The Baccalaureate Degree Programs Policy (2.1.9) governs graduation requirements and sets parameters for UCC evaluation of proposals.
All course proposals that have been approved by the originating college committee (and when appropriate the Council for Teacher Education and/or the Council on General Education) are routed to the University Curriculum Committee Secretary. These proposals will be logged by UCC Secretary upon their receipt.
Dual credit courses are those 300-level courses in which a graduate student can receive graduate credit. No new dual credit 300-level courses will be approved - separate 300-level and 400-level courses must be created.
Existing 300-level courses offered for dual-credit will continue to be offered for graduate students (at the 300-level). Once an existing 300-level dual credit course is revised, both a 300-level and a 400-level new course proposal must be created.
To revise an existing 300-level dual credit course, submit a course revision proposal for the 300-level course and submit a new course proposal for a new 400-level course. Be sure to indicate on the new 400-level course proposal “Not for credit if previously had [the 300-level version].” Each course proposal should have its own syllabus reflecting the content of either the 300-level or 400-level course. Refer to CTLT for guidance on creating a syllabus. Once the new (400-level) and revised (300-level) course proposals are successfully accepted, ensure that the scheduling staff in the Registrar 's Office is aware that the 300-level and 400-level courses should be scheduled together.
New, revised, and deleted program proposals that have been approved by the originating college committee (and when appropriate the Council for Teacher Education or the Council on General Education) are routed to the University Curriculum Committee Secretary.
For purposes of providing a context to understand the proposed new program or program revisions, new and revised course proposals, that are necessary to implement the new or revised program, should be submitted concurrently with the proposal for the new or revised program. Authors of course proposals associated with new or revised programs must be listed as authors or coauthors of the associated program proposal. To associate online course proposals with a program proposal, the program proposal must be started first.
Required Math courses and prerequisites
Required math course prerequisites should be included in the total hours starting with a General Education math course.
Examples:
If you have questions about how to list required math courses email curriculumforms@ilstu.edu
Required language course for a major, sequence, or minor
All graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences must satisfy a foreign language graduation requirement that may be met in one of the following ways:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree language requirement
Bachelor of Science – Science, Mathematics and Technology course requirement (B.S.-SMT)
Proposals will be reviewed by the University Curriculum Committee Secretary for technical accuracy (completeness, correct routing, and compliance with Guidelines). Incomplete or incorrect proposals will be returned electronically to the initiator with an explanation of changes needed.
After proposals are reviewed/approved by Department/School and College Curriculum Committees (and other committees as appropriate based on proposal type), and the technical review has been completed by the University Curriculum Committee Secretary, they are circulated via the Curriculum Forms System to campus groups (Curriculum Committee members, college deans, college curriculum committee chairs, department chairs and school directors). The full proposal is available for review during circulation on the Curriculum Forms website. Department chairs and school directors are requested to circulate this material to all faculty members.
Proposals to which no objections have been raised by either the University community or by the subcommittee will be listed as an action items on the agenda of the next University Curriculum Committee or Graduate Curriculum Committee meeting.
Voting procedures:
Notification of University Curriculum or Graduate Curriculum Committee Action to Departments/Schools: Minutes of the University Curriculum or Graduate Curriculum Committee will serve as official notification to the departments or schools submitting proposals.
One of the functions of the University Curriculum or Graduate Curriculum Committee is to hear appeals from an academic department or equivalent whenever the academic department disagrees with a decision of a college curriculum committee or dean on curriculum matters.
At Illinois State University, primary responsibility for quality of academic programs resides with faculty; review of existing interdisciplinary minors resides with the University Curriculum Committee, an external committee of the Academic Senate. Formal review of interdisciplinary minors encourages the development and maintenance of high-quality academic programs that are administered efficiently and are consistent with the University 's mission.
