Course Template Sheet for a VSU Perspective Course
Please fill out the areas below, expanding the document as much as necessary. When completely filled out, please return this document along with a tentative syllabus/course outline to the College of Arts and Sciences, 1036 Hugh C. Bailey Science Center, Attention Dr. James LaPlant.
1. Perspectives Category:
2. Perspectives Area (1-7):
3. Full Course Title:
4. Course Developers (must be at least two, from at least two different disciplines. If of the same department, please list the appropriate disciplines):
Primary Developer:
Secondary Developer:
Additional Developer(s):
5. What are the interdisciplinary aspects of this course that make it appropriate for a PERS listing as opposed to a departmental elective course?
6. What are the objectives of the course (i.e., what do you want the students to get out of it)?
7. Suggest some appropriate ways of determining whether the students have met those particular objectives:
8. What are your suggestions as to how participating departments (or PERS) might evaluate the quality of an interdisciplinary course such as this one?
9. All core courses must incorporate at least three of the following: (A) critical thinking skills; (B) use of computer and information technology; (C) oral communication skills; (D) written communication skills. Indicate which you feel are appropriate for this course and how they might be incorporated:
Critical thinking skills:
Use of computer and information technology:
Oral communication skills:
Written communication skills:
10. Describe general topics which you feel would be appropriate for inclusion in the course. Note that future instructors may have areas of expertise that differ from those of the original course developers; a topics list (and the course catalog description) should suggest a framework for the course but should not exclude the potential contributions of those with a different interdisciplinary “perspective.”
11. What other Perspectives courses present topics that might overlap with the material listed above? This question is asked to suggest other kinds of interdisciplinary interactions, not to preclude the development of any particular course.
12. Are you aware of other courses elsewhere in the VSU catalogue that cover the same territory as your proposed course? If so, what are they and how does your course differ?
13. Date Submitted:
14. Signatures:
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Developer Developer
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Developer Developer
15. Date Received:_______________________
16. Signature of Reviewer:_______________________________
Please Return this Form to the College of Arts and Sciences, 1036 Hugh C. Bailey Science Center, Attention Dr. James LaPlant, along with a sample syllabus and Course Proposal Cover Sheet.