Minutes July 20th 2016

Report back from talking with Robin Paige of the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).

General comments:

• Robin noted that graduate students have never taught a COLL course before. This could be an advantage or disadvantage, depends on the perspective of the faculty of the colleges.
• Robin recommends the UNIV 500 series, teaching certificate for grad students is a rare offering at an university.
• We should befriend a faculty member who is closely associated with a college for best results.
• Faculty senate recently passed some proposal called Quality Enrichment Program that is geared towards promoting inquiry and the research mindset among undergrads. This may make things easier for us if our idea falls within their vision.

How to create a COLL course?

• Choose a college to host the course. Some of procedural details depend on which college you choose.
• Submit a syllabus and course proposal form to college master (or faculty fellow; each college has a different person responsible). The proposal form should be on the CTE website (PLACE LINK HERE). The proposal is then reviewed by one or more people then sent to the Dean of undergraduate studies for approval.
• Proposal due about 5th week into the Fall semester (exact deadline depends on college).
• Want to propose a course that doesn't already exist. Need to market it a little bit. "Python Programming for the Physical Sciences", marketed for broader audience, etc.
• Do not need to take any additional courses in order to teach.

COLL course specifics:

• Enrollment cap at 19 people.
• Pass/No pass.
• 1 unit course, so only can ask the registrar for 1 hour room reservation. We might want to find a way to get a larger block of time since we want to do an interactive style lab environment.