Curriculum Policies and Guidelines
Introduction to CIM for Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Deadlines
New courses and course changes/alterations must be approved by the March Faculty
Senate meeting to be effective in the Fall term, and by the October Faculty Senate
meeting to be effective in the Spring or Summer terms.
New course proposals that miss this deadline can still be considered until the December,
April, or June Faculty Senate meetings for the Spring, Summer, and Fall terms,
respectively, but such courses will not be listed in the initial schedule of courses
and will not appear in the catalog's program requirements.
To make it on the agenda for a given Faculty Senate meeting, a course must be passed
by the previous Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting. To make it on the agenda
for the Executive Committee meeting, it must be passed by the Faculty Senate Curriculum
Committee at least 10 calendar days prior to the Executive Committee meeting.
Please take into account any additional time required for department and college
committees to pass the course before it is forwarded to the Faculty Senate Curriculum
Committee.
All changes to existing degree programs must be ratified by all approval levels no
later than April 30 to go into effect for the next academic year. New degree programs
must be ratified by all approval levels (including the Board of Governors) no later
than April 30 to go into effect for the next academic year.
| 28-Aug-23 |
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Schedule to roll Fall 23 to Fall 24 schedule (including Summer) |
| 31-Aug-23 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
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| 25-Sep-23 |
Executive Committee |
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9-Oct-23 |
Faculty Senate |
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3-Oct-23 |
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Spring 24 schedule of courses available on STAR |
| 10-Oct-23 |
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Registration for Spring 24 begins for Beckley and Keyser campuses |
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18-Oct-23 |
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Registration for Spring 24 begins for Morgantown campus |
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28-Sep-23 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Last course changes for BIOL, CHEM, MATH, PHYS for Fall 24 approval |
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23-Oct-23 |
Executive Committee |
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| 6-Nov-23 |
Faculty Senate |
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26-Oct-23 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Final date for
new courses for
Spring 24 to be submitted |
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13-Nov-23 |
Executive Committee |
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4-Dec-23 |
Faculty Senate |
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30-Nov-23 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Final date for
course changes to be submitted for
Summer/Fall 24
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11-Dec-23 |
Executive Committee |
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8-Jan-24 |
Faculty Senate |
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| 23-Jan-24 |
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SLI's final submission for Summer/Fall 24 |
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4-Jan-24 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
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22-Jan-24 |
Executive Committee |
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5-Feb-24 |
Faculty Senate |
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25-Jan-24 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
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1-Feb-24 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Final approval for
program changes for 24-25 |
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26-Feb-24 |
Executive Committee |
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| 4-Mar-24 |
Faculty Senate |
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| 5-Mar-24 |
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Fall 24 schedule of courses available on STAR |
| 19-Mar-24 |
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Registration for Fall 2024 begins |
| 25-Mar-24 |
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Schedule to roll Spring 24 to Spring 25 schedule |
Any submissions reviewed by the committees on the dates below will be effective for
academic year 25-26 OUR review suspended from April 1 - June 30
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7-Mar-24 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Final approval for
new programs for 24-25
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18-Mar-24 |
Executive Committee |
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1-Apr-24 |
Faculty Senate |
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18-Apr-24 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Final date for
new courses to be submitted for
Summer 24
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22-Apr-24 |
Executive Committee |
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6-May-24 |
Faculty Senate |
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2-May-24 |
Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee |
Final date for
new courses to be submitted for
Fall 24
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13-May-24 |
Executive Committee |
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3-Jun-24 |
Faculty Senate |
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Policy Related to Creating, Changing, and Terminating Academic Programs
A uniform, institutional standard for the categorization of all degree programs,
majors, minors, areas of emphasis, and undergraduate and graduate certificate programs
at current locations currently served by West Virginia University has been developed.
The relevant approval processes are implemented through the Curriculum Inventory
Management (CIM) system.
Guidelines Concerning Degree Program Titles and Designations
Approved degree programs at WVU are listed in the WVU Curriculum Matrix, available
at http://registrar.wvu.edu/curriculum-matrix. Guidelines were developed to facilitate
selection of appropriate degree program titles and designations and to establish
principles to maintain uniformity across programs at WVU. Please see the document
below for details on guidelines for degree designations at WVU.
Degree Designations Guidelines
WVU Subject Code Policy
The WVU Subject Code Policy outlines the process by which new subject codes are created.
Please see the document below for details on establishing new subject codes at
WVU.
WVU Subject Code Policy