ALE Course Designation
Kansas State University is committed to providing all degree-seeking students with an Applied Learning Experience before they graduate, fulfilling our commitment to prepare students for life beyond K-State. Courses will be designated as an Applied Learning Experiences course in the course catalog.
This webpage serves as a resource to faculty, staff, and administrators interested in designating a course as an Applied Learning Experience.
- Fall Semester 2027 Courses: January 23, 2027
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Spring and Summer 2028 Courses: April 24, 2027
The ALE team is available via email at appliedlearning@k-state.edu.
Course designation process
The course designation process begins with submitting the relevant forms in Coursedog. For newly created courses, complete the new course form. For existing courses, complete the change course form.
Contact us at appliedlearning@ksu.edu for assistance with these forms.
The full ALE course designation process is outlined in the Approval, Routing, and Notification Policies for Course and Curriculum Process, or ARN, Appendix D.
For the full ARN, follow this link:
If the course is approved and currently exists in the catalog, it will be forwarded to the registrar for inclusion in next year’s academic catalog. Courses that are denied for inclusion will be returned to the appropriate school or college with a brief rationale, noting the option to resubmit to the ALE Course Team or to remove the Applied Learning Experience designation request and move forward by sending the proposal to the Faculty Senate committees for review.
Checklist
All courses designated as Applied Learning Experiences must incorporate four components aligned with the ALE framework. The ALE Course team will use the following checklist to ensure alignment.
| Requirement | Criterion | Evidence |
| The proposer has planned the required assignments within the syllabus. | The syllabus includes the required ALE assignments (outlined below). The assignments are clearly indicated as ALE assignments in the course syllabus. | Syllabus |
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Requirement 1 Experiences involve learner engagement at least equivalent to the intensity, depth and/or time commitment of a 1-credit-hour course, a minimum of 45 hours engagement in total. The experience is not required to be credit-bearing. |
The experience is equivalent to the intensity of a 1-credit-hour course, a minimum 45 hours of sustained engagement. | Syllabus Upload |
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Requirement 2 Experiences are intentionally designed to develop professional, technical, personal, and/or interpersonal skills. These learning outcomes and competencies are supported and assessed. |
a. The experience is intentionally designed to develop professional, technical, personal, and/ or interpersonal skills. b. An appropriate system is detailed for each student to have a knowledgeable mentor. c. The mentor, student, and faculty all bear responsibility to ensuring the experience provides the richest learning possible. d. There is sufficient flexibility and formative feedback to ensure the learner can react and adjust during the experience. |
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Requirement 3 Experiences incorporate purposeful experience, active engagement, and critical reflection. The learner is responsible for the sharing and communication of new understandings and the application to new situations. |
a. The experience is authentic in nature. It involves real, current problems and/or solutions from business, industry, community, university, or other career partners. The experience does not involve simulation or contrived variables. b.Through the reflective process, learners develop a sense of being: the sense that they are not just experiencing something, but that they are developing a professional identity. c.There is opportunity for shared reflection with the mentor and when appropriate amongst peers. |
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Applied Learning Experiences
appliedlearning@k-state.edu
103 Leadership Studies Building
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6087