Program | Review Years | Review Years | Review Years |
Cognitive Science | 2008 | 2016 | 2024 |
Women's and Gender Studies | 2008 | 2016 | 2024 |
Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies | 2009 | 2017 | 2025 |
Urban Studies | 2009 | 2017 | 2025 |
Civic Engagement and Responsibility | NEW | 2017 | 2025 |
African Studies | 2010 | 2018 | 2026 |
International Studies | 2010 | 2018 | 2026 |
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/a Studies | 2010 | 2018 | 2026 |
Children's Studies | 2011 | 2020 | 2028 |
African-American Studies | 2011 | 2021 | 2029 |
Middle Eastern and South African Studies | 2011 | 2021 | 2029 |
Ethnic Studies | 2012 | 2021 | 2029 |
Native American Studies | 2012 | 2021 | 2029 |
European Studies | NEW | 2021 | 2029 |
Global Studies | NEW | NEW | 2029 |
Entrepreneurial Studies | NEW | 2027 | 2035 |
Date | Activity | Responsibility |
March 1 | UCC Contacts IDS Minor coordinator/director and Milner with Enrollment information and self study format. | UCC secretary and provost's representative |
November 1 | Self study report due to UCC | Minor coordinator and faculty |
February 1 | UCC summative report and recommendations, including possibility of requesting follow-up reports to address issues identified prior to next 8-year review. | UCC reviewers and provost's representative |
Curricular changes approved by the University Curriculum Committee or Graduate Curriculum Committee may be offered as soon as administratively possible unless prohibited by other sections of this document or rules of the Academic Senate. Courses must appear in the registration system to be offered.
Majors, Minors, and Sequences only
Programs, Sequences, Certificates, and Courses
Departments and schools seeking to place a currently existing course in a General Education course category should submit a Course Revision proposal in the Curriculum Forms System and indicate “Yes” to request that the course be reviewed for the General Education Program, please be sure to indicate the appropriate General Education Category. Information about course learning outcomes is available on the Council on General Education website.
Departments and Schools who wish to submit a new couse for consideration in the General Education Program should submit a New Course Proposal in the Curriculum Forms System and indicate "Yes" to the question "Is this course being proposed as an Illinois State General Education Course?".
Structural changes to General Education, from modest revisions to new program designs, are complex initiatives that require campus-wide participation. Principles of such changes are as follows:
A call for revisions may be initiated by the Provost, Academic Senate, or other appropriate constituency. The formal charge to the General Education Task Force will come from the Provost who will announce the initiation of the process to the university community at large.
The Provost will appoint a task force to review the effectiveness of the existing curriculum with authority to make recommendations for program changes. The task force will consult widely with campus constituencies (faculty, staff, students, chairs/directors and deans, the University Assessment Office, the Council on General Education, the Academic Senate), and will assure multiple means of gathering campus-wide feedback. The task force will take into account that feedback as well as the relevant context for the changes, including the University 's strategic plan, statewide transfer programs, and any other internal or external factors that may be pertinent.
The task force will make recommendations for change to the Provost.
The Provost will consider the merits of the recommendations and also the feasibility of implementation, including staffing implications and other costs. The Provost may refer recommendations back to the task force for further consideration or may recommend changes to the Council on General Education.
The Council on General Education, a standing external committee of the Academic Senate, will conduct its review. CGE will involve, as appropriate, campus constituencies in its review. CGE will forward its recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee.
The University Curriculum Committee, a standing external committee of the Academic Senate, will conduct a review of the proposed structure. Following its usual process, proposed revisions or new structure will circulate to the University community for comment. UCC will forward its recommendations to the Academic Senate.
The Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate will conduct a review of the proposed structure. It will make recommendations to the Academic Senate for discussion and action. If necessary, the Academic Senate, or its internal committees, may send the proposed structure back to the Council on General Education for further review and revisions.
If questions arise regarding feasibility, staffing implications and costs, or other budgetary matters, the Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee will review the budgetary implications of the proposed structure and report to the Academic Senate on its findings and recommendations. If necessary, the Academic Senate, or its internal committees, may then send the proposed structure back to the University Curriculum Committee for further review and revisions.
Upon approval by the Academic Senate, program changes will be published in the Undergraduate Catalog and will be implemented by appropriate academic and academic support units.
