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University Curriculum Committee (UCC) of the Faculty Senate

Role and Responsibility of the UCC

Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article 5, Section 5. The Committee on Curriculum (October 2003)

The Committee on Curriculum shall:

• Recommend approval, modification, or rejection of proposed academic curricula on a periodic basis, including use of criteria on the scope, level, and sequence of work, internal and external evaluation, admission requirements, culminating experiences, and qualification of teaching faculty, but excluding cost, need, and allocation of resources.
• Recommend approval, modification, or rejection of all new courses, all changes to existing courses, and existing courses on a periodic basis, including use of criteria of minimal competency levels at the undergraduate and graduate level, relevancy to program objectives, overlap with existing course, and student demand.
• Periodically recommend approval or modification of academic advising procedures including criteria on consistency, assessment of effectiveness, and availability.
• Periodically review the cumulative experiences of each graduate program, including criteria of relevancy to program objectives, assessment procedures, extent of faculty involvement, and record keeping.
• Forward all recommendations concerning graduate studies concurrently to the Executive Committee and to the Graduate Studies Council.

UCC Members  2012–2013

Voting Members

• O. Ijose, CBPA        (2012-14)
• C. Ferran, CBPA      (2012-14)
• B. Parin, CAS           (2013-15) Chair
• D. Golland, CAS       (2012-14)
• G. Howell, CE          (2013-15)
• (vacant), CE            (2012-14)
• R. O’Shea, CHHS     (2012-14)
• M. Ellexson, CHHS   (2012-14)
• (vacant), UL            (2011-13)
• (vacant), CBPA        (2011-13) - At Large
• J. Berglund              (2012-14) - At Large

Ex officio

• Sandra Mayfield, Associate Provost

Course Numbering Procedure

Guidelines for Course Numbering  

Procedures

1. Download the appropriate form, and check for specific items that go with specific forms.
2. Secure the signatures of the faculty initiator, faculty curriculum coordinator from program/division/college, chair, and dean.
3. Submit all documents, including the signed and scaned signature sheets, electronically to ucc@govst.edu and simultaneously to provostcurrchanges@govst.edu, and if appropriate simultaneously to aprc@govst.edu and gradcouncil@govst.edu.
4. Send the hard-copy documents and signature sheets to the attention of the Provost's Office. 

IAI Rationale Template

•  IAI Rationale Template 

New Program Requests (Annual Listings, RMEs, and RNUI

•  Table summarizing Annual Listing, RME, and RNUI Processes  
•  RME Existing Out-of-Region: Streamline Part 5 

IBHE RNUI Applications

In-Region

• In-Region RNUI: Part 1 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 2 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 3 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 4 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 5 of 5 

Out-of-Region

• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 1 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 2 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 3 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 4 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 5 of 5 

UCC Forms

• Annual Listing Format Form 
•  Web and Web Component Course Definitions 

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