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New Temporary Courses (“X” Course)

Temporary courses, also referred to as X courses (e.g., JOR 322X), may be offered no more than twice during the two-year period following their approval. Temporary courses must meet one or more of the following criteria:

  1. a) experimental in nature, innovative, using unconventional devices or pedagogical methods, course materials, approach to course content or student-teacher relationships;
  2. b) being tried on a temporary basis so that its value and effectiveness can be tested before it is added to a department’s permanent curriculum;
  3. c) intended for a limited duration, such as in the case of employing a visiting specialist temporarily available or to satisfy temporary needs and interests of students or to deal with timely issues (University Manual 8.80.12).

TEMPORARY COURSES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR GENERAL EDUCATION CREDIT OR REQUIRED FOR A PROGRAM (Degree, major, certificate, or minor)

Select and submit the appropriate new course Proposal form to propose a:

NEW TEMPORARY COURSE (“X” COURSE)

Please follow the instructions on the form carefully and completely and include:

  • Course ready Syllabus
  • Library Impact Statement (LIS):  The proposer may request the LIS from the subject selector by going to the University Libraries webpage. After receiving the LIS the proposer uploads the document within the electronic proposal form. Or, the proposer can complete the LIS Request within the CMS and the Subject Selector Librarian will upload the LIS to the system on behalf of the proposer.
  • If applicable PDFs of emails from other departments or colleges with agreement(s) to cross listing, or acknowledgement(s) regarding possible overlap of content.

If the new course will result in changes for a program of major, go to “programs” in the CMS and propose changes. Include in the rationale a reference to the new course. 

Proposals must be approved by:

  • Chair, Department/Program
  • Chair, College Curriculum Committee
  • Dean, College

Proposals are reviewed and processed through the CMS workflow. To view the overall approval steps, see the Curriculum Process flow chart, and to monitor the progress of a specific proposal, check your dashboard on the CMS platform. Navigate to the proposal submitted, and select “expand” to the workflow approval steps and its current place in workflow. For proposals submitted prior to full CMS implementation (fall 2022) check the Proposal Tracker maintained by the Faculty Senate Office. 

Beginning fall of 2022 the Faculty Senate Office only curriculum proposals made through the CMS will be processed. 

Prior to Curriculum and Standards Committee/Graduate Council action, proposed TEMPORARY COURSES are published on the last work day of the month in the Temporary Course Newsletter. Proposals must be received by the 25th of the month to be published in that month’s newsletter. Faculty members have 7 days to register comments with the Curriculum and Standards Committee/Graduate Council chair.

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