Coursedog - Creating a Course

• Effective Term*: Select the (future) term when this course will first be available to students.
• Rationale*: Provide a short ‘why’ for your proposed course. Be sure to include any special equipment or supplies including computing lab time, special software, etc.
• Will this course be requesting a fee?* (Yes | No): Additional information will be requested later in the form.
• Subject Code*: If you are proposing a new subject code, use the ‘New Subject Code’ form. 
• Catalog Number*: If guidance is needed on selecting an appropriate/available catalog number, contact the curriculum office. For information regarding course numbering, click here.
• Course Level*: Dentistry, Graduate, Law, Medicine, Non-Credit, or Undergraduate.
• Short Course Title*: This is the title that will show up on transcripts; 23 character maximum. If you are able to make the short and long course titles the same, please do so. If not, please make sure they resemble each other.
• Long Course Title*: This is the title that shows up in scheduling/catalog; 100 character maximum.
• Course Description*: This is the description that students see in the published catalog; 1500 character maximum. It is best to keep the course description to 100 words or less.
• Cross-Listed Course(s): If you are proposing a cross-listing, please fill out the ‘Cross-Listed Course Change Information’ form.
• Similar Courses: List any courses that have similar content and can “meet with” each other.

• Semester Credit Hours*: Include both a minimum and maximum number of credits that can be earned from the course. If the course has a fixed number of credits, put the same number in both fields.
• Repeat for Credit* (Yes | No): Repeatable means the course can be taken multiple times for additional credit. This is not to indicate if students are allowed to retake the course to replace an unwanted grade.
• Number of Completions Allowed (Default: 1): If a course is repeatable for credit, indicate how many completions are allowed.
• Total Credits Allowed*: Calculate total credits allowed using the formula below.
  • Maximum Credits x Number of Completions Allowed = Total credits allowed

• Allow Multiple Enroll in Term (Yes | No): Select ‘Yes’ if students are allowed to enroll in the course multiple times within the same semester. This is typically used for Special Topics courses.

Select Component*: Select pre-defined component from the dropdown menu. If there are multiple course components, select ‘+ADD COMPONENT’ to enter information for additional component(s).

• • Code: This field will auto-populate once a component has been selected.
  • Name: This field will auto-populate once a component has been selected.

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• Primary Component*: Select the component that is used to determine the grading basis for the course.

• Grading Basis*: Select the appropriate grading basis as determined by the primary course component.

Include any required or recommended prerequisites and/or corequisites.

• Required Requisite(s): (250 characters max.): Follow the guidelines below when typing requisites.
  • Wording “Prerequisites”, “Corequisites”, or “Recommended Prerequisites/Corequisites” should always begin the section.
  • Any letter grades should be surrounded by quotation marks. i.e. “C-“.
  • If multiple requirements are required they should be joined with the word ‘AND’ in capital letters. i.e. “B-“ or better in ACCTG 1010 AND ACCTG 1020.
  • If students are able to choose between multiple requirements, they should be joined with the word ‘OR’ in capital letters. i.e. “B-“ or better in ACCTG 1010 OR ACCTG 1020.
  • Groups of requirements should be surrounded by parentheses. i.e. (“B-“ or better in (ACCTG 1020 AND ACCTG 1021)) AND (“C” or better in (BUS 1010 OR BUS 1020)).
  • Should always end with a period.
• Recommended Requisite(s): Use the guidelines listed above.

• Semesters Typically Offered*: Select the term(s)/year(s) that the course is typically offered. This is meant to help students plan accordingly. Please be aware that it is just
• Can/will this course be offered online?* (Yes | No)
• For Practicum, Clinical, Internship, or Field Work courses: can/will any part of this course be completed at a location outside of Utah? (Yes | No)
• Is this course intended to directly meet requirements for professional licensure or intended to help maintain specialty accreditation of your program? (Yes | No | Not Applicable)

If the course has any GE or BD designations, they will show in the fields listed below.

• General Education/Bachelor Degree Designation
• Course Attributes

If you have questions about developing learning outcomes, please work with Mark St. Andre (mark.standre@utah.edu)

• Attach a Sample Syllabus

Include the following information if a course fee is being proposed with the course.

• Fee Amount*
• Course Fee Usage*
• Item Type*
• Fee Chartfield*
• Is this course part of a program which has a program fee?* (Yes | No)
• Does the fee overlap with any approved program fees?* (Yes | No)
• I understand all fees will be collected by the University Cashier.* (Yes | No)
• Describe how the fee is associated with course learning outcomes.
• Detailed Itemized Budget:
  • Your request will not be considered without this information. A template spreadsheet is available here.

• Department*
• College/School: This field will auto-populate when the department is selected.
• PeopleSoft Course ID
• Course Category – Catalog Searchability: Add up to two of the following course tags to the course in order to help students when searching the catalog.
  • Lower Division
  • Upper Division
  • Graduate
  • Law
  • Medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Undergraduate