Curriculum and instructional support
ROSeY TEACHing Tier System
Teaching Efficiency and Awareness with Course Hierarchies (TEACH) with four (4) TEACHing Tiers (ROSeY) for degree programs.
Courses within the SOLS B.S. degree programs have been categorically framed into a situational awareness Teaching Efficiency and Awareness with Course Hierarchies (TEACH) system with four (4) TEACHing Tiers (ROSeY) that prioritize our degree program curricula. This TEACHing Tier system ensures that SOLS meets the instructional and curricular needs of its undergraduate degree programs and provides students with courses that ensure academic progress toward their B.S. degree.
Courses are color-coded based on their assigned teaching tier.
Course modifications and new course proposals
Course modifications include changes to pre-requisites, co-requisites or anti-requisites, course descriptions, credit hours or teaching modality. To start a proposal for a course modification, please complete the course modification form:
New courses always start as a special topics course. Some things to keep in mind:
- Special topics courses cannot have pre-requisites
- A note can be added about recommended pre-reqs, but cannot be enforced
- Special topics can only be combined with courses of the same level (300-level to 300-level), with the exception of 494/591 and 498/598.
Courses must be offered at least twice within 3 years and must have more than 10 students enrolled for two terms before the course can be reviewed for a permanent number. SOLS also considers the following before proposing a new permanent course:
- How will this course fit into the existing undergraduate degree curriculum?
- How does this course differ from currently offered courses?
- What is the long-term plan for offering this course?
- Are there other faculty who can teach this course?
To start a proposal for a new course or course modification, please complete the appropriate form located with the Course and Curricular Deadlines.
The proposal forms linked below must be submitted one year in advance of the offering as the proposals have four levels of approval:
- SOLS
- The College (and EdPlus for an online modality)
- Provost’s Office
- Registrar’s Office
Please be sure to submit the forms by the following SOLS deadline dates:
- January 15 for a spring course the next academic year
- August 15 for a fall course the next academic year
Course scheduling
The schedule of classes process works one calendar year in advance. Undergraduate Programs considers the following items as it develops the schedule:
- The major map of each degree program.
- Consistent offerings of TEACHing Tier 1, 2 and 3 courses
- Enrollment projections
- Student demand
Please contact your Faculty Leader for more information about the process.
Classroom assignments and reservations
There are two categories of academic classrooms used for SOLS courses:
University-controlled rooms, which must meet a specific meeting pattern. A list of university-controlled rooms on the Room List Spreadsheets via the Astra scheduling website Spreadsheets are available by term. Once the appropriate sheet is selected, be sure to click on the tab for the Tempe campus.
It is recommended that faculty physically visit their classroom space at least two months before the beginning of the term. Should you need assistance with the technology in the room, you can schedule a technology orientation for your classroom with Classroom Support: Classroom.Support@asu.edu.
SOLS-controlled rooms, which are limited in size and availability.
Faculty can check the list of departmentally-controlled rooms on the SOLS Classrooms List . It is also recommended that faculty physically visit their SOLS classroom space at least two months before the beginning of the term.
- Questions related to an academic classroom or lab should be directed to solscourses@asu.edu.
- Events or seminars are managed by SOLS events staff.This includes events that need a SOLS space or another University location.
- Meetings not related to a course are requested via SOLS events staff.
For access to departmentally-controlled rooms, contact SOLS Facilities.
For access to University-controlled rooms, contact rooms@asu.edu or 480-965-6578
Instructional support
Classroom Support provides audiovisual support and common computing services to the ASU faculty and staff for university-controlled classrooms.
- 1-855-278-5082 (call or text)
- Classroom.Support@asu.edu
- To report a non-urgent issue, click here.
Need a technology orientation for your classroom? Schedule a session today!
Classroom Support does not provide orientations or assistance with equipment in departmentally managed classroom spaces. Should you need support related to the technology in a SOLS controlled room, please review the resources provided in the TLC Toolkit or contact UTO Deskside Support below.
Get assistance with your software and computer IT needs from an ASU representative by clicking on the link below or by calling:
- (480) 965-6500 or (855) 278-5080.
- https://webapp4.asu.edu/myasu/staff/service
Both you and your students are eligible for walk-in tech support for your university or personally owned devices from Tech Devil Consultants located in the Creativity Commons
For information on the amount of instructional support allocated to a course, please contact solscourses@asu.edu.
For information on Graduate Teaching Assistant placement, contact Graduate Programs.
For information on Academic Associate placement, contact solscourses@asu.edu.
Faculty members should submit their textbook adoptions via the Bookstore’s online adoption tool, Follett Discover.
- To access Discover, faculty should sign into their MyASU account, and then in the “My Classes” box, click on the textbook icon directly to the right of their assigned course/section line number.
- For questions about Follett Discover, please contact Chris Hanks at christopher.hanks@asu.edu
- For a desk copy or e-version of a textbook, faculty should submit a request directly to the publisher or distributor. A list of the frequently used publishers and their respective webpages can be found here
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For support in finding contact information for a publisher that is not listed, please refer to the Follett Discover resources on MyASU.
Supplies of scantron sheets, pencils and other office supplies are available to faculty via the Undergraduate Programs Central Office in LSC 104.
Faculty may also check in with the Business Office (LSE 222) for other office supplies.
For other classroom supply needs, please email the Business Office at sols-business@asu.edu.
For lab supply needs, please contact Scot Schoenborn and Ben Crane.
Faculty may access course past and present evaluation results by logging in with their ASURITE ID at http://asu.edu/evaluate
Results will be available for the current semester after all grades are entered for the department.
Printer requests
If you wish to have the Undergraduate Programs Office process your copies, please email SOLSCourses@asu.edu 2 business days prior to your exam date. We will not be able to process copy requests on the day of your exam.
Please provide details on your copies
- Double-sided?
- Different color first page?
- Number of copies per version (if multiple versions)
You will receive an email when your copies are ready. They can be picked up in LSC 104 during regular business hours.
If you wish to make the copies yourself, please go to The Undergraduate Programs Office in LSC 104 to gain access to the copier during regular business hours.
For after hours copying, there is a small copier in LSA 123 for faculty use or the copier in the 2nd floor mailroom in LSE building.