Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A)
Educational
policies council. For complete information on this council, see rules
3342-2-05 and
3342-2-06 of the Administrative
Code and this register.
(B)
Responsibility and authority. The responsibilities and
authority of the educational policies council shall be as follows:
(1)
Long-range
academic planning, both conceptually and structurally, for the university. It
is understood, of course, that this long-range planning shall reflect the
mission and goals of the university as these are defined by the board and the
president jointly. A close, coordinated interrelationship is to be presumed
between the educational policies council and agencies established by the board
and/or the president;
(2)
Overall curricular planning and policy guidelines for
the university;
(3)
Sensitivity to proliferation and duplication of courses
and programs;
(4)
Arbitration of interdepartmental and intercollegial
curricular disputes or misunderstandings;
(5)
Monitoring of
curricular changes generated by a specific academic unit of the university as
they affect other academic departments, majors, and colleges;
(6)
At its
discretion, review of all curricular changes and proposals originating with
other academic units to assure effective adherence to university-wide
policies;
(7)
Action on matters referred to it by college curriculum
committees specified in preceding paragraphs; and
(8)
Approval of new
or altered academic programs, policies, operational procedures and regulations
and administrative structures (e.g., academic department,
college).
(C)
Periodic review of the educational policies council.
The responsibility, authority and structure of the educational policies council
shall be reviewed each two years or at any time review may be considered
appropriate by majority vote of the whole membership of the educational
policies council.
(D)
Procedures of the educational policies council. All
curricular changes whether initiated and determined by department, college or
other curricular body shall be reported to and published in the agenda of the
educational policies council. This publication will give notice to all academic
units of proposed curricular changes thereby affording them the opportunity to
comment upon the proposals. All curricular bodies and academic units must be
mindful of certain time limitations such as deadlines for catalog copy when
proposing or commenting upon curricular changes. After a prescribed period of
time succeeding the publication of curricular proposals, they will become
effective as outlined in the balance of this statement; if any curricular
proposal is questioned by any other curricular body or academic unit within the
time allowed after publication, the issue will be resolved as outlined in the
balance of this statement and upon resolution becomes effective.
(1)
Curricular
matters determined and proposed solely by academic departments shall be as
follows:
(a)
Changes in course descriptions not involving substantial changes in course
content;
(b)
Changes in course titles not involving substantial
changes in course content;
(c)
Changes in course
prerequisites not affecting any other academic unit;
(d)
Inactivation of
courses not affecting any other academic unit; and
(e)
Changes in course
numbers not affecting level.
(2)
Curricular
changes initiated by academic departments but forwarded to parent college
curriculum committees for approval shall be as follows:
(a)
Changes in course
credit hours;
(b)
Changes in course numbers affecting the level of
courses;
(c)
Inactivation of courses affecting other academic
programs or general curricular requirements within the parent
college;
(d)
New or additional courses;
(e)
Substantial
changes in course content affecting description and title, constituting
essentially new courses; and
(f)
Changes in or
establishment of major, minor and certificate admission, course and graduation
requirements consistent with university-wide policies.
(3)
Curricular changes initiated by academic departments but forwarded to parent
college for approval and to other affected academic units for acknowledgement
shall be as follows:
(a)
Inactivation of courses specified in degree programs or
general curricular requirements of colleges other than the parent
college;
(b)
Substantial changes in content affecting title and
description of courses required in academic programs or other curricular
requirements of colleges other than the parent college;
(c)
Changes in
prerequisite of courses required in academic programs or other curricular
requirements of colleges other than the parent college;
(d)
Changes in course
numbers affecting level of courses required in academic programs or other
curricular requirements of colleges other than the parent college;
and
(e)
Establishment of new or additional courses designed for
academic programs or other curricular requirements of other than the parent
college.
(4)
Curricular matters initiated and determined by college
curriculum bodies shall be as follows:
(a)
Policies for
major, minor and certificate programs; proposed departures from university-wide
policies shall be approved by the educational policies council;
and
(b)
General curricular policies and requirements for the
college; proposed departures from university- wide policies shall be approved
by the educational policies council.
(5)
Independent
schools, honors college, graduate studies, undergraduate studies and university
libraries shall function in a fashion parallel to the college curriculum
committees.
Replaces: 3342-2-07
