Deadline FAQs

Deadline FAQS

• What does meeting the curriculum deadline date mean?

  Meeting the curriculum deadline means the course or certificate/degree program has completed all the review and approval stages (not including the Curriculum Committee stage).

• What is the deadline for online and/or hybrid requests ONLY?

  Online and/or hybrid delivery modes can be offered as early as the following quarter as long as it is approved by the Curriculum Committee the quarter before. The appropriate form must be received by the Curriculum Office no later than the third week of the quarter before its offering.

  EXCEPTION: Courses requesting online and/or hybrid delivery for the fall quarter must be received by the third week of the spring quarter because the Curriculum Committee does not meet during the summer quarter.

• What is the penalty for not meeting the curriculum deadline?

  All course outlines are revised on a 5-year cycle. Every spring, the curriculum office will provide a list of courses up for review the following year and the catalog deadline dates. Initiators should work with their Division Curriculum Representatives to ensure that the course outlines and the necessary forms are completed and submitted by the deadline.
  
  Course outlines that are not revised after 5 years will be suspended and then deleted from the college catalog. (Note: A course may NOT offered if deleted from the catalog). Under extenuating circumstances, divisions/departments may request up to a one-year extension to the 5-year review cycle. To request an extension, a memo must be submitted to the Curriculum Committee from your division dean with the request and indicate the reason the request is being made. Upon approval of the request, the division will be granted an extension and will be expected to submit the revised course outline by the new given deadline date or have the course suspended and then deleted from the catalog.
  
  Once a course is deleted from the catalog, it may NOT be offered during the following academic year. Every department/division has the opportunity to reinstate any deleted course by revising and updating the course outline and submitting it as a "new course" to the Curriculum Committee for review and inclusion in a subsequent catalog year. (Policy voted on and approved by Academic Senate, spring 2006).