What curricular changes need to go through EPC?
Course Specific
| Course Specific Change | EPC Process |
|---|---|
| New course, addition to the catalog | To EPC for formal approval, then to full Faculty for a vote |
| New course, limited-time offering | To EPC for formal approval, information passed along to Faculty via electronic report |
| Changing an existing course to a Shared Passages seminar | To EPC for formal approval, then to full Faculty for a vote – Proposals should first be submitted to the Associate Provost who works with the Shared Passages Program committee (SPP) to review and forward to EPC. |
| Dropping Shared Passages seminar status from a course | To EPC for formal approval, information passed along to Faculty via electronic report |
| Dropping a course from the catalog | Notice to Registrar only – If course was required for major, to EPC for our information, to pass along to Faculty in electronic report – Members of EPC or the Registrar’s Office may notice curricular implications of small changes and ask for revisions or reconsiderations |
| Change a course number | To EPC for our information, to pass along to Faculty in electronic report – Members of EPC or the Registrar’s Office may notice curricular implications of small changes and ask for revisions or reconsiderations |
| Change a course title | To EPC for our information, to pass along to Faculty in electronic report – Members of EPC or the Registrar’s Office may notice curricular implications of small changes and ask for revisions or reconsiderations |
| Change a course description | To EPC for our information, to pass along to Faculty in electronic report – Members of EPC or the Registrar’s Office may notice curricular implications of small changes and ask for revisions or reconsiderations |
| Add/drop a pre‐requisite within your department | To EPC for our information, to pass along to Faculty in electronic report – Members of EPC or the Registrar’s Office may notice curricular implications of small changes and ask for revisions or reconsiderations |
| Add/drop a pre‐requisite outside your department | To EPC for formal approval, information passed along to Faculty via electronic report. |
Majors/Minors/Concentrations
| Majors/Minors/Concentrations Changes | EPC Process |
|---|---|
| Changes in the number of units required | To EPC for formal approval, information passed along to Faculty via electronic report |
| Changes that have impact outside of departments, e.g., cognate requirements | To EPC for formal approval, information passed along to Faculty via electronic report |
| Changes that do not involve the total number of units or affect other departments (e.g. which internal courses can count as electives, a restructuring of the required sequence of internal courses, etc.) | To EPC for our information, to pass along to Faculty in electronic report. |
College Wide
| College Wide Changes | |
|---|---|
| Number of units required for graduation | To EPC for formal approval, then to full Faculty for a vote |
| General education requirements | To EPC for formal approval, then to full Faculty for a vote |
| SIP policies | To EPC for formal approval, then to full Faculty for a vote |