CAH UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP

CAH Dean’s Office Point of Contact  Academic Programs  Associate Dean Lynn Hepner, (407)  Undergraduate Scheduling & Curriculum:  Farrah Cato, (407)  CAH Undergraduate Curriculum Website:

Workshop Items Course Approval Process Special Topics & Course Action Requests Materials & Supplies Fees Equipment Fees Curriculum (Program) Requests ODAP Program Change Requests Catalog Updates Wrapping it Up

Curriculum & Standards (C&S) Committee  Lynn Hepner, Chair – CAH Dean’s Office  Lynn Casmier-Paz – English  Daniel Murphree – History  Paolo Giordano – Modern Languages and Literatures  Don Jones – Philosophy  Thomas Potter – School of Performing Arts  Mark Price – School of Visual Arts and Design  Blake Scott – Writing and Rhetoric

The Process Faculty & Chair (Department) CAH C&S Committee (College) UCRC or UPCC Committee (University) Tallahassee (State) Proposed changes (program changes, new course proposals, course revisions, etc.) are approved at the department/program level. Honors courses should be approved through the UHC. Then, they: Move to the college level. Signed, hard copies of forms go to Farrah Cato (CAH 190k), and electronic copies go to We review and distribute to the C&S committee. Once approved there, they: Move to the appropriate University committee: UPCC (for program changes) or UCRC (for Course Action & Special Topics requests). Once approved there, they: Go to Tallahassee for final review.

Course Approval Process  Course Action Request (CAR) and Special Topics (ST) forms  Completing the forms: the checklist.  Required documents – CAR, syllabus, and correspondence with other units (if applicable)  4D requirements for syllabi Texts/Readings Objectives/Outcomes Topics

Honors courses  Honors Courses:  Must be approved by BHC/UHC before submitting to CAH.  Team-taught seminars: syllabi & forms must be identical; must be approved together  Honorized courses: Honors content must be clearly labeled on syllabus  On CAR/ST: Include “Consent of Honors” (in prerequisites) and “With Honors content” (in course description)

Fee Requests  Equipment Fee Request  Applies to all students in a program  For equipment (purchase, maintenance, and/or repair)  Fee limit  Full-time: $90; Part-time: $45  Deadline for C&S is TBA (October likely).  Submitting an Equipment Fee:  Must include a memo of rationale  Form available at Undergraduate Studies website

Fee Requests (cont.)  Materials & Supplies Fee Request  Fees tied to specific courses; used for items that are “expendable or consumable.”  Fee limit: $70.00  Completing the form – itemizing  Deadline for C&S is TBA (October likely).  Form available at Undergraduate Studies website

Program Changes The Process:  Program changes appear in the catalog the year after they are approved; ODAP is the first step of this process.  In ODAP, approved users will review and edit catalog copy, upload rationale (a program change memo) for changes, and submit programs to the college level.  Program Recommendation Forms are the other part of this process.

Program Changes (cont.)  Changes made to courses appearing in a program will need to be approved by the UCRC before the program changes are given final approval.  You must submit a memo even if you are only making cosmetic changes.

Program Changes (cont.)  Send electronic & hard copies of all program change documents to CAH:  Program change memo  Signed program recommendation form  Catalog copy (“Comparison Document” in ODAP)

Catalog Updates  Estimated deadline for next round of catalog changes (for the catalog): October 2013  Start planning now:  Plan your changes carefully since program revisions must remain in place for a minimum of two years (excluding extenuating circumstances)  Meetings with Delia and Farrah as needed  Program Recommendation Forms: s.php s.php

Tying up Loose Ends  Submitting your forms:  Save documents as follows: Course prefix and number (substitute with Program name for program changes), title, and document type.  MUH2019_Amer Pop Music Syllabus;  Theatre BFA_Program Rec Form.  Ecopies:  Hard copies: Farrah Cato, CAH  Website – updates coming soon!  Questions?