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ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COUNCILS
DELETION OF COURSES

Policy

Courses numbered 899 or below (excluding Readings Courses) which have not been taught (i.e., scheduled with sufficient enrollments to offer the course) in the preceding two years (8 quarters starting with a fall quarter through summer quarter two years later) and courses numbered 900 or above (excluding Readings Courses) which have not been taught in the preceding three years (12 quarters) will be considered by the Undergraduate and/or Graduate Program Councils for deletion from the College of Business Administration's catalog course listings.

Reasons for Policy

Without a systematic and periodic review of the College's course offerings, courses which have not been taught for a reasonable period of time will remain in the College's undergraduate and graduate catalog course listings. Since the primary purpose of publishing a catalog is for the student to be able to choose appropriate courses for the degree within a reasonable period of time does not exist, de facto. As a result, listing such a course in the catalog is misleading to the student and is a detriment to the academic planning of the student and the student's advisors.

Procedures

At the beginning of fall quarter each year, the Undergraduate and Graduate Program Councils will distribute to all faculty a proposed motion to delete all courses that have not been taught in the time periods stipulated in the statement of policy above. During the fall quarter an academic unit may prepare a written justification, to be submitted to the appropriate Council, requesting an exception to the policy. Upon receipt of a request for exception to policy, the appropriate Council will hold discussions with representative(s) of the academic unit prior to the formal hearing for the purpose of reaching agreement on the exceptions. In accordance with the normal Council procedures, a formal hearing will be held before the end of fall quarter on the motion to be presented to the faculty at the winter quarter meeting. A revised motion will then be made at the winter quarter faculty meeting to delete courses (for purposes of updating the College's catalogs for the subsequent year).
If student demand for a deleted course again occurs at some time in the future, the course should be submitted as a new course for the review of the appropriate Council.

(Approved at RCB Faculty Meeting of May 23, 1984)