Curriculum Committee

The Committee serves as the primary curricular planning body for the faculty, responsible for recommending to the faculty policies and programs that affect the college in general and for reviewing and recommending departmental, interdepartmental, and interdisciplinary programs and policies. The Committee also approves new and revised semester and Interim Experience courses, General Education Area courses, Writing courses, and First Term Seminars. The Curriculum Committee welcomes comments about policies it will be recommending to the Faculty, and about courses that are in review. All comments can be e-mailed to the full committee at: cc-com@gustavus.edu.

Meeting Times

Date Time Place
Sept 17, 2010 2:30 pm Mattson Hall 102
Oct. 8, 2010 2:30 pm Mattson Hall 102
Nov. 5, 2010 2:30 pm Mattson Hall 102
Dec. 10, 2010 2:30 pm Mattson Hall 102
Jan. 14, 2011 2:30 pm TBD
Feb. 18, 2011 2:30 pm TBD
March 11, 2011 2:30 pm TBD
April 15, 2011 2:30 pm TBD
May 13, 2011 2:30 pm TBD

Proposal Deadlines

Type of Proposal Due by
New Courses for Spring, 2011 Sept. 17, 2010
Interim Experience 2011 New On-Campus Courses
Sept. 17, 2010
Interim Experience 2011 Repeat On-Campus Courses Sept. 24, 2010
Interim Experience 2012 New Travel Courses Oct. 8, 2010
Interim Experience 2012 Repeat Travel Courses Oct. 8, 2010
New courses for Fall, 2011 Jan. 28, 2011
Changes in majors or minors (guidelines) Feb. 25, 2011
FTS proposals for Fall, 2011 Mar. 4, 2011
Interim Experience 2012 New On-Campus Courses Apr. 8, 2011
Interim Experience 2012 Repeat On-Campus Courses Apr. 8, 2011

Proposal Forms

Download and email completed form to courseproposal@gustavus.edu

Download and email completed Travel IEX forms to cogrady@gustavus.edu

Cross-Listing Information

Travel Course Information

January Term Course Exemption Requests

The Curriculum Committee relies on the following guidelines in making decisions about requests that January term courses carry major or liberal arts credit:

  • The course meets IEX guidelines and is best taught in the one month, January Term format.
  • The course will not be offered as a regular semester course.
  • The course is required for another department or program.

Of secondary importance in our deliberations will be questions of facilities and/or staffing.

The Final Document for the New Curriculum, adopted by the faculty on 3/24/04, stipulates that January term courses will carry major or general education credit only by exception. The Curriculum Committee has granted exemptions only in rare cases, and has been governed by the language in the document for the new curriculum. Specifically, any course given an exemption must both: 1) meet the criteria for January Term IE courses, e.g., a) "capitalize on the unique opportunities provided by the January term schedule," and b) "engage students (alone or collaboratively) in experiential learning activities," AND 2) is not requested for such purposes as "(1) steering more students into traditionally under enrolled courses, (2) allowing students to make-up coursework that was failed or from which they withdrew during the regular semester, or (3) encouraging academic departments to offer abbreviated versions of regular semester courses" [from footnote 1 of the Final Document for the New Curriculum 3/4/04].

Once the new curriculum (and the six course load changes) have been in place long enough for the faculty to fully understand pressures on January Term, the Curriculum Committee will revisit its policy on exemption requests.

Curriculum Review

Members

The Committee has seven elected faculty members, three student members, and seven ex officio (2010-11 members).

CAPSUB

The Course Approval Sub-Committee (CAPSUB) meets monthly prior to the regular Committee meeting and recommends new semester and Interim Experience courses, graduate credit courses, General Education Area approvals, Writing course approvals, and First Term Seminars. CAPSUB is chaired by a member of the Curriculum Committee and has elected representatives from each Division (2010-11 members).