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Nov 21, 2024
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POLICY 3.5.4.3 - Provisional Course Offerings
Credit-bearing courses offered on- or off-campus, whether in a traditional format or by way of alternate media (including videotape, interactive television, computers, mechanical correspondence or any combination of media) equally imply university endorsement of the content, curriculum, performance requirements of the course, and the professional credentials of the instructor. Therefore, any credit-bearing course offered, either on- or off-campus, ought to be discussed and acted upon with the same rigor, moving completely through school review, to the University Curriculum Committee, to the Senate. Ordinarily, all substantive changes in course offerings are previewed and approved before they are implemented. Courses that alter the core curriculum or the requirements for the major must undergo the complete approval process before they can be offered. All curricula should be developed through careful research and planning. It is recognized, however, that occasionally requests for courses must be acted upon much too rapidly than the total review process allows. In that instance, the following shall be observed and followed:
- in the event that credit-bearing courses need to be offered rapidly and cannot be accommodated within the structures of seminar or topic offerings (which by their nature are one-time offerings) the appropriate school/division dean/director may authorize an offering of such a course
- the dean/director must first, however, consult with faculty in the appropriate discipline and secure documentation of faculty approval before the course is provisionally authorized
- the dean/director must verify the credentials of instructors who are not regular members of the university’s faculty
- as far as is relevant, the dean/director must insure that the course offered meets the criteria for any new course offering, as outlined in the “Checklist for Submitting Course Proposal to University Curriculum Committee.” Any course approved on the dean/director’s authority must include a brief explanation of the genesis, purpose and likely future of that course.
- the dean/director must then notify the registrar of the provisionally-approved course
- the registrar must, in turn, notify the Curriculum Committee of any provisionally-approved courses
- the dean/director must also notify the appropriate school curriculum committee at its next meeting of any provisional approvals
By the end of the third consecutive semester after a provisionally-approved course is offered, it must be reviewed completely, as outlined in Section 3.5.3.2 .
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