Charleston Southern University
Curricular Approval Process
The Charleston Southern Curricular Approval Process has
two levels. The first level is designed to handle curricular
maintenance issues. A report on these items will be made
each meeting to the Curriculum Committee, who will review
them. The second level is designed to handle major curricular
changes and will be voted on by the Curriculum Committee,
who will report all Level 2 actions to the faculty for review
prior to VPAA final approval.
Curricular changes that will appear in the next academic
catalog must be submitted prior to the start of Spring Break.
Level One
Level One items require action by the following people:
1.
Faculty of an academic department (if submitted from
a college) or an appropriate interdisciplinary unit
(e.g. Honors)
2. Dean of the respective school or college
3. Curriculum Committee chair review
4. VPAA
Curricular changes that are considered Level One include:
Course Changes (other than general education courses)
1. Courses to be deleted from the catalog
2. Course prerequisites
3. Increase or decrease in the hours of a course
4. Course title, level, number, and/or designator
5. From credit/no credit or pass/fail to letter grades or
vice-versa
6. New courses
7. Major content revisions of existing courses
Program
Changes
1.
Changes in the name of major, minor, or special academic
programs (emphasis, concentration)
2. Requirements for an existing major which do not change
the total number of credit hours in a major or do not substantially
change the content of a major
3. Requirements for an existing minor which do not change
the total number of credit hours in a minor or do not substantially
change the content of a minor
4. Requirements for a special academic program which do not
change the total number of credits in the special academic
program or do not substantially change the content of the
special academic program
Level Two
Level Two items require action by the following people:
1.
Faculty of an academic department (if submitted from
a college) or an appropriate interdisciplinary unit (e.g.
Honors)
2. Dean of the respective school or college
3. Curriculum Committee
4. Report to faculty and faculty review
5. VPAA
Curricular changes that are considered Level Two include:
1. Addition or deletion of a special academic program
2. Modifications to a special academic program (e.g., concentration,
emphasis, etc.) which change the total number of credit
hours or which substantially change the content of a special
academic program
3. Addition or deletion of a minor
4. Modifications to a minor which change the total number
of credit hours or which substantially change the content
of a minor
5. Core Curriculum Requirements
6. Degree Requirements
a. New Degrees
b. Deletion of existing degrees
7. Minimum requirements for a major or minor
8. Changes in majors
a. New majors
b. Deletion of existing majors
c. Modifications to a major which change the total number
of credit hours or which substantially change the content
of a major
Forms Approved by Curriculum
Committee
Course Deletion Form AA-23 
Course Revision Form AA-25
Library Analysis Form
New Course Form AA-21
New Program Form AA-22
Program Deletion Form AA-24
Program Revision Form AA-26
Technology Analysis Form
