Thank you for your interest in proposing a First-Year Seminar. Proposals should include a syllabus for review by the Newcomb-Tulane College Curriculum Committee. Syllabi should be built using the Tulane University Syllabus Template.

Seminar faculty are responsible for educating students on the academy and its expectations, connecting course content to the community, and serving as faculty mentors to new students. Faculty also work with an upper-class First-Year Seminar Peer Mentor who helps incoming students complete their academic and social transition to Tulane. Course content should be interdisciplinary and current, and include all programmatic anchors, which can be found on the form below.

We welcome a diversity of topics and look forward to your submissions.

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Email Address: *

Title: *

Department: *

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Proposed Course Title *

General Course Description: *

Course Learning Outcomes: *

Upload your proposed seminar syllabus using the university template: *

I would like my syllabus to be considered for a Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science (CAIDS) Seminar Grant. * 🛈

Yes

SEMINAR SPECIFIC INFORMATION

Please note any course enhancements - field trips, class speakers, events - included in your course content. These can be during, or in addition to, your class time. * 🛈

Prior to submission, review the program anchors in the Faculty Guidebook. In a sentence or two, summarize your initial plan to incorporate the following anchors - or learning outcomes - into your course content:

Team Collaboration Anchor * 🛈

Diversity & Inclusivity Anchor * 🛈

Writing & Oral Presentation Anchor * 🛈

New Orleans Culture and Community and/or Health and Wellness Anchors (two optional, but encouraged, anchors) 🛈

DATA LITERACY SPECIFIC INFORMATION

In addition to the usual payment for seminar courses, the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science (CAIDS) is providing additional payment to instructors to create new seminar courses that incorporate data literacy, data management, data visualization, data cleaning, or data analysis.

CAIDS will provide $1,000 for the creation of a new seminar course that focuses primarily on data, or $500 for a new seminar course that includes a module on data that is equal to at least 20% of the course content. CAIDS is dedicated to cultivating a comprehensive understanding of data science concepts and methodologies among the Tulane community

For more information on the eligibility criteria, including a detailed discussion of what course content counts as “data,” please see CAIDS TIDES Grants Information. If you have any questions about CAIDS or this additional funding, please contact the Executive Director of CAIDS, Patrick Button (pbutton@tulane.edu).

What data content will be included in your course? *

What percentage of your course content is related to data/data literacy? *

Please note any final comments: