SUMMER COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, UIUC

With support from the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Program, the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is offering a course development grant of $2500 (as summer salary).  The grant must be utilized to develop a new course within the area of Middle Eastern Studies. Courses should demonstrably fill essential needs that are now unmet by established curriculum, may offer new interdisciplinary perspectives, and must be envisioned as permanent additions to UIUC undergraduate curriculum.

Title VI specifies that courses must be focused on Middle East area content. Courses on Middle Eastern populations/themes in other regions of the world are not eligible.

As stated in our Title VI Proposal, preference will be given to proposals for interdisciplinary courses and proposals from the professional schools.

One proposal will be funded for 2008.

All fulltime, non-visiting faculty on the UIUC campus are eligible to apply

TO APPLY : Submit a proposal of 3-4 pages, addressing the following:

  • Suggested course title and brief description (appropriate for course catalogue)
  • Geographical focus (national, regional, comparative)
  • Expected course credit
  • Course Format: ­lecture, lecture/discussion, seminar
  • Course level (100, 200, 300, 400)
  • Expected semester and year in which you will first teach the course and the expected frequency with which it will be offered in future.
  • Role of the course in your department's curriculum and in an interdisciplinary context (i.e., elective course for minor, major, master's degree; potential for cross-listing with other departments; pre-requisites)
  • Outline of potential course content, ­including broad conceptual or theoretical issues, major readings and assignments. 

DEADLINE :           April 15, 2008
NOTIFICATION :    April 30, 2008

Please submit applications to:

Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 221 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street , Champaign , IL 61820 MC-489

Recipients must submit a final report (due Sept. 30, 2008), consisting of a brief narrative outline of the outcomes and the completed course syllabus.

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