Does anyone structure their ongoing lab/research group as a credit-earning course (e.g., 1-hr credit per term with some sort of cap)? I'm looking for examples of syllabi for such an arrangement, including formal methods for evaluating student work (versus the less formal arrangement of treating these as Directed Studies).
A related question is how instructors who use this system manage conflicts that might arise when some students are earning credit and others are not enrolled for credit. What happens when a credit-earning student must depend on a pure volunteer student who is insufficiently engaged with the ongoing project? Does the existence of courses earning fewer than 3 hours of credit create any administrative problems with financial aid, degree program accounability, and other "bookkeeping" aspects of formal course work? Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2510 or send a blank email to leave-2510-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
