Faculty-led Travel Courses are credit-bearing programs that must be reviewed and approved by the department chair and college dean for the academic department offering the program, the Office of Global Engagement, the campus Risk Manager, and the School of Extended and International Education (SEIE) when offered as a self-support program. The deadline to submit a preliminary proposal for a faculty-led travel course is February 1st of the year prior for a winter intersession travel course and September 1st the year prior for a summer session travel course. Faculty should begin the planning stages of building and proposing a travel course at least six (6) months prior to the proposal deadline.
Faculty-led Travel Courses Policy
The SEIE Faculty-led Travel Courses Policy guides how faculty, staff and students deliver and participate in faculty-led travel courses. Sonoma State University (SSU) faculty act as “faculty leads” and instructors in courses taught outside the institution’s service region. Such courses take place within SEIE in the summer and winter intersession programs.
Faculty-led travel courses follow the guidelines and operational procedures outlined in the policy. All such programs must also comply with policies and procedures outlined in CSU Exchange Programs and Campus Activities Abroad Policy (formerly known as Executive Order 1081) and other related CSU policies. A faculty lead is identified by submitting a Travel Course Proposalavailable at the School of Extended and International Education (SEIE).
SSU faculty-led travel courses will only be offered “for-credit,” and all participants in the travel course must be enrolled in the corresponding SSU course. These participants do not necessarily need to be Sonoma State University students, as is true forany other extension course during summer session or winter intersession.
SEIE is setting this policy to guide faculty and staff through processes in line with best practices. This policy is not a statement about how a faculty member develops curriculum; the curriculum is in the hands of SSU’s faculty. The Office of Global Engagement, located within Academic Programs in Academic Affairs, will provide a handbook to guide faculty through the process of creating and running travel courses.
If, as a faculty member, you are unable to meet the conditions set forth in the SEIE Faculty-led Travel Courses Policy and CSU Policies , your class will not be supported by SEIE.