The Model Course Design page offers the opportunity to search for and see interesting and diverse examples of course design. The search bar allows you to narrow down the search to courses that are in specific areas/departments (example: CHEM, ENGL, MADT, etc.), or include specific components (for examples: writing, lab), or are the result of university training (for example: QLT, Go Virtual, Digital Pedagogy FLC, CAL$, etc.). If you click on the blue icon associated to each course, you can access individual course portfolios that offer evidence, sample assignment, class activities, rubrics, and ideas that have been utilized in a variety of Chico State courses. We hope that this resource will help faculty see concrete examples of successful course design that can help inspire future (re)design efforts. If you would like to add your course to this database, please contact the Office of Faculty Development.
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| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE & DESCRIPTION | COURSE MOI |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Biological Anthropology:(opens in new window) This course examines the qualities of being human through the investigation of evolutionary principles, non-human primates, human fossil record, and living peoples. The course also explores the biological origin, evolution, and variation of humankind. | Online Synchronous, Lab (Go Virtual, CAL$) |
| Modern History of Interiors, Furnishings, and Architecture:(opens in new window)Survey of the language of form and space and stylistic vocabularies related to interiors, furnishings, and architecture for 19th and 20th century European and American art from the Colonial period. Styles such as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Bauhaus, Memphis, and Postmodern addressed, and architects and designers such as William Morris, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eileen Gray, and LeCorbusier. | Online Synchronous (Go Virtual) |
| Introduction to Ceramics:(opens in new window) This is a lower-division undergraduate course that promotes the development of ideas through an introduction to hand-building techniques, using pinch, coils, slab, and mold methods of construction. Students get to experiment with a variety of low fire glazes, and other low fire surface treatments. | In-person, Lab, Flipped Course (Go Virtual, IAEL) |
| Communication in Business (Writing):(opens in new window) This course develops your understanding of the communication process and the factors that can increase or hinder the effectiveness of communication in your future career. Emphasis is on solving business problems through the strategic design of verbal, print, and electronic messages. | Online Asynchronous (QLT, IAEL, Go Virtual, Digital Pedagogy) |
| Living with Fire in California:(opens in new window) This class is designed for anyone who wants to know more about the historic, current, and future status of fires in California. This course will mainly focus on fire ecology in California but also touches on history and policy. | In Person (IAEL) |
| Interactive Storytelling in Video Games (Writing):(opens in new window) This course examines video games as a storytelling medium, investigating how interactive storytelling that incite an immersive experience, requires approaches to writing that may be linear or nonlinear. Students will delve into the evolution of narrative in video games along with the iterative process of writing for video games and examine the critical component of a unified experience between writer and level designer. | Online Asynchronous |
| Quantitative Analysis:(opens in new window) Precision and accuracy in measurements, interpretation of data by statistical analysis, and development of good quantitative techniques for chemistry. Analysis by gravimetry, titrimetry, potentiometry, chromatography, and spectrometry. | Blended, Lab (Digital Pedagogy) |
| Organic Chemistry Laboratory:(opens in new window) This course offers an in-depth laboratory experience in organic chemistry for chemistry and biochemistry majors. Students are introduced to and become competent in modern laboratory techniques, including handling air-sensitive reagents and column chromatography. Students also get hands-on experience with advanced instrumentation. | Blended, Lab (Go Virtual) |
| Teaching School-Aged Children:(opens in new window) This class examines the physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial aspects of growth during the school-aged years (ages 5 through 12), as well as contextual influences (e.g., family, school, peer group) on children's development. Particular attention is paid to the implications of developmental patterns for those who work with school-aged children. | Online Synchronous (QLT, Go Virtual) |
| Curriculum Theory and Practice: Science:(opens in new window) This course examines the principles and practices of elementary school instruction in science within the context of democratic classroom practice. It includes application of national and state standards to planning curriculum and assessment, selection and implementation of appropriate instructional strategies, resources, materials, and electronic teaching technologies | In Person (IAEL, Go Virtual, Digital Pedagogy) |
| Educational Psychology:(opens in new window) This course is designed to help teacher candidates understand how students' cognitive, personal-social, and physical development, and cultural and linguistic backgrounds are related to effective teaching and learning and interpersonal relations in secondary schools. Major segments of instruction include the study of how students learn, remember, and make use of the knowledge they have acquired and how students' educational growth is assessed in schools. | Online Asynchronous (QLT) |
 HUMN 281W | Food and Film (Writing):(opens in new window) This course explores themes about food in international cinema, with special attention to the social, cultural and historical context for food as depicted in film, the cultural issues regarding national, ethnic and gender identity, and how the art and history of cinema have presented the many roles that food plays in our lives. | Online Asynchronous (Digital Pedagogy, Go Virtual) |
 KINE 324 | Exercise Physiology: Metabolism:(opens in new window) This course introduces students to the cellular aspects of exercise. Students become familiar with the mechanisms of exercise-induced adaptations and how exercise ameliorates metabolic disorders. Students gain insight into the hormonal and neural regulation of cellular processes, the various processes at the cellular level, the mechanisms responsible for increased enzyme content in trained skeletal muscle, and how exercise affects gene transcription. | Online Synchronous (IAEL, Go Virtual) |
