Curricula Source Book
Deleting and Inactivating Courses

COURSE DELETIONS

The effective date of inactivation, for courses that are dropped from the curriculum, is the fall semester of the following academic year.

For example: ARC 284 is submitted for deletion during the academic year 2009-10, effective fall 2010.

IMPORTANT! Once a course has been deleted that particular prefix and number combination cannot be used for five academic years.

Therefore, the earliest effective date that ARC 284 could be associated with a course is Fall 2015.

INACTIVE COURSES

Courses may be put into an "Inactive file" in the Office of the Senate Committee on Curricula. They may be reactivated by notifying the Senate Committee on Curricula. Those not reactivated within 5 years are dropped. Inactive courses are not listed in University publications.

Please Note* Reactivated courses must remain in its present form, i.e., a department cannot request that a course be reactivated and changed.

HOW DO YOU DELETE OR INACTIVATE A COURSE?

The request to delete or inactivate a course is submitted in memo form. YOU DO NOT NEED A COURSE PROPOSAL FORM.

• List each course by prefix, number and title;

• If the course is cross-listed with other academic units, you must indicate that all academic units involved have been advised that the course is being removed from the curriculum;

• In the case of double numbered or cross-listed courses, please indicate if the request applies to all of the courses in the cross-listing. Does one remain active or are they all being deleted or inactivated?

• Indicate the appropriate school/college approval dates.

*Those courses being inactived or deleted are not listed in University publications, beginning the subsequent academic year.

University Senate Office 104 Steele Hall Telephone (315)443-2254 For questions, comments or problems regarding this website, please contact our webmaster:kmvetter@syr.edu © 1995 - 2009 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 (315) 443-1870 syracuse web site design: CustomWebHelp.com