Eu centers proposal submission guidelines

(6) Curriculum Development on European and EU Themes
The Center will provide funds through a competitive application for faculty to help them organize and teach an existing course around the themes of the EU.
I. We will fund the creation of a “signature course” on the EU and will hold an open competition to design such a course for the Fall 2012 semester. The Signature Course series is the centerpiece of UT’s Curriculum Reform. The signature course program provides all first-year students at UT with a course that helps them transition from promising high school students to good, effective college students. As such, it constitutes an important gateway course that can shape what students will study during their time at UT. Our focus over the three-year grant cycle period will be on “leadership in the EU and/or EU-US Relations.” We have the strong support of Dean Paul Woodruff, who has implemented these required signature courses and integrated them into the curriculum, for this theme related to EU and/or EU-US relations. Seminar classes include 15-20 students, large lecture classes 50-100 students (with a Teaching Assistant provided for every 50 students for Friday discussion sections).
II. We will be providing funds for competitive proposals for the development and instruction of courses related to commerce and business in the EU. In doing so, as part of our overall commitment to connecting the humanities with the work of professional schools, we aim to fashion courses for roughly 30-35 students that are useful for both business and liberal arts majors. There is a great demand for these sorts of interdisciplinary courses, and we believe that a course that emphasizes transnational aspects of business would be appealing to students of both majors. The course will emphasize not only the business side of the comparative study, but also cultural and historical aspects of establishing successful business relationships in the EU.