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GLSP 2009-2010 Course Proposal Form

Personal Information
* Asterisks indicate required information

*First Name:

*Last Name:

  
*Home Address:

*Home City:

State:

ZIP:
Work Address:
Work City:

State:

ZIP:
*Email:
*Home phone:

Work phone:

Preferred mailing address: Home   Work

Education* (list all degree initials—e.g. BA, MA, PhD—and institutions)
 

Current employment title(s)*
(e.g. professor of government at Wesleyan; artist; adjunct lecturer at Yale)
  

Recent publications, presentations, exhibits, and/or statement of research and
teaching interests* (to be included in your brief bio in course catalog and on web site)
 

Your academic web site 

I am proposing a course for the following term(s):
    Fall 2009         Spring 2010         Summer 2010

Course Description Components 

Short Title* (to appear on transcript, 30 characters max including spaces and
punctuation):

Full Title* (to appear in course catalog and on web site):
 

Text of course description*  (type or paste body of course description here)
 

Sources to be studied* (e.g. books, essays, films, images, artifacts, recordings, etc.)
 

Required course work* (e.g. class participation, written assignments, presentations,
exams, performances, projects, artwork, etc.)
 

Additional information
(reading for first class, prerequisites, consent of instructor, etc.)

Course Format* (select one)

Seminar

 Studio
Discussion Lecture
Performance Laboratory
Field Studies Other or multiple, please describe in “additional information” above

Enrollment Limit*
Standard enrollment limit of 18
Lower enrollment limit, please explain below

(Lowest enrollment limit is 14, exceptions may be given if space is limited in the room required
for the course)

Course Specifications

Classroom Location or arrangement, select (a) or (b): 

(a)  Do you wish to teach in certain classrooms?  Please identify, ranking in order of
preference:

1. Building Name Room
2. Building Name   Room
3. Building Name   Room
4. Building Name Room

OR

(b)  Please identify your preferred style of classroom

  Seminar

   Lecture
  Laboratory   Dance studio
  Art studio (only available during fall and spring terms)   Other, please describe:

 

Classroom Equipment:  check all that apply
(some classrooms have locked multimedia equipment lockers, whose access requires advance training by appointment 2–3 weeks before classes begin)
Blackboard Whiteboard
Overhead Projector TV/VCR or VCR Projection
Slide Projector DVD Player
LCD Projector Computer with Internet Access & Projection
Other, please describe:


 

FALL AND spring Class Schedule

The fall 2009 term begins September 14, 2009 and ends December 18, 2009.
The spring 2010 term begins January 25, 2010 and ends May 7, 2010.
Classes meet once per week, in the evening on Monday through Thursday, or on
Saturday morning.  Seminars and lectures may meet for 2 1/2 or 3 hours per class,
while studio, workshop, performance, field, and lab classes are expected to meet for
3 hours.

Please select all days and times during which you are available to teach:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
 2 1/2 hour classes:   3 hour classes:
6-8:30 pm   6-9 pm
6:30-9 pm   6:30-9:30 pm
7-9:30 pm   7-10 pm
Saturday:     9 am – 12 pm   9:30 am – 12 pm

Comments: indicate preference if selecting multiple days and times, and if proposing
a special schedule course, please describe schedule with as many specific details
as possible:

Summer Class Schedule

Three sessions will be offered: the regular 6-week summer term, and two intensive
sessions of three weeks each.  Propose your course for only one of these sessions,
by selecting the appropriate button for that session (selection of one session is
required).  Within your selected session, identify the days and times during which
you are available to teach.

Regular 6-Week Summer Session (Schedule Tentative):  Monday, June
21 – Thursday, July 29.  Classes meet twice per week for 6 weeks June 21 –
July 29.  Studio, workshop, performance, field, and lab classes are
expected to meet for 3 hours per class, while seminars and lectures may meet 2 1/2
or 3 hours per class. 

Select all days and times during which you are available to teach--Please note that while we can offer a few courses during the daytime in the summer, the majority of courses will be in the evening:

Monday and Wednesday 

3 hour classes:     

2 1/2 hour classes:
9 a.m.–noon        9:30 a.m.–noon
1:30–4:30 p.m.    1:30–4 p.m.
5:30–8:30 p.m.    5:30–8 p.m.
6–9 p.m.             6–8:30 p.m.
6:30–9:30 p.m.    6:30–9 p.m.

 

 7–9:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday 
3 hour classes: 2 1/2 hour classes:
9 a.m.–noon 9:30 a.m.–noon
1:30–4:30 p.m. 1:30–4 p.m.
5:30–8:30 p.m. 5:30–8 p.m.
6–9 p.m. 6–8:30 p.m.
6:30–9:30 p.m. 6:30–9 p.m.
  7–9:30 p.m.

Comments:  indicate preference if selecting multiple days and times, and if proposing
a special 6-week schedule course, please describe:

Intensive Sessions:  classes meet 3 hours per day Monday – Thursday for 3
weeks, with a final day scheduled for final exams, student presentations,
performances, etc.
Select all days and times on which you are available to teach:

Early Summer Intensive  Late Summer Intensive
Monday–Thursday, June 21 –July 8
 		 Monday–Thursday, July 12 –July 29
9 a.m.–noon 9 a.m.–noon
1:30–4:30 p.m. 1:30–4:30 p.m.
5:30–8 p.m. 5:30–8 p.m.
6–9 p.m. 6–9 p.m.
6:30–9:30 p.m. 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Comments:  indicate preference if selecting multiple days and times

Additional Course Support

Guest speakers, Models, Other

If your proposed course requires paid guest speakers, students will be assessed an
additional course fee to cover their cost.  Please identify below the names, dates
when each will speak, and an estimated honorarium for each below.  Please note
that GLSP will negotiate the actual amount of honoraria.

Please identify any necessary course support expenses (for whose cost students
will be assessed additional course fees).

Advertising Your Course

We want to do our best to ensure that your course fills with students, so we would like to ask for your help in determining places where we could advertise your course.  Do you belong to any local or regional organizations of enthused amateurs interested in your topic?  Are you a member on any list-servs or social networking sites where you could tell others about your course?  Do you have any other ideas about where we could go to find people interested in your course?