HONORS COLLEGE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM SPRING 2017 SEMINARS
PART A: PROPOSAL
1. TITLE
Give the title of the seminar. Be sure that it accurately reflects the content of the course.
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Create a clear and interesting course description that will get the students excited, but which accurately
describes your course. This can be longer than a course description in the catalog but should not exceed one
paragraph.
3. INSTRUCTORS
Give the name(s) and departmental affiliation(s) of faculty member(s) who will be teaching the course.
Courses can be taught individually or team taught. If you wish to team teach, both instructors should
collaborate in planning the course and both will need permission from their respective unit heads to
participate.
4. FOUNDATIONS CREDIT
Foundations Credit can be offered for Honors Seminars. The following link outlines foundations goals in
each area: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/as/liberalartsfoundation.htm
The Request for Foundations Credit form is attached to the end of this form. Please complete and return as
part of this proposal.
a. Is this seminar suitable to receive foundations credits?
_____Yes _____No
b. If yes, please indicate the appropriate area:
___Fine Arts ___Humanities ___Social Sciences ___Math
___ Natural Sciences
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c. If a Natural Science course is being proposed, determine if a laboratory is essential to the subject and
course goals and indicate if one will be offered. Please note that there is no additional funding provided for
the teaching of a lab, and if one is offered, it must be required as part of the course. _____ Yes _____No
5. CREDENTIALING
Explain how the faculty member(s) is academically credentialed within the discipline(s) being covered in the
seminar. Faculty offering seminars for Foundation Credit must be credentialed in the foundations area.
6. PREVIOUS SEMINAR(S)
Has the faculty member(s) previously taught an honors seminar? (List title, where & when taught):
(This information is for use by the college in assessment; it is not a requirement for selection.)
7.
WORKSHOPS
(This information is for use by the college in assessment; it is not a requirement for selection.)
Please check here if you attended the Honors College seminar informational workshop (December 11, 2015,
3pm-4pm in Joyner 1008). _____ Yes
Please check here if you attended the Honors College seminar proposal feedback workshop
(January/February 2015 in the Office of Faculty Excellence). _____ Yes
8. SERVICE-LEARNING
Some seminars may wish to incorporate service learning. The service learning designation is optional and
requires approval by the Service Learning Advisory Committee http://www.ecu.edu/csstudentaffairs/volunteer/faculty-course_designation.cfm
a. Will this course incorporate service-learning?
_____ Yes
_____ No
b. If yes, has the course been approved by the Service-Learning Advisory Committee?
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_____ Yes _____ To be submitted
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PART B: BUDGET
1. BUDGET
The Honors College encourages innovative approaches to the delivery of seminars. Some instructors have
incorporated guest speakers, field experiences and other events or activities. If you decide to use any special
events or speakers that require additional funding, a budget outlining projected costs and potential sources of
funding must be submitted along with the course proposal. The College has limited funding available to
assist with such expenditures.
a.
Will this seminar require funding?
_____ Yes _____ No
ITEM OR EXPERIENCE
(IN ORDER OF PRIORITY)
BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF
HOW COST
ESTIMATE WAS
OBTAINED
IS THIS A
PREREQUISITE
FOR
OFFERING
SEMINAR?
APPROXIMATE
COST
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
TOTAL ESTIMATE
Please include any notes about the budget that would be helpful for the reviewers.
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PART C: HONORS SEMINAR SYLLABUS
Preference will be given to course proposals that have well-developed syllabi, clear objectives, incorporate
interdisciplinary topics and innovative teaching methods and have assessment plans for foundation/learning
goals. It greatly aids the selection committee to see a detailed course schedule. Please visit the following link
to see examples of honors seminars course models recommended by the National Collegiate Honors Council:
http://nchchonors.org/members-area/sample-honors-course-syllabi-2/
A. Course Title
B. Brief Course Description
C. Course Learning Objectives
D. Books or Key Articles
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E. Outline of Course Content
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F. Course Assignments and Grading Plan
G. Plan for Meeting the Writing Intensive Requirements
Because each honors seminar is designated as Writing Intensive (WI), you will need to specify how you will
address the university’s NEW five student learning writing outcomes. These outcomes replace the five
models that had previously been the focus of the WI curriculum. Explain how the projects and activities in
your proposed course help students to meet these five student learning writing outcomes. Please consult the
notes (at the links below) provided by the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee as you plan your
syllabus: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/wc/WIchangesMemoApril2014.pdf
and http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/wc/procedures.pdf. Furthermore, faculty
teaching WI courses should instruct students to upload a writing sample and a writing self-analysis to their
University Writing Portfolios (UWPort) for WAC program assessment purposes. Please address the writing
sample and self-analysis in your proposal too.
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H. Innovative Instructional Techniques
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I. Foundations Objectives (only for those proposals requesting Foundations Credit).
Please complete the attached form and include explicit statements about how foundations goals are being
addressed.
Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness Committee
Request for Foundations Credit
Please direct any questions to the current Committee Chair or full Committee via email at
stc@ecu.edu.
ECU Goals of the Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum are available online at:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/as/liberalartsfoundation.htm.
A Request for Foundations Credit form is completed to show that the course syllabus and other materials
stating the goals, contents and schedule for the course, as well as the course reading materials (texts,
handouts, etc.)
DIRECTLY ADDRESS EACH OF THE FOUNDATIONS GOALS FOR THE COURSE AREA FOR WHICH YOU
ARE REQUESTING CREDIT. What is stated for each goal MUST be repeated in the course syllabus and
MUST be reflected in the daily class plan.
a)
b)
c)
d)
The course goals must address explicitly each of the three foundations goals for the area.
The course outline must address explicitly the three foundations goals for the area.
The course schedule (outline of what is covered each class day) must address explicitly the
three foundations goals for the area.
The course texts or other required reading materials must address explicitly the three
foundations goals for the area.
Failure to show the things addressed in (a)-(d) above in the Request for Foundations Credit form may result in
the request being denied.
When filling out this form:
*Do not use any formatting commands not already used in the document (for example, commands other than
paragraph breaks and simple block tab-indenting).
*Do not use auto-numbering, bulleted lists or other formatting commands that cause the document to get
messed up if members of the Committee change the document after receiving it (change its margins, add
comments, etc.).
*Use MSWord and forward a copy as an email attachment to the chair of the committee at least three weeks
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prior to a scheduled meeting (see http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/as/foundationscurriculum.cfm for
scheduled meeting dates).
* Name the form you send as follows: courseprefixcoursenumberFC.doc, (for example: PHIL2271FC.doc).
*Send the Committee chair a sample course syllabus as an email attachment. The course syllabus and sample
texts should address directly the foundation goals for the area.
* If this is a course already on the books, you will need to do a new sample syllabus that addresses the new
foundations goals.
*If the course is a new course, send the Committee chair a copy of the course proposal you will submit to the
University Curriculum Committee as an email attachment.
Foundations Curriculum and Instruction Effectiveness Committee
Request for Foundations Credit Form
Please type your answers directly on this form with all information noted below included in the request
form. Failure to show how the request for foundations credit directly addresses each of the three ECU
Foundations Goals for the specific Foundations area may result in the request being denied.
A.
Basics (for items 1-12, for cross-listed courses provide two or more sets of information, as
appropriate,
under each category)
1.
Foundations Course Area (Arts, Humanities, Basic Sciences, Basic Social Sciences,
Health Promotion and Physical Activity, Writing Competence, Mathematics
Competence).
2.
Unit in which the course will be taught.
3.
Unit Administrator’s title, name and email.
4.
Course name, prefix, number, number of credit hours, prerequisites (if
applicable). And description as it appears or will appear in the catalog.
5.
College in which the course will be taught.
6.
College dean’s name and email.
7.
Date approved by unit’s curriculum committee and chair’s initials.
8.
Date approved by unit’s voting faculty.
9.
Date reviewed by the unit’s chair and chair’s initials.
10.
Date approved by the college curriculum committee and chair’s initials.
11.
Date forwarded to Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness Committee.
12.
A detailed course syllabus with a weekly schedule of topics to be discussed which
should reflect explicit coverage of each of the foundation goals.
The purpose of the information provided below is to enable Committee members to determine whether
or not it is reasonable to believe that the course named above will satisfy the specific goals for all
courses in its area that are stated in ECU Goals of the Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum are
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available online at:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/as/liberalartsfoundation.htm.
B.
C.
the
D.
E.
Using the Foundations Goals listed under the course’s area:
1.
Describe in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the FCIE committee how the
course’s content will meet Foundations Goal One for its area. List examples of required
course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above.
2.
Describe in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the FCIE committee how the
course’s content will meet Foundations Goal Two for its area. List examples of required
course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above.
3.
Describe in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the FCIE committee how the
course’s content will meet Foundations Goal Three for its area. List examples of required
course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above.
4.
If the course area is Health Promotion and Physical Activity, or Writing Competency,
describe the course’s content in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the FCIE
committee that the course will meet Foundations Goal Four for its area. List examples of
required course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described
above.
The sample course syllabus should contain a schedule outlining what will be taught when during
semester. Be sure that the syllabus reflects coverage of areas included in Foundations Goals.
Readings and assignments that meet the goals should be included in the syllabus. If there is
something not covered that provides evidence that the course satisfies the foundations goals in
its area (course pedagogy, etc.), describe it here.
If it may not be clear to committee members how your course materials address the foundations
goals then bring samples of course materials that will be used in the course that explicitly
address all of the foundation goals for the course’s area.
If the course is an upper-division course (3xxx or 4xxx), briefly explain why students should get
foundations credit for taking the course. Only in exceptional circumstances will a 4000 level
course receive Foundations Credit.
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