Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) University-wide approval required: The
following curriculum changes require university-wide approval:
(1) Addition of courses.
(2) Deletion of courses.
(3) Changes in bulletin
descriptions.
(4) Addition of
degrees, majors, minors, tracks, certificates and programs.
(5) Changes in degrees, majors, minors,
tracks, certificates and programs.
(6) Deletions of degrees, majors, minors,
tracks, certificates and programs.
(7) Proposals to change any university-wide
curriculum requirements.
(8)
Changes of general education requirements.
(B) Proposing a curriculum change.
(1) Each college shall have its own
procedures for proposing curricular changes consistent with the requirements of
this rule. These procedures shall be described on the college website or in a
document that is available from the dean's office.
(2) Curriculum change proposals shall
originate within the academic unit that is to offer the course(s). Curriculum
change proposals may be initiated only by fulltime
faculty as defined by the academic unit
.
(a) For purposes of this rule, "academic
unit" means any group having a separate identity that participates in the
offering of curricula. It includes academic departments, schools that do not
have departments, colleges that do not have departments or schools, and
institutes and centers that offer courses of academic study.
(b) When an interdisciplinary curriculum
change is proposed that involves more than one academic unit, one unit shall be
designated as the originating unit, but each unit involved must approve the
proposal before it is reviewed by the college(s).
(3) Proposals may be submitted to the
automated curriculum review system at any time.
(C) College review: After a curriculum change
proposal has been approved by the academic unit(s), the appropriate college
review committee(s) shall review and approve or disapprove the proposal. The
college review committee may request clarification of or changes to the
proposal before it approves or disapproves it. All such
requests and subsequent changes shall be recorded in the automated curriculum
review system. A majority of the members of the college review committee
shall be full-time
faculty members of the college who do not
also hold administrative appointments.
(D) Institutional review: A curriculum change
proposal that has been approved by the college(s) shall be released by the
authorized personnel of the college(s) for institutional review.
Institutional review bodies
with a role in recommending proposals for
approval include graduate school,
general education advisory committee (GEAC), and
curriculum review committee (
CRC).
Institutional review bodies without a role in
recommending proposals for approval but which need to be notified and may wish
to make comments, include university libraries, registrar, and institutional
research.
(1) If an
institutional review body recommends changes to a proposal, the originator of
the proposal may make such changes, subject to approval by the academic unit
and college if required by college procedures. Any such changes shall be
recorded in the automated curriculum review system.
(2)
Any institutional
review body may make comments on proposals, and these comments shall be
recorded in the automated curriculum review system.
(3)
Institutional
review bodies with a role in recommending proposals for approval shall do so in
the automated curriculum review system.
(4)
GEAC shall be a subcommittee
of CRC, and shall be responsible for reviewing curriculum change
proposals that affect general education requirements.
(E) University-wide review.
(1) Two weeks after the curriculum change
proposal was released for institutional review, it shall be
reviewed by CRC
.
(2)
CRC shall be
responsible for reviewing curriculum change proposals from a comprehensive,
university-wide perspective. This review shall consider, among other things,
the appropriateness of the academic unit offering the course(s) or program(s)
and the effect the proposal may have on academic units in the
colleges.
(3)
The CRC shall consider any recommendations for changes
or comments that may have been made by institutional review
bodies.
(4)
If there are any unresolved recommendations or comments
from institutional review bodies, CRC shall attempt to resolve these
issues.
(5)
The CRC shall recommend to the faculty senate either
that it approve or that it disapprove the proposed curriculum change. Each such
recommendation shall be reported to the faculty senate at its next regular
meeting.
(F)
Faculty senate
review: The faculty senate shall either approve or disapprove each curriculum
change proposal reported by the CRC. Proposals that are approved by the faculty
senate shall be forwarded to the office of academic affairs.
(G)
Provost review:
The senior vice president and provost or his or her designee shall, within two
weeks, approve or disapprove any curriculum change proposals forwarded to it by
the faculty senate and shall inform the originator of the proposal and the
faculty senate of his or her decision. If a proposal is disapproved, a
statement of the reason(s) for the disapproval shall be
included.
(H)
Deadlines: The deadline periods specified above shall
include only days that fall within the fall or spring semester, excluding
university holidays and recesses.
