Curriculum Development and Review Process
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SOUTH DAKOTA
SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
Policy Manual
SUBJECT:
Curriculum Development and Review Process
NUMBER: Policy II-1-1
(formerly, Policy II-A-3)
The curriculum shall be managed through shared
oversight by faculty and administration. Faculty members shall develop the
curriculum, approve all curricular offerings and evaluate the effectiveness and
currency of the curriculum. The administration shall develop processes to
assist faculty in the oversight of the curriculum and develop the resources for
academic offerings.
1.
Origination
Curricular developments shall be originated by a
faculty member or members. Each curricular development shall be detailed on the
appropriate form initiated by the faculty member, which shall include the
faculty member’s signature. Forms are available from the Office of the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. Proposed developments shall be
reviewed and appropriately endorsed by the department with responsibility for
the curriculum.
2.
Departmental Reviews
Curricular developments shall be reviewed by the
Departmental Curriculum Committee which shall consist of the department head or
program coordinator as committee chairperson and at least two faculty members.
A.
In
departments with ABET or other professionally accredited programs, the
Departmental Curriculum Committee will include designated representation of the
professionally accredited program.
B.
The
Department Curriculum Committee shall review all proposed curricular changes and
make a recommendation to the departmental faculty; prepare self-study materials
for all program reviews; review the results of the university assessment system
and recommend appropriate action relative to the curriculum assigned to the
department; review the syllabus for all courses and recommend appropriate action
to revise, maintain or delete courses from the curriculum.
C.
The
recommendation of the Departmental Curriculum Committee shall be reported to the
departmental faculty for appropriate endorsement action. The department head
shall report the recommendations of the Departmental Curriculum Committee and
the actions of the faculty endorsing such recommendation to the University
Curriculum Committee.
D.
Curriculum developments involving interdisciplinary degree programs shall
initiate in and be approved by the Steering Committee for the degree. In the
case of interdisciplinary graduate degree programs, the chairperson of the
Steering Committee shall forward approved curricula proposals to the executive
administrator(s) of and committee(s) with oversight responsibility for graduate
education and/or research, as appropriate.
3.
University Faculty Review and Approval
Curricula developments approved by the
departmental Curriculum Committee shall be submitted to the University
Curriculum Committee for review and appropriate endorsement for action by the
university faculty.
A.
The
University Curriculum Committee shall consist of ten faculty representatives
appointed by the Faculty Senate in consultation with the Provost/Vice President
for Academic Affairs. An individual faculty member may serve as chairperson of
the University Curriculum Committee for no longer than three years.
B.
The
chairperson of the University Curriculum Committee shall report the results of
the review including proposed endorsement actions if any, to the university
faculty at a regularly scheduled meeting of the university faculty for a vote of
approval or disapproval by the faculty. The chairperson of the Faculty Senate
shall report the results of the university faculty vote to the Provost/Vice
President for Academic Affairs. The chairperson of the University Curriculum
Committee shall forward all curricula proposals considered by the committee to
the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.
ten faculty representatives appointed by the
Faculty Senate in consultation with the Provost.
4.
University Administrative Review and Approval
The Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
shall review all curricula approved actions of the university faculty and make a
determination of the adequacy of resources available to support the proposed
curricula actions.
A.
If the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs determines that the resources
available are inadequate, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs shall
document the evaluation and return the curricula request to the originator for
possible further action with copies to the chairperson of the University
Curriculum committee and chairperson the Faculty Senate.
B.
If the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs deems that adequate resources are
available to appropriately implement the endorsed curricula changes, the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs shall forward the proposed curricula
in the form required by the Board of Regents to the appropriate persons at the
Board of Regents Office.
SOURCE: Office
of the Vice President, Mar. 1994; Office of the Vice President, Nov. 1995;
Office of the Provost, Dec. 2009
BOR Reference:
Policy 1:10, Policy 2:7, Policy 2:8, Policy 2:23, Policy 2:29. Policy 4:12,
University Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement, sects 2.3 and 5.1
Contact: SDSMT Policy
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