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Explore 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. Deadlines: December 15 for courses
intended to be taught the following academic year.
Example: December 15, 2006 for a course to be taught in
the fall of 2007.
Please
note: If you are scheduled (or are under consideration)
to teach an Explore Chicago (EC) course originally proposed
by someone else, you need not complete another proposal. Instead,
please submit a copy of the syllabus used the last time the
class was taught and a statement summarizing 1) who you are
and why you’re qualified to be an instructor for this
EC, 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).
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provide the following information: |
| Course Title:
Name:
Department:
College/School:
Telephone Number:
E-mail Address:
I would like this course considered as an Honors Explore Chicago
course: ____Yes ____No
Has your chair, director, or dean approved this submission?
____Yes ____No
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: |
| 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 Autumn Quarter.
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Readings |
| Briefly identify the readings
that will be assigned for this course. |
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Chicago Quarter Learning Goals |
| Provide
a brief explanation of how the course addresses the following
course criteria |
- Involve experiential learning through participation, direct
observation, personal discovery and reflection:
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- Develop student’s 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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Liberal Studies Goals |
| 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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