Changes to Graduation Requirements are rare but important events that require campus-wide participation and thoughtful deliberation. Principles of such changes are as follows:
A call for revisions may be initiated by the Provost, Academic Senate, or other appropriate constituency. The formal charge to the Council on General Education will come from the Provost who will announce the initiation of the process to the university community at large.
The Council on General Education (a standing external committee of the Academic Senate) shall be in charge of investigating the call for revisions. A subcommittee of the Council on General Education will consult widely with campus constituencies (faculty, staff, students, chairs/directors and deans, the University Assessment Office, the Council on General Education, the Council for Teacher Education, the Academic Senate), and will assure multiple means of gathering campus-wide feedback. Ordinarily, the subcommittee will:
The UCC as a whole may augment or narrow these decision-making instruments as appropriate.
The subcommittee will take into account the feedback thus collected, as well as the relevant context for the proposed change(s), including the University 's strategic plan, statewide transfer programs, and any other internal or external factors that may be pertinent. They will make recommendations regarding the proposed change(s) to the Council on General Education.
The Council on General Education will conduct a review of the proposed change(s) and the subcommittee 's recommendations. Following its usual process, proposed change(s) will circulate to the University community for comment. The UCC may refer recommendations back to the subcommittee for further consideration. If any changes are approved, the UCC will then forward its recommendations to the Provost and the Academic Senate.
The Provost will consider the merits of the recommendations and also the feasibility of implementation, including staffing implications and other costs. The Provost may refer recommendations back to the Council on General Education for further consideration.
The Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate will then conduct a review of the proposed change(s). It will make recommendations to the Academic Senate for discussion and action. If necessary, the Academic Senate may send the proposed change(s) back to the Council on General Education for further review, revisions, or reconsideration.
If questions arise regarding feasibility, staffing implications and costs, or other budgetary matters, the Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee will review the budgetary implications of the proposed change(s) and report to the Academic Senate on its findings and recommendations. If necessary, the Academic Senate may then send the proposed change(s) back to the Council on General Education for further review, revisions, or reconsideration.
Upon approval by the Academic Senate, the changes will be published in the Undergraduate Catalog and will be implemented by appropriate academic and academic support units.
Requests to change the name of a degree program, certificate program, sequence, or minor are not processed through the curriculum proposal process (i.e. not through curriculum committees). Nor are such name changes made through the catalog editing process. Name change requests must be submitted to the Office of the Provost using the
Name Change Request Form
.
After the Name Change is approved by the Provost, the department/school must submit an editorial request to indicate all catalog copy changes associated with the name change. The editorial requests must be received by the UCC or GCC by the stated catalog deadline or they will be approved for the next catalog year.
Course subject codes are the three characters used to identify courses in addition to the course number. Most courses have a subject code that is the same as the department/school code (i.e. AGR for the Agriculture courses). Course subject code changes must be approved through the department/school, College Dean, and the Office of the Provost. Course codes are changed when extenuating circumstances exist such as accreditation related reasons. Course Subject Code Change request proposals should be submitted to the Office of the Provost using the Course Subject Code Request form. Questions about Course Subject Code Change should be directed to the Associate Vice President of Undergraduate Education at 438-2157.
Accelerated master 's degree (AMD) programs offer high achieving students the opportunity to complete their bachelor 's degree and master 's degree in a faster time frame than each degree separately. Students will take both graduate and undergraduate classes when they have junior or senior status and seamlessly transition into their master 's degree program. Students admitted into an accelerated master 's degree program may count a maximum of twelve (12) hours or 33% of course work (whichever is higher) towards both the bachelor 's degree and master 's degree. The undergraduate accelerated sequence should indicate a minimum number of graduate level credit hours that should be completed in order for the student to graduate in that sequence. Courses must be at the 400-level or be a dual credit 300 level course in which the student completes graduate student requirements as outlined in the syllabus. The coursework requires approval of the academic advisor.
Accelerated sequences are proposed as a new undergraduate sequence in the curriculum forms system. An editorial change will most likely need to be made to the graduate degree program catalog copy indicating the accelerate program exists. Departments and Schools interested in developing an undergraduate accelerated sequence should review information on the Graduate School website and consult with the Graduate School Director before starting their new undergraduate accelerated sequence curriculum proposal.