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Undergraduate Curriculum Handbook

A Guide to Curriculum Change at IUP
2005 Edition
Including All Honors College, Liberal Studies, 
and Distance Education Forms and Check Lists

(Replacing Fall 2002 Edition)

Approved by University Senate - May 2, 2006


Table of Contents

Introduction

Approval Process, including
 
  • Letters of Support or Acknowledgement
  • Where to Submit/Number of Copies
  • Exception: SSHE Approval for New Programs
  • Dual-Level Courses
  • UWUCC Action
  • Summary
Changes in the Undergraduate Catalog
 
  • Writing Catalog Copy
  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
 
  • Preparing the Proposal
  • Presenting the Proposal
  • Procedures for Multi-Department Course Proposals
  • Course Proposal that Includes the Use of Distance Education
  • Format for Requesting New Course Proposals
  • Syllabus of Record Format
  • Course Analysis Questionnaire
  • Procedures for Approval of a New Course
Special Topics
 
  • Forward Course Descriptions with Scheduling Materials
  • Restrictions on the Use of a Special Topics Course
 

Liberal Studies Approval

  • Courses
    • Liberal Studies Course Approval Form Instruction Sheet
    • Format for Course Approval in Liberal Studies
    • Procedures for the Approval of a Liberal Studies Course
  • Writing Across the Curriculum
    • Instructions for Submitting a Writing-intensive Proposal
    • Request for Approval to Use W-Designation
    • Summary Chart for Writing Assignments
    • Check List for Writing-Intensive Proposals
    • Format for Requesting W-Designation
    • Procedures for Approval of a W-Designation Course

 

  • Synthesis Sections
    • Instructions for Submitting a Synthesis Proposal
    • Form for Request for Approval of a Synthesis Section
    • Publicity Form for Synthesis Section
    • Synthesis Checklist: Ten Questions Most Frequently Asked by LSC
    • Teaching the Synthesis Course: Suggestions from the Liberal Studies Committee
    • Format for Requesting a Synthesis Section
    • Procedures for Approval of a Synthesis Section

 

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 Exists
  • 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
 
  • Format for Requesting a New Degree Program
  • SSHE Requirements for New Programs: Requirements for Initiation or Change of Credit-Based Academic Programs and of Academic Units (Board of Governors Academic Policy 1985-01-A)
  • Administrative Procedure for Board of Governors' Policy 1985-01: Requirements for Initiation or Change of Credit-Based Academic Programs
  • Academic Degrees (Board of Governors Academic Policy 1990-06-A)
  • Procedures for Approval of a New Program
Program Revisions (Tracks, Minors, or Majors)
 
  • Program Deletions
  • Format for Requesting a Program Revision
  • Procedures for Approval of Program Revision
  • Academic Program Moratorium and Termination
 
Appendices
Appendix A - Sample Course Proposal
 
Appendix B - Forms, including
 
  • Curriculum Proposal Cover Sheet
  • Syllabus of Record Format
  • Course Analysis Questionnaire
  • Liberal Studies Forms and Checklists
  • Liberal Studies Course Approval Form Instruction Sheet
  • Writing Across the Curriculum Request for Approval to Use W-Designation and Summary Chart of Writing Assignments
  • Form for Request for approval of a Synthesis Section
  • Publicity Form for Synthesis Section
  • Form to Request Approval of an Honors College Course
Appendix C - Course Design and Approval, including
 
  • Assistance with Course Design and Approval
  • Bloom's Taxonomy, including Possible Action Verbs for Course Objectives
  • Gagné's Condtions of Learning
Appendix D - Distance Education, including
 
  • Implementation of Distance Education Article 42
  • Procedure to Prepare an Existing Course for Distance Education Format
  • Undergraduate Distance Education Review Form
 

Last Modified Friday February 08 2008