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Undergraduate Curriculum Handbook
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Each year the office of the catalog editor will ask departments to review the
catalog copy for each program and course offered. Only minor, incidental
editorial changes in the catalog copy should be made at this time. All other
revisions must be reviewed by the UWUCC. For copy revision only, see Handbook
section on Course and Catalog Description Changes. Revisions involving actual
changes in course content, syllabus of record, or degree requirements, require a
proposal for a course revision (page 17) or program revision (page 87) (see
Handbook sections).
Writing Catalog Copy
One part of the format for proposing any curriculum change is a section that
asks the department to include, as part of the proposal, a new catalog
description that reflects the proposed change. While the catalog editor uses the
Senate minutes to make these changes, it is the responsibility of each
department to write the initial copy. Departments that need assistance in
writing catalog copy should seek advice from the office of the catalog editor in
the Registrar’s office. The catalog editor may need to edit copy for consistency
of style and appropriate length. All such changes will be made in consultation
with the department.