New Course Proposal

Submit a New Course

When to Use This Form

Use this form to propose:

New courses not previously taught at High Point University
Intellectual Discovery courses that were previously offered as First Year Seminars

Important Updates

The syllabus in your proposal will be considered a sample. All course content information must be answered on the form.
A signed departmental approval page is no longer required.
Proposals should be approved by your Department Chair before online submission. Department Chairs are notified of all submissions and may place proposals on hold if prior approval has not been obtained.

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GEC proposals are due by Monday, September 7, 2026.

Non-GEC proposals are due by Monday, September 14, 2026.

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A - New Course Proposal

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Today's Date*

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Your Name:*

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Your Email:*

Are you a Department Chair?*

Yes

Department Chair Name

Email address of your Department Chair*

Your department chair will be notified of your submission to ensure they have approved of your proposal. If they have NOT seen your proposal prior to this submission, they will reply to STOP your submission.

By checking below, I certify that my department chair has seen and approved the new course that I am proposing.*

Yes

Please select the appropriate school overseeing this proposal:*

Honors and Intellectual Discovery courses are assigned to the school of the submitter's department. Select "Other" for ITG Courses or for courses that do not have a department.

Arts & Design

Business

Communication

Dental Medicine

Education

Engineering

Entrepreneurship

Health Sciences

Humanities and Behavioral Sciences

Natural Sciences

Nursing

Other

Please type the name of the school(s) overseeing this proposal

When should this proposal take effect?

Please keep in mind that proposals should be submitted one year in advance. If you need a proposal to take effect sooner, then you must receive Provost approval to move forward.

Fall 2027

Spring 2028

Other

Information for the Registrar

The Office of the Registrar uses this information to process your course. Please review your responses carefully, as inaccuracies may result in processing delays.

Choose the department designator from the list below.*

If the one you need is missing, select the top choice (- - -) and continue with the proposal. Once the proposal is submitted, please email [email protected] to request the new designator. The correct one will be added to your proposal before receiving final approval. Please note that Intellectual Discovery courses should be DIS 1000, and the prefix for The American Context courses is TAC.

Proposed Course Number?*

Please confirm that the course number has never been used before, even as a discontinued course. If you know the level but not the number, please type "(1000, 2000, 3000, 4000) level, need number to be assigned by Registrar"

Is this course cross listed?*

Please note that you may not cross list courses with GBS and WGS as of Fall 2022. If this is a DIS (Intellectual Discovery) course, it also cannot be cross listed and must use the DIS designator.

Yes

Choose the second department designator for your proposed course from the list below.*

Cross-listed courses must have the same course number in both departments. Please note that Intellectual Discovery courses should be DIS 1000, and the prefix for The American Context courses is TAC.

Choose the third (if needed) department designator for your proposed course from the list below.*

Does this course replace a current course?*

Yes

Is the course number being reused?*

Yes

What is the title of the new course?*

Please enter the title as you wish it to appear in the course schedule and Undergraduate Bulletin. When composing your course title, please keep in mind the space restrictions in Student Planning: be sure your title accurately reflects the content of your course, and can, if necessary, be shortened without sacrificing its descriptive capabilities.

Write the catalog description of your proposed course:*

In a concise paragraph of approximately 2-4 sentences, describe your proposed course's subject, major topics, and learning outcomes. This description will appear in the Undergraduate Bulletin.

How many credit hours will this course be?*

A standard lecture or lecture/laboratory course is 4 credits.

List variable credits

How will the course be graded?*

Letter grade

Credit/No Credit

Pass/Fail

Please select the course repeat option for this course:*

Not repeatable for credit

Repeatable for credit once

Students may receive unlimited credit for repeating this course

What is the offering cycle for this course?*

Every semester

Alternate years

Fall semester

Spring semester

Every third year

Yearly

Does your course have any prerequisites?*

Yes

Please list all prerequisites this course requires:

Is this new course being proposed because of a new or revised major or minor proposal?

If yes, please fill in the name of the major or minor, when the proposal was submitted, and the faculty member who submitted it.

Any other comments for the Registrar at this time?

Gen Ed and Academic Programs

Is this course part of Gen Ed?*

Yes

Does your course count in the general education core (one of the core classes that cannot be double-dipped in your major or minor)?

