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The Curriculum Committee recommends reading all sections of this page before submitting your proposal
Table of Contents
Overview of the Course Proposal Process
Schematic Diagram of Course Proposal and Review Process
How to submit your proposal
Important dates for the proposal process
Spring 2026 BOLLI Class Schedule
Examples of outstanding proposals from prior terms(s)
BOLLI strives to deliver high-quality courses in a welcoming and supportive environment. Members who would like to teach their first course at BOLLI are encouraged to attend the panels sponsored by the Study Group Support Committee in the summer and winter sessions and use the online workbook.
First-time SGLs and any SGLs who have not taught in the last 3 years, should let the BOLLI Executive Director and the Curriculum Committee Chair know of your interest prior to developing and submitting a proposal. An interview with the Curriculum Committee Chair or Co-Chair is an essential next step in understanding your plans and matching you with a liaison from the Curriculum Committee, who will help you refine and advance the course proposal.
Members who have taught at BOLLI in the past three years should reach out directly to their liaisons and after confirming the appropriateness of their topic proceed directly to proposal submission. A schematic of the review process is shown below.
To create and submit your proposal:
1. Your Curriculum Committee liaison may have emailed you a copy of the proposal form, which is a Word document. If you would like to download the proposal form, copy the link below and paste it into your browser:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bxyk-z--A--Cecvo6_GO396g38M9r14C/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106191538764405577952&rtpof=true&sd=true
The form initially opens as a Google doc.
a. When the form opens, click on File and then click on Download. This will display several file format options.
b. Select Microsoft Word.docx.
c. Now Save the proposal form to your computer - just remember to select a place where you can find it!
2. Fill in the requested information. As long as you save it you can continue working on it until you are satisfied with it. Adhere to maximum word counts where indicated. Yellow-highlighted items appear in the course catalog so put your best foot forward for these. Others are intended to convey information to the committee and/or to make you think about how you will deliver the course.
3. When completed to your satisfaction, save the document with your completed work. (If you are on a Mac and haven't been working in Word, you must export the completed document in Word format.) Then click the link at the bottom of the form and follow the instructions that will ask you some brief questions and lead you to upload the form into our online system.
4. You should receive an automated email acknowledging our receipt. We will need time to consider proposals, likely request changes, and decide on approvals.
5. If you need to revise your proposal later DO NOT REPEAT THE ABOVE STEPS. (Our online system would treat the new upload as an additional course.) Instead email the revised version to your liaison.
Important Dates for Fall 2026 Term Submissions
March 27. 2026 - Intent to Propose
April 24, 2026 - Proposals Due
May 11, 2026 - Proposals finalized
Fall_2026_Course_Schedule_FINAL.docxExamples of outstanding proposals from prior terms
The Rise and Fall of China: Politics, Party and the rise to Power
McKnight S23 Proposal V3.docxHow “a Slave was Made a Man”: Frederick Douglass and the Long Road to Freedom
Malinowska Proposal 2023.V2.docxMusic Unbound: The Rise of Romanticism
Koznin.docxThree Bohemian Artists from the School of Paris: Modigliani, Soutine and Chagall
Alimansky S23 Proposal V2.docxGoogle Sites
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