Appendix F: DUAL-LISTED COURSES
Dual-listed courses permit undergraduate and graduate students to be in the same class, but to receive credit under two different course numbers.
Departments must request permission to offer courses at the graduate level in conjunction with 300-400 level undergraduate courses. The request is made to the Graduate Curriculum and Catalog Committee. If the dual-listed course is also an experimental course, submit the experimental course form to the Scheduling Office, 10 Alumni Hall. In reviewing proposals for dual-listed courses, this committee needs to understand the department’s rationale for offering the course. When a department submits a request, an explanation should be given of the purpose served by the course and the criteria used by the department to determine if the course is suitable for dual-listing. Please submit the proposal in electronic form as a word attachment to cspayne@iastate.edu. A Word version of this document can be downloaded here.
The following considerations should be addressed in the proposal:
- Full catalog information for each course to be dual-listed, including the course numbers (or proposed course numbers), title, credits, semester offering (if applicable), prerequisites, and description.
- Dual-listed courses bear common numbers, e.g., 580 (380).
- Graduate faculty status of the proposed instructor.
- Number of the dual-listed course credits the department will permit to be used to meet the requirements for an advanced degree. This limit includes dual-listed courses taken in all departments.
- The differential expectations for graduate students and undergraduates. What additional work will be required for graduate students enrolled in the course? Please describe this work, not in abstract terms (such as "more in-depth participation") but in terms of concrete measurable out comes or other tangible evidence. Welcome inclusions: specific examples of the additional assignments with details about paper length; the number of additional readings; the length and frequency of oral presentations; portfolio expectations; indications of how these graduate requirements are weighted in the course grade; comparisons with undergraduate expectations.
- Reason(s) the course is considered sufficiently rigorous and of such an advanced nature as to challenge graduate students.
- Academic advantages and disadvantages accruing to graduate students taking this course with undergraduates.
- The place of the course in a graduate student’s program of study and why it is not considered a "remedial" undertaking intended to overcome deficiencies in the student’s preparation for graduate work.
- The role of the course in an undergraduate’s degree program and the academic qualifications undergraduates must have to take this course.
- The name of the person writing the proposal.
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