Only check the area(s) that you are addressing with learning outcomes. If your course counts for Diversity, Quantitative Reasoning, American Context, Integrative Learning, or Experiential Learning only, click none to go to the next question.

Intellectual Discovery [DIS]

First Year Writing [FYWRT]

Foreign Language [MODFL]

Ethical Reasoning and Religious Traditions [ETRLT]

Natural Sciences [NTSCL]

Social Sciences [SOSCI]

Arts [ARTS]

Humanities [HUMAN]

None of the above

Is there a second field in the general education core that the course qualifies for?

Does your course count in any general education categories that can be double-dipped in the core or in a major/minor?

Please note: Courses do not need to "double-dip." You are welcome to submit a course that counts toward only one area.

Integrative Learning

Diversity

Experiential Learning

Quantitative Reasoning

The American Context

Please provide a rationale for how your course is integrative. Please explain how you weave in different disciplines or fields of study. If your course is housed within one discipline, please explain how the epistemologies you integrate within the course are different from one another.*

Will this course be team-taught?*

Yes

Who will team-teach with you and which department / school do they work in?*

Does this course count towards a major or a minor?*

Yes

No, it does not count toward any particular major or minor

If your course is required or an elective in a major, then it can only count in ONE of the following areas: Quantitative Reasoning, The American Context, Diversity, Integrative Learning, or Experiential Learning

Please list the Major / Minor and if it is Required or Elective

Ex: ACC Major - Required / ACC Minor - Elective. More than one major and/or minor may be listed here.

Is this course part of an academic program?*

Please note that department honors tracks are not considered university-wide academic programs.

This course does not fulfill academic program requirements

Honors Scholars Program

Service Learning

Study Abroad

Environmental Studies

Latin American Studies

Legal Studies

East Asian Studies

Jewish Studies

Have you received approval from the appropriate academic program committee to move forward with this proposal?*

Academic Program committees have their own guidelines and deadlines for course proposals. Please reach out to the appropriate committee to receive approval before submitting your proposal here.

Yes

Does this course include any community engagement?

Qualifying courses are not limited to those with Service Learning approval. Examples include students working within the local community for one project or a capstone performance that is open to the public. Courses that offer community engagement may receive support and resources from The Center for Community Engagement, which will allow for more accurate tracking of service hours completed by HPU students.

Yes

Does this course participate in the GoGlobal Program?

Yes

Information for Curriculum Review

The information you provide in this section will determine course content in the future, and the syllabus you provide will only serve as an example.

If you do not fill these in and instead direct us to look in the syllabus for these answers, you will be asked to resubmit your proposal. If a question is not applicable, you can answer "N/A."

Think of this section as the "master syllabus" for the course. The fields that you choose to answer will "lock in" those items for all future iterations of the course, regardless of who is teaching it.

The one section that should be filled out completely is the section on learning outcomes, as they will stay consistent no matter who is teaching the course.

If you want a particular reading or assignment to be a permanent part of the record of the class, regardless of who is teaching it, please fill it in the corresponding fields below. If not, please put "N/A" in the box for that question.

Rationale and evidence for new course's consistency with departmental mission:*

Please provide a justification for this new course in your department and school. What research or data was consulted in determining the need for this new course?

Please don't copy and paste your departmental mission statement, but instead give a general rationale and explanation of how the course matches the departmental mission.

List all student learning outcomes for this course.*

List any units or content areas that will be required for all sections of this course.*

List any assignments, tests, or other assessments that will be required for all sections of this course.*

List any readings or other materials that will be required for all sections of this course.*

List any course policies that will be required for all sections of this course.*

If you would like to specify how requirements for contact hours must be met for all sections of this course, please indicate below. (e.g., if any experiential learning activities will replace seat time)*

Is there anything else the reviewing parties should know about this new course proposal that hasn't been addressed?

Sample Syllabus

Max. file size: 2 MB.

Please attach the syllabus for this course as a sample. All fields and answers above should be considered the master version of your proposal, with the syllabus only being a sample.

Additional Documents

Max. file size: 2 MB.

Please attach additional documents such as learning outcomes or assessment strategy here.