Curriculog Guide

Purpose: Revise or inactivate an existing course

Required Fields: Section B: Department; Revision or Inactivation; Description of requested change; Level of course; Requested Effective Term; Impact Report; Does it affect other departments; Attach or paste consultations; Were credit hours determinted according to the University's defiinition of a credit hour; Is it a General Education course; Is it an Honors course; Is it a career or professional development course; Does it alter an agreement with a NC community college; Have electronic textbooks been considered; Explain decision on textbooks; Indicate what you have attached; Section D: Course Prefix; Course Number; Proposed New Prefix and Proposed New Course Number (if revising the course prefix and/or number); Course Title; Abbreviated Course Title; Course Description; Credit Hours; Repeatable details; Repeat Limit; Repeat Maximum; General Education; Prerequisite Courses; Corequisite Courses; Pre- or Corequisite Courses; Other Restrictions; Grade Mode; Instructional Method; Schedule Type; Cross-listings

Other Fields: Section E: Questions for "W" designation courses; Questions for "O" designation courses; Section F: Questions for other General Education courses; Section G: Questions for Service Learning courses

Supplemental Materials Needed: Consultations (if applicable); Course Syllabus (if applicable)

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: Create a brand new course

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Course level; Statement why course is being proposed; Requested Effective Term; Does it affect other departments; Attach or paste consultations; Were credit hours determinted according to the University's defiinition of a credit hour; Is it an Honors course; Is it a career or professional development course; Does it alter an agreement with a NC community college; Have electronic textbooks been considered; Explain decision on textbooks; Attach draft syllabus; Indicate what you have attached; Section B: Course Prefix; Course Number; Does course number comply with Course Numbering Policy; Course Title; Abbreviated Course Title; Course Description; Credit Hours; If course be repeated for credit; Repeatable details; Repeat Limit; Repeat Maximum; Is it a General Education course; General Education requirements satisfied; Prerequisite Courses; Corequisite Courses; Pre- or Corequisite Courses; Other Restrictions; Grade Mode; Instructional Method; Schedule Type; Cross-listings

Other Fields: Section C (graduate only): Does syllabus contain the minimal requirements for Graduate Council; Identify the need; What students will be served; How is course numbering consistent with the level; Number of times previously offered as a special topics course; Anticipated enrollment; How often will it be taught; How will other courses be affected; Specify faculty load; Adequacy of space available; Adequacy of resources; Estimated cost of new resources required; Section D: Questions for "W" designation courses; Questions for "O" designation courses; Section E: Questions for other General Education courses; Section F: Questions for Service Learning courses

Supplemental Materials Needed: Course Syllabus; Consultations (if applicable)

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: Revise or inactivate an existing program or concentration

Required Fields: Section A: Program or Shared Core; Section B: Department; Revision or Inactivation; Description of proposed revision; Program Type; Sizeable change to program; New total number of credit hours if revising total; Requested Effective Term; Does it affect other departments; Attach or paste consultations; Number of new courses created for program revision; Provide hyperlink to related new course proposals; Delivery method; Does this impact General Education; Are you revising an Undergraduate program's admissions requirements; Does it require change in Student Learning Outcomes; Does it alter an agreement with a NC community college; Questions regarding justification and impact; Questions regarding resources; Indicate what you have attached; Section D: Program Title; Program Description; Degree Requirements and Curriculum

Supplemental Materials Needed: Consultations (if applicable); Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan (if applicable)

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: Create a brand new (non-degree) program or new concentration

Required Fields: Section A: Department; College; State action proposed; Program or Shared Core; Program type; Program level; Requested Effective Term; List closely related approved programs; Does it affect other departments; Attach or paste consultations; Number of new courses created for program; Provide hyperlink to related new course proposals; Delivery Method; Questions regarding justification and impact; Questions regarding resources; CIP Code (if applicable); Attachments; Indicate what you have attached; Section B: Program Title; Program Description; Admissions Requirements; Degree Requirements and Curriculum; Other Requirements (optional); Grade Requirements; Total number of credit hours     

