Intensive Session Offerings

In order to ensure that courses are retaining sufficient TOI-related content when they are offered in sessions of four weeks or less, Common Curriculum courses must seek special approval for offering in Intensive Sessions (usually Winter and May terms). After Winter 2025, all previously approved General Education courses with Content Areas (CA) will lose their approval status and must seek re-approval if they plan to transition to TOIs.

To have your course considered for Intensive Session offering, submit a request through CourseLeaf (aka CIM). Select "Yes" for the item that says, "Intensive Session," and then upload:

    • A full semester syllabus and schedule (Fall or Spring) with CC alignment
    • An intensive semester syllabus and schedule that uses the same approved course learning objectives as the full-semester version

A list of currently approved Intensive Session courses under General Education for CAs can be found on our old GEOC site.

The running list of approved Intensive Session courses in the Common Curriculum is as follows:

  • CAMS 1103 Classical Mythology (CA1 to TOI2)
  • CHIN 3270 Chinese Film (CA1, CA4Int to TOI2, TOI3)
  • COMM 1000 The Process of Communication (CA2 to TOI2, TOI5)
  • EEB 2100E Global Change Ecology (TOI4, TOI6)
  • EPSY 1830 Critical and Creative Thinking in the Movies (CA2 to TOI1)
  • ERTH (GEOG) 1000E The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene (CA3, EL to TOI4, TOI6)
  • EVST 1000E Introduction to Environmental Studies (CA2, EL to TOI4, TOI5)
  • HDFS 1060 Close Relationships Across the Lifespan (CA2 to TOI5)
  • HDFS 2001 Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences (CA4 to TOI2, TOI3)
  • HRTS 1007 Introduction to Human Rights (CA2, CA4INT to TOI3, TOI5)
  • NRE 2215E Introduction to Water Resources (EL to TOI4)
  • PHIL 1106 Non-Western and Comparative Philosophy (CA1, CA4INT to TOI2, TOI5)
  • POLS 3642 African-American Politics (CA4 to TOI2, TOI3)
  • SOCI 1251 Social Problems (CA2, CA4 to TOI3, TOI5)
  • SPAN 1010 Contemporary Spanish Culture and Society through Film (CA1, CA4INT to TOI2, TOI3)
  • SPAN 1020 Intersections of Art, Fashion, Film, and Music in Modern Spain (CA1, CA4INT to TOI2, TOI3)
  • URBN 1300 Exploring Your Community (CA2, CA4 to TOI3, TOI5)
  • URBN 1400 Site and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music (CA2, CA4 to TOI3, TOI5)
  • WGSS 1105 Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life (CA2, CA4 to TOI3, TOI5)
  • WGSS 2204 Feminisms and the Arts (CA1, CA4 to TOI1, TOI3)
  • WGSS 2217 Women, Gender, and Film (CA1, CA4 to TOI1, TOI2)