Course Proposal Timeline for Interim 2013:
The Interim Term Committee (ITC) asks that academic departments meet this schedule:
By November 20, 2011 - Interim 2013 study leave applications should be submitted to the Provost.
By December 1, 2011 - All course proposal forms will be available to faculty online. Departments should have reviewed DCM and other course assignments by this date or shortly thereafter.
On December 2, 2011 - The ITC and the Off-Campus Programs staff will be hosting an informational meeting for instructors interested in proposing/offering an off-campus course for Interim-2013. This meeting is scheduled at 3:30pm in the Alumni Board Room (Common's Annex). Both department chairpersons and interested instructors are encouraged to attend.
By January 16, 2012 - Department chairpersons should submit a tentative list of Interim 2013 teaching assignments, together with a list of faculty released from Interim teaching due to sabbaticals, CRFs, semester overloads, reduced loads, and other assignments. Please email this list to interim@calvin.edu.
By February 6, 2012 - Department faculty should submit course proposals, including those for off-campus courses, to department curriculum committees and chairpersons for review of course offerings and content; the department may suggest either revisions to proposed courses or development of additional or alternative courses to meet college and departmental needs.
By February 20, 2012 - All course proposals should be approved by host departments and submitted electronically to the ITC.
By March 29, 2012 - The ITC will review and finalize the list of of approved off-campus course descriptions, notify instructors regarding decisions, and request final adoption from the Faculty Senate at its April meeting. The course descriptions will be posted on the Off-Campus Programs website.
March 29, 2012 - Instructors may begin promotion of approved off-campus courses.
April 9, 2012 - The Faculty Senate will consider the final slate of proposed off-campus course descriptions for final adoption.
April 16, 2012 - Off-campus Instructors may begin collecting student applications and deposits. Student applications for off-campus Interim courses should be submitted to the registrar's office for preliminary approval by the registrar and Student Life.
By April 26, 2012 - The ITC will review and finalize the list of of approved on-campus course descriptions, notify instructors, and request final adoption from the Faculty Senate at its May 2012 meeting.
May 7, 2012 - The Faculty Senate will consider the final slate of proposed on-campus course descriptions for final adoption.
By May 8, 2012 -The final Interim-2013 course schedule will be available to students via the web.
By May 14, 2012 - Off-campus instructors are encouraged to make final student selections for "high demand" (fixed-enrollment) courses, so that unselected students have time to research alternatives.
October 1, 2012 - Student off-campus interim applications deadline
Between May 15 and Oct 15, 2012 - Instructors should submit final course rosters to the Off-Campus Programs office for registration.
October 22, 2012 - Registration begins for Interim 2013.
The Interim Term Committee is charged by the faculty with review both of the content of specific courses and of the overall distribution of Interim course offerings. Questions that arise will be discussed with instructors and department chairs, usually by the ITC member who has been assigned as liaison with several departments. Courses will be approved provisionally when the committee's questions have been answered; formal committee approval is normally given to all proposed courses as a group to be sure that issues of balance and level have been appropriately resolved.
