Curricula - Expire a Degree Program, Major, Minor, Concentration, or Certificate

Initiator begins request to expire:

  1. Degree Program
  2. Major
  3. Minor
  4. Concentration
  5. Certificate

Initiator checks for enrolled students (Cognos report)

Verify with Admissions

  1. Verify Admissions is not admitting to the program/major/etc. and it is not on the common application and no future admits
    1. If Yes, a plan must be provided by academic unit for students degree completion.

Initiator reviews:

  1. Are there currently enrolled students?
    1. Yes – are they staying under the existing?
      1. No - have the students been notified? Will this change delay their graduation?
    2. No – move forward

Initiator answers:

  1. What is effective term
  2. Brief rationale for revision

Department head will review

  1. Approve - Proceed
  2. Deny - Send back to initiator

Dean of School/College will review

  1. Approve - Proceed
  2. Deny - Send back to initiator

Notifications are sent to:

  1. Office of the Registrar
  2. Office of the Provost
  3. Associate Deans

Office of the Provost approval

  1. Approve – Provost Office submits to Office of the Registrar
  2. Deny - Initiator must make changes according to the result

If expiring an entire program (the last major in a program)

  1. Provost Office communicates with ICHE to remove the program from API

Office of the Registrar

  1. SIS systems updated accordingly
  2. Communicate to University stakeholders, including Admissions and Financial Aid

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