Editorial Changes in the Undergraduate & Graduate Catalogs

Requests for editorial changes for both courses and programs need to be submitted online using the “Editorial Request” form. The form will route through the department chair or school director with their approval noted. The form requires a brief rationale/reason for change and current and exact proposed new catalog copy. Online forms may be found at https://registrar.illinoisstate.edu/curriculumforms.

Deadline for Editorial Request forms

Courses

Editorial Changes Generally Allowed

• Removal of prerequisite(s) (there may be exceptions)
• Title revisions that do not change the focus of the course
• Course description revisions that do not change the focus of the course
• Removal or addition of “Major only,” Major/minor only.”
• Removal or addition of “Not for credit in major.”
• Removal or addition of “Consent of instructor” (or advisor or department chair or school director)
• Addition or change of General Education designator if approved at CGE
• Removal or addition of a recommended course
• Addition of a course prerequisite(s) from the same department/school
• Removal of 300-for-graduate credit attribute from a course 
• Addition of prerequisite(s) from other departments/schools

Course Changes Generally NOT Considered Editorial – Course Proposal Required

• Change of hours (unless course is already listed as variable hours)
• Course number change
• Course description or title revision that seems to change course focus
• Course content change including general topics and student performance evaluation methods (including a possible grading scale)

Programs

Editorial Changes Allowed for Programs

• Removal or addition of text or punctuation to make requirements clearer
• Changes when necessary to make consistent with rest of catalog (Examples: when WS changed to WGS or when Health Sciences changed CLS to MLS)
• Change in a concentration(s) and/or title of concentration(s) (if it doesn’t result in a change to the program requirements/hours)
• Removal or addition of a course or courses, within the same department/school or program, to specified program electives or recommended elective section(s) (there are exceptions)
• Removal of deleted courses from list of elective course options
• Changes to the sample plan of study section of the catalog.
• Changes to Notes sections
• Removal or addition of a course or courses, not within the same department/school or program, to specified program electives (there are exceptions)

Program Changes NOT Considered Editorial – Curriculum Proposal Required

• Removal or addition of a course(s) to program requirements
• Change of the hours required in the program
• Removal of deleted courses from course requirements if doing so would change the number of hours required
• GPA and grade requirements for continuance in program (must be approved by EMAS or the Graduate School first)

Note:

• This list is not all inclusive. There may be exceptions for both allowed and non-allowed changes.
• Keep in mind that course and program changes can relate to each other, and a change in a course could change the total hours of an associated program, which would necessitate a program revision. Example: Adding prerequisites to required courses in a program, but the new prerequisites are not listed as required in the program, which if they were listed, would increase the hours of the program. Prerequisites of a required course must be listed in a program as required.