[{"id":2240,"date":"2025-09-24T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2240"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:34:53","slug":"new-program-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-program-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Program Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A New Program proposal should be submitted in order to propose the creation of a new major or minor. If you are proposing both a major and a minor, you will need to submit two separate proposals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Proposal Instructions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two documents are required as part of a New Program submission: the New Program Proposal and a Curriculum Map. Templates and instructions for each document are provided below.\u00a0 Use the instructions below to complete these two documents and then submit them to the Curriculum Committee using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf67fwGnhl7q5g0O4LUCs4ymgSRSAU6amO4s9JfUd8X0zeSaQ\/viewform?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=108391890385272484776\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please note that Chairs will be asked to acknowledge the submission of this proposal as having been the product of a departmental discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Curriculum Map Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please submit a complete curriculum map (PLO-ILO and CLO-PLO) with your proposal using <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/177OGgna9cxZo7132WPCX0H6HE6ITodvdBrfvSxqEQtM\/template\/preview\">this Curriculum Map template.<\/a> To make a copy of the template in your Drive, click the Use Template button.\u00a0After proposals have been approved by the faculty, Curriculum Maps will be forwarded to the Office for Institutional Effectiveness for archiving and inclusion in Watermark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In your Curriculum map, any courses that have the same CLOs can be mapped as a block to the relevant PLOs and DRs.<\/p>\n<p><b>Proposal Template Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Jof9PHkccDupnpg1jfUkz_0O_6sQp0b4dCwqEGiwxc8\/template\/preview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to open the New Program proposal template file and then click the Use Template button to create a copy of the template in your Drive. The proposal template contains three tabs: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proposal Form<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where you will provide general information about the revision, including proposal Bulletin language; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Courses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where you will provide information about any new courses that are part of the proposal;\u00a0 and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Revised Courses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where you will provide information about any revised courses that are part of the proposal. Instructions for each tab are provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Tab 1: Proposal Form<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<h4><b>Overview<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Degree: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are proposing a new major,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">please indicate whether majors will earn a B.A. or a B.S. (it\u2019s no longer possible to give students the option to choose). This is not applicable to minors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Area of Study: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please enter the proposed Area of Study for this program. The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interdisciplinary Studies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Languages, Literatures, and Cultures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mathematics and Natural Sciences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Values and Societies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visual and Performing Arts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Forbidden Major\/Minor Combinations: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">List any major\/minor combinations involving the new program that will not be allowed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Program Rationale<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale for New Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Briefly explain why you are proposing this new program and why now is the right time to add it. (1-2 paragraphs)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale for Number of Credits:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This rationale must be provided if:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program is a major and requires more than 48 credits (as a reminder, majors may only include 48 credits in a single department; credits above that limit must be in a different department, up to a maximum of 64)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program is a minor and requires more than 24 credits.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Other Programs Impacted: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">List existing programs (curricular and co-curricular) that may be affected by the new program.\u00a0 This could include, but is not limited to, existing programs that will contribute to, work in concert with, or otherwise be impacted by the proposed program.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Description of Impact on Other Programs: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For each of the impacted programs that you listed, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">briefly describe how the new program will or might impact that program. Questions to consider include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How might t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he new program affect enrollment in existing programs? How could the two programs collaborate to advise students of their options?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How might cognate courses required by or used as electives for the program being proposed be affected? For example, will the department responsible for the course need to add sections to accommodate requirements in the new program? If so, how might this impact staffing and ability to deliver the existing programs in that department?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How might existing programs benefit from inclusion of any new courses in this proposal?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Feedback from Other Programs: <\/b>You should contact the appropriate chair or program coordinator of each impacted program to get their feedback on the new program. Please provide a summary of the feedback you received from each chair or program coordinator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Bulletin Language<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All language provided in this section should be Bulletin-ready, meaning that it is correctly formatted for inclusion in the Bulletin. Please refer to Bulletin language for existing programs for examples.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Associated Full-Time Faculty: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide a list of full-time faculty who will contribute to the program and whose names should be listed in the Bulletin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Preamble\/Areas of Study Content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Provide an overview of the program. For example, see the Areas of Study section of the online Bulletin or the preamble that appears between the list of faculty and the major\/minor requirements in the pdf version of the Bulletin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Program Language: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use the templates provided in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1bQvOyUETvKFV-9wRDwHysOo05i8GIue-WMlXGzy3B_U\/edit?tab=t.0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this document<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to write Bulletin-ready language for the program. Please also refer to language for existing programs as examples. Program course requirements should not be provided here; please enter those details in the next box.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Program Requirements:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Provide a complete list of the program requirements formatted for inclusion in the Bulletin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Tab 2: New Courses<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the New Courses tab, please create a numbered section, beginning with the course number and title, for each new course. Two sections have been provided for you to copy and paste; please number any additional sections sequentially. More detailed instructions are provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Course Information<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter the course details in Bulletin-ready language, following the guidelines below:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter a course prefix and number, e.g. ECON*100. For seven week module courses, add an \u201cA\u201d to the course number if the course will be taught in the first seven weeks of the semester or \u201cB\u201d if the course will be taught in the second seven weeks of the semester., e.g. CHEM*119*A. Please consult with the Registrar\u2019s office about an appropriate course number. Also, if you plan to cross-list this course, please coordinate with other departments to ensure that the course number is the same for both prefixes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please include the language \u201cThis course will be taught as a seven-week course.