Guidelines for changes to the Academic Catalogue 
(created by AAC 2006-2007; revised by AAC September 2008)

  1. Proposals for new academic programs must be submitted to the AAC; after consideration by the AAC and possible emendation, such proposals will be submitted to the faculty for a vote of approval.
  2. All programmatic changes to the requirements for a major must be submitted to the AAC; after consideration by the AAC and possible emendation, such changes will be submitted to the faculty for a vote of approval. [Programmatic changes do not include course substitutions, exceptions, or waivers for individual students, but affect all students in a major (e.g., changes to number of required hours, courses required from other departments, etc.).]
  3. All proposals for new courses (except for -85 courses, as described in # 4 below) must be submitted to the AAC, following the "New Course Approval Procedure" posted on the Dean of Faculty's website; after consideration by the AAC and possible emendation, such proposals will be submitted to the faculty for a vote of approval. A department or program wishing to add to the curriculum a course that was previously but is no longer listed in the Catalogue must submit a proposal to the AAC, following the procedure for new course proposals.
  4. All courses taught for the first time under the -85 number must have received departmental or program approval before they may be offered. If a department or program wishes the -85 course to be offered a second time, a course proposal and rationale for the continued -85 designation must be submitted to the AAC for approval. If a department or program wishes the -85 course to be offered more than two times, on each occasion the course must again be submitted to the AAC, for one of two possible actions: 1) the AAC will review the course proposal and submit it to the faculty for approval as a regular, ongoing course offering with its own permanent number; 2) the AAC will consider circumstances specified in the proposal and may approve the course's being offered again under the -85 designation.
  5. Proposed changes to a course description that would alter significantly that course's content or function in the curriculum must be submitted to the AAC; following consideration by the AAC and possible emendation, such changes will be submitted to the faculty for a vote of approval.
  6. Grammatical or stylistic alterations to a course description that do not change substantively the content of the course may be made by the department or program concerned. Concerns about whether an alteration is substantive should be referred to the AAC.
  7. Proposals that a course satisfy a core requirement must be submitted to the AAC; after consideration by the AAC and possible emendation, such proposals will be submitted to the faculty for a vote of approval.
  8. Proposed changes in course prerequisites must be submitted to the AAC for approval.
  9. Proposals to cross-list a course in another department must first be approved by both departments concerned and then be submitted to the AAC for approval.
  10. Proposed deletions of courses from the Catalogue must be submitted to the AAC. If the AAC has curricular concerns about the implications of a deletion, it may submit the proposal to the faculty with a recommendation for approval without objection. Note # 4 above: a course that is deleted from the Catalogue may not be taught again unless the department or program submit a proposal to the AAC, following the procedures for a new course proposal.
  11. Proposals to delete a program or a major from the curriculum must be submitted to the AAC; following consideration by the AAC and possible emendation, such proposals will be submitted to the faculty for a vote of approval.
  12. All course renumbering must be done in concert with the College Registrar. If a proposed change in numbering creates a change in course level (from 100 to 200, for example), such proposals must be submitted to the AAC for approval.

Updated 12-2-2008