Collins Living-Learning Center
SEMINAR COURSE PROPOSAL

Course Information:
Course Title: (30 characters max) __________________________________________________
Semester and Year to be offered: __________________             
Preferred Level (please consult the Gen Ed course descriptions in our proposal guidelines and indicate which would fit best for your proposed course: https://collins.indiana.edu/academics/prospective-instructors/proposal-guidelines.html):  

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Preferred Time:  Days ______________  Hours _______________
If course has been taught before, when? _____________  and where? ______________________
Any overlap with existing courses? ______   Explain: __________________________________
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Instructor Information:
Full Name: ________________________________________________________________________
Campus Address: ___________________________________________________________________
Home Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________    IU E-mail: ________________________________________
Present Position: (Faculty, AI, full-time IU staff, etc): _______________________________________ 
10 digit IU ID # ______________________________________________

If you expect to be funded by your department in the next academic year, please indicate so by including the funding expectation. The Collins Director will consult with the Director of Graduate Studies in your department to ensure that the department’s instructional needs will be met should you choose to teach at Collins:

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Why is this an appropriate course for residents of Collins Living-Learning Center?

What teaching experience, courses of study successfully undertaken, and other credentials do you have that qualify you to teach this proposed course?

	

Budget Information:

Collins Living Learning Center will cover costs that are pre-approved up to $200.  Please list below any specific funding requests for supplies, equipment, guest speakers, travel, film rental, copy rights, etc.  If you would like funds beyond the $200, please list those proposed costs as well.

Budget Item                                                                 Estimated Costs ($)

Attachments

Please attach the following:
1) Current curriculum vitae 
•	Indicate areas of concentration or specialization; past teaching experience; awards and recognitions; research activities relevant to the course proposal.

2) Detailed course syllabus as it would be distributed to students indicating:
•	Gen Ed learning outcomes (For guidelines, please review: 
https://bulletins.iu.edu/iub/general-education/2021-2022/index.shtml) 

•	Assignments to be completed, evaluation criteria, and grade weightings

•	A detailed outline of material/topics to be covered, broken down by week or by class, including readings and other assignments

•	Due dates for assignments, examinations, special events, and so on

Per IU policy, your course syllabus must contain a copy of the IU Policy on Plagiarism, 
available here:  https://plagiarism.iu.edu/tutorials/task1/activation.html
Many instructors also encourage their students to take this self-test: https://plagiarism.iu.edu/ 

For questions about attendance policies, please see these guidelines:
https://collins.indiana.edu/academics/prospective-instructors/proposal-guidelines.html 

Using Canvas and social media:
We expect all courses at Collins to use the Canvas platform. Additionally, please pay special attention to the following information about social media use in your course.

•	Instructors considering the use of social media tools should consult the relevant Indiana University resources through the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (http://citl.indiana.edu/resources_files/teaching-resources1/social-media-legal-and-privacy-concerns.php)

•	Beyond legal questions, instructors should be mindful of the appropriateness of the tools they are using and the pedagogical value they serve. Indeed, syllabi should explicitly address the question of pedagogical justification. BOEP will likely raise that issue as well with the Faculty Committee.  If a similar tool is available through Canvas, you should consider if using that resource instead might satisfy your needs for the course.

3) Course Proposal Abstract:  A summary of the course in no more than 150 words, to be used for on-line course listings and promotional fliers, should your proposal be accepted.  This should give students a good idea of what topics will be covered, what kinds of activities will be involved, and what you think is especially interesting about your course.

4) Two letters of recommendation, with at least one of them speaking directly to your teaching experience.

Please note: instructors may only teach twice at Collins and new or updated letters of recommendation will be required for each proposal.