Approval of Course Changes

Although common core courses are offered after a critical evaluation and review process, changes may be introduced to approved courses as a result of an on-going self-review process for improvement; and some may be removed from the common core course list.

All proposals to change or delete a common core course must be endorsed by the course offering unit and its School before submitting to Undergraduate Core Education (UCE) Team, Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies. These proposals will then be reviewed by the relevant Course Review Panel (CRP), the Committee on Undergraduate Core Education (CUCE) or the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (CUS) as appropriate.

The requisite forms, as well as the committee/panel involved in the review and approval of various types of course changes or deletion, are summarized below.

Types of Course Changes / Deletion	Form Required	Action by Committee/Panel
Status as a Common Core Course
Remove course from the common core course list (while remaining as a UG course)	Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form	Report to CUCE for information
Delete a common core course (which will result in automatic removal of this course from the common core course list)	Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form *	Report to CUCE and CUS for information
Delete a common core course under the ‘sunset’ policy (which will result in automatic removal of this course from the common core course list)	--	1. Sunset decision by CUS; 2. Report to CUCE for information
Common Core Area
Add an area	Approval of Undergraduate Course Form	1. Review by CRP; 2. Approval by CUCE
Remove an area	Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form	Report to CUCE for information
Change the category under an area	Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form	Report to CUCE for information
School-Sponsored Course (SSC) Designation
Acquire the SSC designation	School-Sponsored Course Proposal Form	1. Review by CRP; 2. Approval by CUCE
Remove the SSC designation	Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form	Report to CUCE for information
Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
Change a course ILO and/or its contribution to the area ILO	Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form	Report to CUCE for information
Course Code
Code change but not involving a change in the course level	Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form *	Report to CUCE and CUS for information
Code change involving a change in the course level	Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form *	1. Review by CRP; 2. Approval by CUCE; 3. Report to CUS for information
Basic Course Information
Course credit / Course title / Catalog description / Default grading type / Prerequisite / Corequisite / Exclusion / Other enrollment requirements / Co-listing or multi-coding	Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form *	Report to CUCE and CUS for information

* This form should be submitted to the CUS Secretariat, which categorizes the proposed changes into major or minor and approves these changes in accordance with its own guidelines. If the changes are related to common core courses, the change request will be forwarded to the UCE Team to arrange for endorsement by the Academic Director (UCE) or the CUCE as appropriate.

Proposals not approved by the CUCE or CUS will be returned to the course offering unit for consideration of the next step. The proposals may or may not be re-submitted.

Instructors are expected to deploy teaching activities and assessment strategies they consider as appropriate to deliver the course content and course intended learning outcomes. Approval is not required when changes or updating are made to teaching activities and assessment. They may report these changes at the point of change to the UCE Team for record purpose.