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Instructions:
Step 1
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Generate certificate or degree MHEC document for approval by Academic Deans
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Get on Academic Deans’ meeting agenda to seek approval for new courses, certificates or degrees
Step 2
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Upon the deans’ approval, obtain a course number(s) and designator(s) from Lynn MacLaughlin
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Obtain Curriculum and Instruction Committee (CIC) Proposal number(s) from vice chair of CIC
Step 3
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Complete CIC course proposal form for new certificate, degree, or course
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Complete the CCO for a new course
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Have a member of the CIC committee review the CCO
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Make the necessary changes
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Submit revised documents to CIC chair at least one week before CIC meeting date
Step 4
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Attend CIC meeting to present proposal
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Corrections to the documents must be made within a week so the proposal can be submitted to the Senate for final approval
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Attend the Senate meeting for approva
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Upon Senate approval:
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New courses: submit a signed hard copy of the Banner form to the Dean of Instruction for Curriculum and Assessment. CIC chair will submit the CCO for posting to the Web.
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For new programs: Send the document on how the program will appear in the catalog to the Catalog Editor. Please note: new programs cannot be included in the next academic catalog until approval has been received from MHEC.
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For new certificates: MHEC approval is not needed for certificates but they do need an informational letter regarding the certificate
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For revised programs and certificates: Print out a copy of the affected pages from the current catalog and mark the approved changes in red. Submit the marked pages to the Catalog Editor
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Notify library of proposed course
Step 5
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The Vice President of Instruction will submit Senate approved proposal for new programs to Board of Trustees for approval
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The Vice President of Instruction will submit a letter of explanation to MHEC regarding the creation of new certificates
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The Vice President of Instruction will forward Board of Trustees approved proposals to Maryland Higher Education Commission
Hints for successful CCOs:
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Catalog description, all written in present tense, includes the name of the course followed by a verb: ENGL 101 – 3 credits -College Composition I introduces
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Banner form course description is one to two sentences taken from the longer description
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Objectives
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have between twelve and fifteen (use Arabic numbers)
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should be measurable and use action verbs; avoid non-measurable words: understand, know, etc.
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must include lower and higher levels of intellectual achievement : from identify to evaluate (Google “Bloom’s Taxonomy” for further guidance)
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preceded by numbers 1,2,3 etc. are part of a list. They need to begin with a lower case and end with a semicolon except for second to last objective which uses semicolon with and and the last item ends with a period.
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Topics
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are listed using Roman Numerals
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include areas that must be covered by all instructors in all section
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Evaluation activities (Course Requirements)
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should specify minimum number of tests, give examples of appropriate writing assignment(s), and specify other essential evaluation strategies
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show a clear and direct relationship with the objectives
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