Arts and Science Curriculum Proposal Form for 2013-2014
Click here for more information regarding: A&S Administrative Priorities, the A&S Assessment Committee, the proposal
format, the submission and funding process, the current submission timeline and the A&S Committee’s rubric for
assessing curriculum proposals.
Faculty Member(s):
Date of Proposal:
Department:
Title of Course and Catalog
Number (if known):
Credit Hours:
Associate Dean’s initials:
State-mandated curriculum change?
(Yes or no)
Curriculum work and hours requested
If more than one faculty member is working on this project, indicate the hours for each faculty member. Curriculum hours
are usually awarded according to the rates listed below. Click here for information regarding the funding process.
Select type of curriculum work requested:
New course creation (face-to-face) (25 hours/credit)
Major course revision (10 hours/credit)
Online version of existing course (up to 20 hours/credit)
Hybrid version of existing course (up to 20 hours/credit)
Accelerated version of existing course (up to 20 hours/credit)
New online course creation ( up to 30 hours/credit)
New hybrid course creation (up to 25 hours/credit)
Non-funded request
Name
List faculty
member(s) and
corresponding
total hours
requested :
If your request varies
from the standard rates
listed, please explain
here:
Departmental Consideration of Proposal
Date(s) considered by Department:
Account of
Department
deliberations:
Departmental approval?
Approval by secret ballot?
Rank among Department’s
proposals (1, 2, 3, etc.):
Total
Hours
Timeline for Offering the Course
When will the course first be offered?
Semester:
Faculty member who will teach the course the first semester offered:
If the course will not be
offered within one
academic year, explain
the reason(s) surrounding
the timing:
Major Course Revisions
If this proposal is for a
major course revision,
clearly explain what
revisions are being
proposed, and indicate
why these revisions are
both significant and
necessary:
Online, Hybrid, and Accelerated Courses
If this proposal is for a new
online or hybrid course, or for
an online or hybrid version of
an existing course, describe the
online materials that you plan to
use. Indicate what materials, if
any, you plan to develop
yourself, and what materials
will be publisher-provided:
If this proposal is for a hybrid course, indicate the
approximate percentage breakdown between hybrid and faceto-face. If this proposal is for an accelerated version of an
existing course, indicate the percentage decrease in
classroom time compared to a traditional face-to-face format.
Academic year:
Course Description
Include a detailed
description of your
course:
Course Competencies
Identify or list the
competencies students
will be expected to
achieve during the
course:
Assessment
Explain your plans for
formative and summative
assessment of student
competencies in this
course:
A&S Degree Fulfillment
Which requirement(s), if
any, does your course
meet for the Associate in
Arts or Associate in
Science degree?
A&S Administrative Priorities
Explain how the
proposed course or
revised course addresses
one or more
Administrative Priorities
for the current year:
Department Curriculum Plan
Explain how the
proposed course or
revised course fits with
your department’s
curriculum plan:
Learner Success
Describe strategies, techniques
and process used in this course
that are likely to improve student
success. If the proposal is for a
course in an alternative delivery
format (online, hybrid, or
accelerated), be sure to address
your specific strategies for
fostering student success and
mastery of course competencies in
this format.
Use the box below to provide any additional information you would like the Committee to know about this proposal.
Issues to consider addressing include: transferability to UW-Madison or other local 4-year campuses, evidence of student
demand for this offering, and why you feel you are particularly well-suited to develop and/or teach this course. If the
proposal is for an online, hybrid, or accelerated course, please indicate any formal training and/or past experience you
have teaching in this format. The School of Arts and Sciences requires instructors who wish to develop or teach a course
in online, hybrid or accelerated format to have successfully completed the corresponding training course through CETL,
or show evidence of equivalent training elsewhere via the CETL Alternative Format Prior Learning/Experience
Assessment.
Please be aware that the Dean of Arts and Sciences has final authority to approve payment for proposals
requesting funding. Payment will generally not be approved until after the proposed course has been taught for
the first time and a completed course portfolio has been submitted. If the proposal is for a course in an alternative
format (online, hybrid, or accelerated), the contents of the portfolio should be tailored to this format.
As confirmation that the faculty member’s department has discussed, approved, and ranked this proposal, the signature of
the Department Chair should be obtained prior to submitting the proposal to the A&S Curriculum Committee.
Department Chair
Signature and Date:
Associate Dean
Signature and Date:
Additional supporting signatures (as necessary):
Signature and Date:
Signature and Date: