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:
Registrar's A-Z Index of policies and procedures
University Senate's Curriculum Reports
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 |
| 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
These are policies, procedures and guidance that govern the approval of new and revised courses and programs.
Courses
| Course Numbers (policy) | Defines parameters for determining course numbers and levels (e.g. 100, 200, etc.) |
| Credit Hour and Student Workload (policy) | Defines credit hours and relationship to student workload for graduate and undergraduate courses |
| Online/Hybrid course approval – graduate (policy) | Defines requirements for approval of online and hybrid graduate courses |
| Online/Hybrid course approval – undergraduate (policy) | Defines requirements for approval of online and hybrid undergraduate courses |
| Student Engagement Inventory (SEI) | Outlines how to complete the required Student Engagement Inventory for course approval |
| Subject Codes | Defines subject code parameters and process for approval of new codes or changing existing codes |
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 |