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Curriculum Council

The Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development and Curriculum Council are responsible for the publication of the Curriculum Council's Handbook. The Handbook describes procedures for submitting course proposals, new majors, minors, and concentrations, as well as procedures for General Education course approval and course development information.

ALL CURRICULUM COUNCIL FORMS Exemplary proposals

2026-2027 CC Calendar

Aug. 17

Email finalized Gateway Syllabi to the current Writing Program Director

Sept. 18 @ 4PM

Deadline for submission of Course Fee Requests to the Thorpe Center for Spring, May Term, and Summer 2027 courses.

Sept. 30

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the October Faculty Meeting for inclusion in the Spring and Summer Semester Banner list of courses.

Note: Requests approved after this date may still be included on the web-based list of courses for Spring 2027, but might miss the Spring advising period.

Oct. 28

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the November Faculty Meeting.

Nov. 2

Deadline for submission of new or significantly revised majors, minors, or concentrations.

Jan. 6

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the January Faculty Meeting.

Feb. 1

Outgoing CC representatives will call for nominations for their replacements.

Feb. 3

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the February Faculty Meeting in the Fall Semester Banner list of courses.

Note: Requests approved after this date may still be included on the web-based list of courses for Fall 2027, but might miss the Spring advising period.

Feb. 5

Departmental commitment to the Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development of faculty resources to teach Gateway Colloquia in the next academic year.

Feb. 17

The slate of CC nominees will be announced in academic units that need to elect a new representative. Two (2) days will be given for additions / deletions. 

Feb. 19 @ 4PM

Deadline for submission of Course Fee Requests to the Thorpe Center for Fall 2027 courses.

Feb. 22

Voting deadline for CC representatives in academic units who are electing a new representative.

Mar. 3

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the March Faculty Meeting.

Mar. 24

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the first April Faculty Meeting.

Apr. 7

Deadline to submit course proposals to CC for consideration at the second April Faculty Meeting.

Note: This is the final deadline for course proposals to be considered in the current academic year; proposals submitted after this deadline may not be able to be addressed by CC until the fall of the next academic year.

Apr. 30

Deadline for submission to the Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development of final Gateway Colloquium course descriptions for the next academic year.

 


CC Members for the 2026-2027 Academic Year

Abby Mann
Abby Mann
Chair
The Library Faculty
Chisato Kojima
Chisato Kojima
Vice-Chair
The Division of the Humanities
RJ Hodde
RJ Hodde
The Schools of Art, Theatre Arts, and Music
Tara Gerstner
Tara Gerstner
The School of Business and Economics
Lindsey Kellar
Lindsey Kellar
The School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Abdel Isakovic
Abdel Isakovic
The Division of the Natural Sciences
Carmela Ferradáns
Carmela Ferradáns
ex officio Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development
Leslie Betz
Leslie Betz
ex officio Registrar

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