Course Catalog Update


COURSE CATALOG UPDATE FORM

After you complete the form and click SUBMIT at the bottom, the form will be sent to your Academic Dean's Office for approval. You will be notified when your catalog update has been processed and/or if your text is edited for style, etc. before inclusion in my.SMU or the catalogs.

Please be sure to fill out the system enforced requisites section if applicable. Non-system enforced requisites should be included in the official course description only.

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COURSE ID:
REASON FOR REQUEST (check one):
Creating new course (no previous course offering)
Modifying an existing course (course previously offered, content remains the same)
           Please note what is being modified:
Reactivating a course (course previously offered and inactivated)
Inactivating a course (course will no longer be offered)
EFFECTIVE TERM     YEAR   
PRINT COURSE IN CATALOG?
Subject Prefix:
 Catalog Number:
ABBREVIATED TITLE
(character limit = 30, please use normal letter cases, both upper/lower case should be used):
 
FULL TITLE
(character limit = 100, please use normal letter cases, both upper/lower case should be used):
 
OFFICIAL COURSE DESCRIPTION: This info also appears in the printed catalog. Do not include info here if it is noted in other fields on this form, with the exception of the SYSTEM ENFORCED REQUISITES field. Note: Because you include system enforced and non-system enforced requisite info here, system-enforced requisite info is noted twice on this form. Click here for a handout with style tips.
SYSTEM ENFORCED REQUISITES: Complete this section only if you want the requisite information to be enforced whenever students enroll for this course. Non-system enforced requisites should be included in the official course description only.
COURSE UNITS/HOURS COUNT
Units Allowed (i.e., 3.00, or 1.5):


COURSE GRADING
Grading Basis:
*ABC (A–F)
Credit/No Credit (CR/NC)
Pass/Fail (P/F)
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    (S/U – Graduate option only)

* Grade basis includes all options: A–F, CR/NC, P and S/U for GR, HART and THEO; A–F, CR/NC and P for LAW. 		REPEAT FOR CREDIT RULES

Is course repeatable for credit?
  
If Yes, please complete the following:
   Allow multiple enrollment in term  
   Total Completions Allowed:
Consent:
Department
Instructor		 Equivalent Course Group: This section must be completed. If this course is identical to but not interchangeable for credit with an existing course(s), list subject prefix and catalog number in the space provided (i.e., ARHS 3303 and CF 3311, or ARMS 3363 and ARMS 6363). If this course does not have any equivalents, then enter the word NONE.
 
FINAL EXAM
TYPICALLY OFFERED 

COURSE COMPONENT: Mark graded and non-graded selections below. If only one component is selected, default is graded. If multiple components are selected, the lecture component will be graded and the second selection will be non-graded.
Click here for Course Component Definitions.
 
Combined Lecture/Lab Dissertation Research Ensemble Field Studies Full-time Status
Independent/Directed Study Internship/Practicum/Co-op Laboratory Lecture Private Instruction
Research Recital Seminar Special Topics Studio
Thesis Research Transfer (Admin use only)
 
Selecting multiple components means that you will schedule sections for each of the components. Select only the BEST fit unless you are scheduling multiple components such as a Lecture with a required related Lab.

CONTACT HOURS REQUIREMENT
The Federal Government states that, for each credit hour earned, a class must consist of fifteen contact hours of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of thirty hours of out of class student work, or the equivalent. Please explain, in detail, how your proposed course meets this requirement:

The course provides for 4, 3, 2, or 1 hour(s) per week, respectively, of direct in-person instruction and assigns 8, 6, 4, or 2 hours of outside work per week, respectively, and therefore meets the credit hour requirements. (4, 3, 2, or 1 Unit, Face-to-Face course on traditional 15-week calendar).
The course provides 4, 3, 2, or 1 hour(s) per week, respectively, of direct instruction delivered both synchronously and asynchronously in an online modality and assigns 8, 6, 4, or 2 hours of outside work per week, respectively, and therefore meets the credit hour requirements (4, 3, 2, or 1 Unit, Online course on traditional 15-week calendar).
Other, please specify below:

COMMENTS
 
APPROVALS
Submitted by:
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 		   Date:
 
Department:
 
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