Course Development

All new curriculum proposals and changes in syllabi must be submitted for review and approval to Academic Affairs.

Submitted through CIM-Course following the CIM-Course guidelines. Education Policy Advisory Committee (EPAC) is the final campus approval for all courses. Deadline for submitting courses for EPAC consideration is April 15th.

Minor/Minimal Change of Existing	New Course or Major/Significant Change of Existing	Provisional Approval
Does not require campus committee review: Discontinuation of a course Crossing listing of courses between two or more departments for programs Renumbering a course that does not involve changing its level Change in title Change in prerequisites Rewording for catalog description Minor changes in the organization of a course or the routine updating of content	Establish a new course. Change the level of an existing course (e.g. 3000 to 4000 level). Change the number of credit hours of an existing course. Significant change of objectives or content. Note: Some changes may require HLC review. Proposals reviewed by curriculum committees at the department/school, college, Courses, Programs & Evaluation Committee (if Grad), and campus levels. EPAC recommendations are published in the EPAC meeting minutes. If the potential for duplication or cross-listing exists, approval will be required in CIM-Course from the appropriate department chair/school director.	Provisional approval for one semester can be requested at Curriculum@unomaha.edu to enable a course to be listed on the class schedule for one semester while it completes the review process.

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All courses should be numbered ending with a '0' with the following exceptions:

Freshman level courses will begin with a ‘1’
Sophomore level courses will begin with a ‘2
Junior level courses will begin with a ‘3’
Senior level courses will begin with a ‘4’
Graduate level courses will begin with ‘8’ or ‘9’
Lab courses should end in ‘4’
PEA 111/112 courses will end with a letter indicating the specific activity
Applied MUS courses (115/215/315/415/815) will end with a letter indicating the specific instrument
A graduate level course cross-listed with a 3XXX course will end with ‘5’
A graduate level course cross-listed with a 4XXX course will end with ‘6’
A 9XXX level graduate course cross-listed with an 8XX0 course will end with ‘1’
A 9XXX level course may not be cross-listed with an undergraduate level course

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