402-1 - Course Development and Revision Policy

Title:	Course Development and Revision Policy
Owner:	Office of the Provost
Last Update/Revised:	02/25/2021

Policy: Course content is a core responsibility of program faculty. The Provost’s Office provides and maintains the system of folders and documents as well as manages a small team of course builders/editors to ensure quality and consistency of the product and the student experience. The course building team is instructed only to copy and paste from Course Guides and implement settings as directed by the Course Guide build tables. The build team does not write any content that appears in the course. Occasionally, the Provost’s office team might assist the faculty team with edits for style in order to assist in getting the course to the builders and thus the students in a timely manner.

Program faculty work within their curriculum committee or smaller teams to create, review, update, or edit a course in the Course Guide. The program faculty, if approved by the program leadership, may also work with a hired SME. The processes for approvals for course content are within the purview of the academic leadership of each program. The Course Guide contains an area where revision and approval action dates can be tracked. Curriculum committee minutes are also expected to record course design and revision work.

Purpose: The purpose of this policy is to ensure that course content is current and aligned with program learning outcomes.

Scope: This policy applies to all University faculty.

Document and Form(s):

New Course Form
Change Course Form
Delete Course Form