\u201d at the end of the course description, if applicable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Prerequisites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: List the prerequisites for the course. If there are no prerequisites, write \u201cNone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Distribution Requirement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If this course will count towards the Distribution Requirements, please enter no more than 2 tags (CL, HE, IP, ME, PD, QR, SB, SP) for the course. The learning outcomes for each category are listed on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If no tags are required, write \u201cnone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>First Offering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please enter the semester and year in which the course will first be offered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Frequency of Offering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please select the option that is most likely, or provide other information, as applicable:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every semester<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every other year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Staffing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please describe who you expect to teach the course and whether you are deleting another course in order to accommodate this addition to your program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Other Programs Affected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors that will include this new course. The other departments affected will need to submit a program revision for each program that will include the new course.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Learning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Learning Outcomes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list 3-5 course learning outcomes, keeping the following points in mind:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes. (Changing the outcomes for a future offering of this course would necessitate the proposal of a new Special Topics course.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace PLO 1, PLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your program learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For each CLO, indicate any mapping to a PLO by entering I, D, R, or P in the appropriate cell in the table:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I \u2013 Introducing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D \u2013 Developing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">R \u2013 Refining<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P \u2013 Proficient.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to DR Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you have included DR tags, please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace DR 1, DR 2, etc with the DR tag and the exact wording of the corresponding DR learning outcomes, available from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Map the CLOs to the DR outcomes, as applicable, using an X in the appropriate cells. Each DR tag should be aligned with at least one CLO, meaning that each column should contain at least one entry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Tab 3: Revised Courses<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Course Revisions tab, please create a numbered section, beginning with the course number and title,\u00a0 for each course that is being revised, meaning retitled, renumbered (within the same level), and\/or redescribed. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0If you want to change the DR tags or the level of the course or if you want to add a cross-listing, you will need to sunset the current course and propose a new course with a different course number instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two sections have been provided for you to copy and paste; please number any additional sections sequentially. More detailed instructions are provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Course Revision Information<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Summary of Changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Using a bulleted list, please list all of the types of changes you are proposing and provide a brief description in each case. The possible types of changes are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renumbering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retitling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Redescribing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please explain why these course revisions are being proposed, making sure that you address each of the types of change that you listed in the Summary of Changes. If they are in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Revised Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Copy the current course listing from the PDF version of the current Bulletin and paste it into the proposal document. Alternatively, find the course in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background. Indicate the proposed changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are renumbering the course, please consult with the Registrar\u2019s office about an appropriate course number.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided. Paste your current short title (if applicable) into the box and then indicate any changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter your current grading option. If you are changing the grading option for the course, please enter the current grading option and strike it out and enter the new grading option in red. The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Other Programs Affected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors affected by this change. You should inform all affected programs of the proposed changes so that they can revise their major\/minor, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Learning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Course Learning Outcomes: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are not revising your course learning outcomes, please enter the current learning outcomes. If you are revising some of your course learning outcomes, enter the current learning outcomes and indicate any changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red. If this course revision affects all of the course learning outcomes, you will need to sunset the current course and propose a new course.<\/span>If you are revising your course learning outcomes, please keep the following points in mind:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are not revising your CLO to PLO mapping, please enter the current mapping (using the IDRP scale). If you are revising your CLO to PLO mapping, enter the current mapping (using the IDRP scale) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to DR Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are not revising your CLO to DR mapping, please enter the current mapping. If you are revising your CLO to DR mapping, enter the current mapping (using X\u2019s) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Program proposal should be submitted in order to propose the creation of a new major or minor. If you are proposing both a major and a minor, you will need to submit two separate proposals.\u00a0 Proposal Instructions Two documents are required as part of a New Program submission: the New Program Proposal and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-program-proposals\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;New Program Proposals&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2240","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2191,"date":"2025-08-19T15:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2191"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:30:50","slug":"program-revision-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/program-revision-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Revision Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Program Revision proposal should be submitted in order to make changes to an existing major or minor. If you need to propose a new major or minor, you will need to submit a New Program proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Proposal Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two documents are required as part of a Program Revision submission: the Program Revision Proposal and a Curriculum Map. Templates and instructions for each document are provided below. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Use the instructions below to complete these two documents and then submit them to the Curriculum Committee using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfJD9hBzLzI3GZhGOFvNCIX9MTx3R3EKKVtKGDdA5VD36wpEw\/viewform?usp=header\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please note that Chairs will be asked to acknowledge the submission of this proposal as having been the product of a departmental discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proposals do not need to include material that has already been approved by the committee and is not relevant to the requested change. This can include, but is not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course descriptions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DR tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course learning outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catalog language<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curricular Maps (program and DR)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The committee will solicit this information only if members of the committee determine that they cannot adequately evaluate the proposal without it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Curriculum Map Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If any parts of your Curriculum Map are changing (i.e. PLOs, CLOs, mappings), please submit the updated map with your proposal. After proposals have been reviewed and approved by the faculty, updated Curriculum Maps will be forwarded to the Office for Institutional Effectiveness for archiving and inclusion in Watermark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In your Curriculum map, any courses that have the same CLOs can be mapped as a block to the relevant PLOs and DRs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In either case, you have the option to use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/177OGgna9cxZo7132WPCX0H6HE6ITodvdBrfvSxqEQtM\/template\/preview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this Curriculum Map template<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. To make a copy of the template in your Drive, click the Use Template button.