1. New Department Chair Workshop:
Curriculum & Academic Integrity

2. Academic Integrity
Ensure faculty and instructional academic staff have the degrees and expertise to teach courses and meet FASLAH qualifications (p. 94, 157)
Syllabi need to collected each term and include university-approved course descriptions and objectives, including GE, RES and/or GLP objectives if applicable
Clear alignment with the credit hour definition, including compressed courses

3. Curriculum Handbook Provides information on:
Curriculum policies and procedures
Curriculum approval process
Formats, procedures, and approval sequences
Policies, definitions, and documents of historical significance regarding curriculum
Tricia

4. Program/ Submajor Approval Process
Tricia

5. Course Approval Process
Tricia

6. Relationship with Program Directors
New major ideas are generated at the department level
Departments offer courses that support programs
Programs have implications for courses and faculty
Academic Plan

7. Before CIC Department Curriculum Committee review/approval
College Curriculum Committee approval
General Education Committee approval
Racial and Ethnic Studies/Global Perspective committee approval
Graduate Education Committee approval

8. Curriculum & Instruction Committee
Objectives of the CIC are to:
Review, develop and recommend new and/or modified curriculum policies
Serve as an academic forum to discuss and act upon proposals for credit-producing learning experiences as well as academic programs
Encourage a transdisciplinary approach to curriculum and instructional growth
Promote academic excellence and educational opportunity and encourage the use of appropriate standards throughout the curriculum
Tricia: standing FS committee; all-univ faculty & academic staff representation;

9. Course Development Website
General Instructions
Required Course Documentation
Required approval
Examples
Definitions
Forms and formats
Janice

10. Revision or New Course?
Changing one or more of the following is a revision*:
*If you plan to revise several of the above items, consider whether this is a new course: Would it be appropriate for students (who took it previously) to take it again for additional credit? If content has changed that significantly, drop the course and submit a new course proposal.
Course content and/or objectives
Title
Credits
Prerequisites
Course number/level
Catalog description
GE designation
RES designation
GLP designation
Reminder – repeatability test: if the updated version is equivalent to the previous version, it’s a revision. If not, it’s new.

11. One Time Only? Variable Topic?
NOT THE SAME
Special Exceptions: One- or Two-time requests (x96)
Special/Variable Topics (x00): Must have an umbrella course (requires prior approval as a new course) that broadly defines the nature of the topic
Documentation required is the same but the signature route is different
If GE, GLP or RES designation is requested, additional consultation will occur with the respective committees
Tricia: talk about the difference

12. Syllabi Repository Requirement
Permanent curriculum files can be imaged
Department chairs and support staff have access to view current and archived curriculum documents
Departments may upload course syllabi into ImageNow using an Intranet web form (Provost website- forms & applications):

13. Special Course Fees
Annual review and approval is required for extraordinary instructional costs - October
UW-Stout’s Special Course Fee Policy
UW System Special Course Fee Policy: G-29
Three types of funding - same approval process
Access to Learning
Special course fees
Software/Access Code/Incidental fees

14. General Education Course Assessment
Currently occurs annually each Spring
GE Course Assessment Reports
Reports are archived and accessed through UW-Stout’s information portal
Jackie

15. Planning and Review Committee
A standing committee of the Faculty Senate, reviews programs every *four years:
Program directors conduct a program self study, survey key instructors, students, advisory board and alumni
Report strengths, areas for improvement, and recommendations
Chairs & Deans review recommendations and provide response
Jackie

16. Websites
Curriculum Handbook
UW-Stout Bulletins
Curriculum and Instruction Committee
General Education Committee and requirement
Racial and Ethnic Studies/Global Perspectives Committee and requirements
Program Websites
Program Advisory Committee
Access Stout
WebNow

17. Questions?
Glendalí Rodríguez, x2421
Breanna Baron, x2424