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Submit a Course
Last Update: April 22, 2024 (added Ready to Submit Checklist link)
Newly-developed approvals documents make submitting and reviewing courses for the CSU Inquiry Core Curriculum simpler, more transparent, and more collaborative. There is now a singular approval document to be completed for all submissions and that document is designed to align with the ODHE’s OT-36 submission documentation. Additionally, fellow faculty with expertise and experience in general education and the new core will review documents and provide assistance in how to improve the course.
Whether you are submitting an entirely new course for the core curriculum or revising an existing course for inclusion, the submission and review process is the same.
- Review the overview of the structure of the CSU Core to identify the requirement you intend the course to satisfy. This will indicate which OT-36 learning outcomes and core competencies must be integrated into the course.
- Download the fillable Course Approvals Document for your chosen requirement and (if applicable) chosen OT-36 outcomes. The approvals document contains advice and links to resources, and you should also consult the step-by-step guidance provided later on this page.
- The Example Completed Documents page includes completed forms and other documents from fellow faculty. It will be regularly updated as courses are approved (and permission granted).
- Design, or redesign, your syllabus to emphasize the inviting and accessible nature of the course, its Inquiry Orientation, and its status as part of the Inquiry Core Curriculum by embedding the Core Curriculum Syllabus Statement.
- You are not required to include the OT-36 or core competency learning outcomes in the syllabus, but your course-specific learning outcomes should be broadly aligned to them.
- All syllabi at CSU must include all information required by the Faculty Senate Syllabus Template
- Develop the overview and instructions for your Signature Assignment(s). Be sure it is clear how the signature assignments will be able to assess the core competency learning outcomes associated with them. Ideally, you should include a fully worked out set of evaluation criteria (such as a rubric), but at the very least indicate how you will determine whether a student has achieved the core competency learning outcomes the signature assignment is designed to assess.
- Use the Ready to Submit Checklist document to self-assess your documentation prior to submission.
- Launch your proposal in Curriculog, complete the integrated questions, and then attach your completed Core Course Approval Document, Syllabus, and Signature Assignment overview(s)/instruction(s).
- If you are submitting an existing course for inclusion in the Inquiry Core, it should be submitted using the 25-26 UGRD Course Modification (adding/editing Core content) proposal form in Curriculog.
- If you are submitting a new course, not currently in the CSU catalog, it should be submitted using the 25-26 UGRD New Core Course proposal form in Curriculog.
General Requirements for all Core Curriculum Courses
To align with OT-36 and enhance the quality of the Core Curriculum program, all courses proposed for the Inquiry Core Curriculum, must meet the following requirements:
- Be offered at the 100- or 200-level;
- Be designed, in content, structure, and presentation, to be inviting and accessible to first-year non-major students;
- Not be a special topics course; and
- Not focus exclusively on content coverage (as indicated by being designed around the OT-36 learning outcomes)
Completing the CSU Core Approval Document
This section has been moved and updated. You can find it now on the Completing Approvals Documents page.
