Note: While a "New Program" may be offered the term following the final approval of the proposal, if the proposal requires the creation or modification of courses, the program's effective term must be the same as, or later than, those course proposals. Click here to view the course proposal deadlines.
Majors: The major forms the basis for granting of a baccalaureate or graduate degree. It is a coherent, in-depth program of study in a particular discipline or disciplines wherein the student will develop and demonstrate an increasing awareness of both the possibilities and the limits of the major program of study. Majors are designed to provide a mastery of the content, insights, skills and techniques appropriate to an undergraduate education in a particular body of knowledge. Majors will consist of courses that are often sequential, leading to advanced study in the discipline(s). A major will consist of a minimum of 45 credits. For undergraduate degrees, a 45 to 59 credit major requires completion of a minor and/or second major, in which case the total credits of the major and minor/2nd major must total at least 60 credits.
Specializations: A specialization is a coherent, focused subfield within a degree program. A specialization can be distinguished from a new degree in that the full designation of the degree title - including level, type and major - does not change when a new specialization is added. Specializations in an undergraduate major must share a core, defined as a group of courses shared by all specializations within a major, which consists of no fewer than 25 credits for an undergraduate program or 15 credits for a graduate program. The courses constituting the specialization must consist of no fewer than 20 credits for an undergraduate program or 15 credits for graduate program.
Minors: A minor is a coherent program of study in a particular discipline that provides an area that complements or supplements the student’s major. A minor will consist of a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 44 credits.
Certificates: Certificate programs are programs of study that normally require less than 25% of the credits required for a degree program at the same level. Certificate programs may not exceed 44 credits. Certificate programs are specialized career programs, often geared for admission to licensing or career entrance tests, and results in a certificate. Certificate programs may also be noncredit.
Graduate Certificates: Graduate certificate programs are courses of study that require equal to half or less than half of the credits required during a degree program at a similar level. They are usually limited in scope relative to a graduate degree program but provide an opportunity for advanced study with a particular focus. Subject to the regulations that govern a specific program, a graduate certificate can often serve as an intermediate accomplishment for a student whose ultimate goal is a graduate degree.
Minor/ Certificate: This option should be selected when the proposed program may be used as either a minor, certificate program, or both..
Narrative: This is the descriptive text for a College or Department. This information is built as a “Shared Core,” and can be imported as such. Any courses or programs of study referenced in this section are text only and will not automatically update when those items are changed.
Please select the term and year that this program will be available. Please confirm deadlines for selected term, as the system will not check the validity of terms selected. If you missed the deadline or are unsure about the process, please contact curriculog@cwu.edu for assistance.
Note: While a "New Program" may be offered the term following the final approval of the proposal, if the proposal requires the creation or modification of courses, the program's effective term must be the same or later as those course proposals.
Please select your College or Academic Group by clicking on the Add Item button below. If your College or Academic Group is not showing in the list of available options, please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
Please select your Department or Program by clicking on the Add Item button below. If your Department or Program is not showing in the list of available options, please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
If the program is offered by an interdisciplinary or specialized study program select both the program and the department in which it is housed.
If you answered yes, please return to the "Department or Program" field above and select all departments whose courses will be used. Programs using courses from departments other than their own are required to document that those departments have approved the usage of their course(s). Department chairs cannot be added to the approval after a proposal has been launched. Contact curriculog@cwu.edu if you need assistance or discover that a department has been missed.
If multiple selections were made in the "All Departments and Programs..." field above select the department who will have primary control/ owenership of the program in the field below (if only one department is selected above this field may be left blank).
A shared core is an identical series of courses that are used by multiple programs, while a program is a set of courses or requirements unique to a single program. If you are unsure whether your proposal is a program or a shared core contact curriculog@cwu.edu for assistance.
The fields that follow should be left blank until it reaches the "Peoplesoft Integration" approval step. These codes are used to identify the program (and specialization when applicable) in MyCWU and will be used in the future to differentiate programs that may have very similar titles.
Type A - College Sponsored Certificate Programs: Programs that admit only matriculating students and offer a set of courses approved through the CWU academic governance procedures are classified as “College Sponsored Certificate Programs.” These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges at CWU.
Type B - Collaborative Certificate Programs: Programs that admit both matriculating students and non-matriculating students and offer a set of courses that includes regular course offerings appearing in the CWU catalog and administered by CWU Colleges are classified as "Collaborative Certificate Programs." These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges in cooperation with the office of continuing education.
Type C - Continuing Education Certificate Programs: Programs that target primarily non-matriculating students and offer a set of instructional experiences developed independent of CWU's colleges but with input as appropriate from faculty are classified as "continuing education certificate programs." These programs are developed, delivered, and administered by the office of continuing education in consultation with faculty, academic departments, and/or college dean, as appropriate.
Type D - Graduate School Certificate Program. Programs that only admit students who meet the criteria to be accepted into the School of Graduate Studies and Research and offer a set of courses which appear in the CWU catalog. Certificates are administered by CWU Colleges and are classified as “Graduate School Certificate Programs”. These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges at CWU.
The Program Narrative is a required description of the program, the others are optional text fields where additional descriptions can be added. If any of the requirements below involve courses or shared cores they must be added into the proposed curriculum. For assistance in attaching an existing core or in creating a new one contct curriculog@cwu.edu. A proposal may be rejected or delayed if the program has, or should have, information in the optional text fields in this section that is not included.