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Proposal Template Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1rPNIOJwReEgAb17pLOCZ4m8n8Ed1qgtDrWQupWb2K9s\/template\/preview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to open the Program Revision proposal template file and then click the Use Template button to create a copy of the template in your Drive. The proposal template contains three tabs: Proposal Form, where you will provide general information about the revision, including revised Bulletin language; New Courses, where you will provide information about any new courses that are part of the proposal; and Revised Courses, where you will provide information about any revised courses that are part of the proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Tab 1: Proposal Form<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<h4><b>Overview<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Current Degree: <\/b>Please indicate whether majors will earn a B.A. or a B.S. (it\u2019s no longer possible to give students the option to choose). This is not applicable to minors.<\/li>\n<li><b>Current Area of Study: <\/b>Please enter the current Area of Study for this program. The options are:\n<ul>\n<li>Interdisciplinary Studies<\/li>\n<li>Languages, Literatures, and Cultures<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics and Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Values and Societies<\/li>\n<li>Visual and Performing Arts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Summary of Changes<\/b>: Provide a bulleted list of the changes that you are proposing. Possibilities include:\n<ul>\n<li>Program name change<\/li>\n<li>Changes to the list of associated faculty<\/li>\n<li>Changes to the list of forbidden major or minor combinations<\/li>\n<li>Revised program learning outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Revised language about the program<\/li>\n<li>Revised program requirements<\/li>\n<li>Revised courses<\/li>\n<li>New courses.<\/li>\n<li>Changes to the curriculum map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Courses Being Sunset: <\/b>Please list all of the courses that are being sunset, i.e. permanently deleted, as part of this program revision.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rationale<\/b>: Please explain why these changes are being requested. If they are in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rationale for Number of Credits<\/b>: This rationale must be provided if:\n<ul>\n<li>The program is a major and requires more than 48 credits (as a reminder, majors may only include 48 credits in a single department; credits above that limit must be in a different department, up to a maximum of 64)<\/li>\n<li>The program is a minor and requires more than 24 credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Courses Outside Your Program: <\/b>If your revised major or minor includes courses taught by faculty in other departments\/programs, please list these departments\/programs. You should contact the appropriate chair(s) or program coordinator(s) to get their feedback on the proposed changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Feedback from Other Programs: <\/b>Please provide a summary of the feedback you received from the chair(s) or or program coordinator(s) that you listed in the last box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Bulletin Language<\/b><b><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Preamble\/Areas of Study Content<\/b>: <em>If you are revising the preamble\/Areas of Study<\/em>, enter the current Areas of Study language for that program. This is all of the content from the list of faculty through the first listing of learning outcomes. Indicate any proposed changes by striking out deletions and adding new language in red.<br \/>\nYou can copy and paste the language from the PDF version of the Bulletin. Alternatively, find the program language in the Areas of Study section of the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current language from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Major<\/b>: <em>If you are revising Major requirements,<\/em> enter the current Bulletin language for that major and indicate any proposed changes by striking out deletions and adding new language in red.<br \/>\nYou can copy and paste the language from the PDF version of the Bulletin. Alternatively, find the program language in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Minor<\/b>: <em>If you are revising Minor requirements<\/em>, enter the current Bulletin language for that minor and indicate any proposed changes by striking out deletions and adding new language in red.<br \/>\nYou can copy and paste the language from the PDF version of the Bulletin. Alternatively, find the program language in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Program Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are revising your program learning outcomes, enter the current PLOs and indicate any proposed changes by striking out deletions and adding new language in red.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Tab 2: New Courses<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the New Courses tab, please create a numbered section, beginning with the course number and title, for each new course. Two sections have been provided for you to copy and paste; please number any additional sections sequentially. More detailed instructions are provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Course Information<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter the course details in Bulletin-ready language, following the guidelines below:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter a course prefix and number, e.g. ECON*100. For seven week module courses, add an \u201cA\u201d to the course number if the course will be taught in the first seven weeks of the semester or \u201cB\u201d if the course will be taught in the second seven weeks of the semester., e.g. CHEM*119*A. Please consult with the Registrar\u2019s office about an appropriate course number. Also, if you plan to cross-list this course, please coordinate with other departments to ensure that the course number is the same for both prefixes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please include the language \u201cThis course will be taught as a seven-week course.\u201d at the end of the course description, if applicable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Prerequisites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: List the prerequisites for the course. If there are no prerequisites, write \u201cNone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Distribution Requirement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If this course will count towards the Distribution Requirements, please enter no more than 2 tags (CL, HE, IP, ME, PD, QR, SB, SP) for the course. The learning outcomes for each category are listed on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If no tags are required, write \u201cnone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>First Offering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please enter the semester and year in which the course will first be offered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Frequency of Offering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please select the option that is most likely, or provide other information, as applicable:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every semester<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every other year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Staffing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please describe who you expect to teach the course and whether you are deleting another course in order to accommodate this addition to your program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Other Programs Affected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors that will include this new course. The other departments affected will need to submit a program revision for each program that will include the new course.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Learning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Learning Outcomes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list 3-5 course learning outcomes, keeping the following points in mind:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes. (Changing the outcomes for a future offering of this course would necessitate the proposal of a new Special Topics course.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace PLO 1, PLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your program learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For each CLO, indicate any mapping to a PLO by entering I, D, R, or P in the appropriate cell in the table:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I \u2013 Introducing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D \u2013 Developing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">R \u2013 Refining<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P \u2013 Proficient.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to DR Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you have included DR tags, please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace DR 1, DR 2, etc with the DR tag and the exact wording of the corresponding DR learning outcomes, available from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Map the CLOs to the DR outcomes, as applicable, using an X in the appropriate cells. Each DR tag should be aligned with at least one CLO, meaning that each column should contain at least one entry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Tab 3: Revised Courses<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Course Revisions tab, please create a numbered section, beginning with the course number and title,\u00a0 for each course that is being revised, meaning retitled, renumbered (within the same level), and\/or redescribed. