Program and Curricular Change

1) Program Chair/Coordinator submits the proposal for the curriculum change and a revision of the program design document (includes program mission, learning goals mapped to the curriculum, other program design elements) to their Dean and school curriculum committee.

2) Dean reviews proposed curriculum change proposal (as approved by the appropriate school-based curriculum committees). If the Dean deems the proposed curriculum change not to be significant, the proposal is submitted directly to the Provost for approval. Alternatively, if the Dean determines the proposed curriculum change has significant impact (e.g. to program mission, learning outcomes, design; to anticipated increases or decreases in the number of majors served), the proposal will be presented to additional groups for review. In either case, written documentation of the Dean’s rationale should accompany the proposal. In the case of undergraduate programs, the proposed curriculum change will be presented to the Council of Deans and forwarded to CAP for review and recommendation to the Provost. In the case of graduate programs, the proposed curriculum change will be forwarded to the Graduate Program Council (GPC), the Council of Graduate Deans, and CAP for review and recommendation. The recommendations of these groups will then be forwarded to the Provost. In all cases where the curricular change 1) impacts other departments or programs or 2) changes the number of required courses in that program, the proposal must be submitted to the Council of Deans and CAP prior to submission to the Provost.

3) Upon final approval by the Provost, revised program design document is filed in the Office of Academic Affairs.

Recommended by CAP

Approved by Provost, October 2008