A Guide to Curriculum Change at IUP
2012 Edition
Including All Honors College, Liberal Studies, and Distance Education Forms and Checklists
(Replacing Fall 2011 Edition)
Approved by University Senate — December 5, 2013
Table of Contents
Course Proposals
- Course Name, Number, and Prefix Changes
- Format for Requesting Name and Number Changes
- Procedures for Approval of Name and Number Changes
- Catalog Description Changes (including Prerequisite Changes where course content is not impacted)
- Format for Requesting Catalog Description Changes
- Procedures for Approval of Catalog Description Changes
- Deletions
- Inactive Status
- Format for Requesting All Deletions
- Procedures for Approval of a Course Deletion
- Course Revisions (including Prerequisite Changes where course content is impacted, and Distance Education Approval)
- Course Revisions or Verification to Meet Liberal Studies Criteria
- Course Revisions to Meet Honors College Criteria
- Course Revision that Includes the Use of Distance Education
- Format for Course Revisions
- Procedures for Approval of Course Revision
- New Course Proposals
- Special Topics
- Forward Course Descriptions with Scheduling Materials
- Restrictions on the Use of a Special Topics Course
- Liberal Studies Approval
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Instructions for Submitting a Writing-intensive Proposal
- Request for Approval to Use W-Designation
- Summary Chart for Writing-intensive Proposals
- Format for Requesting W-Designation
- Procedures for Approval of a W-Designation Course
- Honors College Courses
- Criteria for Honors College Courses
- Form to Request Approval of an Honors College Course
- Honors College Course Proposal Questions
- Format for Approval of a New Honors Course
- Procedures for Approval of a New Honors Course
- Format for Approval of an Honors Section of an Existing Course
- Procedures for Approval of an Honors Section of an Existing Course
Program Proposals
- New Tracks
- Format for Requesting New Tracks within Existing Program
- Procedures for Approval of New Tracks within Existing Programs
- New Minor Programs
- New Minor Programs
- New Minor Programs in Departments Where No Majors Exist
- New Minor Programs in Departments Where a Major Exists
- Format for Requesting a New Minor Where Major Does Not Exist
- Procedures for Approval of New Minor Where Major Does Not Exist
- Format for New Minor Program Where Approved Major Exists
- Procedures for Approval of New Minor Where Approved Major Exists
- New Degree (Major) Programs
- Program Revisions (Tracks, Minors, or Majors)
- Program Deletions
- Format for Requesting a Program Revision
- Academic Program Moratorium and Termination
Appendices
- Appendix A – Sample Course Proposal
Appendix B – Forms
*These website forms are interactive PDF, which gives you the option to type on each form and click the "print form" button at the top right. They can be saved.
- Appendix C — Course Design and Approval, including
- Appendix D — Distance Education, including
- Appendices
- Appendices of Undergraduate Curriculum Handbook
- Appendix B
- Forms for the Undergraduate Curriculum Handbook
- Appendix C
- Course design and approval, including assistance with course design and approval
- Appendix D
- Distance Education
- Approval Process
- All curricular changes at IUP must go through this approval process.
- Catalog Description Changes
- The format used and procedure followed for making course description changes are identical to those used for making name and number changes.
- Changes in the Undergraduate Catalog
- See this section for assistance with writing catalog copy.
- Course Name, Number, and Prefix Changes
- Addresses proposal format for submission to change course titles or numbers
- Course Proposal that Includes the Use of Distance Education
- UWUCC approval procedure for courses that include distance education
- Course Revisions
- A course revision must be submitted when a course evolves into something quite different from the course approved by the Senate.
- Deletions
- All deletions of courses, minors, tracks or concentrations within majors, or major programs, must receive the approval of the UWUCC and the Senate. While the procedures may vary, all deletions follow the same format.
- Expected Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes
- Informed, Empowered, and Responsible Learners
- For Assistance with Course Design and Approval
- Contact information and printed materials
- Format for Requesting New Course Proposals
- UWUCC Format for Requesting New Course Proposals
- Guidelines for Liberal Studies Course Proposals
- Course proposal content guidelines; faculty and department commitment to Liberal Studies
- Honors College Courses
- Criteria and guidelines for the Honors Course approval process
- Introduction
- The purpose of this handbook is to help the IUP community understand the procedures by which curricular changes are made, and to assist departments in preparing proposals for approval.
