Approval of Course ChangesAlthough 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, Interdisciplinary Programs Office. 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.
* 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. |