Senate Committee on Curricula
New Courses & Course Changes

WHAT IS A NEW COURSE?

New courses are those developed in areas not previously explored in the curricula of various academic departments. It is considered a new course if it meets one of the following criteria:

• If it hasn't been offered previously

• If there is a substantial change in the nature of the content of an already existing course

• If a selected topics course (ending in 00) is being regularized i.e., being made a permanent part of the curriculum as opposed to being offered on a temporary basis.

Please Note: A Selected Topics course being regularized shall be treated as a new course proposal. IT IS NOT A REVISION TO AN EXISTING COURSE.

PROPOSAL FOR NEW COURSES:

All proposals for new courses (this includes courses being *regularized) are subject to the course proposal approval sequence outlined below.

For regularizations (making a Selected Topics course a permanent course offering) complete all of Section I and Section II of the Course Proposal Form. You must also address all of the questions on Side B. If approved, these courses may be offered during the fall semester of the subsequent academic year.

Prior to sending the proposal to the Senate Committee on Curricula the following must take place:

1. Library Submission: When a new or regularized course is proposed, submission of the course bibliography/syllabus to the appropriate subject librarian is required.

• Submit bibliography/syllabus to appropriate librarian at the time of submission to your college/school curriculum committee. The committee requires the name of the subject librarian and date of submission. A copy of the email, attached to the syllabus, is your best documentation that the submission was done.
  [See Side B, #4]

This must be completed before the proposal is forwarded to the Senate Committee on Curricula. The Committee will withhold approval until the library submission has taken place.

2. Academic Consultation: If the course content is similar to or significantly overlaps with any courses offered in your own or other SU schools/colleges or SUNY-ESF, then a consultation with the department chairs of those academic units is required.
   [See Side B, #3]

APPROVAL OF NEW COURSES:

Approval is required of:

PROPOSAL FOR COURSE CHANGES:

All proposals to change or inactivate existing courses are subject to the course proposal approval sequence outlined below. If approved these courses may be offered during the following academic year.

Exception: Curriculum changes that are approved by the Senate after February are not effective until the spring semester of the next academic year. For example: A course approved by the Senate in March 2013 cannot be scheduled until Spring, 2014.

APPROVAL OF COURSE CHANGES:

Approval is required of:

AFTER COLLEGE/SCHOOL APPROVAL:

All curriculum proposals must be approved by the school/college committee before they can be sent to the University Senate Curriculum Office. If they haven't received the necessary approval(s) they will be returned.

The deadline for all curriculum proposals to reach this office, if the school/college is planning to offer the course(s) and/or program(s) in the subsequent academic year is

IMPORTANT: Curriculum changes received by the Curriculum Coordinator after November 1 will not be guaranteed placement on the committee's agenda during the fall semester.

Updated August 27, 2012

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