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0If you want to change the DR tags or the level of the course or if you want to add a cross-listing, you will need to sunset the current course and propose a new course with a different course number instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two sections have been provided for you to copy and paste; please number any additional sections sequentially. More detailed instructions are provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Course Revision Information<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Summary of Changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Using a bulleted list, please list all of the types of changes you are proposing and provide a brief description in each case. The possible types of changes are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renumbering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retitling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Redescribing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please explain why these course revisions are being proposed, making sure that you address each of the types of change that you listed in the Summary of Changes. If they are in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Revised Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Copy the current course listing from the PDF version of the current Bulletin and paste it into the proposal document. Alternatively, find the course in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background. Indicate the proposed changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are renumbering the course, please consult with the Registrar\u2019s office about an appropriate course number.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided. Paste your current short title (if applicable) into the box and then indicate any changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are changing the grading option for the course, please enter the current grading option and strike it out and enter the new grading option in red. The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Other Programs Affected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors affected by this change. You should inform all affected programs of the proposed changes so that they can revise their major\/minor, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><br \/>\nLearning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Course Learning Outcomes: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are revising any of your course learning outcomes, enter the current learning outcomes and indicate any changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red. If this course revision affects all of the course learning outcomes, you will need to sunset the current course and propose a new course.<\/span><\/span>If you are revising your course learning outcomes, please keep the following points in mind:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are revising your CLO to PLO mapping, enter the current mapping (using the IDRP scale) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to DR Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are revising your CLO to DR mapping, enter the current mapping (using X\u2019s) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Program Revision proposal should be submitted in order to make changes to an existing major or minor. If you need to propose a new major or minor, you will need to submit a New Program proposal. Proposal Instructions Two documents are required as part of a Program Revision submission: the Program Revision Proposal and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/program-revision-proposals\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Program Revision Proposals&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2188,"date":"2025-08-19T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2188"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:30:29","slug":"new-course-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-course-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Course Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A New Course proposal should be submitted in order to propose the addition of a new course to the Academic Bulletin when this addition is not part of a Program Revision or New Program proposal. Since the Bulletin is a contract with our students, they should reasonably expect to be able to enroll in any course listed in the Bulletin sometime during their 8 semesters at Allegheny. If this course is not likely to be taught at least every other year, please consider offering it as a special topics course instead; instructions are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals\/\">this page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Proposal Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10NAtEXCVJ0nRQriOJdHgrbJoemnRNaCeWyl_j3etu-U\/template\/preview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to open the New Course proposal template file and then click the Use Template button to create a copy of the template in your Drive. Use the instructions below to complete your copy of the proposal template and then submit it to the Curriculum Committee using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ET59ApZAEtwq42757\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please note that Chairs will be asked to acknowledge the submission of this proposal as having been the product of a departmental discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Course Information<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter the course details in Bulletin-ready language, following the guidelines below:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter a course prefix and number, e.g. ECON*100. For seven week module courses, add an \u201cA\u201d to the course number if the course will be taught in the first seven weeks of the semester or \u201cB\u201d if the course will be taught in the second seven weeks of the semester., e.g. CHEM*119*A. Please consult with the Registrar\u2019s office about an appropriate course number. Also, if you plan to cross-list this course, please coordinate with other departments to ensure that the course number is the same for both prefixes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please include the language \u201cThis course will be taught as a seven-week course.\u201d at the end of the course description, if applicable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Prerequisites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: List the prerequisites for the course. If there are no prerequisites, write \u201cNone\u201d. The phrase \u201cor permission of instructor\u201d is not necessary because instructors can always waive course prerequisites. However, if you would like instructor permission to be required for all students, please indicate this requirement in the Prerequisites.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Distribution Requirement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If this course will count towards the Distribution Requirements, please enter no more than 2 tags (CL, HE, IP, ME, PD, QR, SB, SP) for the course. The learning outcomes for each category are listed on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If no tags are required, write \u201cnone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Credit Explanation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A standard course is four credits. If you are proposing that this course be less than four credits, please provide an explanation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>First Offering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please enter the semester and year in which the course will first be offered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Frequency of Offering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please select the option that is most likely, or provide other information, as applicable:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every semester<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every other year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Staffing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please describe who you expect to teach the course and whether you are deleting another course in order to accommodate this addition to your program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Courses Being Sunset: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please list all of the courses that are being sunset, i.e. permanently deleted, as part of this proposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please explain why this course is being proposed, including how it fills a need within your program. If it is in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Program Requirements and Electives<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Programs Affected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors that will include this new course as a requirement or an elective. The other departments affected will need to submit a program revision for each program that will include the new course.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bulletin Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: For any majors or minors in your department that are affected by this change, enter the current Bulletin language for that program and indicate how the new course will fit into each program by adding it in red.<br \/>\n<\/span>You should copy and paste the language from the PDF version of the Bulletin. Alternatively, find the program language in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Learning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Learning Outcomes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list 3-5 course learning outcomes, keeping the following points in mind:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes. (Changing the outcomes for a future offering of this course would necessitate a Course Revision proposal.