Proposal for Summer/Winter Travel Study Program

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Academic Term: If Summer, then which Session:
Abroad or USA:
Program Name: REQUIRED
Location:
Approximate Dates:(format MM/DD/YY)
  Depart:
  Return:
 
 FOR EACH DEPARTMENT THAT PLANS TO SPONSOR THE PROGRAM:

Dept #1
Chair (or designated authorizer) Name Email
 
Director(s)  Name Email Office Room Office Phone
REQUIRED
 
Only complete this section if the program is co-sponsored by a second department.
Dept #2
Chair (or designated authorizer) Name Email
Director(s)   Name Email Office Room Office Phone
 
Only complete this section if the program is co-sponsored by a third department.
Dept #3
Chair (or designated authorizer) Name Email
Director(s)   Name Email Office Room Office Phone

 ENROLLMENT DATA:

Enrollment Target:
Maximum enrollment: (minimum 12 students per faculty director)
Minimum Credits required for participation
Maximum Credits allowed each participant

 GENERAL QUESTIONS:

Brief program summary for advertising materials and the web (suggest 100 words), organized in the following manner:
a) brief overview
b) academics and excursions
c) housing / meals


In addition to an S-contract for salary, CFIS provides an administrative supplement for the faculty director(s) who lead the program. (See the Faculty Handbook for more information about policies regarding S-contracts for faculty and professional staff.) This includes developing the proposal and budget, recruiting a minimum of 12 students per faculty, accompanying students during travel and serving as academic director. How to you intend to compensate for any budget shortfall if the program does not meet the minimum required enrollment of 12 students per faculty director? Please identify some of the program components (costs) you feel you can cut or reduce in lieu of canceling the program. These should include items that are not part of the student's program fee, or items that do not affect the academic quality of the program such as the administrative supplement. Should reduction or loss of the supplement not make-up the shortfall, other items to consider include extra guest lecturers and faculty per-diem.


 COURSE DATA:

Course ID
(XXXX-###)		 Course Title (Limit 255 Characters) Instructional Hours
(classroom, academic excursions, fieldwork, etc.)
(See Fac. Handbook for guidelines.) 		Credits Notes
Would you like to include a service-learning component in any of the above courses?
If yes, please describe the service component. Guidelines for incorporating service-learning on a course abroad can be found here.

 ACADEMICS AND ASSESSMENT:

Study abroad has been identified as a Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) for UD students by the Faculty Senate. All DLEs must incorporate the following two learning goals: Specific to study abroad and domestic travel study, the following additional CFIS learning goals have been developed for all participants:

Knowledge Skills Attitudes Faculty have the responsibility to assess (to measure and evaluate) how well the learning goals have been achieved. In order to make this easier for faculty directors, CFIS has developed as assessment tool (to be made available shortly) which incorporates the Senate requirement for reflective learning in a DLE; the assessment shall be administered at the end of all UD study abroad and domestic travel study programs.

In addition to the requirement for reflective learning, the Faculty Senate has stated that students will be expected to produce at least one final product as a result of the DLE. Examples of final products include (but are not limited to):
1) In addition to the CFIS Assessment tool, what final product will you require your students to produce which can be used to assess whether students have met the learning goals on this program? Please describe in detail.


2) In addition to the DLE and CFIS learning goals identified above, do you have any other learning goals which you would like to include for this program? If so, how will your additional learning goals be assessed? For your convenience, CFIS has compiled a list of Learning Outcomes for International Education from the literature on the subject.


3) List each location (city and/or country) you have selected for the program, and describe how each one will contribute to the learning goals listed above.


4) Describe the specific instructional format for each course, including a tentative daily lecture schedule. (In general, a three credit hour course requires about 34 contact hours from the faculty director who will receive the S-contract for each course.)


5) The delivery of study abroad course content outside the regularly scheduled winter or summer session academic calendar is discouraged. Other than program- or country-specific orientation meetings, do courses offered on this program require academic meetings or course assignments during the semester prior to the program, or the semester after the students return? If yes, please provide details and justify the need for meetings outside of the winter or summer session schedule.
 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

6) What students does the program target, and how does the program meet their curricular requirements?


7) What cultural activities are you considering to be part of the program?


8) How are you qualified to direct this program (eg. research at site, travelled in area)?


9) What Program Expenses do you anticipate other than those covered by the students' Program Fee (eg. Classroom rental, foreign faculty wages, etc.)?


10) What living accommodations (apartment, homestay, hotel, etc) are planned for students and for the faculty director(s)?


Additional Comments:

 FACULTY DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES

I have read and agree to fulfill, to the best of my ability, the responsibilities for study abroad faculty directors listed here.


At the end of my program, but before returning to the U.S., I agree to set aside approximately 1-2 hours of program time for my students to complete the CFIS assessment instrument and program evaluation, and I will encourage their participation in this endeavor.

 When you're done, submit!

Thank you for the time an effort you have put into this proposal; we will look forward to working on it with you.