Program/Plan Timelines

Program/Plan Timelines:

Colleges and departments are strongly encouraged to submit curricular materials as early in the year as possible, to ensure timely consideration by all entities.

Proposals must be electronically approved in Curriculog by the department and college curriculum committees, all affected deparments, and the college Dean’s office prior to Academic Affairs consideration – please allow adequate time for proposals to be reviewed by affected departments and the college prior to the timelines below.
Address questions to your College Dean’s Office or Curriculum Committee representatives.
Incomplete submissions will be returned for completion and resubmission. They will not have met the submission deadline.

Effective Fall Semester

All approvals must be completed/finalized no later than June 1^st in order to be reflected in the catalog for the Fall term.

Approvals received after the June 1^st deadline will move to the next available option.

		Change to Current Program	New Program
Initial Review	Proposal Initiated in Curriculog
	Department Faculty Review Committee	Review as Entered/Submitted	Review as Entered/Submitted
	Department Faculty	August	August
	College Curriculum Committee	Approval by September Meeting	Approval by September Meeting
	College Faculty	Approval by October	Approval by October
	Assessment Approval (Associate Provost, AP Institutional Effectiveness)	October/November	October/November
GR proposals	Graduate Council Academic Affairs	Approval by the November Meeting	Approval by the November Meeting
GR proposals	Graduate Council	Approval by December Meeting	Approval by December Meeting
	Faculty Senate Academic Affairs	Approval by February – April Meetings	Approval by February Meeting
	Faculty Senate Executive Committee	Approval by May Meeting	Approval by March Meeting
	Faculty Senate	Approval by May Meeting	Approval by March Meeting
	Provost Review		To Provost Queue by April to get on the KBOR Agenda
	Board of Regents		Final Approval by May Meeting
	Final Review/Process	This is the final step which includes but is not limited to KSIS updates/code creation; DARS adjustments or builds; etc...

Effective Spring Semester

All NEW program approvals must be completed/finalized no later than October 31^st in order to be reflected in the catalog for the Spring semeser.

Approvals received after the October 31^st deadline will move to the next available option.

		Change to Current Program	New Program
Initial Review	Proposal Initiated in Curriculog
	Department Faculty Review Committee	Review as Entered/Submitted	Review as Entered/Submitted
	Department Faculty	August/September	August/September
	College Curriculum Committee	Approval by November Meeting	Approval by November Meeting
	College Faculty	Approval by December	Approval by December
	Assessment Approval (Associate Provost, AP Institutional Effectiveness)	January/February	January/February
GR proposals	Graduate Council Academic Affairs	Approval by the February Meeting	Approval by the February Meeting
GR proposals	Graduate Council	Approval by March Meeting	Approval by March Meeting
	Faculty Senate Academic Affairs	Approval by April Meeting	Approval by April Meeting
	Faculty Senate Executive Committee	Approval by May Meeting	Approval by May Meeting
	Faculty Senate	Approval by May Meeting	Approval by May Meeting
	Provost Review		To Provost Queue by August to get on the KBOR Agenda
	Board of Regents		Final Approval by September Meeting
	Final Review/Process	This is the final step which includes but is not limited to KSIS updates/code creation; DARS adjustments or builds; etc...