Approval Procedure Guide
In addition to the hard copies sent to the Faculty Senate Office, Hampshire House 105, it is required that course proposals be submitted electronically (in MS Word format only) to senate@senate.umass.edu. See Sen. Doc. No. 05-019A for information regarding the rationale for this change.
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I. Course Approval Procedures
Regular Courses
Experimental Courses
Minor Changes in Courses
II. General Education Designation
Honors Designation and Continuing Education
III. Academic Programs (Majors, Minors, Concentrations and Certificates)
General Information, Definitions, and Approval Procedures
Program Approval Procedures
1. Academic Degree Programs
2. Joint Academic Degree Programs
Program Revision Procedures
Policy and Procedures: Termination of Existing Programs
IV. Review Procedures for Establishing Institutes, Centers, or Similar Organizations
Definitions and Distinctions
Institutes
Centers
Scope of Campus Authority Concerning Centers and Institutes
Creation and Approval
Proposal Content (General)
Resource Implications
Approval Procedures
Appointments
Allocation of Space
Evaluation of Existing Centers and Institutes
1. General Guidelines
2. Detailed Guidelines
V. Forms
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