This major partially satisfies the criteria for a teaching endorsement in Middle Level Science (4-9), qualifying students to teach science at the middle school or junior high levels. It may also be appropriate for students preparing to teach in informal science education settings, such as museums. Students who successfully complete the Science: Middle Level Education, BA and STEM Teaching Program Minor (an alternative to the Professional Education Program) are eligible to apply for Washington State teacher certification. Teacher certification candidates must receive a C grade or higher in all major and STEM Teaching Program courses, have a GPA of at least 3.0 for either the last 45 graded quarter credits or overall CWU/transfer cumulative, and meet all Washington State teacher certification requirements. See the middle level science education advisor as soon as possible to develop a course of study.
Mathematics competency equivalent to MATH 153
Note: Admission to the Teacher Certification Program is a separate process from admission to the major and is required for those pursuing public school teacher certification.
Note: See Teacher Certification Program graduation requirements for students pursuing public school teacher certification.
Candidates must have valid WSP and FBI fingerprint clearance and liability in order to complete any course that requires the candidate to be working with P-12th grade children on or off campus. The fingerprint clearance must be valid through the duration of the course. Fingerprint clearance must appear in the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Fingerprinting Database to be accepted.
For students pursuing public school teacher certification:
Successful completion of program portfolio required before student teaching.
Successful completion of the NES exam in middle grades general science and the edTPA required for teacher certification.
In this field you will build all of the course requirements for the program. If this program will use existing courses from the catalog, or a shared core from an existing program, those can be imported from the Online Catalog by clicking on the Import arrow at the top left of this form.
Please Note: multiple courses can be selected for import at one time, by clicking on each desired course from the list that is populated by your search parameters. If the desired course is either an existing new course proposal, or will be submitted concurrently with the program proposal, click “Add Course.” Here you will be prompted to enter in the course’s prefix, code (number), and name (course title).
For further detailed instructions on importing courses into your program, please see the Curriculog User Guide.
In the field below please indicate whether the program being proposed will have an online only option available for students.
This is the field where you will provide a justification for the creation of this program. If this section is not complete, the proposal will be returned to the originator.
In the box below please address:
Science and math education in Washington State and nationwide are experiencing a 20+ year shortage, a teacher drought that is expected to continue. Considering how essential science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are to our economy and modern way of life, we desperately need highly trained STEM teachers to help our children succeed. This Middle-level Science Teaching major was revised to better integrate with the new STEM Teaching minor and the revised Middle-level Mathematics major. This new major will allow well prepared students to easily double major in Middle-level Science and Middle-level Mathematics Teaching, as well as get the new STEM Teaching minor. This will be a valuable degree because there is a shortage of middle school science and mathematics teachers in Washington as described in https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.pdf.
Due to recent changes on the state requirements in the Science endorsement, we significantly revised our Middle-level Science Teaching major and eliminated the minor in 2015. In the two years surrounding this change, our enrollment in Middle-level science dipped. But with the new STEM Teaching minor based on the UTeach curriculum plus a STEM Teaching program revitalized by the $2.2M WSOS grant, we expect enrollment to approach and exceed the peak 2010-2015 levels when we averaged 24 students/year in the Middle-level Science and Mathematics program. Here is our student enrollment estimate.
Year 0 (current): 5
Year 1: 8
Year 2: 22 (assuming starting the program at a university center)
Year 3: 24
Year 4: 26
Year 5: 28
The process for completion of this section is currently being reviewed. Please contact the Office of the Associate Provost for Accreditation, Academic Planning and Assessment for details on what information needs to be included as well as the appropriate format.
Please indicate in the fields below the estimated number of projected enrollments in thesis, project or exam options, and estimated number of graduate assistantships. For Graduate level programs this information is required. Graduate level program proposals that do not include information in this section will be rejected.
Please indicate in the field below your faculty's ability to oversee thesis, project, or exam options as Regular, Associate, or Affiliate Graduate Faculty or qualifications to obtain Graduate Faculty status.
Program Proposals will no longer be required to have learner outcomes for the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee's approval, however they will still be required for review by the college dean whose college will house the proposed program, the Office of the Associate Provost for Accreditation, Academic Planning, and Assessment, and for graduate level programs, by the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
The preferred format for this is the "Student Learning Outcomes and Assessments" form. For assistance or questions please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
While not required, it is suggested to copy and paste the completed text of that form in the field that follows.
Student Learning Outcome (performance, knowledge, attitudes)
Related CWU Strategic Outcome(s)
Method(s) of Assessment (What is the assessment?)*
Who Assessed (Students from what courses - population)**
When Assessed (term, dates)***
Standard of Mastery/ Criterion of Achievement (How good does performance have to be?)
1. Demonstrate an ability to individually and collaboratively engage in inquiry using science and engineering practices.
1.1.1 Students will achieve programmatic learning outcomes.
2. Use disciplinary core ideas and cross-cutting concepts to provide evidence-based explanations of the natural world.
3. Students will effectively communicate science to an audience of their children, peers, experts, or the public.
1.1.1 Students will achieve programmatic learning outcomes. 1.1.3 Students and faculty will be increasingly engaged in the learning process in and outside the classroom.
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