Discover Chicago Course
Proposal Template
Please copy
this template into a word processing program, and fill in the
fields below. Email completed applications (as an attachment)
to Doug Long at dlong@depaul.edu
or firstyr@depaul.edu.
You may also deliver a hard copy to the First-Year Program Office
in Munroe Hall, Lincoln Park Campus. If you have any further questions,
please contact the First-Year Program Office at (773) 325-7573.
(Example: December 15, 2007, for a course to be taught in
the fall of 2008)
Please
note: If you are scheduled (or are under consideration)
to teach a Discover Chicago (DC) course originally proposed
by someone else, you need not complete another proposal form.
Instead, please submit a copy of the syllabus used the last
time the same class was taught, and a statement summarizing
1) who you are and why you’re qualified to be an instructor
for this DC, and 2) what changes, if any, you plan on making
in your own teaching of the course. (Submit
this statement to Doug Long at dlong@depaul.edu).
Attention Staff
Professionals and Graduate Students: In addition to
your proposal, please provide a copy of your vitae along with a
cover letter highlighting your qualifications for teaching a
Discover Chicago course.
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information:
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Course Title:
Name:
Department:
College/School:
Telephone Number:
E-mail Address:
I would like this course considered as an Honors Discover Chicago
course: ____Yes ____No
Has your chair, director, or dean approved this submission? ____Yes
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Will you be the primary instructor of the course? ____Yes ____No
Are you willing to serve as the primary contact for the course?
____Yes ____No
Comment:
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Provide a statement indicating the central theme and topics of
the course (one or two paragraphs).
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Provide a brief descriptive paragraph about the tentative types
of activities and experiences for students that the instructor
has in mind for the Immersion Week. |
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a brief descriptive paragraph about the tentative types of activities
and experiences for students that the instructor has in mind for
the Autumn Quarter. |
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Readings
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that will be assigned for this course. |
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Chicago Quarter Learning Goals
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Provide a brief explanation of how the course addresses the following
course criteria.
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- Involve experiential learning through participation, direct
observation, personal discovery, and reflection:
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- Develop students' writing and rhetorical skills through classroom
exercises and projects:
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- Promote Vincentian values of community service and
respect for diversity:
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- Acquaint students with the Chicago Metropolitan area,
its neighborhoods, cultures, people, institutions,
organizations, or issues:
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- Introduce students to group-based learning, what it
means to be a life-long learner, and the enjoyment of
learning:
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- Encourage community building among first year students,
provide students with an opportunity for academic mentoring
and intellectually socialize students to the University
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Provide a brief description of the types of projects that
the instructor envisions for students as part of this course
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Service Day Activities: |
Liberal Studies Goals
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Provide a brief account of the ways in which the course
addresses the Liberal Studies goals
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- Critical and creative thinking:
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- Multicultural perspective:
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