Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3359-20-05.2 | Curricular changes.

                                                
(A) University-wide approval required:
		  The following curriculum changes require university-wide approval:
(1)  Addition of
			 courses.
(2) Deletion of
			 courses.
(3) Changes in bulletin
			 descriptions.
(4) Addition of degrees,
			 majors, minors, tracks, certificates and programs.
(5) Changes in degrees,
			 majors, minors, tracks, certificates and programs.
(6) Deletions of degrees,
			 majors, minors, tracks, certificates and programs.
(7) Proposals to change
			 any university-wide curriculum requirements.
(8) Changes of general
			 education requirements.
(B) Proposing a curriculum
		  change.
(1) Each college shall
			 have its own procedures for proposing curricular changes consistent with the
			 requirements of this rule. These procedures shall be described on the college
			 website or in a document that is available from the dean's
			 office.
(2) Curriculum change
			 proposals shall originate within the academic unit that is to offer the
			 course(s). Curriculum change proposals may be initiated only by full-time
			 faculty as defined by the academic unit.
(a) For purposes of this rule, "academic unit" means
				any group having a separate identity that participates in the offering of
				curricula. It includes academic departments, schools that do not have
				departments, colleges that do not have departments or schools, and institutes
				and centers that offer courses of academic study.
(b) When an interdisciplinary curriculum change is proposed that
				involves more than one academic unit, one unit shall be designated as the
				originating unit, but each unit involved must approve the proposal before it is
				reviewed by the college(s).
(3) Proposals may be
			 submitted to the automated curriculum review system at any time.
(C) College review: After a curriculum
		  change proposal has been approved by the academic unit(s), the appropriate
		  college review committee(s) shall review and approve or disapprove the
		  proposal. The college review committee may request clarification of or changes
		  to the proposal before it approves or disapproves it. All such requests and
		  subsequent changes shall be recorded in the automated curriculum review system.
		  A majority of the members of the college review committee shall be full-time
		  faculty members of the college who do not also hold administrative
		  appointments.
(D) Institutional review: A curriculum
		  change proposal that has been approved by the college(s) shall be released by
		  the authorized personnel of the college(s) for institutional review.
		  Institutional review bodies with a role in recommending proposals for approval
		  include graduate school, general education advisory committee (GEAC), and
		  curriculum review committee (CRC). Institutional review bodies without a role
		  in recommending proposals for approval but which need to be notified and may
		  wish to make comments, include university libraries, registrar, and
		  institutional research.
(1) If an institutional review body
			 recommends changes to a proposal, the originator of the proposal may make such
			 changes, subject to approval by the academic unit and college if required by
			 college procedures. Any such changes shall be recorded in the automated
			 curriculum review system.
(2) Any institutional
			 review body may make comments on proposals, and these comments shall be
			 recorded in the automated curriculum review system.
(3) Institutional review
			 bodies with a role in recommending proposals for approval shall do so in the
			 automated curriculum review system.
(4) GEAC shall be a subcommittee of CRC,
			 and shall be responsible for reviewing curriculum change proposals that affect
			 general education requirements.
(E) University-wide review.
(1) Two weeks after the
			 curriculum change proposal was released for institutional review, it shall be
			 reviewed by CRC.
(2) CRC shall be
			 responsible for reviewing curriculum change proposals from a comprehensive,
			 university-wide perspective. This review shall consider, among other things,
			 the appropriateness of the academic unit offering the course(s) or program(s)
			 and the effect the proposal may have on academic units in the
			 colleges.
(3) The CRC shall
			 consider any recommendations for changes or comments that may have been made by
			 institutional review bodies.
(4) If there are any
			 unresolved recommendations or comments from institutional review bodies, CRC
			 shall attempt to resolve these issues.
(5) The CRC shall
			 recommend to the faculty senate either that it approve or that it disapprove
			 the proposed curriculum change. Each such recommendation shall be reported to
			 the faculty senate at its next regular meeting.
(F) Faculty senate review: The faculty
		  senate shall either approve or disapprove each curriculum change proposal
		  reported by the CRC. Proposals that are approved by the faculty senate shall be
		  forwarded to the office of academic affairs.
(G) Provost review: The senior vice
		  president and provost or his or her designee shall, within two weeks, approve
		  or disapprove any curriculum change proposals forwarded to it by the faculty
		  senate and shall inform the originator of the proposal and the faculty senate
		  of his or her decision. If a proposal is disapproved, a statement of the
		  reason(s) for the disapproval shall be included.
(H) Deadlines: The deadline periods
		  specified above shall include only days that fall within the fall or spring
		  semester, excluding university holidays and recesses.