Required Documentation

A Course Action Memorandum prepared using dept/college letterhead if available and addressed to the Dean, Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs and should include the following: 

1. Statement requesting creation of a new course prefix to include: 

• Prefix being proposed (ex: MES) (check with Registration and Records to determine if course prefix is available)
• Reason for new prefix
• Title of the new prefix (such as Mechanical Engineering Systems)
• Academic Organization/Department code (Click here to find code)
• CIP Code for the course (should follow the CIP for the Curriculum)
• Provide documentation of consults with any other departments if applicable.
• Indicate which curricula will be impacted by the new course prefix if applicable.
• Include a proposed effective date indicating the semester the revision is to take effect.

2. Signature Page
   

Approval process

Upon completion of the course action documentation and with signature of the Head of the department or program, the action should be submitted to your College Liaison as a word document or pdf via email as well as a hard copy for approval by the College Course and Curriculum Committee and College Dean. Upon approval at the college level, the College Liaison will send the action to the Office of Undergraduate Courses and Curricula (OUCC) in DUAP for placement on the UCCC agenda.

College Contact Liaisons for Course and Curricula

If approved by UCCC, the UCCC Chair and the Dean for the Division Undergraduate Academic Programs (DUAP) signs and the action is sent to Registration and Records for implementation. If the action is approved pending revision, the UCCC Chair will sign and the UCCC representative from your college will contact you concerning the revision. Once the revision is received by the OUCC, the action will be signed by the Dean for DUAP and sent to Registration and Records for implementation.