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace PLO 1, PLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your program learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For each CLO, indicate any mapping to a PLO by entering I, D, R, or P in the appropriate cell in the table:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I \u2013 Introducing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D \u2013 Developing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">R \u2013 Refining<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P \u2013 Proficient.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to DR Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you have included DR tags, please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace DR 1, DR 2, etc with the DR tag and the exact wording of the corresponding DR learning outcomes, available from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Map the CLOs to the DR outcomes, as applicable, using an X in the appropriate cells. Each DR tag should be aligned with at least one CLO, meaning that each column should contain at least one entry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Course proposal should be submitted in order to propose the addition of a new course to the Academic Bulletin when this addition is not part of a Program Revision or New Program proposal. Since the Bulletin is a contract with our students, they should reasonably expect to be able to enroll in any [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-course-proposals\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;New Course Proposals&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2186,"date":"2025-08-19T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2186"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:05:57","slug":"course-revisions-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/course-revisions-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Revisions Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Course Revision proposal should be submitted in order to propose retitling, redescribing, and\/or renumbering (within the same level) a course that is currently in the Academic Bulletin when this revision is not part of a Program Revision or New Program proposal. If you want to change the DR tags or the level of the course or if you want to add a cross-listing, you will need to sunset the current course and propose a new course with a different course number instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Approval Process: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course title, description, or number changes require Curriculum Committee approval, but do not need to be presented for a Faculty vote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Proposal Instructions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jymdR7Uii12nSc5TYeXX_ccNSUm1O9llX0Tx-v-no9A\/template\/preview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to open the Course Revision proposal template file and then click the Use Template button to create a copy of the template in your Drive. Use the instructions below to complete your copy of the proposal template and then submit it to the Curriculum Committee using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/CnuYANA1KbkqjcGw7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please note that Chairs will be asked to acknowledge that the submission of this proposal is the product of a departmental discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proposals do not need to include material that has already been approved by the committee and is not relevant to the requested change. This can include, but is not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course descriptions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DR tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course learning outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catalog language<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curricular Maps (program and DR)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The committee will solicit this information only if members of the committee determine that they cannot adequately evaluate the proposal without it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Course Revision Information<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Summary of Changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Using a bulleted list, please list all of the types of changes you are proposing and provide a brief description in each case. The possible types of changes are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renumbering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retitling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Redescribing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please explain why these course revisions are being proposed, making sure that you address each of the types of change that you listed in the Summary of Changes. If they are in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Revised Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Copy the current course listing from the PDF version of the current Bulletin and paste it into the proposal document. Alternatively, find the course in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background. Indicate the proposed changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are renumbering the course, please consult with the Registrar\u2019s office about an appropriate course number.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided. Paste your current short title (if applicable) into the box and then indicate any changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are changing the grading option for the course, please enter the current grading option and strike it out and enter the new grading option in red. The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Program Requirements and Electives<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Cognate Programs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors that currently include this course, outside of the ones offered by your home department or program. To ensure that you have identified all affected programs, search for the current course number in the Academic Bulletin. You should inform all affected programs of the proposed changes so that they can revise their major\/minor, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Programs Affected: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please list all of the majors and minors affected by the proposed changes to this course.\u00a0 You should contact the appropriate chair(s) or program coordinator(s) to get their feedback on the proposed changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Feedback from Other Programs:\u00a0<\/b>Please provide a summary of the feedback you received from the chair(s) or program coordinator(s) that you listed in the last box.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Program Bulletin Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: For any majors or minors in your department that are affected by this change, enter the current Bulletin language for that program and indicate any proposed changes by striking out deletions and adding new language in red.<br \/>\n<\/span>You can copy and paste the language from the PDF version of the Bulletin. Alternatively, find the program language in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Learning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Course Learning Outcomes: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are revising any of your course learning outcomes, enter the current learning outcomes and indicate any changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are revising your course learning outcomes, please keep the following points in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are revising your CLO to PLO mapping, enter the current mapping (using the IDRP scale) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to DR Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you are revising your CLO to DR mapping, enter the current mapping (using X\u2019s) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Course Revision proposal should be submitted in order to propose retitling, redescribing, and\/or renumbering (within the same level) a course that is currently in the Academic Bulletin when this revision is not part of a Program Revision or New Program proposal. If you want to change the DR tags or the level of the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/course-revisions-proposals\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Course Revisions Proposals&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2184,"date":"2025-08-19T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2184"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:11:44","slug":"new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"New or Repeat Special Topics Course Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special Topics courses are courses that will be offered only once or twice. Special Topics courses are typically courses that are being taught as pilots before permanent versions are proposed or courses taught by visiting faculty in their areas of expertise. Use the form below to propose a new Special Topics course or request that a Special Topics course be repeated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Approval Process: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special Topics courses require Curriculum Committee approval and may be offered twice within a three-year period without being presented for a Faculty vote. If a course is to be repeated for a third time or is being offered for a second time outside the three-year window, a Faculty vote is required.