MTSU GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

DEADLINE: Completed course-proposal documents should be submitted as soon as possible, but must be received by the University Committee on General Education by not later than September 16, 2009.

1. Print the General Education Approval Signature sheet (PDF format). NOTE: if the course will be cross-listed with another department, the chair of each department proposing to offer the course must complete an Approval sheet.
2. Download the Course Proposal form to your hard-drive (MS-Word format) for the appropriate TBR Requirement Area (Communications, Humanities/Fine Arts, History, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, or Social/Behavioral Sciences). Complete the form and save it. TIPS: The majority of the data-entry blocks will expand to accommodate the length of your text and will reformat to add as many pages as necessary.
3. Print the completed Course Proposal document and submit along with the Approval sheet to the Department Chair or Interdisciplinary Program Director. Once approved, the approval sheet and proposal document should be forwarded to the Academic Dean (or Vice Provost for Academic Affairs for Interdisciplinary Programs).
4. Once approved by the department/director and dean/vice provost, email the Course Proposal document as an attachment to wbadley@mtsu.edu. In addition to the hard-copy, provision of an electronic copy is required by the committee to facilitate distribution to committee members – and to expedite the process of reviewing proposals by the TBR-mandated deadlines.
5. Submit the signed approval sheet and hard-copy of the proposal via campus mail to the Office of General Education, CAB111.
6. Committee members will review course proposals, consult with submitting departments as necessary, and schedule formal meetings to vote on proposals.
7. After approval, the Committee will forward documentation to the Director of General Education.