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3/10/93

ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF
PROPOSALS FROM ACADEMIC UNITS REQUIRING APPROVAL OF FACULTY



Date Applicable to Consideration
of Proposals at Faculty Meeting of:


Winter Qtr
Sept. 1
Spring Qtr
Jan. 15
Fall
Qtr
Aug. 1
(1) Last date for proposals to be received by Office of the Dean from academic units for earliest consideration at RCB faculty meeting indicated. Only those proposals submitted by the September deadline have any opportunity for publication in the University's catalogs for the subsequent academic year. Proposals for new degrees and/or majors require approval by the Board of Regents; thus, publication cannot be guaranteed for a particular catalog edition.

(2) Office of the Dean reviews proposals for completeness and technical compliance with Council's curricular proposal forms, achieving any required resolution ith the submitting academic unit.
Early
Fall
Quarter
Early
Winter
Quarter
Late
Summer
(3) A summary of the proposals is distributed to all RCB faculty for their information and input to the Council. Faculty may review all supporting documentation in the Office of the Dean; in addition, a copy of these materials may be requested by an academic unit.

(4) Council will deliberate, meeting with the departments who submitted the proposals and other parties as necessary, to arrive at its recommendations. For each proposal received, the Council must recommend: (a) approval (with any changes from the proposals submitted by the academic units noted), (b) disapproval or (c) defer consideration until a subsequent faculty meeting.
Three weeks before RCB
faculty meeting
(5) Council distributes its recommendations on all proposals received to all RCB faculty with an announcement soliciting either (a) written response or (b) testimony at a quarter RCB hearing. Faculty may review all supporting documentation in the Office of the Dean; in addition, a copy of these materials may be requested by an academic unit. In meeting accordance with the University Senate resolution on course duplication, an announcement of proposed course additions and deletions is distributed to the deans and academic units of other colleges.
One week before RCB
faculty meeting
(6) Any changes in the Council's recommendations stemming from the hearings process will be distributed to the faculty with the agenda for the RCB faculty meeting.

(7) Council recommendations are presented at RCB faculty meeting for consideration.

NOTE: Some proposals submitted to the faculty for their consideration are initiated by the Councils, as opposed to the academic units. For Council-initiated proposals, only events 5, 6, and 7 above apply.

 



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