Many items can be checked by the program and/or GFO Coordinator before they get to the GFO Curriculum committee. Failure to complete the forms properly delays the application approvals.

• Course changes with new titles and/or numbers
  
  The new title/number is put on the top of the form;
  
  
  Bothell is sufficient for "College or School"
  
  
  
• Helpful form filling hints
  
  You can find a checked box under Insert menu.
  
  
  Choose Symbol in the font menu.
  
  
  Choose Wingdings (fourth from the bottom).
  
  
  The checked box is in the last row, 2nd from the right end.
  
  
  
• Justification
  
  These must be strong statements.
  
  
  Do not rely on the members of the curriculum committee knowing what you mean.
  
  
  Do not rely on your program colleagues on the committee explaining what you mean.
  
  
  The justification must be clear to the Seattle campus as well.
  
  
  Please emphasize the enhanced learning goals and outcomes for the class.
  
  
  
• Knowledge Areas and QSR
  
  Don't forget to check if the course will satisfy either the VLPA, I&S, NW, or QSR requirement.
  
  
  
• Course Description
  
  Must be double-spaced
  
  
  No more than 50 words (every word is counted including prerequisites)
  
  
  
• Abbreviated title for transcripts
  
  It is used for all published course schedules, so be clear!
  
  
  It goes after the colon (for new course application), not on the line
  
  
  No more than 19 characters (including spaces)
  
  
  
• Credits (on top of back side)
  
  Do they add up?
  
  
  Undergraduate:   typically a 5-credit lecture has 5 total contact hours, 10 outside hours (2 times contact hours), for a total of 15.
  
  
  Graduate:   typically a 3-credit lecture has 3 total contact hours, 9 outside hours (3 times contact hours), for a total of 12.
  
  
  
• A syllabus is REQUIRED with:
  
  New course application
  New permanent course
  Major change in course content
  Conversion of temporary course to permanent
  Temporary course for more than a year
  Course change application
  Prefix/Number -- when level is increased
  Credit -- when credit is increased
  Credit/No-credit dropped