New Course Proposals
New course proposals will first be reviewed by the SEIE Curriculum Committee for completeness of information supplied and compliance with the general criteria. Upon approval, a suitable course number will be determined and the proposal will be forwarded to the appropriate Department(s) for signature.
SEIE requires at least six to eight weeks for a course to be reviewed and approved. Only after approval is communicated, should publicity mentioning CEU or academic credit from SSU be disseminated to your prospective students.
During the process, you may be asked to submit additional information or to make changes to bring your proposal into compliance with guidelines. New course proposals should include:
- A completed Course Proposal Form with:
- Instructor contact information, including brief biography
- Offering agency, if any
- Course information, including brief description
- Schedule, time, and location
- Type of credit requested
- A narrative describing class objectives
- Instructor resume or curriculum vita (include appropriate qualifications and degrees)
- A draft of the syllabus and class schedule
- List of Course handouts (provide up to 3 examples)
In addition, academic credit proposals must include the following in a draft syllabus:
- Course learning objectives/student outcomes
- An example of at least one reading assignment
- An example of at least one assessed assignment (what students will be doing to earn credit, such as writing a paper, taking a test, keeping a journal, or developing lesson plans). This activity must be related to stated objectives.
- Sufficient information to justify the approval of academic credit units (i.e., the nature of student work with academic rigor).
Repeat Course Proposals
Courses which have been approved within the last year and are being offered again with no substantial change to the syllabus or instructor, may be proposed again as a repeat course. Repeats courses may have an abbreviated re-approval process.
If a course has substantial changes in content, delivery, instructor, or if it has been more than one year since the course was previously approved by SSU as a contract course, please follow the New Course proposal process above.
To schedule a class again (within one year of previous approval), we will need:
- The Course Proposal Form
- Course description
- Schedule of activities
- Dates and information on previous approval
- SEIE may request a new copy of the course syllabus and assignment examples, if necessary, for review.
Course Fees
See Fee Schedule for more information.