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	Faculty Information Course Proposals Print a blank Course Proposal form. Use the Intersession Worksheet for Class Times to easily calculate class hours. Important Faculty Memo This memo is vital to have a positive teaching experience during Intersession. UNIV form Use this form if your course begins with UNIV.   How to Submit Your Intersession Course Proposal Complete one form for each Intersession course. Complete the proposal form. Send or fax a copy of your proposal to the Intersession office. Forward original forms and your syllabus to appropriate offices for approvals. Follow up on their progress. Your proposal will be accepted and processed after you have obtained all the necessary approvals.
If you are offering a UNIV course, please make sure you complete the University Course Request Form and attach it to your course proposal. These forms are available in your department or from the Intersession office. If you are offering a graduate level course (5000 & 6000) forward your proposal to the Graduate Dean after you receive your department chair and college dean signatures. It is imperative that we receive your course proposals on time to assure its listing in the Intersession class schedule. DECEMBER INTERSESSIONDECEMBER INTERSESSION Two weeks before deadline Recommended deadline for course proposal and syllabus to your College Dean. September 24, 2007 Deadline for signed proposal and syllabus to be received by Intersession. MAY INTERSESSION and AUGUST INTERSESSION BER INTERSESSION Two weeks before deadline Recommended deadline for course proposal and syllabus to your College Dean. February 08, 2008 Deadline for signed proposal and syllabus to be received by Intersession. Be creative in your selection of title and course description. Submit a 3-4 sentence course description that will appear in the Intersession schedule and website to attract students and encourage their participation in your class. Our experience indicates courses with the largest enrollments are those in which the individual instructor has promoted the course to potential students in their current classes. Ask your colleagues to mention your Intersession course(s) in their classes too. University Policies for Intersession Faculty shall not teach and students shall not earn credit at a rate higher than one semester credit hour per week during the Intersession period. Each credit hour must include 800 minutes of instructional time. Use the “worksheet for class times” as an example. Lecture time is reviewed by the Intersession office prior to printing the schedule. The University requires fifty minutes of instructional time per clock hour. Ten minutes of break time must also be included. These examples do not include holidays. You will need to take this into consideration when calculating the number of class meetings per week. SALARIES Intersession instructors are paid on an overload basis. Please refer to the "Stipend Table" on Intersession website under "Faculty Information" to figure your stipend based on enrollment. The maximum stipend is $4100. (beginning December 2007) On the " COMMIT/CANCEL " date, please contact the Intersession office by email. The Intersession office reserves the right to cancel your course without notice if enrollment falls below 6 students unless previous arrangements have been made. You will be given a choice to teach your course with an uncertain stipend level or immediately cancel your course on this date. You will not be contacted if your enrollment is 10 or above at the time of "COMMIT/CANCEL." Once you "commit" to teach the course, you are required to continue despite any decreases in enrollment. On the beginning of the third day of your individual course, your enrollment will be calculated, and your stipend will be finalized with a maximum of $4100 according to the "Stipend Table" found at www.intersession.ou.edu On the beginning of the third day of your individual course, your enrollment will be calculated, and your stipend will be finalized with a maximum of $4100 (beginning December 2007) according to the “Stipend Table.” Stipend Table - 1 credit hour Stipend Table - 2 credit hours Stipend Table - 3 credit hours Stipend Table - 4 credit hours Classes will not meet on the following days: December 2007 Intersession — December 24, 25, 31, and January 1 May 2008 Intersession — May 26 August 2008 Intersession — No holidays observed Courses of Interest From course evaluations received students indicate they would like more courses offered in: General education required courses: Western Civilization and Culture, Social Science, Non-Western Culture, and Understanding Art Forms Electronic delivery courses Elective and degree required courses Classification of students recently enrolled for Intersession: Freshman 3% Sophomore 12% Junior 26% Senior 58% Other 1% Undergraduate students would prefer to have morning or afternoon classes. Graduate students requested evening classes. I hope you will consider teaching during Intersession. If you have any questions, please contact me. I will be glad to answer any questions. Thank you. Mark A. Pelfrey Intersession Coordinator (405) 325-2899 E-mail: intersession@ou.edu