURSE IDENTIFICATION:
Justify upper/lower
division status &
number of credits:
X
New Course
Course
#
BA
No. of
Credits
305
4
Upper level status: Target students will require maturity and interest in a leadership
role, such as those in the Honors program, student government, and other student
organizations. Course materials, reading and projects will be at the junior level.
Number of Credits: The fourth credit is for a practicum, a leadership project which the
student will design and implement under supervision of the instructor.
Leadership Alaska: Making a Difference
3. PROPOSED COURSE TITLE:
4. CROSS LISTED?
YES/NO
If yes,
Dept:
YES
Course #
LEAD
(Requires approval of both departments and deans involved.
signatures.)
Add lines at end of form for such
If yes,
Dept.
5. STACKED?
YES/NO
NO
6. FREQUENCY OF OFFERING:
Every Spring
305
Course #
(Every or Alternate) Fall, Spring, Summer — or As Demand
Warrants
7. SEMESTER & YEAR OF FIRST OFFERING (if
approved)
Spring 2009
8. COURSE FORMAT:
NOTE: Course hours may not be compressed into fewer than three days per credit. Any course
compressed into fewer than six weeks must be approved by the college or school's curriculum
council. Furthermore, any core course compressed to less than six weeks must be approved by the
core review committee.
1
COURSE FORMAT:
(check one)
OTHER FORMAT
(specify)
Mode of delivery
(specify lecture,
field trips, labs,
etc)
2
3
4
5
X
6 weeks to
full semester
The course will have a 2-day retreat for orientation, then meet weekly for three
hours (to learn leadership theory and develop leadership projects), and 1 hour (to
implement and report in on project completion).
Lecture, experiential, field trips, interviewing and holding discussions/seminars
with recognized Alaskan leaders, designing and implementing leadership
projects, presenting these projects to classmates, faculty and members of the
greater Alaskan leadership community.
9. CONTACT HOURS PER WEEK:
4
LECTURE
hours/weeks
LAB
hours /week
PRACTICUM
hours /week
Note: # of credits are based on contact hours. 800 minutes of lecture=1 credit. 2400 minutes
of lab in a science course=1 credit. 1600 minutes in non-science lab=1 credit. 2400-4800
minutes of practicum=1 credit. 2400-8000 minutes of internship=1 credit. This must match with
the syllabus.
OTHER HOURS (specify type)
2-day retreat for orientation, project work, and presentations.
10. COMPLETE CATALOG DESCRIPTION including dept., number, title and credits (50 words or
less, if possible):
BA 305 LEADERSHIP ALASKA: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
(Cross-listed with LEAD 305)
4 credits
A leadership seminar and practicum which will involve building community, developing
networks, learning leadership theories, understanding civic responsibility, and creating an action
project through which the student becomes a leader. (Prerequisite: Either be an Alaska Scholar,
an Honors student, a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, have a 3.25 GPA or
permission of instructor.) (4+0) Offered Spring.
11.
COURSE CLASSIFICATIONS: (undergraduate courses only. Use approved criteria found
on Page 10 & 17 of the manual. If justification is needed, attach on separate
sheet.)
N = Natural
H = Humanities
S = Social Sciences X
Science
Will this course be used to fulfill a requirement for the
YES
baccalaureate core?
IF YES, check which core requirements it could be used to fulfill:
O = Oral Intensive,
Format 6
12.
COURSE REPEATABILITY:
Is this course repeatable for
credit?
W = Writing Intensive,
Format 7
YES
X
X
NO
Natural Science,
Format 8
NO
Justification: Indicate why the course can
be repeated (for example, the course follows
a different theme each time).
How many times may the course be repeated for credit?
TIMES
If the course can be repeated with variable credit, what is the
maximum number of credit hours that may be earned for this course?
CREDITS
13. GRADING SYSTEM:
LETTER: X
PASS/FAIL:
RESTRICTIONS ON ENROLLMENT (if any)
14.
PREREQUISITES
Either be an Alaska Scholar, an Honors student, a member of the National
Society of Collegiate Scholars, have a 3.25 GPA or permission of instructor.
These will be required before the student is allowed to enroll in the course.
RECOMMENDED
Classes, etc. that student is strongly encouraged to complete prior to this course.
15. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS
16. PROPOSED COURSE FEES
$
Has a memo been submitted through your dean to the Provost & VCAS for
fee approval? Yes/No
17. PREVIOUS HISTORY
Has the course been offered as special topics or trial course
previously? Yes/No
If yes, give semester, year,
course #, etc.:
yes
Fall 2006-Spring 2007; Fall 2007-Spring 2008
18. ESTIMATED IMPACT
WHAT IMPACT, IF ANY, WILL THIS HAVE ON BUDGET, FACILITIES/SPACE, FACULTY, ETC.
Will require salary for two instructors and classroom. The cost of the additional faculty will be borne
by the Northern Leadership Center budget.
19. LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Have you contacted the library collection development officer (ffklj@uaf.edu, 4746695) with regard to the adequacy of library/media collections, equipment, and
services available for the proposed course? If so, give date of contact and
resolution. If not, explain why not.
No
Yes
X
Course has been offered for two years with current library
collection.
20. IMPACTS ON PROGRAMS/DEPTS
What programs/departments will be affected by this proposed action?
Include information on the Programs/Departments contacted (e.g., email, memo)
Northern Studies (Leadership and Civic Engagement)
21. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS
Please specify positive and negative impacts on other courses, programs and
departments resulting from the proposed action.
This course will offer students in leadership roles an opportunity to learn and practice skills necessary to
become great leaders. Course could become an additional offering to the existing minor in Leadership
and Civic Engagement for eligible students.
JUSTIFICATION FOR ACTION REQUESTED
The purpose of the department and campus-wide curriculum committees is to
scrutinize course change and new course applications to make sure that the quality
of UAF education is not lowered as a result of the proposed change. Please address
this in your response. This section needs to be self-explanatory. Use as much
space as needed to fully justify the proposed course.
The Leadership Initiative Task Force, a university-wide group of faculty, students, staff and
administrators, asked President Hamilton what kinds of leadership initiatives he would like to see at
UAF, and he requested that the Alaska Scholars, who get a significant financial lift from the state,
learn about leadership and civic responsibility in their early post-secondary education so that when
they graduate, they are already actively involved in the university, their communities and in the state.
We are training the future leaders of Alaska. After two years of offering this as a trial course we
would like to make it a permanent course offering and target more advanced honors students.
APPROVALS:
Date
Signature, Chair,
Program/Department of BA
Date
Signature, Chair, Curriculum Council for
School of Management
Date
Signature, Dean, School of
Management
Date
Signature of Provost (if applicable)
Offerings above the level of approved programs must be approved in advance by
the Provost.
ALL SIGNATURES MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNANCE OFFICE
Date
Signature, Chair, UAF Faculty Senate Curriculum
Review Committee