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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">DEADLINE IS TODAY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">You may view a sample proposal and syllabus by visiting:
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/TRAC/signaturecourses.aspx">http://www.tamuc.edu/TRAC/signaturecourses.aspx</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.25in"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Call for Proposals:&nbsp; Signature Courses 2019-2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">As part of the First-Year TRAC initiative, the University College seeks faculty (employed for at least one academic year) to teach engaging, dynamic courses on topics of the instructor&#8217;s
 choice for first-year students. These &#8220;Signature Courses&#8221; should highlight the faculty member&#8217;s passion for the topic and communicate knowledge on that topic for a general first-year student. Ideal Signature Courses are interdisciplinary, not already a part
 of an existing curriculum, and include interactive student pedagogy, including, for example, group projects, oral presentations, group discussion, proposals/ sales pitches, and other active, experiential learning strategies.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Signature Courses must meet the following Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In written, oral, and/or visual communication, students will communicate in a manner appropriate to audience and occasion, with an evident message and organizational structure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Students will be able to analyze, evaluate, or solve problems when given a set of circumstances, data, texts, or art.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Students will demonstrate an understanding of societal and/or civic issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Signature Courses meet every M, W, and F at 10:00 AM. Signature Courses are capped at 100 students, and undergraduate supplemental instructors will be available to provide support as deemed
 appropriate by the instructor. Students enrolled in Signature Courses will participate in &#8220;The Lionizing,&#8221; a culminating semester-end event where they will present a project from the course in the genre of the instructor&#8217;s choice. As this course is part of
 the core curriculum, it will be assessed for institutional effectiveness purposes at the end of the semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In a letter of application, please address the following:
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Name and describe the topic of the Signature Course you propose to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Why are you interested in teaching a Signature Course for first-time freshmen?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Why would this course be of value &amp; interest to first-time freshmen?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Describe assignments or activities you would utilize in this course &amp; how would they tie-in to the student learning outcomes listed above?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Describe one aspect of the course that will clearly be interdisciplinary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">What are your tentative plans to take part in the Lionizing event at the end of the semester?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Do you prefer to teach a Signature Course in the Fall or Spring semester, and what informs this preference?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Include a one-paragraph description of your course. Pease note that if you course is selected, this paragraph will be used in marketing efforts.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In addition, include a short letter from your department head attesting to the quality of your teaching, especially regarding your ability to engage students. Your department head should
 acknowledge that a discussion of a course release, which accompanies the signature course, took place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">To learn about our current Signature Course offerings, refer to previous Signature Course offerings, a sample proposal and syllabus, by visiting:
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/TRAC/signaturecourses.aspx">http://www.tamuc.edu/TRAC/signaturecourses.aspx</a></span>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interested faculty are welcome to sit-in on a Signature Course in the month of November.&nbsp; Contact Dr. Yvonne Villanueva-Russell
 for additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please submit these documents via e-mail to <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="mailto:Yvonne.VRussell@tamuc.edu">Yvonne.VRussell@tamuc.edu</a></span> prior to
<u>November 19, 2018</u> for consideration for the 2019-2020 academic year.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Signature Course applications will be reviewed by a faculty committee using the following rubric.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Applicant name _________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Topic and objective of course clearly articulated.&nbsp; Topic is timely, relevant and of interest to students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Topic is less clearly articulated.&nbsp; Topic may lack relevance or interest to students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Topic and objectives are not expressed completely.&nbsp; Topic would not be a good fit for freshmen students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Logic for teaching<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Professor provides rational for teaching specific course, or working with freshmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Professor provides general interest in teaching only but does not specify why SigCo teaching unique<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Professor does not provide complete justification for teaching<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Course is timely, relevant, of clear interest to first-time freshmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Course&#8217;s relevance is unclear and of questionable merit to first-time freshmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Course is neither timely nor relevant.&nbsp; No connection made between topic and first-time freshmen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Clear connection between class and SLOS, complete with possible assignments on how outcomes will be achieved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ambiguous description of how outcomes will be met<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Description of how outcomes will be met missing from proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Course shows appeal and connection across multiple disciplines.&nbsp; Specific departments, assignments or guest lectures are named concretely to broaden course matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ambiguous description of how course will be interdisciplinary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Course clearly written within confines of only one discipline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Lionizing plans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ambiguous plans for lionizing event<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Lionizing event plans are absent from proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yvonne<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yvonne Villanueva-Russell, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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Dean, University College</b><i><br>
</i>Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce |<b> </b><a href="mailto:Yvonne.VRussell@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:blue">Yvonne.VRussell@tamuc.edu</span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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Tel. 903.886.5876 | Fax 903.468.6077 | </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:blue">www.tamuc.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/"><span style="color:blue">Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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