FORMAT 6
Submit originals and one copy and electronic copy to Governance/Faculty Senate Office
(email electronic copy to fysenat@uaf.edu) 
REQUEST FOR CORE ORAL INTENSIVE DESIGNATOR

SUBMITTED BY:
Department	
 	
College/School	

Prepared by	
 	
Phone	

Email Contact	
 	
Faculty Contact	

	
See http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd for a complete description of the rules governing curriculum & course changes.
1.  COURSE IDENTIFICATION: 
Dept	
 	
Course #	
	
No. of Credits	

COURSE TITLE	

Existing Course	
	
New Course Pending Approval* 	

*Must be approved by appropriate Curriculum Council.)	

2.  EMPHASIS DESIRED:  (See Guidelines for Oral Intensive Designator)

Group (medium or large class) 	

Public (medium or large class)	

Public (small class)	

Public (large class)      "O/2"	

 	

3.  CURRENT CATALOG DESCRIPTION AS IT APPEARS IN THE CATALOG: including dept., number, title and credits

	

JUSTIFICATION FOR ACTION REQUESTED
The purpose of the department and campus-wide curriculum committees is to scrutinize course designator applications to make sure that the quality of UAF education is not lowered as a result of the proposed change.  Please address this in your response.  This section needs to be self-explanatory.  Use as much space as needed to fully justify the proposed change and explain what has been done to ensure that the quality of the course is not compromised as a result.

	

The attached syllabus must clearly reflect the following basic elements for the ORAL COMMUNICATION emphasis requested.  Please note them directly on the syllabus, using the corresponding letter.  (See Guidelines in this manual.) 

GROUP (medium or large class) 	
(Regularly enrolling at least 12 students)	

A	
15% of the final grade based on oral communication	

B	
1 ongoing, integrated group project with 5-8 students	

C	
2 presentations (minimum of 5 minutes per member)	

D	
Question & Answer period for both presentations	

E	
Group and Individual grading	

F	
Instructor Evaluation/Feedback on all presentations	

PUBLIC (medium or large class) 	
(Regularly enrolling at least 12 students)	

A	
15% of the final grade based on oral communication	

B	
3 presentations (minimum of 5 minutes each)	

C	
Question & Answer period for both presentations	

D	
Instructor Evaluation/Feedback on all presentations	

PUBLIC (small class) 	
(Regularly enrolling less than 12 students)	

A	
15% of the final grade based on oral communication	

B	
2 presentations of 20 minutes with Question & Answer or	

3 presentations of 10 minutes with Question & Answer	

C	
Instructor Evaluation/Feedback on all presentations	

PUBLIC (large class)  "O/2"	
(Regularly enrolling 20 or more students)	

A	
7.5% of the final grade based on oral communication	

B	
1 presentation (minimum of 5 minutes), and	

C	
1 presentation of  8-10 minutes with Question & Answer	

D 	
Instructor Evaluation/Feedback on all presentations	

APPROVALS:

Date	

Signature, Chair, Program/Department of:	

	
Date	

Signature, Chair, College/School Curriculum Council for:	

	
Date	

Signature, Dean, College/School of:	

	

ALL SIGNATURES MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNANCE OFFICE

Date	

Signature, Chair, Senate Core Review Committee