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Course Transformation Program

Currently in its second year, the Course Transformation Program (CTP) is an initiative of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, supported through work by the Center for Teaching and Learning. The program is designed to promote higher levels of success across the university's large, lower-division gateway courses. Over the next three to five years, CTL will partner with faculty to redesign eight to ten such courses.

About
The Course Transformation Program is a central element in President Powers’ campaign to make UT Austin a leader in reinventing higher education for the 21st century. It aims to redesign large enrollment, lower division classes to improve student learning and advance educational excellence.

Courses
Course Transformation Projects for the 2010-2011 academic year include Introductory Biology, Principles of Chemistry and Statistics: Data Analysis for the Health Sciences. The second cycle began in 2012 and includes Micro and Macroeconomics, E 316K Masterworks of Literature, and Introduction to Psychology.

Partners
The program is supported by two faculty led advisory panels, as well as the Mazur Group at Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative.

News
The latest news about the program and links to past press releases.

Apply
The proposal and acceptance process for 2011-2012 has concluded. Information on the next CTP cycle will be posted as it becomes available.