Curriculum Approval
The curriculum process at UVU is driven by UVU Curriculum policy, Utah State Board of Regents policies and NW Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation standards. Individual departments and programs may be further influenced by additional accrediting bodies.
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| 01-May | Curriculum Submission in COMET: The deadline for curriculum submission in COMET is May 1st for proposals that will be effective Fall of the following year if approved. The requirement for meeting the deadline is that those proposals must be entered into COMET and have received formal approval from your Department Chair, School Curriculum Committee Chair and Dean by May 1st. |
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Proposals
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to add, delete, or modify curriculum must be entered into COMET.
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| Department Chair and School Curriculum Chair review proposals and approve/disapprove
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| Dean to review proposals and approve/disapprove
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. If approved, proposal automatically routes to College Curriculum Committee for review. |
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College Curriculum Committee
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Additional paperwork is required for both the Board of Trustees and the Board of Regents. Department chairs should consult with the
AVPAA
very early in the curriculum process to successfully prepare the necessary documentation.
2 All curriculum requests, approvals and disapprovals must be processed in COMET. 3 Some departments may also have Advisory Committees that review their proposals prior to being submitted to the School Curriculum Committee. |
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Timing Your Curriculum Proposals
The curriculum process is at the heart of a series of processes and events that take proposed curriculum from an idea to implementation in the classroom; however, when you are planning curriculum changes, it is important to keep in mind the broader picture.
Perhaps one of the most perplexing questions that arise concerning the curriculum process is, “How long will it take?”
The time necessary to take an item from idea to classroom will vary depending on the nature of the curriculum action. It might take as little as 16 months, but could require as much as 37 months, or more.
Did you know that the State Board of Regent’s policy governing the processing of curriculum within the state of Utah (R401) identifies twenty-six specific curriculum actions?
Adding new certificates or degrees, discontinuing existing programs of study, creating Institutes or Centers, changing degree names, restructuring existing programs or administrative units are just a few of the actions that fall under what we generally call “curriculum.”
Our illustration and task lists may prove helpful in planning and demystify the timing of curriculum. It breaks up the total processing time into five main areas and shows their relationship to common curriculum actions; however, this image only shows the curriculum process in general terms. In actuality, there are five distinct approval paths that curriculum can follow, but all of them fall within the boundaries illustrated in the chart.