At department request, financial support for curricular experiential or career development programming in courses can be planned, one or more years in advance, as a part of the Careers & Experiential Education team budget cycle. The C&EE team has a modest operating budget based on a combination of student fees and matched allocation (or greater) from the Faculty of Social Sciences. The budget plan for the next academic year is approved annually by a governing council of students and faculty at a council meeting held early each new calendar year.

Interested chairs, directors, or undergraduate chairs operating social sciences programs and courses can reach out to be considered for one-time or regular inclusion in this budget, which might create more certainty and confidence and help avoid the need for the instructor(s) to make (or repeat) application-based funding requests during the academic year. To make requests, or to start the conversation, program leaders should reach out at any time before the end of the Fall curriculum cycle the calendar year prior to the first planned expenses.

Budget allocation planning will typically be coordinated with the Dean’s office. Approved plans will typically require a matched commitment to the experience articulated in the curriculum course description, as outlined above. Budget plans with significant costs may or may not need to involve course fee or program fee elements — but modest budget allocations will certainly not always require them.