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Curricular Proposals: General
Instructions
(FCAA approved 11/18/10)
Curricular proposals are required for new courses, course deletions,
and description, title, level, graduate credit, credit hour, level,
prerequisite and program requirement changes as well as program
changes. The revised process for new programs is pending; please use
the old process for new programs.
Per FCAA motion on 10/06/11, nonsubstantive
changes are posted for a ten day challenge period once after they are
submitted to the college. Nonsubstantive changes are defined as:
- course deletions
- prerequisite changes
- number changes not affecting course level
If you are developing a curriculum towards a new
certification, please alert Dan Weber in Enrollment. If you are
requesting a program name change, please alert Ana Villate in Academic
Affairs.
If you need assistance learning this new process,
please contact the Faculty Governance Office (S-Guth1@neiu.edu)
The newly adopted curricular proposal and
evaluation process is entirely electronic. The proposal and
approval of it at each level are submitted by
email with the email itself representing the endorsing signature.
It is important that the proposal and all supporting documents are sent
in a single email at each juncture and that the body of the email
includes a brief statement of approval, and a list of supporting
documents being submitted.
Please note
that the progress of a proposal through the evaluation process will be
halted at any stage if it is found to be incomplete, missing supporting
documents, or found to have excessive typographical or grammatical
errors, and will be sent back to the responsible committee or department
for revision.
1.
Procedure (FCAA approved 11/18/10):
The proposal author completes the appropriate form and emails the proposal
and supporting documents as attachments to your department coordinator
and chair. Please use these forms only, not the old forms.
New Course Form*
Course Modification
Form*
Program
Modification Form*
New Program Form (under development)
*These
dynamic forms do not open if you are using a Mac unless
have the current Acrobat Reader X installed, AND
save the file and open it directly NOT in the web
browser window; please email
S-Guth1@neiu.edu
for a Word document version.
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Curricular Proposal Transmittal Form
All proposals are approved in the following order by
1) The department in which the proposal
originates
2) Writing Intensive Faculty Advisory
Council (WIFAC) if the proposal is a Writing Intensive proposal (WIFAC
Curricular Approval Procedure)
3) The appropriate college academic affairs
committee and college dea
CAS
proposals:
C-Kadow@neiu.edu
COE
proposals:
P-Vargas@neiu.edu
COBM
proposals:
E-Reeve@neiu.edu
4) Any of the following special curricular
committees that apply
General Education
Committee (M-Verne@neiu.edu)
First Year Experience (FYE)
(B-Sherry@neiu.edu)
Graduate College
Advisory Council
4) The Faculty Council on Academic Affairs, which acts as an
advisory group to the Provost
(S-Guth1@neiu.edu)
2. Glossary:
official course: a new course that has successfully completed the
full governance process of evaluation. Official courses are printed in
the Academic Catalog. Full governance is minimally a full semester
process; proposals completing the process by April typically can meet
the printing deadline for new Academic Catalog published each fall.
temporary course: a new course that successfully completed the
college-level 10-day challenge period. This process allows for a course
to be established in a short amount of time. Because temporary courses
undergo a truncated evaluation process, they have a lifespan of two
years from the date of approval and do not appear in the Academic
Catalog (FYE courses excepted). FYE temporary courses have a three-year
lifespan. During the two- or three-year lifespan, the proposing
department may propose to elevate a temporary course to official status
by initiating the full governance process with a New Course Form.
Otherwise, the course is automatically removed from Banner and may not
be taught again. Temporary courses that are elevated to official status
may retain their original course number.
repeatable course (working definition
approved by the FCAA 4/5/12):
The university offers a number of courses that use the same course
prefix and number but have variable content from semester to
semester. In these courses, new material is taught each semester.
Students receive credit for learning the new content, and the grade
and semester hours earned each time count toward the student's grade
point average (GPA), and total credits. These courses are referred
to as "repeatable courses" or "courses that are repeatable for
credit". Examples of repeatable courses can include applied music,
physical education, independent study, internship, thesis research,
and topics vary courses. Any course that is not designated as
"repeatable for credit" may be retaken by the student, typically in
order to improve the grade.
Department Evaluation (FCAA approved 11/18/10)
PROPOSAL AUTHOR, DEPT CURRICULUM COMMITTEE, PROGRAM COORDINATOR, and
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Curricular proposal
development processes vary by department; please abide by the standard
curricular proposal procedures of your own department. In addition to
ensuring the proposal reflects appropriate rigor, currency, content,
etc., the proposing department is responsible for:
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Confirming
that the necessary resources (library, technology, space, etc.) are
in place to accommodate the course and/or coordinating with
appropriate campus offices to procure such resources.
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Ensuring that the proposal objectives are
in line with program/department goals, learning outcomes, etc., and
that the proposed course is incorporated into the program/department
assessment plan as relevant.
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Giving
other departments with like
courses/programs the opportunity to review the curricular proposal
prior to it entering the governance pipeline. Memo(s) of support or
understanding should be attached when applicable. Note that this
step is being formalized as a part of the curriculum development
process and you are expected to be proactive in sharing a proposal
of your program. The intent is to reduce the need for later
challenges and to foster cross-disciplinary awareness.
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Coordinating the details of cross-listing the course with another
program if applicable. If the course is to be cross-listed with
another program, a memo of understanding from the other program
should be submitted with the proposal.
Department Revise and
Resubmit Procedure:
If revisions of the proposal are indicated at
any point in the curricular review process, the committee requesting
revisions will send a revision request email to the department chair,
with a copy to the proposal author. Revisions are completed at the
department level and department chair sends a resubmit email to the
requesting committee with materials attached.
College Level Evaluation (FCAA approved 11/18/10)
COLLEGE
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR and DEAN
CAS AAC
The college level
academic affairs committee evaluates the
temporary/official/elevation proposal according
to the standard
practice of the college.
Syllabus Requirements...
CAS
COE
COBM
University Level Evaluation (FCAA approved
11/18/10)
FACULTY COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS AND PROVOST
The Faculty Council on
Academic Affairs evaluates the proposal based on the University Mission.
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