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Time block information appears on the inside back cover of the current
College Catalogue. Please refer to that schedule and select an appropriate time block. The Committee on Academic
Priorities requests that courses not be taught across time blocks or in other ways that make scheduling difficult
for students. Please note that normally, academic credit shall be awarded at the rate of 4 credits per course.
With the exception of seminars, 4-credit courses may not require less than the equivalent of 150 minutes of
lecture/discussion per week (with 110-120 minutes of laboratory/performance/studio equal to 50 minutes of
lecture/discussion). Seminars for 4 credits must require at least 110 minutes of class time per week. Two
hours per week is considered a normal allowance for the average student in preparation for each credit of
lecture or recitation work. (See Code of Faculty Legislation and Administrative Practice, sections 56 and
60.)
Latin honors designation(s) may be suggested by the course proposer. This designation
consists of letter code(s) indicating the fields of knowledge according to the information on pp.7-8 and 68
of the College Catalogue. A code is appropriate if the course could serve as perhaps the only course in that
field of knowledge taken by a student to whom Latin Honors are awarded. No more than three (3) codes may be
assigned to any one course. Departments and programs are free to omit Latin Honors designations from courses
considered to be general education courses, from interdisciplinary courses, or from other courses which do
not easily fit into existing Latin Honors categories.
If an instructor requests that a course be designated writing-intensive,
the instructor is agreeing to follow the guidelines listed at:
Writing Intensive Course Guidelines
Proposals for new first-year and presidential seminars should be submitted on their respective course proposal forms. First-year seminars are required to emphasize either quantitative skills or to be writing-intensive (or both). In addition, each seminar is
required to emphasize oral presentation skills.
A request for dual prefix status (which allows one course to carry two prefixes) should be submitted on the Dual Prefix Form.
Such requests should be made only when it is clear that either prefix accurately describes the inherent nature
and content of the course. Written approval from both departments/programs is required. Instructors requesting dual prefix status should be able to demonstrate that
the course could be identified by either prefix in an accurate manner.
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