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Proposal Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1L3ahxNwDOHU7C_4i8IzUpaqtQeBw9u3KFImgnWy2BD8\/template\/preview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to open the Special Topics Course proposal template file and then click the Use Template button to create a copy of the template in your Drive. Use the instructions below to complete your copy of the proposal template and then submit it to the Curriculum Committee using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfhxS5bRJbQrlnlLCyJJr4IDwpLXAx86EiXccxQ5aabP8uqAA\/viewform?usp=header\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please note that Chairs will be asked to acknowledge that the submission of this proposal is the product of a departmental discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Course Information<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Listing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter the course details in Bulletin-ready language, following the guidelines below. Please not that Special Topics courses are not eligible for DR tagging.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The course number should reflect the level of the course. The possible numbers are as follows:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">190-194: introductory Special Topics course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">195-199: introductory Special Topics course with lab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">290-294: 200-level Special Topics course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">295-299: 200-level Special Topics course with lab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">390-394: 300-level Special Topics course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">395-399: 300-level Special Topics course with lab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">490-494: 400-level Special Topics course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">495-499: 400-level Special Topics course with lab<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Number of Credits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-course-descriptions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Prerequisites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: List the prerequisites for the course. If there are no prerequisites, write \u201cNone\u201d. The phrase \u201cor permission of instructor\u201d is not necessary because instructors can always waive course prerequisites. However, if you would like instructor permission to be required for all students, please indicate this requirement in the Prerequisites.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Short Title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided. If you are changing the short title from a previous offering of this course,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">paste your current short title into the box and then indicate any changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Credit Explanation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A standard course is four credits. If you are proposing that this course be less than four credits, please provide an explanation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Grading Option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Enter the grading option. If you are changing the grading option for the course, please enter the current grading option and strike it out and enter the new grading option in red. The options are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken on a letter-grade basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be taken Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit\/No Credit basis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Semester<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please enter the semester and year in which the course will be offered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Staffing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please describe who you expect to teach the course and provide any other relevant staffing information.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rationale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please explain why this course is being proposed, including how it fills a need within your program. If it is in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Overlap with existing courses? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please briefly describe to what extent, if any, this course replicates or overlaps with any existing courses. You can use keyword searches in the Academic Bulletin website (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.allegheny.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/catalog.allegheny.edu\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) to review existing courses. The existence of replication or overlap with any other courses will be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee in its consideration of your proposal, but will not necessarily count against the proposal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Program Requirements and Electives<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Programs Affected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list all of the majors and minors connected to this Special Topics course.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Learning Outcomes and Mapping<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Course Learning Outcomes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please list 3-5 course learning outcomes, keeping the following points in mind:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes. (Changing the outcomes for a future offering of this course would necessitate the proposal of a new Special Topics course.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don\u2019t rise to the level of a CLO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CLO to PLO Mapping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Please complete the table in the following way:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace PLO 1, PLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your program learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace CLO 1, CLO 2, etc with the exact wording of your course learning outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For each CLO, indicate any mapping to a PLO by entering I, D, R, or P in the appropriate cell in the table:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I \u2013 Introducing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D \u2013 Developing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">R \u2013 Refining<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P \u2013 Proficient.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Topics courses are courses that will be offered only once or twice. Special Topics courses are typically courses that are being taught as pilots before permanent versions are proposed or courses taught by visiting faculty in their areas of expertise. Use the form below to propose a new Special Topics course or request that [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;New or Repeat Special Topics Course Proposals&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2147,"date":"2024-09-25T09:29:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2147"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:29:44","slug":"how-the-curriculum-committee-evaluates-and-offers-feedback-on-course-descriptions-program-proposals-and-revisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/how-the-curriculum-committee-evaluates-and-offers-feedback-on-course-descriptions-program-proposals-and-revisions\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Curriculum Committee Evaluates and Offers Feedback on Course Descriptions\/Program Proposals and Revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Curriculum Committee operates both at the macro and micro level: asking broad questions about how a course or program fits into the overall curriculum of the College, while asking more detailed questions about the clarity of course descriptions and program requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee trusts first and foremost in faculty expertise (since faculty members know best how they\u2019ll teach their classes or structure their programs), aiming instead to pose questions on behalf of the institutional long view, which means the committee is often working to make sure faculty intentions are communicated clearly (in terms of course and program descriptions and requirements) for students and advisors who read the Bulletin, and for faculty members who might want to teach those courses in the future.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In general the committee asks questions regarding course descriptions that cohere around the following categories:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Intelligibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 Would the students who read the description understand what they will be doing in the course? Is the use of discipline-specific language appropriate? Are there ways we can help the faculty member make the description more appealing to students without undercutting their academic freedom? Does it make internal sense?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Longevity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 How easily do we think the description will become dated? Does it refer to specific assignments or sources (we discourage both)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 Does the course make sense in the context of the program in which it is being proposed? Does it overlap or replicate other courses in helpful or unhelpful ways? If it is a course in a sequence, does the sequencing make sense? How will it be used (if at all) in other programs? (Course Learning Outcomes mapped to the Program Learning Outcomes are requested to help us assess this)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Requirements <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Are the prerequisites consistent and clear? If the course is applicable for distribution, is there a clear rationale for why it should carry a certain distribution tag? Does the course description offer any contradictions or concerns from that point of view?