University Studies Cluster Proposal Cover Sheet
Add Existing Cluster Course to a New Cluster Proposal
For Academic Year 2016-2017
This form is to be used with the initial request to create a cluster course, and assign it to a cluster. If the course
is intended to be a part of more than one cluster, please submit a separate form for each cluster for review. If
you are proposing a new course please attach that course proposal with this request.
Cluster Proposed for:
Title of course:
Course Number:
Cross-listed with:
Proposing Faculty name, email, and phone:
Other contacts:
If you would like the results of this review
to be sent to anyone other than the
proposing faculty and cluster coordinator
(dept. chair, co-instructor, etc.), please
list them here with contact information
Cluster Coordinator:
Date Submitted
First term to be offered in
the new cluster
(Term/Year):
*Note courses first active
Fall 2016
Please note that there are some special rules concerning cluster courses that are listed under omnibus numbers
(i.e. 399 and 410) and courses that are intended as a topics series. Cluster courses may not have prerequisites
and may not be cross-listed with graduate level courses. University course proposals are reviewed by the
Cluster Curriculum Committee and the University Studies Council. For additional assistance, please contact
Katherine Barich (barichk@pdx.edu).
Cluster course proposals are reviewed by the UNST Council and Faculty Senate. Please deliver 1 hard copy
(UNST – CH 117) with signatures and 1 electronic copy to Rowanna Carpenter (carpenterr@pdx.edu) and
Katherine Barich (barichk@pdx.edu. Proposals are due by:
For Fall 2016 - Friday, November 13, 2015,
For Winter 2017 – Friday, January 29, 2016
University Studies Cluster Course Addition Adding an already approved “U” course to
another cluster
(When addressing questions, please attach a separate sheet)
1. COURSE TITLE AND NUMBER:
PROPOSING FACULTY (Name, signature, and department):
TO WHAT CLUSTER ARE YOU PROPOSING ADDING THIS “U” COURSE?
FOR WHAT OTHER CLUSTER(S) HAS THIS COURSE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED?
1.
AVAILABILITY: With what regularity has the course been—or will the course be—offered?
2.
GENERAL EDUCATION GOALS: SUITABILITY & CLUSTER INTEGRITY Discuss the place of
this particular course within the cluster to which you wish to add it, indicating how adding the proposed course
will contribute to, while also sustaining, the thematic integrity of the cluster.
3.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Please address the cluster specific learning outcomes.
4.
SYLLABUS: Please attach a current syllabus.
5.
CLUSTER OVERLAP: Please indicate how this course addresses the themes of the multiple clusters to
which it belongs/will belong.
OBTAIN CHAIR AND CLUSTER COORDINATOR SIGNATURES BEFORE
SUBMITTING
DEPARTMENT CHAIR(S): __________________________________
DATE: _____________________. DATE: _______________________.
CLUSTER COORDINATOR __________________________________
DATE: _____________________.
THE ORIGINAL 1 MUST BE RECEIVED AT UNIVERSITY STUDIES
(CH 117), ATTN: KATHERINE BARICH. ONE ELECTRONIC COPY
OF THE PROPOSAL MUST BE SENT TO ROWANNA CARPENTER
(carpenterr@pdx.edu) and KATHERINE BARICH (barichk@pdx.edu).
BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 – For listing in fall
BY FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 2016 – For listing in winter
Proposals submitted by this due date will be reviewed for
inclusion in clusters beginning in AY 2016 - 2017. Changes will not be in effect
until Fall Term 2016 or Winter Term 2017
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COURSE APPROVED FOR CLUSTER INCLUSION
All changes to Clusters must be approved by PSU’s Faculty Senate.
CHAIR UNST COMMITTEE: __________________________________
DATE: _____________________. DATE: _______________________.
CHAIR, CLUSTER COORDINATOR __________________________.
DATE: _____________________.