Evaluation of proposals will focus on a number of key issues, each of which must be addressed in the proposal narrative. Please address each of these key issues in the order they are presented below:
- Rationale: Define the program in terms of program subject matter, learning objectives, instructional models
and a list of NYU courses to be taught on-site. What is the academic rationale for this new program?
- Location: Discuss how you would
utilize the location/culture to enhance the course offering. Why did you select this site? Explain the relationship to other NYU
study abroad programs in the host country and in the subject matter area.
Specifically address: a) opportunities for cooperation with other NYU
programs and departments (or those of other universities) in the locale,
and b) potential undesirable consequences of competing with established
NYU programs for interested students.
- Course Description(s): Provide
course descriptions, course numbers, and syllabi for each course to be
offered. Discuss the course
content. How does this course fit
into your program’s curriculum? If
the proposed program includes a new course, the form called Required
Documentation for Proposals for All New Courses for review by the
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee must also be submitted.
- Faculty Staffing:
- Teaching: Who will teach in the program? If available, include cv’s of
faculty. Who else will aid you in
teaching the courses abroad?
- Administration: Who will serve as the director of the
program? Is this person willing to
make a three year commitment to directing the programs? How does your
experience prepare you to manage/conduct this program?
- Student Enrollment: What is your target student audience for
this program? Specify minimum, as
well as desirable, student qualifications for participation in the program
and the target audience. What is
the target enrollment number of students for the program? Estimate likely student enrollment
initially and in subsequent years (cite evidence or basis for estimates);
minimum enrollments needed to cover costs; contingency plans to cover
financial losses.
- Student Recruitment: Identify primary
person(s) taking responsibility for recruiting students. Also provide a reasonably detailed
description of the plan to be used for recruitment. What are some associations,
journals, and professional groups with members that might be interested in this
program?
- Student Affairs: Provide a review of the efficiency and
viability of logistical arrangements, including student housing and meals,
classrooms, and educational excursions.
- Field Trips: What field trip sites
will you visit and how will they related to course content? Provide an overview of the types of and
degrees to which field trips, host-institution faculty, and aspects of the
host culture and environment will be woven into the program and courses.
Indicate nature and level of contacts already made. Indicate numbers and
type of and general credentials of host country faculty/speakers to be
used. How does this course fit into your program’s curriculum? What is a
sample daily schedule that you will implement?
- Draft Itinerary: What is a sample
daily schedule that you will implement?
- Orientation: How will you prepare
students for study in another culture?
- Transportation: How will students
get to and from the sites of the study abroad location? How will the
students travel on course relevant field trips?
- Student Accommodations: Why type
of accommodations will be available for student in your program?
- Faculty Accommodations: What
accommodations might you use for faculty?
- Budget for the Program: Please complete the attached budget
worksheet which outlines the expenses for your program.
- Safety Issues and Risk Management:
Do you anticipate any risks? How
would safety issues be handled? Include a brief description of program
environment and logistical arrangements which addresses issues of health,
welfare and security of students.
- Long-term Impact: Upon returning
to the United States,
how will the students integrate the knowledge and experience gained from
the program into the NYU community and beyond?’
