New Baccalaureate Degrees (with or without emphases)
New Graduate Degrees (with or without emphases)
New K-12 Personnel Licensure Programs.
New Undergraduate Certificates
New Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
New Post Master’s Certificates
Proposal Steps:
Discuss proposed idea with Chair and Dean and then schedule an appointment with the with the Director of Curriculum (DOC) for preliminary discussion. Email DOC at chris.guymon@utahtech.edu.
Department Chair/Faculty prepares White Paper form (email samira.hall@utahtech.edu for form). NOT NEEDED FOR CERTIFICATES – Use PIM form and get approval at UCC or GC
White Paper submitted to Curriculum Office .
DOC will review the White Paper and determine if White Paper Form will advance to Academic Council (AC) for approval to move forward with the R401 process.
If approved by the AC, Department Chair/Faculty requests access to the to the R401 Program Proposal link.
If the program will use courses offered in a different department and/or college a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) must be signed by Department Chairs and/or Deans.
The Department Chair submits a finalized draft of the R401 proposal in the USHE form to the Curriculum Office for final review and PLO verification. All suggested edits must be completed before proposal moves forward.
The Department Chair/Faculty submits the final R401 proposal draft in to the College Curriculum Committee (CCC) agenda.
If approved, the Department Chair submits the final R401 proposal in the USHE form to the Curriculum Office for placement on the UCC (bachelor’s proposals) or Graduate Council (GC) (master’s proposals) agenda.
UCC or GC will conduct a vote. *Once Certificates are approved, use the R401 USHE Form for Academic Council, Peer Review and Board of Trustees.
If approved, the DOC submits the R401 proposal to the Academic Council (AC) Secretary to be included on the AC agenda once for a review and a second time on the AC agenda for a vote.
If Approved the DOC submits the R401 proposal to the Utah System of Higher Education for a Peer Review.
Once passed the Peer Review, the DOC submits the R401 proposal to the Board of Trustee agenda (3 weeks in advance).
Once the Board of Trustees’ votes, and if the program is approved, the proposal is submitted to the NWCC for final approval.
If approved at NWCC , the Curriculum Office submits the New Program Catalog Handoff Worksheet to the Catalog Administrator
The Catalog Administrator adds the new program to the next Catalog (only published once per year) and to DegreeWorks.
The Department Chair verifies the degree is correct in the PIM & Degreeworks.
If approved, the Curriculum Office advances the proposal into the Catalo
