This page contains links to academic policies related to instruction and curriculum approval. Where the establishing legislation or source is known, that is cited at the bottom of each policy. In some cases, the legislation or source cannot be located but the policies exist as longstanding practice.
If you do not find a policy you are looking for on this page, please check the following places:
Instructional policies
These are policies, procedures and guidance related to managing and teaching courses, and working with students.
| Academic Extra Benefits for Student-athletes (policy and guidance) | Describes NCAA rule on “academic extra benefits” involving student athletes and provides guidance for instructors in working with student-athletes |
| Accessible Education Center (AEC) Accommodations (policy and guidance) | Briefly describes instructor responsibilities in working with students who are approved for AEC accommodations. See AEC Website for complete information |
| Canvas Use (policy) | Prescribes the use of Canvas in most courses and defines minimum required content for each Canvas site |
| Course Attendance and Engagement (policy) | Describes university policy that governs course attendance and engagement policies for all undergraduate courses. |
| Cultural Competency Courses – syllabi requirement (policy) | Provides statements that are required on syllabi for all courses that meet the “Difference, Inequality and Agency” or “Global Perspectives” core education requirement |
| Dead Week (policy) | Defines policy on final examinations and projects assigned for the final week of regular classes |
| Final Exams (policy) | Defines required parameters for final exams |
| Grades – Changing Grades after submission to Duckweb (procedure) | Describes how and when instructors can change a grade in Duckweb after submission |
| Grades – Incompletes (policy) | Defines Incomplete policy and when it is appropriate to assign an “Incomplete” |
| Grades – Recording Final Grades in Duckweb (policy) | Requires instructors to record letter grades for all students in graded and grade-optional courses |
| Grades – Recording Last Date of Attendance/Participation in Duckweb (policy) | Describes policy for recording last date of attendance or participation for students who receive an F or N grade to comply with Federal financial aid regulations |
| Grades – Thesis and dissertation (503/603) (policy) | Defines policy that grades should be assigned for students making satisfactory progress in thesis or dissertation courses instead of an “I” |
| Instructor of Record (policy) | Defines who can be designated as an Instructor of Record on courses |
| Instructor Availability and Office Hours (guidance) | Provides guidance for instructors in setting office hours and general availability for students |
| Mandatory First-class attendance (policy) | Defines conditions under which attendance can be required on the first day of classes and relevant procedures |
| Midterm Exams (policy) | Defines required parameters for midterm exams |
| Religious Observance accommodations | Defines university policy on accommodating student absences due to religious observance |
| Student Attendance and University-sponsored events (policy) | Defines what accommodations can be made for students who miss class due to a university-sponsored event |
| Student Experience Surveys (policy) | Describes policy for end-of-term Student Experience Surveys and provides resources |
| Student Records Privacy Policy for Faculty and Staff (FERPA) (policy) | Describes university employee responsibilities in handling information that is considered part of a student record |
| Standard University Syllabus Language | Standard language required on all syllabi, updated annually |
| Syllabus (policy) | Requires instructors to provide syllabi in most courses and defines syllabi contents and which courses must provide syllabi |
| Unregistered students attendance in courses and using Canvas (policy) | Defines when it is appropriate to allow unregistered students to attend classes or use Canvas |
Curriculum Approval POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
These are policies, procedures and guidance that govern the approval of new and revised courses and programs.
Courses
| Common Course Numbering | Describes state-level common course numbering legislation |
| Consultations with Other Units | Describes policy for consulting with other units on course proposals and how content duplication is determined and managed |
| Core Education - Areas of Inquiry Criteria | Defines the criteria for courses to meet the Area of Inquiry requirement |
| Core Education - Cultural Literacy Course Criteria | Defines the criteria that must be met by Difference, Inequality & Agency (DIA) courses and Global Perspectives (GP) courses |
| Core Education - Methods of Inquiry Criteria | Defines the criteria for Methods of Inquiry, required in Area of Inquiry courses |
| Corequisites | Defines corequisites |
| Course Descriptions | Describes purpose and format of course descriptions |
| Courses Not Taught | Defines process for dropping courses not taught withing specified period and reinstating courses |
| Course Titles | Describes criteria for course titles |
| Credit and Student Time Commitment | Describes requirements for student time commitment and interactions between instructors and students for each credit hour of a course |
| Course Numbers | Defines parameters for determining course numbers and levels (e.g. 100, 200, etc.) |
| Credit Hour and Student Workload | Defines credit hours and relationship to student workload for graduate and undergraduate courses |
| Effective Date | Defines cycle for approved new and revised courses |
| Expanded Course Descriptions | Describes purpose of expanded course descriptions and guidance for writing them |
| Experimental Courses | Describes experimental courses and associated course numbers, use of courses |
| Generic Courses | Describes generic courses, lists available numbers, and appropriate use |
| Grading Options | Describes available grading options and their applications |
| Guest Lecturers in Courses | Defines role of guest lecturers in courses |
| Honors Course Criteria | Defines UOCC criteria for a course to be granted the "H" suffix indicating it is an "Honors" course |
| Instructional Modalities | Defines UO policy and U.S. Department of Education requirements for online courses |
| IRB or RCS Review | Defines role of IRB and RCS in course activities |
| Multi-listing Courses | Describes use of subject codes for multi-listed courses and lists requirements |
| Prerequisites | Describes requirements and limitations |
| Repeatability | Describes conditions and limitations of repeatability |
| Revision (minor, major) | Defines conditions for major or minor revision categories |
| Sequence | Defines use of sequence for courses taken in a particular order |
| Statistics Courses | Describes due diligence requirements for statistics courses |
| Topics Courses | Describes procedure for naming topics courses and eligibility requirements in Area of Inquiry and Cultural Literacy courses |
| Subject Codes | Defines subject code parameters and process for approval of new codes or changing existing codes |
| Variable Credit Courses | Describes ranges of credits and how to determine hours for which students register |
Programs
| Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code (procedure) | Describes procedure for changing a program’s CIP code |
| Honors Program Guidelines (policy) | Defines requirements and approval process for program-level honors programs |
| Overlap of courses between two or more programs (policy) | Delegates authority to individual units to determine the amount of allowed course overlap between two or more programs |
| Premajor (policy) | Describes policy and procedure for establishing a premajor |