Graduate Course Approval Supplemental Sheet
Please provide a discussion addressing each of the following.
1.
In concrete, substantive terms, explain how the course will proceed. List the major topics to be
covered, preferably by week. Describe the nature of the structured contact time (seminars,
colloquia, lectures, group discussion, supervised laboratory or studio time, etc.). For a course in the
arts, describe the students’ activities.
2.
Include a complete reading list or its equivalent in other media. For topical seminars of more than 2
credits, provide a sample reading list for a typical implementation of the course.
3.
State the basis on which the instructor will evaluate individual students’ achievements in this
course, e.g., examinations, papers, projects.
4.
Is there a similar undergraduate course in this or any other department?
If yes, how does the proposed course comply with Systemwide Academic Senate Regulation 762:
"[n]o student, by merely performing additional work, may receive. . .graduate credit for an
undergraduate course. Related courses may share lectures, laboratories, or other common content
but must have clearly differentiated and unique performance criteria, requirements, and goals."
4a. What are the clearly differentiated and unique goals of the graduate course?
4b. What are the clearly differentiated and unique requirements of the graduate course?
4c. What are the clearly differentiated and unique performance criteria of the graduate course?
5.
Please describe the learning objectives that you would ascribe to this course: What do you expect
the student to be able to do or understand that would not have been expected of them before taking
the class? How do these outcomes support the larger goals of the program(s) in which the course is
embedded?
6.
Does this course serve to replace or supersede, or does it overlap substantially with, an existing
graduate course or courses in this or any other department? If so, what course or courses does it
replace or overlap, and why is the replacement or overlap believed to be desirable? If it replaces or
supersedes an existing course, will the replaced or superseded course be removed from the
curriculum? If not, why not?
7.
Who is the intended audience for this course? Why do you believe this course will attract its
intended audience?
8.
List expected resource requirements, including course support and specialized facilities or
equipment.
Academic Senate—Graduate Council Policy
Adopted March 2002; revised April 2013