WHO APPROVES WHAT?

 

DC/CC

REG

AC/GC*

PROV

PRES

IHL

Course additions/deletions/inactivation

X

X

X

 

 

 

Course modifications:

 

   Credit hours

X

X

X

 

 

 

   Grading method

X

X

X

 

 

 

   CIP code

X

X

X

 

 

 

   Course title

X

X

X

 

 

 

   Title abbreviation

X

X

X

 

 

 

   Course description

X

X

X

 

 

 

   General Education Curriculum

X

X

X

 

 

 

   Method of Instruction

X

X

X

 

 

 

Addition, deletion, modification or relocation of an academic minor or emphasis area and/or certificates

X

X

X

X

 

 

Modification or relocation of a certificate. X X X X    

Addition or deletion of a certificate

X

X

X

X

 

X

Program modification (degree plan change, GPA requirements, admissions restrictions) X X X X    

Offering an existing degree program by distance learning

X

X

X

X

X

X**

New degree program

X

X

X

X

X

X***

Modification to existing degree program (renaming, consolidation, suspension, deletion, or relocation) X X X X X X***
Modifications to existing academic units (renaming, reorganization, deletion) X X X X X X***

New Academic Unit (for information and response)

X

X

X

X

X

X***

DC/CC=department and college councils; REG=Registrar; AC/GC=Academic and/or Graduate Council;

PROV=Provost; PRES=President; IHL=Board of Trustees for the State Institutions of Higher Learning

*The Professional Education Council must also approve proposals involving the university's professional education unit. See here.

**Offering an existing degree program by distance learning requires IHL notification.

***All IHL proposals require submission of an IHL form. Forms can be found here.