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Undergraduate Curriculum and Standards Committee

The charge of the Undergraduate Curriculum and Standards Committee is to approve, evaluate, and maintain the undergraduate education program for the University. Specifically, the committee is charged with five goals: 1) develop the course submission and assessment guidelines and procedures pertaining to general education requirements; 2) review and approve applications for courses to be designated as general education courses; 3) review departmental assessments of their general education courses; 4) review and approve applications for new and/or interdisciplinary curricular initiatives including, but not limited to, new majors and minors, study abroad opportunities and team taught courses; and 5) review, initiate and/or approve changes to the undergraduate curriculum and academic policies.

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Undergraduate Curriculum & Standards Committee Calendar 2024-2025
September 6 Program/GenEd/Curriculum Changes due to UCSC via Curriculog for consideration at September meeting.
September 20 UCSC Meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room
October 4 Program/GenEd/Curriculum Changes due to UCSC via Curriculog for consideration at October meeting.
October 18 UCSC Meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room
November 1 Program/GenEd/Curriculum Changes due to UCSC via Curriculog for consideration at November meeting.
November 15 UCSC Meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room
January 3 Final Deadline for Program/GenEd/Curriculum Changes. Due to UCSC via Curriculog for consideration at January meeting and for inclusion in the 2025-2026 Bulletin.
January 17 UCSC meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room
February 21 UCSC Meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room
March 21 UCSC Meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room
April 18 UCSC meeting (2:00-4:00) Merrill Room

Procedures and Forms:

This section currently under construction as forms are begin editted. Please email Kristen Gilbert (gilbertk@waki-aiai.net) if you need one of the forms listed below.

New-Program-Proposal-Procedure-and-Forms

New-Options_Tracks_Specializations_Concentrations-Procedure-and-Forms

New-Minor-Proposal-Procedure-and-Forms

Program-Closure-Procedure-and-Forms

Academic-Initiative-Procedure-and-Forms

General-Education-Course-Alignment-Form

Embedded Certificate Procedure and Forms

2025 ACHE Meeting Dates and Deadlines

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