At-A-Glance: Academic Course and Program Development

 

Applicable Actions

1. Establish a New Academic Unit
2. Change the name of an Academic Unit
3. Reorganize Academic Units
1. Minor reorganization (e.g., moving a department from one college to another college)
2. Signification reorganization (e.g., elevating a School to a College)

Required Forms

• Academic Units Form (Curriculog Form 3)

Approval Process – Internal (with the exception of establishing a new academic unit)

• Academic Affairs Curriculum Coordinator
• Department Curriculum Committee
• Department Chair
• College Curriculum Committee
• College Dean
• Senior Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
• University Curriculum Committee
• Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
• APSU President
• APSU Board of Trustees*
• THEC**

*New Academic Units and Significant Reorganization of Academic Units require APSU Board of Trustees approval

**New Academic Units and significant reorganizations require THEC approval

 

Applicable Actions

 

• Conversion of an existing ground program to a fully on-line program*
• Curriculum modifications which increase or decrease the number of hours in an existing academic program*
• Curriculum Modifications in an existing academic program
• Establish a certificate using one or more new courses, regardless of degree level#
• Establish a certificate using only existing courses, regardless of degree level (repackaging of existing courses)*
• Establish a new concentration or Minor#
• Establish an articulation agreement between institutions*
• Extend an existing degree program to be delivered 100% at an off-campus location*
• Inactivation of an existing program or concentration*
• Name change for existing academic program
• Name change for existing concentration within an academic program
• Reactivation of a program that was placed on inactivation within the past 3 years*
• Termination with or without phase-out of an existing program or concentration*
• Policy Revision: Admission/Progression/Graduation (institutional or program specific)
• Other

*Require submission of the Intake Form to Curriculum Coordinator for review and approval prior to proceeding with the relevant proposal submission form in Curriculog.

#Requires submission of the Intake Form to Academic Affairs and approval of Provost and VP for Academic Affairs and the University Curriculum Committee prior to proceeding to completing and submitting the relevant proposal form in Curriculog.

Required Forms

• Intake Form, if applicable based on above guidelines (Curriculog form 2)
• Program Modification Form (Curriculog Form 6 or 10)
• Side-by-side Comparison of current program and proposed program, if applicable
• THEC Financial Projection Form, if applicable
• 4 Year Plan or Graduate Degree Map, if applicable

Approval Process – Internal with THEC Notification only

• Academic Affairs Curriculum Coordinator
• Senior Vice Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Department Curriculum Committee
• Department Chair
• College Curriculum Committee
• College Dean
• Council for Teacher Education, if applicable
• Graduate Academic Council, if applicable
• University Curriculum Committee
• Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
• APSU President, if applicable
• APSU Board of Trustees, if applicable
• THEC, if applicable
• SACSCOC, if applicable

 

Applicable Actions

• Changes to degree designations of existing academic programs (such as BA to BFA or adding BS to a BA degree program)#
• Elevation of an existing concentration to a stand alone academic program#
• CIP Code Changes
• Consolidation of programs
• Adding a degree designation

# Requires submission of the Intake Form to Academic Affairs and approval of Provost and VP for Academic Affairs and the University Curriculum Committee prior to proceeding to completing and submitting the relevant proposal form in Curriculog.

Required Forms

• Intake Form (Curriculog Form 2)
• Program Modification Form (Curriculog Form 6 or 10)- Per THEC Policy A1.1
• Side-by-side Comparison of current program and program, if applicable
• THEC Financial Projection Form
• 4 Year Plan or Graduate Degree Map

Approval Process

• Academic Affairs Curriculum Coordinator
• Senior Vice Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Department Curriculum Committee
• Department Chair
• College Curriculum Committee
• College Dean
• Council for Teacher Education, if applicable
• Graduate Academic Council, if applicable
• University Curriculum Committee
• Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
• APSU President, if applicable
• APSU Board of Trustees, if applicable
• THEC, if applicable
• SACSCOC, if applicable

Applicable Actions

• New degree program (Major)#
• New certificate program (in excess of 24 credit hours)#

Required Forms

• Intake Form (Curriculog Form 2)
• Letter of Notification (LON) (Curriculog Form 7)
• New Academic Program Proposal (Curriculog Form 4 or 8)
• THEC Financial Projection Form
• 4 Year Plan or Graduate Degree Map

# Requires submission of the Intake Form to Academic Affairs and approval of Provost and VP for Academic Affairs and the University Curriculum Committee prior to proceeding to completing and submitting the relevant proposal form in Curriculog. 

Approval Process

• Academic Affairs Curriculum Coordinator
• Senior Vice Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Department Curriculum Committee
• Department Chair
• College Curriculum Committee
• College Dean
• Council for Teacher Education, if applicable
• Graduate Academic Council, if applicable
• Graduate Dean, if applicable
• University Curriculum Committee
• Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
• APSU President, if applicable
• APSU Board of Trustees, if applicable
• THEC, if applicable
• SACSCOC, if applicable

APSU Lifecycle of the New Program Development Process

APSU Types of Requests and the Approval Process