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In general the committee asks questions regarding new and revised program descriptions that cohere around the following categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Alignment to LA mission and institutional LO\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Is the program clearly designed with attention to the Liberal Arts mission of the institution?\u00a0 Are the program Learning Outcomes clearly aligned with the Institutions Learning Outcomes (Learning Outcomes map is requested for all programs in order to assess this.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Intelligibility and trackability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Would students and advisors clearly understand the requirements for the program as laid out in the Bulletin language?\u00a0 Is the program easily tracked via a degree audit in Self-Service?\u00a0 Are there ways to make the program requirements easier to navigate for students and advisors and easier to track in Self-Service without undermining the intention of the requirements and the coherence of the program overall?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Curricular coherence<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Within program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Do the requirements help students meet the stated program Learning Outcomes?\u00a0 (Curricular map is part of each proposal to help assess this). Is there a progression from introductory to advanced level learning for the major?\u00a0 Is there either depth (introductory to advanced) or breadth (overview of ideas important to the discipline) for a minor?\u00a0 (see definition of majors and minors in the Bulletin)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Within broader curriculum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Does the program make sense in the context of current curricular offerings?\u00a0 Does the program replicate the intended outcomes of other programs in helpful or unhelpful ways?\u00a0 (Brief summary of conversations with other programs that may be impacted is part of each proposal to help us assess this)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s useful to remember that there is very rarely a peer subject-expert on the committee and so course\u00a0 and program proposals are usually being evaluated by educated lay people, including faculty, staff, and students. That variety of vantage points and experience levels is one of the strengths of the committee and the perspective it can offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The approval process for all proposals includes two readings at the Curriculum Committee level. After the first reading authors are informed of the Curriculum Committee\u2019s level of recommendation (revise and resubmit or recommend) along with talking points to provide context for the recommendation.\u00a0 The authors will be given a chance to respond and\/or revise following the first reading.\u00a0 The response and\/or revision will be considered at a subsequent Committee meeting for a second reading.\u00a0 After the second reading the Committee will vote up or down.\u00a0 Proposals with a majority \u201cdon\u2019t recommend\u201d vote at the Committee level will not be forwarded to the faculty.\u00a0 However, committee rationale will be forwarded to the authors\u2019 of any proposal with a \u201cdon\u2019t recommend\u201d vote and they are welcome to revise and resubmit their proposal in the next yearly cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Curriculum Committee operates both at the macro and micro level: asking broad questions about how a course or program fits into the overall curriculum of the College, while asking more detailed questions about the clarity of course descriptions and program requirements. The committee trusts first and foremost in faculty expertise (since faculty members know [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/how-the-curriculum-committee-evaluates-and-offers-feedback-on-course-descriptions-program-proposals-and-revisions\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;How the Curriculum Committee Evaluates and Offers Feedback on Course Descriptions\/Program Proposals and Revisions&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":2141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2147\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2145,"date":"2024-09-25T09:29:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2145"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:29:19","slug":"summary-of-curriculum-committee-actions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/summary-of-curriculum-committee-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Curriculum Committee Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The following Curriculum Committee actions require two readings at a Faculty Meeting and a Faculty vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New courses with permanent course numbers<\/li>\n<li>New FS 201 courses<\/li>\n<li>Repeated Special Topics Courses (third or subsequent iterations)<\/li>\n<li>EL Seminars that have permanent course numbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Programs &amp; Rubrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New major and minor programs<\/li>\n<li>New program rubrics (not necessarily associated with a major\/minor, e.g., GTWY)<\/li>\n<li>Substantial revisions to major\/minor requirements that include a significant change in requirements and\/or new courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Agreements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New co-operative (3 plus) agreements<\/li>\n<li>New sponsored study away programs or courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Significant Changes<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>e.g., Major\/minor definitions; schedule grid; academic calendar, institutional learning outcomes, graduation requirements, distribution requirements, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The following Curriculum Committee actions are effective upon vote of the Committee and are presented to the Faculty for their information.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Course deletions<\/li>\n<li>Course revisions<\/li>\n<li>EL Seminars that are sections of existing courses (e.g., EXL 594)<\/li>\n<li>New and revised sections of FS 101, FS 102, or FS 201)<\/li>\n<li>New and revised special topics courses, including second iterations<\/li>\n<li>New short courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Programs &amp; Rubrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relatively minor changes to major\/minor requirements, such as substituting elective courses<\/li>\n<li>Sunsetting major\/minor programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Agreements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New preferred admission (4 plus) agreements<\/li>\n<li>New community college articulation agreements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following Curriculum Committee actions require two readings at a Faculty Meeting and a Faculty vote. Courses New courses with permanent course numbers New FS 201 courses Repeated Special Topics Courses (third or subsequent iterations) EL Seminars that have permanent course numbers Programs &amp; Rubrics New major and minor programs New program rubrics (not necessarily [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/summary-of-curriculum-committee-actions\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Summary of Curriculum Committee Actions&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":2141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2145\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2143,"date":"2024-09-25T09:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/?page_id=2143"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:28:44","slug":"assigning-course-tags","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/assigning-course-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Assigning Course Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This document summarizes the approach used by the Curriculum Committee during the 2015-2016 academic year to review the initial round of course tags in preparation for the implementation of the new distribution requirements in Fall 2016. We expect that this same approach will be used to review proposed course tags for new courses. This will ensure that the tags are being applied consistently across campus.<\/p>\n<p>For new courses introduced after the initial tagging process (completed in 2015-16), the course tag(s) should be included in the course description that is presented to the faculty for two readings and a vote. Now that the initial tagging process is complete, &lt;strong&gt;the tag(s) assigned to a particular course cannot be changed&lt;\/strong&gt;; instead, the course will need to be deleted and a new course created, with a new course number.<\/p>\n<p>During our review of the tags, we began by examining the course description for the course in question to determine whether there were clear connections to the &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/academic-policies\/graduation-requirements\/distribution-requirement\/distribution-requirements-learning-outcomes\/&#8221;&gt;Learning Outcomes&lt;\/a&gt; for the tag. In situations where these connections were not obvious, we asked the department chair to provide us with a syllabus, sample assignments, or other materials that would illustrate the relevance of the tag. This process involved looking for relevant content, determining whether enough of the course addressed content related to the tag, and examining how students would be assessed on their understanding of the tag-related content. In some cases, we asked departments to redescribe courses to make these connections clearer. We also encouraged instructors to highlight the connections to the tags in their syllabi.<\/p>\n<p>For each tag, more specific considerations were also addressed also as described below.