NEW COURSE APPROVAL FORM
All courses in the new curriculum must be approved by the Collegiate Committee on Curriculum and Educational
Policy (CCEP). All courses will be approved for 1 year. All courses will be re-evaluated after the initial offering.
After you obtain your department chair approval, please submit this document along with a syllabus and schedule
to Sara Dion (dionx032@umn.edu) by August 1, 2014 for Spring courses and by April 1, 2015 for Fall courses.
Course name/#______________________________________________
Coordinator______________________________________
Credit hours____________________
General information
Is this course
□ Required for all students
□ Required for ________ track
□ Elective
If track or elective course:
Is there an anticipated cap on enrollment?
□ No
□ Yes : _________
Can this course be audited?
□ No
□ Yes
Have you discussed course content and sequence with other faculty teaching in this or other semesters?
If so, whom?
If you are “flipping the classroom”, have special assignments, online activities or class projects, how
much time do you anticipate students needing to spend on your course outside of class time? Please
include this information by project.
Do you have live animal laboratories or are animals euthanized for laboratories? □ Yes □ No
If yes, is there an associated IACUC for the course? □ Yes □ There will be
Do you have any particular course-related concerns about student safety in laboratories? □ Yes □ No
If yes, what are the risks and what plans do you have to protect students or what needs do you have?
Please attach a syllabus containing the following information:
□ Course title
□ Credit hours
□ Year and semester offered
□ Prerequisites (if any)
□ Course Coordinator(s)
□ Instructors
□ Contact information for course coordinators and instructors
□ Books and supplies (recommended or required)
□ Course website and any other related course materials
□ Attendance policy
□ Participation policy (if applicable)
□ Learning objectives for the course (By the end of the course, the student will be able to…)
As a reminder, students should be provided learning objectives for each class or laboratory session.
□ Assignments (assignments including papers & projects)
□ Assessments (quizzes, examinations [mid-term and final], other summative assessments)
Please include information related to weighting of the various assignments and how grades are
calculated. A table is recommended.
Please avoid creating an assessment or assignment that must be completed solely over a weekend
or holiday break (eg Friday 5pm to Monday 8am).
□ Grading policy
(A/F is standard; a few courses may merit S/N; please include total points and percentage for each grade)
□ Make-up policy
A syllabus template with sample statements and a grading table is available for your use.
Scheduling information
Please submit a schedule that includes your tentative content order by lecture hour, laboratories (include hours
and space desired), homework/online assignments (with due dates) and exams.
Please insert laboratories into the schedule so we can identify proper placement in regards to lectures (or include
related information if a range of times is acceptable).
If you are hoping to use the Student Surgery room or the Active Learning Classroom, please indicate that on the
schedule.
Is there an overall time of day preference for your course? This needs to be by course, not by instructor. Please
include the reasoning. We find most instructors want morning time slots and we do prioritize requests based upon
academic reasons first and foremost. Please note it is unlikely we will be able to accommodate all requests.
Preferred Time :
Reason:
Courses (2 cr or larger) are generally set up in 2 hour blocks. Please let us know if you need an exception (and
please explain why).
Are there major meetings in your discipline during the course that would restrict instructor availability?
Please include meeting name (for future reference) and date range, including travel time.
Other scheduling notes (e.g. related to assignments):
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Department Chair Signature ________________________________
Date ________________________
Curriculum Committee Approval
Date _______________________
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