XIDS - 1101 - First-Year Seminar

Z 2019-2020 Undergraduate New Course Request

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  • FILL IN all fields required marked with an *. You will not be able to launch the proposal without completing required fields.

  • Course Prefix*
    Course Number*
    1101
    1101
  • Course Title*
    First-Year Seminar
    First-Year Seminar
    Must be 30 characters or less including spaces
  • Long Course Title
  • Lec Hrs*
    100 minutes per week
    100 minutes per week
  • Lab Hrs*
    0
    0
  • Credit Hrs*
    2
    2
  • Course Type*
  • College - School/ Department*
  • Catalog Course Description*
    XIDS 1101 is a course designed to help students get excited about learning at West Georgia. It is our hope that this course helps you succeed academically as well as personally and socially during this semester and beyond. The fundamental focus of the class is to provide an understanding of the basic structure of critical thinking and of academic disciplines in order to increase learning in the university classroom. Students are required to attend class and to interact with their instructors and classmates. While students must take responsibility for their own learning, the course attempts to support and enhance that responsibility by making the class a learning community within the University.
    Description as you wish for it to appear in the catalog.
  • Is the addition/change related to core, honors, or XIDS courses?*
  • Is this a General Education course?*
  • If yes, which area(s) (check all that apply):
  • Is this a School of Nursing course?*
    Is this a College of Education course?*
  • Status*
    Select Active-Visible unless the Registrar’s Office has notified you to do otherwise.
  • Desired Effective Semester*
    Scroll to the bottom of the list and choose either Fall, Spring, or Summer.
    Desired Effective Year*
  • Frequency
    How many semesters per year will this course be offered?
    Grading*
  • Student Learning Outcomes
    1. adapt written and oral communication to specific rhetorical purposes and audiences. 2. recognize and begin to implement the skills necessary to become life-long, active learners through the exploration of an academic topic that focuses on a contemporary and/or enduring topic, question, or problem. 3. identify, evaluate, and use information, language, or technology appropriate to a specific purpose.
  • Rationale*
    The first-year seminar course currently utilizes the XIDS 2002 course stem. This stem has many different uses across many different programs and colleges across campus. For ease of course administration and tracking, having a unique course stem for first-year seminar that fits within core area B2 would help in course administration, scheduling, and assessment.
  • Prerequisites
    None
    None
    Please only list courses (prefix and number).
  • Corequisites
    None
    None
    Please only list courses (prefix and number).
  • Cross-listing
    None
    None
    Please only list courses (prefix and number).
  • Restrictions
    The course is intended for first-time first-year enrollees at UWG.
    This could include test scores, classifications, TE admission, major declaration, etc.
  • May be repeated
    No
    No
  • Fee*
    None
    None
    Enter "None" if no course fee. If a fee is proposed, indicate amount and a justification. See https://www.westga.edu/administration/vpaa/aafeereview.php
  • Fee Justification
    We prefer that sections all be low cost no cost if possible.
  • Planning Info*
  • Present or Projected Annual Enrollment*
    1,600 present enrollment, 2,000 - 2,200 anticipated enrollment in fall 2019
    1,600 present enrollment, 2,000 - 2,200 anticipated enrollment in fall 2019

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