Academic Standards and Curriculum Review Committee

A.S.C.R.C. POLICIES FOR REVIEWING COURSE PROPOSALS

Proposals to Add New Courses (5/12/87) and (10/9/97) (Syllabus is required)

In its efforts to protect academic standards, A.S.C.R.C. will ask the following questions regarding new course proposals:

• Has the course been taught experimentally? X95 courses taught twice must be reviewed and approved by A.S.C.R.C. (and/or the Graduate Council) and the Faculty Senate prior to inclusion in the catalog. (Approved by the Faculty Senate October 9, 1997.)
• Is the course's content significantly duplicated in other courses? (If it is, the course will face a heavy burden of justification).
• Is there a reasonable expectation that the course can be regularly taught? (The general expectation is that a course be offered at least once every three years).
• Does the course represent a net increase in departmental credit? (The general expectation is that a new course proposal be accompanied by proposals for course deletions, course combinations, credit reductions, and/or commitment of greater teaching resources.)
• Study Skills Courses: Two credits may be applied toward the 120-credits required for graduation. (Approved by the Faculty Senate October 9, 1997.)
• Career Skills Courses: No credit may be applied toward the 120-credits required for graduation. (Approved by the Faculty Senate October 9, 1997.)
• If A.S.C.R.C. rejects a proposed course, the initiator of the proposal will be invited to appear before the committee for purposes of appealing the decision and responding to committee concerns.

One-time Only Courses for General Education (11/22/85) [Currently under review]

In order to accommodate the possibility that a special course taught once only by a visiting professor might be well suited for general education, A.S.C.R.C. can consider proposals that meet the following requirements:

• The course must be taught by visiting faculty
• The course must be taught as a Special Topics course using the 195, 295, 395, 495, and 595 numbers.
• Only one section will be approved and approval will be once only.
• Seventeen (17) copies of the General Education Course Request Form must be submitted to the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221.
• A.S.C.R.C. as a whole will consider requests.

Course Cross-Listing Policy (11/26/85)

• Cross-listing a course will be allowed only when two or more departments or programs request that the course be so designated.
• All cross-listings not already approved and in the catalog must be approved by A.S.C.R.C. after review for substantial interdisciplinary content, excluding 195, 295, 395, 495, and 595 offerings.
• Cross-listed courses must carry the same title and, if possible, should carry the same course number.
• Cross-listed courses can only be implemented within comparable course levels, e.g., (U), (UG), or (G).
• "Special Topics" of "Studies in . . ." or other variable content courses should not be cross-listed with established courses that have specific subject matter and catalog description. (If the established course is substantially interdisciplinary in nature, the same number should be established as a cross-listing in the other department rather than using a special topic number.)

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