Propose a Course

Deadlines

**Only courses that already have COI approval will be reviewed for general education category designations, with rare exceptions. Please contact Andrea Bruder for information about exceptions.**

The deadline for submission of new FYP (i.e., CC100 and CC120) courses to be taught in 2027-2028 is September 21, 2026

The deadline for submission of new General Education courses to be taught in 2026-2027 is October 2, 2026. Revisions (if requested) are due October 23rd.

The first-round deadline for submission of new courses to be taught in 2027-2028 or later (including summer 2027) is January 15, 2027. 

The deadline for submission of new courses to be taught in 2027-2028 or later (including summer 2027) is March 22, 2027. This deadline is the final deadline of the academic year. GEAR will not review proposals submitted after this date until the fall. Please plan accordingly. 

Forms

If you have taught a topics course in the past that has received a general education designation and the course has been approved as a stand-alone course with its own dedicated course number, you do not need to fill out any of the below forms. Email Shannon Claxton (sclaxton@coloradocollege.edu) with the old course name and number, the new course name and number, and any designations the course had as a topics course.

Colorado College departments and/or faculty should use one of the following online forms to submit courses for General Education designations:

• For all CC100 & CC120 courses, please use the following form: CC100 & CC120 Proposal Form. (Note: must be completed annually)

• For all Writing Intensive courses, please use the following form: Writing Intensive Proposal Form. (Note: must be completed annually)

For all other General Education courses, please click on the category for which you wish to designate a course. You will be taken to a proposal form within Microsoft Forms. 

1. Analysis and Interpretation of Meaning

2. Creative Process

3. Critical Engagement through Language

4. Equity and Power (same form for Global and U.S.)

5. Formal Reasoning and Logic

6. Historical Perspectives

7. Scientific Analysis

8. Societies and Human Behavior

Instructions

The proposal has information about the submission process and the information needed by the General Education Assessment and Review Committee. If you have questions after reviewing the relevant form, please contact Shannon Claxton at sclaxton@coloradocollege.edu.

Your proposal must show how the course is designed to enable a student to demonstrate that they can meet the expectations of the learning outcome voted on by the faculty for assessment of the relevant general education category.

Course proposals will be reviewed by the General Education Assessment and Review Committee. In making their decisions, reviewers will consider only the information provided in the proposal. Specifically, reviewers will focus on

1. whether the rationale clearly explains how the course content aligns with the relevant learning outcome
2. whether the proposal covers potential assignments that address the learning outcome

Reviewers will not consider any factors not made explicitly clear in the proposal, nor will they consider the rank, status, or any other aspect of the faculty or staff member proposing the course. Reviewers will only evaluate the ability of the course to meet the relevant learning outcome and will not address other aspects of course content or teaching methodology. 

Outcomes

All courses submitted will be evaluated by the review committee and classified as one of the following:

• Accepted: The proposal clearly demonstrates an alignment between the course and the relevant learning outcome as shown in the rationale and assignment description. Accepted proposals will be included in the General Education Assessment and Review Committee consent agenda of the first faculty meeting following the decision outcome.
•  Revise and resubmit: The proposal is in the spirit of the relevant category but does not adequately demonstrate how the course will meet the relevant learning outcome. The proposal may include an incomplete rationale or may be missing a rationale entirely. The reviewers need further information to determine whether the proposed course will address the relevant learning outcome. Faculty members whose proposals were designated “revise and resubmit” will receive an email with comments from the committee. The sooner the faculty member revises and resubmits the proposal, the more likely the committee will be able to re-review the proposal (and hopefully approve it) on a timely basis. Proposals designated “revise and resubmit” are not included in the faculty meeting consent agenda.