Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee Form Submission Sequence

1) The requesting college / school / division / department obtains the current version of the proper form.

2) The forms are completed and signed within the College by the Department Chair, the College Curriculum Committee, and the Dean.

3) The forms with all attachments are delivered to Nancy Philip in the Registrar's Office, Computer Center by 9:00AM on the specified due date.

4) The Registrar's Office records the submission and forwards a copy of all materials to the Secretary of the Faculty Senate, Maria Marques, who duplicates the materials and distributes it to committee members.

5) On its scheduled meeting date the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee convenes, reviews the request, and generates a recommendation.

6) At the subsequent scheduled Faculty Senate meeting the Chair of the Curriculum Committee presents the recommendation to the Senate for their action.

As there are multiple steps in the process and a number of detailed forms to be completed it is important to be aware of possible 'trip points'. Listed below are some of the items that have caused difficulty in the past.

• The wrong form is used.
• An old (out of date) version of the form is used.

• For some Curriculum Change Form requests page two and three are required. The request requires page two and three but only page one is submitted.

• One or more sections of the form that should be completed have been left blank, only partially filled in or are completed incorrectly.

• All the proper signatures have not been obtained

• Too much text has been provided in some areas changing the overall layout of the form.

• Requisite signatures are not at the bottom of the first page (often caused by the inclusion of too much text in one of the text response boxes).

• Signatures are not legible.

• One or more attachments were omitted.

• The name of a knowledgeable person to be present to answer questions at the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee meeting has been omitted.

• The proposal request was not submitted in a timely manner.

• The possible overlap of the request with existing /current offerings / programs has not been fully addressed and / or written response from these areas has not been obtained.