Course Submission Form

Please use this form to describe a course in your department that you think is particularly effective in connecting to the future of science. For example, such a course 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. Click here to see an example (opens in a new window). If you are submitting information about a course for which you are not the instructor, please be sure that you can answer all of the questions below before you begin to fill out the form.

Complete the following form, including the spam filter at the bottom of the page, and click on SUBMIT to submit your course. 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.

About You and Your InstitutionYour Name:

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Your Department:

Your Institution:

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About the CourseCourse Title:

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Instructor's Website (if applicable):

Please BRIEFLY describe the course. (You will be asked for more detailed information below.)

Course TypeEntry Level

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Upper Level

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Course SizePlease tell us how many students are in your class.

Course ContextPlease briefly describe the context of this course. For example:

"This is an upper-division elective course with introductory biology, chemistry and geology prerequisites. It is cross-listed in Geology and Biology, so typically students are an even mix of those two majors.

"This is a seminar-style, topical introductory course with no prerequisites. The course satisfies the pre-requisite for all intermediate level courses for a geology major. 25-30% of students who take the course go on to major in geology. The course is writing intensive and has a two-hour lab and required field trip."

Course ContentPlease briefly describe the content covered in this course, including geoscience concepts covered, field experiences undertaken, and skills developed. For example:

"This Earth Science course focuses on Geology and also covers topics in Oceanography, Meteorology, and Planetary Geology and includes 4 to 6 field labs that model how scientists examine geologic outcrops. Students make observations and interpretations during field experiences and as the term progresses take on more independence. Students learn the process of field geologic observation and cover content in labs that includes learning to identify different types of rocks."

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

Goals

In the months and years after having finished a course, a student should be able to Do things in the discipline that he/she couldn't do before taking the course. Careful thought goes into what you want to enable your students to do, what value the course will add to their lives, and how the course will develop their skills and abilities. This is your opportunity to share the various goals that you have for your students. These goals range from content knowledge they should master and skills in which they should be proficient to changes in attitude you wish to foster.

Content goals
There is undoubtedly some content you feel is central to this course. Please identify a few of the KEY content goals of this course.

Please DO:

enter the goals as a list
use the format "Students should be able to�"
focus on the main goals of the course
emphasize higher order thinking skills (analyze, predict, synthesize, interpret, evaluate, formulate), rather than lower order thinking skills (recognize, describe, define, identify, list, explain). A well-constructed goal involving higher order thinking skills has lower order skills embedded in it.

Please DO NOT

enter a list of content topics
use vague and difficult-to-assess goals involving phrases such as "appreciate", "understand", "be exposed to", "see the value in", "know about", "learn about"

Skills Goals

You may also have goals related to general skills in the context of your course. These might include goals involving improving skills such as

student writing
quantitative abilities
critical analysis of web sites
peer-teaching
oral communication
accessing and critically reading the geologic literature
working in groups

Attitudinal Goals

You may also have goals related to student attitude. These might include goals such as

building students� confidence in course- or discipline-related abilities
developing students� sense of stewardship of the Earth
improving students� sense of healthy skepticism
increasing student excitement/personal wonder about learning about the Earth
improving students� awareness of the issues of ethics in doing science
changing student attitudes toward science

Following the guidelines above, please enter the goals for your course in the box below, in list format.

AssessmentDescribe how you assess student learning and whether students have met the goals you set.

References and ResourcesPlease list texts and references used in the course as well as supplemental resources, such as websites, that you give to your students.

Additional MaterialsPlease upload the course syllabus using the buttons below (and select the file type, so that we can open it).
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Please upload any additional course 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., assignment handout, instructor's notes, Excel spreadsheet of raw data, 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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