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Civic Learning (CL)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We looked for course content that addressed civic issues of a local, regional, national, or international kind. Here, we distinguished between civic engagement (requiring a community service project, for example) and civic learning. In order for a CL tag to apply to a course, the course must contain content that helps students to appreciate the ethical, social, and political dilemmas that citizens face when making decisions that affect communities. Courses with a civic engagement component would only meet the requirements for a CL tag if such content was integral to the course and the community engagement project. We also looked for assignments that asked students to reflect on their experiences in the community and draw connections to the civic content of the course.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Human Experience (HE)<br \/>\n&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We examined whether the \u201ctexts broadly defined\u201d were representational in nature and whether they involved metaphor, images and expressions beyond literal description. The content of the courses needed to consider human experiences of a general nature, rather than those that are limited strictly to a single individual or group. In other words, courses should discuss &lt;i&gt;the&lt;\/i&gt; human experience as opposed to &lt;i&gt;a&lt;\/i&gt; human experience.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;International and Intercultural Perspective (IP)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We looked for content that would introduce students to aspects of another culture or country. This was generally clear so this tag was easy to apply in most cases under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Modes of Expression (ME)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We focused particularly on examining how courses \u201cinterrogate the act of communication itself.\u201d \u00a0For us, that meant that simply creating some kind of product (e.g., written, oral, artistic, etc.) needed to be accompanied by some examination of how meaning is being conveyed in that particular act of communication. \u00a0This might require an understanding of both the medium being used for communication and the effect of that communication on those who receive it.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Power, Privilege, and Difference (PD)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We looked for indications that the course has a sustained focus on interrogating issues of class, race, gender and sexuality, or disability and requires students to examine the issues (contextual and ethical) of power, privilege, and difference in a particular context or contexts, such as civil rights movements, African American history, women&#8217;s history, Latino\/a history, gender roles, colonialism, post-colonialism, social justice, poverty, and other issues related to gender, class, race, disability, or sexual identity.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Quantitative Reasoning (QR)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We primarily checked to see whether the interpretation of \u201cnumerical, symbolic, and graphical information\u201d formed a sufficiently large enough component of the course.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Social Behavior and Institutions (SB)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We examined whether, beyond the study of social processes, these courses provide an understanding of &lt;i&gt;methodologies&lt;\/i&gt; to describe, explain, or predict human behavior, and institutional structures. Attention was paid to course descriptions to confirm that the word \u201csocial\u201d was being properly understood because this tag can encompass a broad range of disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Scientific Process and Knowledge (SP)&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/p>\n<p>We felt that it was not sufficient for a course simply to include scientific findings as part of the information &#8211; rather, the course should address the \u201cnature, approaches, and domain of scientific inquiry.\u201d In other words, students should gain some understanding of what science is and\/or how it functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document summarizes the approach used by the Curriculum Committee during the 2015-2016 academic year to review the initial round of course tags in preparation for the implementation of the new distribution requirements in Fall 2016. We expect that this same approach will be used to review proposed course tags for new courses. This will [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/assigning-course-tags\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Assigning Course 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Committee Forms and Deadlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Curriculum Committee Deadlines for 2025-2026<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The following deadlines have been established by the Curriculum Committee to allow time for the committee to review each proposal, request and receive revisions or additional information from the proposer(s), and present the proposal for two readings and a vote in faculty meetings, as needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please contact the chair of the Curriculum Committee if you have questions about the submission requirements or designations (e.g. is this a revision or is it new?).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday, September 8, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-fs-descriptions\/\">SWS Topics<\/a> (Spring 2026)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals\/\">Special Topics<\/a> (Spring 2026 1st &amp; 2nd offerings only)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/course-revisions-proposals\/\">Revised Courses<\/a> (procedural changes only; e.g. removing\/changing prerequisites or restrictions)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Monday, October 6, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-course-proposals\/\">New Courses<\/a> (to be offered no earlier than Fall 2026)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/course-revisions-proposals\/\">Revised Courses<\/a> (LO, renumbering, and\/or title\/description changes)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/program-revision-proposals\/\">Revised Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-program-proposals\/\">New Programs<\/a> (to be offered no earlier than Fall 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Monday, December 1, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals\/\">Special Topics<\/a> (Fall 2026)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, January 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/registrar\/guidelines-for-fs-descriptions\/\">SWS Topics<\/a> (Fall 2026 and Spring 2027)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Monday, February 2, 2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-program-proposals\/\">New Programs<\/a> (new courses that are part of the proposal cannot be offered until Spring 2027 at the earliest)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Microcredentials<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New\/Revised Global Learning Seminars (to be offered spring break 2027 or summer 2027)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u25cb Repeat GL\u2019s can bypass curricular revie<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Monday, March 9, 2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-course-proposals\/\">New Courses<\/a> (to be offered no earlier Spring 2027)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/new-or-repeat-special-topics-course-proposals\/\">Special Topics<\/a> (3rd offerings)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Other Forms<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfxVUklPoGeo2TblW1jZKd-3MweefUdPkQHj3lP_uNVKiLtVg\/viewform\">DR substitution form<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/eXmrRer3oSVaWhME9\">Sunset Course Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum Committee Deadlines for 2025-2026 The following deadlines have been established by the Curriculum Committee to allow time for the committee to review each proposal, request and receive revisions or additional information from the proposer(s), and present the proposal for two readings and a vote in faculty meetings, as needed.\u00a0 Please contact the chair of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/curriculum-committee-forms-and-deadlines\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Curriculum Committee Forms and Deadlines&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2299,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2141\/revisions\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2095,"date":"2024-04-09T09:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/committees\/?page_id=2095"},"modified":"2024-04-09T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T20:27:46","slug":"current-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/current-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Current Committees<\/strong>\u00a0 include all Standing Committees of the College and Faculty as listed in the most current Faculty Handbook. Each committee page provides at least a summary description, current membership information and links to meeting minutes when made available.<\/p>\n<p>To request the addition of a new committee, update committee membership, or report an error, please send an email to the archivist at <a href=\"mailto:merrick@allegheny.edu\">merrick@allegheny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Committees\u00a0 include all Standing Committees of the College and Faculty as listed in the most current Faculty Handbook. Each committee page provides at least a summary description, current membership information and links to meeting minutes when made available. To request the addition of a new committee, update committee membership, or report an error, please [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/current-committees\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Current Committees&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2095","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/college-committees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]