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Creating New Special Topics Courses

Creating New Special Topics Courses

Departments and programs may request special topics courses via the Registrar Support form. When these requests come in, they will be reviewed by the Curriculum Manager. Follow the steps below to review these requests and create special topics courses.

  1. Go to https://nextcatalog.tulane.edu/courseadmin/ 

  1. Find out course number (typically, X81X numbering convention is followed) 

  1. Figure out if special topics course is actually needed by looking it up. If it exists already, but is inactive, reactivate the course. If it does not exist, follow the steps below.

  1. Know what you’re copying from – find an already existing special topics course similar to what you’re creating. 

  1. Click Propose New Course

  1. Click Propose New from Existing Course and enter course you’re copying from in Quick Add 

  1. Enter admin admin for Proposer Name/Email 

  1. Variable Title Course should always be Yes 

  1. Enter course number 

  1. Usually, special topics courses are Variable Credit; enter credit range 

  1. Enter all schedule types that they might possibly need 

  1. Effective Term will be whatever the school requested 

  1. Academic Level will follow course number (1000-5999 is undergraduate, 6000+ is graduate) 

  1. 6000-6999 can be both undergraduate and graduate 

  1. Default answer for repeated for credit is Yes, number of repeats should be blank, maximum credits is 99 

  1. Grade Mode should follow Grade Mode Guidance 

  1. Prerequisites is always No 

  1. Catalog description: Specialty courses on particular topics taught by permanent or visiting faculty. Consult department or instructor for course description. Course with different topics may be repeated up to unlimited times for credit. 

  1. Faculty name/email put dashes 

  1. Leave rest blank 

  1. No core requirements should be selected (may be added at the section level) 

  1. Course Learning Outcomes put dash 

  1. Add Placeholder Syllabus (blank document) under Attach Syllabus  

  1. Click Admin Save 

  1. Go to The Banner Bridge portal: https://bannerssb.tulane.edu/PROD/  

  1. Log in and go to CIM bridge 

  1. Enter Course ID and click Submit 

  1. Push into Banner and then click “Continue and Remove from Queue.”