Other Fields: Section C (graduate certificates only): Graduate Program Director; Admissions requirements; Percentage of courses in certificate that could lead to a Master's degree; Impact on existing curricula; Projected annual enrollment; Tuition increment; How will certificate be evaluated

Supplemental Materials Needed: Consultations (if applicable); Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan (if applicable); Substantive Change Planning Questionnaire (if applicable); Approval to Offer Dual Degree or Joint Degree Partnership form (if applicable)

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: Create a new degree program - Request for Preliminary Authorization phase

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Program Level; Program Name; Degree; Attach request for preliminary authorization; Attach UNC System Academic Program Planning Financial Worksheet; Indicate what you have attached

Supplemental Materials Needed: Request for Preliminary Authorization

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: Create a new degree program - Request to Establish phase

Required Fields: Section A: Department; College; Program or Shared Core; Program Level; Requested Effective Term; List closely related approved programs; Does it affect other departments; Attach or paste consultations; Number of new courses created for program; Provide hyperlink to related new course proposals; Delivery method; CIP Code; Proposed Major Code; Request for Preliminary Authorization; Attach documents and indicate what you have attached; Section B: Program Title; Program Description; Admissions Requirements; Degree Requirements and Curriculum; Other Requirements (optional); Grade Requirements; Total number of credit hours  

Supplemental Materials Needed: Consultations (if applicable); Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan; Request for Preliminary Authorization; Request to Establish; UNC System Academic Program Planning Financial Worksheet; Substantive Change Planning Questionnaire

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: Adding, removing, or changing online or off-campus (including the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City) distance education (or a combination of these modes) to a program.  Other Curriculog forms will be necessary to process curricular changes.  Examples: increasing online delivery, offering at an off-campus site, offering at Dubois Center, ending offering at an off-campus site, ending a program that is offered online.

Required Fields: Section A: Requested effectiver term; Description of request; Originating department; Program name and type; Program Level; Existing or new program; Program Director; Section B: Addition or change in delivery; Delivery type table; Off-campus sites

Supplemental Materials Needed: Request to Deliver form (if applicable)

Steps to Approval: Workflow

Purpose: Implement an Early Entry Graduate Program option or Accelerated Master's option

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Early Entry or Accelerated Master's; Program Name and Degree/Certificate; Are you the Graduate Program Director; Section B (if Early Entry): Admissions requirements; Continued Enrollment Requirements; Double-Counted Courses (optional); Section C (if Accelerated Master's): Admissions requirements; Continued Enrrollment Requirements; Double-Counted Courses

Steps to Approval: Workflow

Purpose: Renew a Graduate certficate

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Certificate Name; Certificate Type; Section B: Certificate Renewal Assessment questions

Steps to Approval: Workflow

Purpose: Revise an existing degree name

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Degree Level; Existing Degree Name; Proposed Degree Name; Attach memo to Provost; Indicate what you have attached

Supplemental Materials Needed: Memo to the Provost with reason and rationale for the change

Steps to Approval: Workflow

Purpose: Changing a CIP Code of an existing degree program or certificate

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Program name and type; Program Level; Current CIP Code; Desired CIP Code; Attach memo to Provost; Indicate what you have attached

Supplemental Materials Needed: Memo to Provost with rationale and analysis for the change

Steps to Approval: Workflow

Purpose: For one-time only course approvals to allow for expediency when necessary

Required Fields: Section A: Department; New or Revised Course; Course prefix and number; Description of requested action; Desired Effective Term; Hyperlink to related course proposal

Supplemental Materials Needed: Submit the related 'New Course' or 'Course Revision' proposal

Steps to Approval: Workflow

Purpose: When proposal action cannot be handled by the existing forms

Required Fields: Section A: Department; Graduate or Undergraduate; Course prefix and number or Program name; Description of requested action; Requested Effective Term; Does it involve General Education; Does it involve Honors

Steps to Approval: Graduate Workflow, Undergraduate Workflow

Purpose: For revisions to Catalog text that is not part of a curricular program or course (Example: revisions to department description or college description)

Required Fields: Section A: Program or Shared core; Section B: Department; Proposal title; Section D: Catalog Section Title; Catalog Section Text; Additional Cores