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City College Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Change Checklist
Revised: August 24, 2012
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First, discuss any curriculum changes needed with your
Center/Department Chair, the Associate Dean and faculty in
your program and/or center. Also discuss changes with your
Program Advisory Committee.
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Complete the appropriate curriculum change proposal
forms. As needed, make use of the following documents
located on the MSU Billings Academic Senate and City College
Curriculum Committee’s web sites.
http://www.msubillings.edu/senate/Forms/formshome.htm
http://www.msubillings.edu/COTfaculty/curric/currpage.htm
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Contact any City College Curriculum Committee (City
College CC) member as necessary for assistance.
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Fill out the
appropriate
curriculum forms, available on the
MSU-B web site.
http://www.msubillings.edu/senate/Forms/formshome.htm
Submit the fully-developed curriculum change proposal and
all forms (on white paper) to your Center/Department Chair
and then to the Associate Dean for review and signature.
If your proposal affects courses delivered by another
program or department, you also have to obtain necessary
initials on the "Affected Departments Initial" form line.
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Submit signed copies and soft (electronic) copies of your
proposal to the Committee chair. E-mail ( vgagnon@msubillings.edu).
The Committee chair will scan the documents and send them to
the City College Curriculum Committee Secretary.
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You and your Center/Department Chair will be invited to
meet with the City College Curriculum Committee meeting.
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During the meeting, the ex officio members and the
Curriculum Committee will discuss the proposal and recommend
changes. Minor changes may be made during first reading.
Major rewrites or unresolved issues will require a second
reading for committee review.
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The committee will vote on the proposal.
If the proposal is approved, proceed to the next step.
If the proposal is not approved, the committee will
make recommendations for further action.
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Once approved, the Committee chair will print the course
proposal forms on the appropriate color paper and obtain
signatures:
a. Submitting Faculty
b. Center/Department Chair
c. Associate Dean
d. City college Curriculum Chair
e. Dean of the College
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The Dean’s Administrative Assistant will send the
original
signed
packet and soft (electronic) copies of
your proposal to:
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Rita RabeMeduna
Administrative Support Academic Senate McMullen Hall, Room
214 657-1676
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Your proposal will be reviewed for first reading at an
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) meeting. You are
required
to attend.
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If approved by the UCC, the proposal will be sent to the
Academic Senate for review/approval. You are not
required
to attend; however, it might prove
helpful. When you receive notification of this approval,
proceed to the next step.
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If necessary, notify the MSU-Billings Bookstore (Jacket’s
& Company West) if your curriculum change alters your book
order for the upcoming semester.
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_____ 14.
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Update your program's advising sheet and provide a copy
to New Student Services and the Academic Advising Office.
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Congratulations! You made
it!
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