Curriculum Deadlines
Use these deadlines to plan when proposals must be approved to take effect in the next catalog year.
How Deadlines Fit the Curriculum Process?
→ Submit Proposal in Modern Campus Curriculum/Curriculog → Department review and approval → College
review and approval → University-level review (as applicable) → Approved changes published in the Catalog
Please note that the lead time for new or revised courses and programs to appear in
the Schedule of Classes or the University's Online Academic Catalog is often longer than anticipated.
Department Chair/ School Director Approval Deadlines
Contact your College Associate Dean for department chair/school director approval deadlines.
- Business: Leslie Albert.
- Education: Emily Slusser.
- Engineering: Nicole Okamoto (Undergraduate) or Xiao Su (Graduate).
- Health and Human Sciences: Matthew Masucci.
- Humanities and the Arts: Roula Svorou.
- Information, Data & Society: Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca.
- Science: Shelley Cargill.
- Social Sciences: Clifton Oyamot.
College Approval Deadlines
If you are planning to submit new curriculum proposals or revisions to be effective Fall 2027, these must be approved at the college level by the following deadlines.
No Deadline
- Course Inactivation (Not Crosslisted)*
- Course Reactivation
- Program Discontinuation
- Program Suspension
* The college approval deadline to inactivate cross listed courses is August 20, 2026 for spring 2027 implementation and December 20, 2026 for fall 2027 implementation.
Two Weeks Before Registration Begins
- Course: Adding a new Sub-Topic
October 1, 2026
- Course Proposals:
- Develop New Academic Programs:
- New Degree Program:
- Projection Proposal (for March Board of Trustees Meeting)
- Detailed/Full Proposal
- New SAGE / 4+1 program
- Elevating Options or Concentrations to a Full Degree Program
- New Pilot Degree Program
- New Concentration under an existing program
- New Certificate / Credential / Honors / Minor
- Adding a Counterpart to Existing Program: Self-Support of State / State of Self-Support
- New Degree Program:
- Program Revisions
- Department / School:
May 1, 2027
- New Degree Projection Proposal (for July Board of Trustee Meeting)
After college and university approvals, the proposals are routed to Undergraduate Education/College of Graduate Studies approvals.
While curriculum proposals can be submitted in Modern Campus Curriculum/Curriculog at any time, those not approved by the deadlines will be implemented in the following academic year (fall 2028).
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do we have deadlines?
Deadlines support timely publication of the Academic Catalog, MyRoadmaps and other advising tools, and the Schedule of Classes so students can plan before registration.
Why can programs only be revised once a year when we have a digital catalog and schedule?
The Academic Catalog is officially published once a year (usually April). A PDF version must also be submitted for compliance and articulation purposes, and students have catalog rights tied to a specific catalog year (Title 5).
