Curricular Policies Committee

According to the Faculty Handbook, CPC should discuss and formulate curricular policies and procedures and exercise oversight of curricular changes. For instance, CPC

1. Oversees the general education requirements of the College (i.e., the Forester Fundamental Curriculum or FFC; see 4c below for more details)   
2. Reviews recommendations for curricular changes in existing academic departments and interdisciplinary programs.
3. Reviews curricular proposals for new academic departments or programs. 
4. Reviews recommendations for sunsetting academic departments or programs.
5. Reviews new course proposals (NCPs) and course change requests (CCRs). 
6. Oversees the academic calendar. 
7. Reviews proposals to change academic policies in the College Catalog. 
8. Oversees academic advising policies. 
9. Oversees the policies and procedures for regular student evaluation of courses.
10. Reviews proposals for new academic partnerships with other academic institutions (including study abroad partners).
11. Establishes new policies for the Academic Appeals Board as required and clarifies the intent of academic policies and rules at the request of the Board.

• Division I: Tessa Sermet
• Division II: Dave Park
• Division III: Scott Schappe (Chair)
• Ex officio - Dean of Faculty Office: Tara Natarajan or Matthew Kelley
• Ex officio - Dean of Students Office: Tony Tyler
• Ex officio - Registrar’s Office: BJ White or rep
• Student Representative - Raneem Samman

• FFC Description in the Course Catalog
• FFC Experiential Learning FAQ
• Guidelines for Distribution Tags CP H NS SS QR
• Guidelines for Domestic Pluralism DP Tag
• Guidelines for Experiential Learning EL Tag
• Guidelines for Global Perspectives GP Tag
• Guidelines for Speaking Intensive S Tag
• Guidelines for Technology Intensive T Tag
• Guidelines for Writing Intensive W Tag

To submit a New Course Proposal (NCP), follow these steps.

1. Review the timeline and FAQ document for NCPs.
2. Download and review the New Course Proposal (NCP) Guidelines & Planning Document
   1. In a separate document, prepare answers to the relevant questions in the guide so that you can copy/paste into the following form because the form does not allow you to save your progress along the way.
3. When you’re ready, please complete New Course Proposal (NCP) Online Form Flow

To submit a Course Change Request (CCR), follow these steps.

1. Review the timeline and FAQ document for CCRs
2. Download and review the Course Change Request (CCR) Guidelines & Planning Document
   1. In a separate document, prepare answers to the relevant questions in the guide so that you can copy/paste into the following form because the form does not allow you to save your progress along the way.
3. When you’re ready, please complete Course Change Request (CCR) Form Flow

To propose changes to an existing academic program (including the sunsetting of a program), follow these steps:

1. Download and review the CPC Change to an Existing Program Guide
   1. In a separate document, prepare answers to the relevant questions in the guide.
2. Submit this document via email to the Chair of CPC.

To propose a new academic program, follow these steps:

1. Download and review the CPC Guide to Proposing New Academic Programs 
   1. In a separate document, prepare answers to the relevant questions in the guide.
2. Submit this document via email to the Chair of CPC.

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