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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Process

I. NEW PROGRAM PROPOSALS (MAJOR, MINORs, CONCENTRATIONS, CERTIFICATES)

  1. Department chair and Academic college curriculum committee approval is obtained.
  2. After approval by the college dean, the Vice-President of Academic Affairs (VPAA), or designee, reviews the proposal and submits to other departments (as per Board of Regents Policy).
  3. Once sign off has been obtained from applicable departments, the VPAA, or designee, will submit to UCC Chair.
  4. UCC chair will present to Faculty Senate if approved.
  5. Once approved by Faculty Senate, UCC chair forwards the proposal to the VPAA or designee will submit to the Board of Regents for approval. The Board of Regents must approve new program proposals /certificates and in some cases, concentrations if they are considered to be a substantive change.
  6. If Board of Regents approval is granted, the VPAA or designee will determine if the new major, minor, concentration, or certificate needs SACSCOC approval or notification.
  7. Once all of the necessary approvals are obtained, the VPAA, or designee, will submit the new program approval form to the Registrar.

II. NEW COURSE PROPOSALS

  1. After department/program review, proposals are completed by the department and approved and sent by the department chair to the college curriculum committee that will send the proposals to the college dean, if approved.
  2. Upon college dean approval, the dean will forward the proposal to the VPAA, or designee, to ensure that they do not contradict any board policies.
  3. The VPAA, or designee, will forward the proposal and any other supporting documents to the UCC Chair.
  4. Once a proposal is approved by the UCC, it is presented to Faculty Senate for approval.
  5. After Faculty Senate approval, the UCC Chair will forward the proposal to the VPAA, or designee, or final review and then onto the Registrar for inclusion into the Student Information System, and subsequently the next academic catalog.

III. MODIFICATION OF EXISTING:

Courses

  1. After department/program review, proposals are completed by the department and sent by department chair to the college college curriculum committee who send it to the college dean, if approved.
  2. Upon college dean approval, the dean will forward the proposal to the VPAA, or designee, to ensure that they do not contradict any board policies.
  3. The VPAA, or designee, will:
  1. Forward the proposal and any other supporting documents to the UCC Chair for approval by UCC and Faculty Senate if the change is considered to be substantive, or
  2. Forward to the Registrar if the change is considered to be an edit and will not change the course requirements, content, delivery method, prerequisites, or corequisites, and doesn’t affect other courses/programs.

Program curriculum and program requirement

  1. After department/program review, a proposal containing the modifications will be sent with the department chair approval to the college curriculum committee and then the college dean, if approved.
  2. Upon college dean approval, the dean will forward the proposal to the VPAA, or designee, to ensure that they do not contradict any board policies.
  3. Upon Academic Affairs approval, the proposal will move to the UCC Chair.
  4. Upon UCC approval, the proposal will be presented to Faculty Senate for approval.
  5. After Faculty Senate approval, the UCC Chair, or designee, will forward the proposal to the VPAA, or designee, and the Registrar for inclusion in the next academic catalog.

IV. GENERAL PROCEDURES

Items for action must be placed on the agenda at least five business days prior to the meeting. Items must be submitted in Courseleaf to the UCC chair in order to be placed on agenda.

  1. All proposals and catalog modifications should have been edited thoroughly for spelling, grammar, and punctuation prior to submission to UCC. (UCC cannot devote meeting time to significant editorial revision work and will return documents requiring edits to their authors.)
  2. Second Readings: Matters involving approval of new programs, certificate programs, academic majors, academic minors, new courses, changes in program curriculum and other significant academic policy changes must be approved by two readings at successive meetings. The second reading may be waived by unanimous consent.
  3. Any member of Faculty Council may formally request to review any matter considered by UCC.

Updated on 6/27/2023