Materials Required - EPC

Materials Required - Educational Policies Committee

• One official form is used for two kinds of proposals:
  
  

  1) Curriculum Proposal Form – This form is for any changes to the degree program (new program, terminate program, change requirements, option or minors).
  2) "Catalog/Course Revision Form" – This form is for any changes in courses (number, description, credit hours, prerequisites, title) or add a new course or delete a course
  

• The form must be filled out completely with all required signatures. Please be sure to note any fiscal effects and make sure to obtain signatures form any other departments that would be affected by the changes.
  
  
• If the department is submitting a new course proposal, the proposal must include a syllabus for the new course. See Syllabus Criteria on this website.
  
  
• If the proposal includes major changes in a curriculum, submissions for all new courses and all courses that will be changes from electives to required courses must contain the material as stated above.
  
  
• Also, when an option within a major or minor is proposed, submissions must include material as stated above for all courses even if the courses are currently in the catalog.
  
  
• Please note that if a proposal includes the change of "Approve for general education," it must be approved by the General Education Advisory Faculty (GEAF) committee before being submitted to the EPC.
  
  
• Please provide the Chair of the EPC the original form(s) plus fifteen copies (duplex the copies to conserve paper). The forms are located at this website.
  
  
• Please e-mail one copy of the proposal in Microsoft Word format to the chair of EPC for catalog documentation.

  FEBRUARY 15 CATALOG DEADLINE

  Beginning 2004 – 2005 academic year, the WVSU and WVSCTC Catalogs will be published on an annual basis. Any departments wishing for their proposals to be approved, published, and fully implemented for the following fall term will need to submit proper forms and documentation before the February meeting, since the deadline is February 15 each academic year.