Submit a UCORE Course Request

UCORE will use this email for correspondence about this request.

Input course title as it appears or is intended to appear in the WSU Catalog. For example: General Biology, Introduction to Sociology

Keep succinct (usually one sentence). Use current catalog description if course is existing.

Provide a 150-250 word rationale for the request that goes beyond the WSU Catalog Description to explain why the course and its specific requested UCORE designation is necessary from a student and departmental perspective.

For example: no longer taught, taught too infrequently

Please note that CAPS courses require a minimum of junior standing. UCORE kindly requests that departments consider adding "senior standing strongly preferred" if not outright required.

Descriptions may be drawn directly from syllabus or assignment prompt.

For courses taught as multiple sections or on multiple campuses, UCORE recognizes that variation in approach is likely. Faculty teaching the course are expected to confer with each other to put forth a representative syllabus that addresses required learning outcomes for the designator. Faculty are not expected to necessarily use the same assignments, readings, or in-class activities when delivering the course.

Assignment prompts should collectively offer evidence that the course addresses all of the required UCORE designator learning outcomes. Some assignments may advance multiple learning outcomes. For more generic assignment types (quizzes, exams, discussion posts), provide sample questions or prompts that speak to one or more required learning outcomes, as appropriate.