Information for Faculty

Process for Approval of New Courses to Core Level Designation

As you prepare the “New or Changed Course Proposal Form” for your college and University Courses and Curriculum, you can apply for Core Designation at the same time by including the requisite Core memos described below. The forms can be located at the following site: www.unr.edu/catalog/uccc/forms.htm
Proposals for the Core Board and sub-committees are required to be submitted as MS Word files (or in MS Word format), HTML, or PDF files.
The proposals will be sent from the Provost’s Office as your course proposal moves through the process. The Core sub-committee will make every attempt to process the proposal in an efficient manner. If there are questions needing answers or more explicit information needed, the proposal may not be granted Core Designation at the same time as approval by the University C & C. We are attempting to eliminate one round of paperwork for the department by having the proposals under consideration.
Please include an email address and contact information.

A memo explaining how the course meets the five guidelines for the capstone area, guidelines for diversity courses or mission of the specific academic area of the Core. Please address each guideline specifically.
Provide information regarding course assessment of student learning and assessment as it relates to the core curriculum objectives. Student assessment, any external assessment and/or any newly planned methods of assessment.
Include a syllabus for the course. This should include course texts, goals, student reading and writing requirements, and a schedule indicates many days or weeks of the course are devoted to each major topic or issue.
Table of contents of class assigned readers.
Explicit information regarding grading.
Explicit information regarding integration of oral communication skills or presentations, the writing component, exams. Also, include any information regarding computation or math literacy skills where appropriate.
Language within the syllabus that clearly indicates to students that this course is a capstone and requires them to integrate skills and knowledge gained throughout their development in the core curriculum.