Online Proposal to Teach an Extra-Departmental Freshman Seminar (FRS1)

Professors wishing to teach an extra-departmental Freshman Seminar must complete this form and submit it, but do not need to include a one-page expanded course outline unless they have not taught it previously or have significantly changed it. If you have not taught this seminar previously or have made changes to the content or format, fill out this form instead. A copy will be sent to the department chair for approval.

Approved proposals will be retained by the Freshman Seminar Program Committee and will be reviewed periodically by the Committee on Courses of Instruction.

Instructor's name
Instructor's e-mail address
Departmental chair's name
Departmental chair's email address
Departmental address
Phone number
Course(s) you are teaching in 2004-5
Proposed Title of Seminar
Proposed Number of Units (1 or 2)
Proposed Grading Option (Pass/Fail or Letter Grade)	(Choose one) Pass/Fail Letter Grade
Proposed Quarter
Please indicate order of preference with a 1 (first choice), 2, or 3 (last choice) next to the appropriate quarter. Put a 0 or leave blank any quarter in which you will be unable to conduct your seminar.
Fall     Winter     Spring
Proposed Time and Place
Note: The Freshman Seminar carries one or two units and must involve at least 10 contact hours during the quarter for a 1-unit course, or 20 contact hours for a 2-unit course. Laboratory work, site visits, and field work may be included in a seminar's design at the rate of three outside hours counting as one contact hour. In all cases, the seminar's syllabus must make clear to the students time commitments other than those normally scheduled.
Proposed Fixed Day
Proposed Time
We encourage instructors to find a conference room in their department that can be scheduled for this seminar. If you cannot suggest a room, we will get you a room assignment from the office of the registrar.
Proposed Place