Faculty Senate Curriculum and Instruction Guide

If you have any questions or comments regarding information provided on this page, please contact the Faculty Senate Office at (314) 516-6769 or senate@umsl.edu.


COURSE PROPOSALS:
To create/update/change a COURSE proposal, please use the Course Inventory Management software program.

NOTE:  After you have created and saved a course proposal, but BEFORE you submit your proposal, you must contact any other affected departments for "sign-offs". When you have saved the proposal, please direct the affected departments to examine and review your proposal in the Course Inventory Management program. The affected departments can sign-off by editing the proposal in the sign-off section of your proposal. (When they have signed off, they should "Save Changes" on your proposal.) After you have obtained all of the necessary sign-offs, you can "Save & Submit" your course proposal.


PROGRAM PROPOSALS:
To create/update/change a PROGRAM proposal, please use the Program Management software.

Prior to making changes or creating a new form, and to avoid common pitfalls using this program,  please contact Betsy Sampson at sampson@umsl.edu or x6810 to ensure that the program proposal moves through the approval process in a timely manner.


A PROGRAM CHANGE FORM for CBHE. There is a new document (Program Change Request). The Program Change Form, which should be attached to the program proposal in the Program Management Software, is required for the following circumstances:

  • changing the title of a program
  • combining programs
  • deleting a program
  • archiving a program
  • adding an emphasis area to a programCurriculum and Instruction/december-2024
  • changing the title of an emphasis area
  • deleting an emphasis area from a program
  • adding a certificate to a program
  • changing the title of a certificate


Information about NEW PROGRAM FORMS (only needed for new degree programs and new stand-alone graduate certificates) is available on the UM System website.

The new program forms are not needed for new certificates, minors, or emphasis areas in existing programs.

For questions relating to the Program Change Form or New Program Forms, please contact Betsy Sampson at sampson@umsl.edu

To find the current academic calendar, click calendar

To find current course information, click Bulletin

Course & program proposals approved by the 2024-2025 Faculty Senate are as follows:

Course & program proposals approved by the 2023-2024 Faculty Senate are as follows:

 

Course & program proposals approved by the 2022-2023 Faculty Senate are as follows:


Course & program proposals approved by the 2021-2022 Faculty Senate are as follows:

 

Course & program proposals approved by the the 2020-2021 Faculty Senate are as follows:


Course & program proposals approved by the 2019-2020 Faculty Senate are as follows:


Archived Senate approved proposals