Undergraduate Curriculum & Standards Committee

The Undergraduate Curriculum and Standards Committee provides faculty oversight for matters of curriculum and standards. The committee shall review and develop specific recommendations for the Assembly on academic policies and standards. It shall approve new courses and recommend to the Assembly the approval of new majors, programs or certificates.

If the committee does not approve a course, the interested department may appeal to the Faculty Assembly.

The Committee shall be composed of seven members:four faculty, a designated Executive Committee representative, a non-voting School administrative officer designated by the Dean, and a student.

• The Committee shall refer recommended policy changes to the Faculty Assembly for approval in the following manner: each recommendation, along with a brief supportive statement, shall be distributed to each member of the Faculty Assembly;
• the Faculty shall have one week to review the recommendation before a vote. At the discretion of the Executive Committee, votes may occur by secure ballot or during a meeting of the Assembly;
• the Executive Committee has the responsibility to ensure that new or revised academic policies are transmitted to the appropriate authorities and incorporated into the Bulletin of the School of Liberal Arts.
• The committee shall provide for the orderly review of undergraduate courses and curricula by establishing guidelines for submission dates and for proposal formats. These shall be prepared in consultation with the Dean and shall follow University and campus guidelines.

• Undergraduate Syllabus Template
• School of Liberal Arts Syllabus Supplement

An online Course Approval System is available to request a new course or request a course change. This system allows a faculty member to submit a request online which will then route to designated individuals as part of a workflow process. Once the request has been approved at all levels, the course request will be posted to the All University Course Remonstrance list on the 1st day of the upcoming month; the current course list will be available for review until the end of the month. Objections to any proposed courses should be raised following the Course Remonstrance process.

Initiate a new course request or request a course change (from one.iu.edu):

• For instructions on how to Initiate a Course and How to Approve a Course, please review the job aids provided under the heading “Course Approval and Remonstrance (CARMIn)” here:  https://ittraining.iu.edu/sis/sis-job-aids/student-records/edocs/
• Variable Subtitle Request Form:
  • Variable Subtitle Course Request Form (Word)