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$6000 Course Development Awards/Ethics and Sustainability

Sponsored by the Office of Sustainability & the Center for the Core Curriculum

About the Awards

In collaboration with the Office of Sustainability, the Center for Core Curriculum is pleased to announce an open competition for course development funds to create a new course that addresses ethical issues through a sustainability framework.* Courses may cover a wide array of topics but in all cases must meet the requirements for the Ethics and Leadership flag.

COURSE DEVELOPMENT AWARD APPLICATION

Submission Guidelines

All interested applicants should:

  • Propose their course for an Ethics and Leadership flag.
  • Complete the attached one-page application form and send it electronically to Jess Miner, Coordinator for the Ethics and Leadership Flag.

Deadline

All parts of the course proposal application must be completed by December 3, 2012.

Award Structure

Applications may come from any academic unit on campus; $5000 will be given to the selected instructor to support costs associated with development of a new course (i.e. travel, books, research expenses, etc.); the remaining $1000 will be given to the chosen instructor’s home department.

Requirements

A proposed new course must:

  • Be a course that has never been previously taught.
  • Incorporate sustainability as a distinct and significant course component/module or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue throughout the course, i.e., the study of what is involved in ethically addressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.
  • Meet the criteria for the Ethics and Leadership flag.
  • Be offered at