APPC Course Proposal

Proposal Form for New Courses

This form is designed to be filled out by individual faculty members. Please enter your course information directly into this document, save the document, and then submit to your chair or program director. The chair or program director should include a note certifying departmental approval of the proposal or include a statement on this form. After consulting with members of the department about the new course, the chairs or program directors should submit the proposal electronically to the Registrar at registrar@gettysburg.edu. The Registrar presents course proposals to the APPC for acknowledgment or for approval to serve for Gettysburg Curriculum goals.

Please do not use this form for First Year Seminar proposals.

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1. Course Description:

The maximum length should be 80 words, including the title. Please begin the first sentence with a noun, or one modified by an adjective; the first sentence should be a fragment. Keep to the present tense; avoid the future tense. Avoid first person pronouns as well. Do not include the reading list.


2. Course Overview:

a. Course Name, Number, and Dept.:

b. Instructor(s):

c. Course Contents (brief reading list, topics covered, etc)

d. Prerequisites:

e. Contact Hours:

f. Course Requirements for Students and Criteria for Evaluation (Including Final Examination or its Equivalent):

g. Limitations on Student Enrollment:

3. Goals and Competencies:

Summarize your goals for students and the competencies the course is designed to help them develop:

4. Resource Needs:

a. Indicate any new library resources that the course may require. Faculty members proposing courses in new fields are advised that the library staff will be happy to set up conferences to discuss these needs:

b. Indicate any new technological resources that the course may require. Faculty members proposing courses in new fields are advised that ITT staff will be happy to set up conferences to discuss these needs:

c. Indicate any other new resources that the course may require:

5. Curricular Issues:

a. Will this course meet any requirements for the department or program major and/or minor? Please explain:

b. Does this course fit into a sequence?:

c. Why is the course assigned to this level?:

d. How does this course connect to other parts of the curriculum? Are there other courses that it complements?:


6. New Curriculum Requirements:

If you would like this course to be considered for meeting the requirements for the new curriculum, attach the appropriate document� for the guidelines�located under�Teaching and Advising/Course Proposals and Gettysburg Curriculum Guidelines.
Request for Multiple Inquiries credit
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Request for Integrative Thinking credit
Request for Effective Communication credit

Thank you. After department certification, please submit your proposal electronically to the Registrar at registrar@gettysburg.edu.