APPROVALS AND TIME FRAME

APPROVAL PROCESS

The “chain of approvals” may vary from college to college. If an academic college or school has an internal procedure to review requests for Liberal Studies, Gordon Rule, Multicultural Understanding, Computer Competency, or Oral Communication Competency credit, please complete this process before forwarding requests to the Undergraduate Policy Committee.

Request forms used by the UPC are posted to this site. There is one common request form for Liberal Studies Areas III, IV, V and Gordon Rule. Multicultural Understanding, Computer Competency, and Oral Communication Competency each have a separate form. A department requesting more than one type of credit for a course (e.g., Liberal Studies Area IV and Multicultural Understanding) must submit all pertinent forms. Each request form indicates the materials that must accompany it and the method of submission.

Department representatives should submit request forms for courses already in existence well in advance of the term for which Liberal Studies or competency credit is desired.

New courses must receive approval from the University Curriculum Committee before they can be considered by the UPC . Once approval is granted by the Curriculum Committee, request forms can then be forwarded to the UPC.

The Faculty Contact person listed on the request form will be notified by email once the course is approved by the UPC. Courses approved for Liberal Studies and competency areas are effective for the term following their approval .

TIME FRAME

When a request is received by the Undergraduate Policy Committee, it will be placed on the agenda for the next monthly meeting and forwarded to the appropriate subcommittee members. After their initial review and discussion, the course is presented to the entire UPC for approval. If the UPC votes to approve credit, all requests for Multicultural Understanding, Computer Competency and Oral Communication Competency credit are then reported the following week to the Faculty Senate as information. The Senate must vote to confirm any course recommended for approval for Liberal Studies Areas III, IV, and V.

Once approval is finalized, department representatives will receive a confirmation email.

Revised: 04/05