 MADT 216 | Introduction to Digital Audio in Media:(opens in new window) This course provides a theoretical and practical knowledge of digital audio productions techniques for radio, video, and multimedia. Particular emphasis is placed on audio for video and production strategies for effective communication in audio. | Blended, Lab (Go Virtual) |
| Technology and Communication:(opens in new window) Students acquire a qualitative understanding of how various information and communication technologies work, the social needs that drive technology developments, and the future impact of new information technologies on work and society. | Online synch/asynch, (Go Virtual, HSI, IAEL) |
 MADT 351 | Global Media & Convergence:(opens in new window) The course explores distribution strategies adopted by international media industries in the era of globalization. Such strategies include: genre adaptation, content reformatting, audiovisual translation, and programming. | Online Synchronous, Flipped (AeL, QLT) |
| Media Arts and Identity:(opens in new window) The course examines the creation and propagation of representations of identity, such as sexuality, ethnicity, race, nationality and class within film, video and electronic arts. | Flipped, (in-person + asynchronous), (Digital Pedagogy, Go Virtual, IAEL) |
| Introduction to Statistics:(opens in new window) Math 105 covers the following topics: summary of numerical data, distributions, linear regression, and introduction to statistical inference. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have an understanding of statistical concepts including: data visualizations, measures of center and dispersion, the Normal Distribution, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and regression. | In Person (IAEL, Go Virtual, QLT, Digital Pedagogy) |
 MKTG 673 | Seminar in Strategic Marketing:(opens in new window) A study of marketing concepts and strategies, such as demand analysis, product/market positioning, distribution, promotion, and pricing strategies. Emphasis on integrating such concepts and strategies into strategic marketing programs. | Online Synchronous (QLT) |
 OSCM 607 | Operations Planning and Execution:(opens in new window) This course provides overview of the operations management process. These central functions of an organization are responsible for the creation and delivery of goods and services. This course will assist the student in developing both quantitative and qualitative skills to utilize current methodologies, systems, and technology to plan, execute, implement, and analyze performance of the organization and its resources. | Online Synchronous (QLT) |
 PHHA 425W | Research & Evaluation in Health:(opens in new window) This course is designed to provide students with practical research skills that will be useful in a variety of professional public health settings. This is an introductory research methods and evaluation course with a focus on skill development and practical application. | Online Asynchronous (IAEL, Go Virtual) |
 POLS 631 | Research Methods:(opens in new window) This course is an introduction to the quantitative analysis of politics and pairs rigorous investigation of methodological techniques with intensive readings, papers, and oral presentations. The course focuses on the application of research methods to policy problems and to problems in Political Science. | In Person |
 PSSC 274 | Greenhouse Management:(opens in new window) This course is a survey of the greenhouse crop production industry, emphasizing fundamentals for management practices. Greenhouse environmental control methods (i.e. heating, cooling, humidity, light, and CO2); production systems; substrates; irrigation, and fertilization are the main topics. | In Person Online Synchronous (IAEL, Go Virtual, QLT) |
 PSYC 381 | Abnormal Psychology:(opens in new window) Introduction to the study of psychopathology (or psychology disorders) with an emphasis on diagnostic criteria, assessment and testing, and treatment models. | Online Synchronous (Go Virtual) |
 RHPM 446 | Natural Resources Management:(opens in new window) This course teaches how to manage the interactions between natural resources and users to ensure sustainable outdoor recreation. The course also explores methods for monitoring recreational impacts, and approaches to managing resource quality and recreational opportunities. | Online, Synchronous + Asynchronous (IAEL, Go Virtual, DIgital Pedagogy) |
 SOCI 363 | Sociology of Stress:(opens in new window) This course examines the ways that social life contributes to human stress, and how stress impacts health and well-being. Students explore the ways that families, relationships, school, jobs, and social inequalities influence the effects of stress on our lives. Various coping and adaptation strategies are discussed. | Online Asynchronous |
 SPAN 303 | Advanced Oral Expression:(opens in new window) This course offers intensive practice in the spoken language at an advanced level of proficiency, particularly in more formal registers. Students participate in guided conversations and discussions, and the focus is on public discourse, such as debates and speeches. The students are engaged in self-reflexive activities geared toward best practices in public speaking and oral communication. | In Person (IAEL, Go Virtual, Improve Your Pedagogy) |
 SPAN 331 | Spanish Culture and Civilization:(opens in new window) This course is designed as a virtual study abroad to Spain, and aims to offer an overview of Spanish culture and civilization throughout history up to the contemporary and current period. The course looks at a set of ideas and cultural and political customs that have shaped the historical trajectory of the Spanish people. | In Person Online Asynchronous (IAEL, Go Virtual) |
 SPED 664 | Instructional and Assistive Technology:(opens in new window) This course addresses the use of instructional and assistive technology for the organization and management of interventions to meet the needs of the full range of learners. In this course, enrollees will demonstrate competence in administering, interpreting and utilizing instructional and assistive technology to provide access to learning and to use those tools to promote formal and informal assessments of the literacy and communication skills of students with disabilities. | Online Synchronous |
 SPED 680 | Advanced Methods & Curriculum for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder:(opens in new window) The purpose of this course is to provide education specialist candidates or interns and related service providers with in-depth knowledge of educational services for students who have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Students will evaluate and apply evidence-based practices, behavioral programs and strategies designed specifically for K-12 students with ASD. | Online Asynchronous (QLT) |
