A Course Revision proposal should be submitted in order to propose retitling, redescribing, and/or renumbering (within the same level) a course that is currently in the Academic Bulletin when this revision is not part of a Program Revision or New Program proposal. If you want to change the DR tags or the level of the course or if you want to add a cross-listing, you will need to sunset the current course and propose a new course with a different course number instead.
Approval Process: Course title, description, or number changes require Curriculum Committee approval, but do not need to be presented for a Faculty vote.
Proposal Instructions
Please click here to open the Course Revision proposal template file and then click the Use Template button to create a copy of the template in your Drive. Use the instructions below to complete your copy of the proposal template and then submit it to the Curriculum Committee using this form.
Please note that Chairs will be asked to acknowledge that the submission of this proposal is the product of a departmental discussion.
Proposals do not need to include material that has already been approved by the committee and is not relevant to the requested change. This can include, but is not limited to:
- Course descriptions
- DR tags
- Course learning outcomes
- Catalog language
- Curricular Maps (program and DR)
The committee will solicit this information only if members of the committee determine that they cannot adequately evaluate the proposal without it.
Course Revision Information
- Summary of Changes: Using a bulleted list, please list all of the types of changes you are proposing and provide a brief description in each case. The possible types of changes are:
- Renumbering
- Retitling
- Redescribing.
- Rationale: Please explain why these course revisions are being proposed, making sure that you address each of the types of change that you listed in the Summary of Changes. If they are in response to program assessment, please describe how your assessment data informed this proposal.
- Revised Course Listing: Copy the current course listing from the PDF version of the current Bulletin and paste it into the proposal document. Alternatively, find the course in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background. Indicate the proposed changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red.
- Course Number: If you are renumbering the course, please consult with the Registrar’s office about an appropriate course number.
- Number of Credits: The number of credits can be 1, 2, 3, or 4, or can be listed as variable (1-4).
- Course Description: See guidelines.
- Short Title: If a course title is more than 30 characters, an abbreviated title that is under 30 characters long must be provided. Paste your current short title (if applicable) into the box and then indicate any changes.
- Grading Option: If you are changing the grading option for the course, please enter the current grading option and strike it out and enter the new grading option in red. The options are:
- Must be taken on a letter-grade basis
- Must be taken Credit/No Credit basis
- Can be taken on a letter-grade basis or a Credit/No Credit basis
Program Requirements and Electives
- Cognate Programs: Please list all of the majors and minors that currently include this course, outside of the ones offered by your home department or program. To ensure that you have identified all affected programs, search for the current course number in the Academic Bulletin. You should inform all affected programs of the proposed changes so that they can revise their major/minor, as needed.
- Programs Affected: Please list all of the majors and minors affected by the proposed changes to this course. You should contact the appropriate chair(s) or program coordinator(s) to get their feedback on the proposed changes.
- Feedback from Other Programs: Please provide a summary of the feedback you received from the chair(s) or program coordinator(s) that you listed in the last box.
- Program Bulletin Language: For any majors or minors in your department that are affected by this change, enter the current Bulletin language for that program and indicate any proposed changes by striking out deletions and adding new language in red.
You can copy and paste the language from the PDF version of the Bulletin. Alternatively, find the program language in the online version of the Bulletin, click the printer icon, and copy the current course listing from the pop-up box. Both of these methods will result in a copy that does not include the colored background.
Learning Outcomes and Mapping
Course Learning Outcomes: If you are revising any of your course learning outcomes, enter the current learning outcomes and indicate any changes by striking out any language that is being removed or revised and entering any new language in red.
If you are revising your course learning outcomes, please keep the following points in mind:
- Learning outcomes should describe what students should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the course and should be written broadly enough that changes in instructor, textbook, etc would not require a change to the outcomes.
- As you write your outcomes, please think about how the wording of your outcome might affect your ability to effectively assess the outcome. For example, compound outcomes will require you to separately assess multiple components of the outcome. To avoid compound outcomes, you may need to think about which outcomes to prioritize by listing them as CLOs and which outcomes are important but don’t rise to the level of a CLO.
- CLO to PLO Mapping: If you are revising your CLO to PLO mapping, enter the current mapping (using the IDRP scale) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.
- CLO to DR Mapping: If you are revising your CLO to DR mapping, enter the current mapping (using X’s) and indicate any changes by striking out entries that are being removed or revised and entering any new entries in red. Feel free to add rows and columns, as needed.