General Resources

Proposals Guidelines for Integrative Studies Approved Alternative Courses

Departments desiring to have one of their courses designated as an approved alternative (or “sub”)for one of the INST “thread” requirement areas beginning fall 2011 are invited to submit proposals to the IS Advisory Committee.Please note that courses which will be new to the university curriculum in 2011-12 and existing courses that are currently INST approved alternatives must be brought to IS Advisory for approval.

A proposal for an approved alternative should include the following:

1. Course number, title, and number of credit hours
2. Catalog course description
3. Identification of the intended IS requirement area home (Identity Projects, Interconnections, Reflection & Responsibility, Natural Foundations, or Creativity & Culture)
4. Rationale of how the course falls within the overall description of the requirement area as articulated in the “thread” overviews located on the IS website under “Resources”
5. Identification of the integrative outcomes of the requirement area this course expects to meet and how that will be accomplished in the course
6. Sample syllabus

Proposals should be submitted by email to the IS Chair. Those submitting proposals will be invited to attend the IS Advisory meetings at which their proposal are discussed.

Integrative Studies Substitute Courses and Policy, 2011-12

Substitutions for Integrative Studies (INST) requirements are permitted subject to the following conditions:

1. A substitution must appear on the list of approved alternate courses shown below.
2. No more than two substitutions are permitted.
3. While up to two substitutions are permitted, only one of them may be used to fulfill both an INST requirement and a requirement in the student’s major or minor. In other words, only one substitute course may be double-counted.

The Degree Audit program will automatically count any of the approved substitutes as satisfying INST requirements.

/Contact

Integrative Studies Program
1 South Grove Street
Westerville, OH 43081

Sarah Fatherly, Chairperson
Phone: 614.823.1435
SFatherly@otterbein.edu

Adriana Shkreli
Graduate Assistant
Phone: 614.823.1124
isassistant@otterbein.edu