Committee Charge
- Advise the dean on matters of educational policy.
- Exercise general overview of the college’s academic standards, including periodic review of the college’s various degree programs.
- Recommend to the faculty proposed legislation concerning admission and graduation requirements, including changes in degree requirements, new programs, and new degrees.
- Receive from the dean the names of students who have completed the requirements for graduation and, in the name of the faculty, recommend to the chancellor, the president, and the Board of Regents that degrees be awarded to those students.
- Adjudicate on formal student appeals for relief from college or academic unit rules (based on University required appeals) and on all undergraduate student grievances (including grades and academic suspensions).
- Recommend addition and deletion of courses and changes in course names and numbers, and distribute and/or make available minutes of its meetings to the faculty.
Academic Approval Procedures
The College of IS&T has established a detailed set of approval procedures for course, program, and academic policy revision. View the full procedures.
To propose a new permanent course or a new special topics offering, please download the IS&T Course Proposal Template.
The Academic Committee reviews changes on a rolling basis, but sets the deadlines below to align with university catalog update timeframes.
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Type of Request |
Deadline |
|---|---|
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New course proposals (other than special topics) |
September 1 for courses to be offered in J-Term or Spring; December 1 for courses to be offered in following Summer or Fall |
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Major revisions to existing courses |
September 1 for courses to be offered in J-Term or Spring; December 1 for courses to be offered in following Summer or Fall |
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Minor revisions to existing courses |
April 1 |
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New major & certificate program proposals |
September 1 |
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New minor & concentration proposals |
December 1 |
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Major revisions to existing programs, including discontinuation and changes to delivery mode |
December 1 |
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Minor revisions to existing programs |
February 1 |
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College-wide academic policy changes |
December 1 |
Members
2022-2024
CS: Harvey Siy
ISQA: Paul Van Vliet
Si2: Kate Cooper
2021-2023
CS: Jeff Solheim
ISQA: Deanna House
Si2: Rui Zhao