Gonzaga CHS courses must be college-level in curriculum and assessments in order to meet Gonzaga’s standards for content, quality, and rigor. Gonzaga CHS courses must be similar to courses offered on-campus at Gonzaga in course content, competencies, and learning outcomes.
Gonzaga CHS courses are required to use texts and resources that are challenging and in alignment with the course content.
CHS students should receive the course syllabus no later than the second day of the CHS class.
The syllabus is to include information about the CHS opportunity for students, the contact information for the CHS staff, the Gonzaga CHS website address, and important program dates (all supplied by the CHS staff). The syllabus should be approved by Gonzaga’s faculty mentor in the respective content-specific departments at the time of application. Courses should follow the syllabus that was submitted and approved at the time of application.
Assessments
Examples of course assessments (tests, quizzes, labs, writing prompts, projects, etc.) are required at the time of the faculty mentor site visit for all Gonzaga CHS courses.
Gonzaga CHS courses should incorporate multiple forms of assessments and must include final exams. High school policies allowing certain students exemption from final exams should not apply to CHS courses.