Rhode Island College
Curriculum Committee Manual
Revised August 2004
Distributed September 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter l: By-laws regarding the Curriculum
Committee
1.1 ARTICLE
on General Provisions Regarding Council Committees
1.2 ARTICLE
on Curriculum Committee
Chapter ll: Framework of the Curriculum Committee
2.1 The
Organizational Position of the Curriculum Committee
2.2 The
Responsibilities of Members
2.3 The
Responsibilities of Officers
2.4 The
Jurisdiction of the Curriculum Committee
2.5 The
Curriculum Committee’s Relationship to Other Bodies
2.5.1 The
Committee on Individual Graduate Programs
2.5.2 The
Committee on Student-Designed Majors
2.5.3 The
Committee on General Education
2.5.4 The
Writing Board
2.6 Reports
from Subcommittees
Chapter III: Procedures of the curriculum committee
3.1 Meetings
3.2 Agenda
3.3 Conduct
of Meetings
3.4 Distribution
of Materials
3.5 Deleting
Courses from the Catalog
3.6 Glossary
of Terms Used in the College Catalog
Chapter IV: Proposals and their Preparation
4.1 Types of
Proposals
4.2 General
information about the Preparation of Proposals
4.3 Transmittal
Form
4.4 Supporting
Documentation
4.4.1 Revision
or Deletion of an Existing Course
4.4.2 Proposal
for a New Course
4.4.3 Revision
of an Existing Undergraduate Program
4.4.4 Revision
of an Existing Graduate Program
4.4.5 Proposal
for the Revision of Existing Curricular Policy or Curricular Practice or for a
New Curricular Policy or Curricular Practice
I Annual Reports
I-A The
Content of Curriculum Committee Annual Reports
I-B The
Curriculum Committee Subcommittee’s Annual Report
II Forms
for Transmitting Proposals to the Curriculum Committee
The Forms in this manual
marked with an * are in Microsoft Word form
format. To use a form, click on its title in the Index. When asked
if you want to open the form or save it, choose “Save” and save the form to
disk (either your hard drive or a data disk). You can then open the form
in Microsoft Word, toggle through the fields (using the tab key), fill in the
information, and save the file with a name appropriate to the content of the
form (e.g. ENGL 574.CCCP.08-24-04; use CCTF for transmittal forms, CCCP for
course proposal forms, CCUPP for undergraduate program proposals, and CCGPP for
graduate program proposals). Send completed forms along with all supporting
documents to the Chair of the Curriculum Committee as attachments to an
email. Please refer to specific instructions for the preparation of
proposals contained in Chapter IV of this manual.
II-A Transmittal
Form*
II-B Course Proposal Form*
II-C Undergraduate
Program Proposal Form*
II-D Graduate
Program Proposal Form*
III Report
of Curriculum Committee Action to the Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs and
to the President (Action Form)*
III-A Form
for Report of Curriculum Committee Action
IV Subcommittees
of the Curriculum Committee
IV-A The
Individualized Graduate Program Committee
IV-B The Committee
on Student-Designed Majors
IV-C The
Committee on General Education
IV-D The
General Education Honors Program
IV-E The
Writing Board
V Policy
on College Courses
VI Policy
on Credit by Proficiency Examination
VII Policies
Governing Off-Campus and Special-Format Courses
VII-A Graduate
Proposal for Off-Campus Course
VII-B Undergraduate
Proposal for Off-Campus Course
VIII Policy
on the Administration of Interdisciplinary Courses
IX Policy
on Limits on the Number of Credits for Undergraduate Majors|
X Policy
on Mathematics Competency Requirement
X-A Policy
on Mathematics Competency and Writing Competency Requirements
X-B Revision
of the Mathematics Competency Requirement (1)
X-C Revision
of the Mathematics Competency Requirement (2)
XI Policy
on Course Credit/Meeting Time
XII Guidelines
for Certificate Programs
XIII Policy
on College Honors Program
XIV Policy
on x50 and x80 Courses
XV Field
Experience, Internship, Practicum Policy
XVI Policy
on General Critieria for Departmental Honors Programs
XVII Policy
on Remedial or College Preparatory Courses
XVIII Policy
on the Renumbering of Courses
XIX Policy
on Continuing Education Units