CTW Course Approval Process
Critical Thinking through Writing implementation plans and course proposals must be submitted to the Undergraduate Assessment Committee, a subcommittee of CAP for approval.
Guidelines for CTW course designation:
CTW courses will be proposed by Departments and approved by the Undergraduate Assessment Committee, a subcommittee of the Committee on Academic Programs (CAP).
If they wish, colleges/schools may require that proposals be approved at the college level before going forward to the Undergraduate Assessment Committee. Courses in Arts and Sciences are required to have the CTW designation added to the course description in curriculum committee before courses can be identified as CTW. Click here for the A & S curriculum committe course addition and change forms.
Curriculum Committee Deadlines
Fall 2008
Arts and Sciences: September 10, 2008
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies: October 1, 2008
Health and Human Sciences: September 19, 2008
Robinson College of Business: September 26, 2008
Spring 2009
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies: March 27, 2009
Heath and Human Sciences: March 20, 2009
*Note: Courses in the College of Education do not have to go through their curriculum committee.
In their proposal to the Undergraduate Assessment Committee, Departments must include a written justification that outlines how each CTW course will use writing to help students achieve Georgia State’s learning outcome of improving the discipline-appropriate critical thinking skills of their students.
CTW Ambassadors must submit CTW course information in the CTW Template for review by the Undergraduate Assessment Committee (formerly GEAC)
The template requires the following information:
- Ambassador contact information
- A plan for courses to be proposed and for amending those course to meet CTW requirements.
- A CTW faculty development plan
- A CTW data gathering plan
- Sample syllabi
- Sample Assignments
- Sample Rubrics (if applicable)
For more information on the course submission process, see the CTW template guide
For the General Education subcommittee review criteria for approval click here.