Curriculum Submission Form

Please use this form to describe a curriculum (degree program or concentration) in your department that you think is particularly effective in connecting to the future of science. For example, such a curriculum might be interdisciplinary, focus on societally relevant applications of geoscience, feature an emerging topic or field of study, or develop skills that are becoming increasingly important in geoscience research. As an example, see this profile of Pennsylvania State University's geobiology curriculum (this link opens a new browser window).

Complete the following form, including the spam filter at the bottom of the page, and click on SUBMIT to submit your program. Be sure to hit the SUBMIT button before leaving this page, or your information will be lost. We encourage you to compose your answers to the longer questions in a word processor and to cut and paste the resulting text into this form. Also, you may want to look through the form before beginning to fill it out, to make sure that you have all of the information you'll need at your fingertips.

About You and Your InstitutionYour Name:
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Your Email Address:
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Your Department:
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Your Institution:
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About the CurriculumCurriculum Title:
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Curriculum Website (if available):
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Please BRIEFLY describe the curriculum. (You will be asked for more detailed information below.)
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Courses and SequencingIn the space below, please list ALL of the courses which can serve as entries into the curriculum. Please list them by NAME, not by course number:
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If there is a capstone course for this curriculum, type its NAME in the space below. (If there is no capstone course, leave this space blank.)
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Please list ALL additional core courses (i.e., required courses, other than cognate science & math courses) for this curriculum. For each course, please list any geoscience prerequisites, beyond an introductory course, in parentheses. Example: Petrology (Mineralogy).
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Please list all possible elective courses for this curriculum. For each course, please list any geoscience prerequisites, beyond an introductory course, in parentheses. Example: Optical Mineralogy (Mineralogy).
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How many electives is a student required to take? Please give your answer both in terms of credits and courses. For example, "12 credits (usually 4 courses)."
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Please list all cognate science, math, or other non-geoscience courses required for this curriculum.
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If there are other key features of this curriculum you'd like to mention (particularly any additional requirements), please use the space below:
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Curriculum ContextPlease briefly describe the context of this curriculum. For example:

"This is our only geoscience curriculum, recently revised to prepare our students for the globalized world we see emerging.�
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"This is one of five curricula available to undergraduates interested in the Earth Sciences. It is designed to serve those students most interested in pursuing advanced degrees in astrogeology, planetary science, or a related field."

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Connecting to the Future of SciencePlease describe what it is about this curriculum that is particularly effective in connecting to the future of science.
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Goals and Assessment

The curriculum you are submitting was undoubtedly designed to meet a set of goals that your department (and perhaps institution) considers to be important. What are the goals of this curriculum, and why was it designed the way it was?

As an example, see the goals from Pennsylvania State University's geobiology curriculum (this link opens a new browser window).
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Describe how you assess whether the curriculum meets its goals.
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Additional MaterialsPlease upload any additional materials you would like to include. You may wish to combine groups of relevant materials into a single file.

Short description of 1st file (e.g., handout for students considering the program, information sheet for advisors, list of what recent alumni from this program are doing now, bibliography of related resources):
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Short description of 2nd File:
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Short description of 3rd File:
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