UCC Process for Offering Approved Undergraduate Programs at Ohio University Campuses Approved 12, 2012 WHEREAS in accordance with Faculty Handbook section VII.B, the University Curriculum Council (UCC) is to make recommendations in curricular matters that include the "…addition, relocation, and deletion of academic programs and degrees"; WHEREAS extant UCC processes address program additions and changes, and program relocation within the same campus, and the process for program deletion is described in Section II.D.4.c of the Faculty Handbook; WHEREAS UCC and the Programs Committee currently have no process for approved undergraduate curricula being newly offered as full programs at locations other than the originating campus; WHEREAS the UCC new program approval process evaluates non-curricular aspects of proposed programs, such as the need/purposes of the program (including the estimated demand for the program), resource needs (faculty, space, and financial requirements), and how increased enrollment may increase demand in other departments (e.g. general education courses, course required outside the department). WHEREAS Ohio University's move to Responsibility-centered Management (RCM) includes a robust role for UCC in monitoring and preventing inappropriate program and course duplications and curricular hoarding; THEREFORE, when offering an program at a different OU campus, the following process will be used to address this gap in our current policy in a manner consistent with existing UCC requirements for program approval and program relocation, modified to account for the fact that the curricular portion of the program is already approved. The goal of this process is to ensure that there has been broad consultation in the process, that adequate facilities and resources will be available at the new location, and that continued interaction and shared decision-making between the originating and new locations will occur. The process will use a memo-based format similar to the memo-based program relocation process: 1) The new location will submit a department/school/campus-level proposal to UCC that outlines the information required in the appendix. The proposal should address any issues that will affect academic areas at the new location, including the need for new courses and the potential for both increased enrollment in courses outside the program and increased need for general education courses. The department chair, school director, or division coordinator as well
UCC Process for Offering Approved Undergraduate Programs at Ohio University Campuses Approved 12, 2012 WHEREAS in accordance with Faculty Handbook section VII.B, the University Curriculum Council (UCC) is to make recommendations in curricular matters that include the "…addition, relocation, and deletion of academic programs and degrees"; WHEREAS extant UCC processes address program additions and changes, and program relocation within the same campus, and the process for program deletion is described in Section II.D.4.c of the Faculty Handbook; WHEREAS UCC and the Programs Committee currently have no process for undergraduate curricula being newly offered as full programs at locations other than the originating campus; WHEREAS the UCC new program approval process evaluates non-curricular aspects of proposed programs, such as the need/purposes of the program (including the estimated demand for the program), resource needs (faculty, space, and financial requirements), and how increased enrollment may increase demand in other departments (e.g. general education courses, course required outside the department). WHEREAS Ohio University's move to Responsibility-centered Management (RCM) includes a robust role for UCC in monitoring and preventing inappropriate program and course duplications and curricular hoarding; THEREFORE, when offering an approved program at a different OU campus, the following process will be used to address this gap in our current policy in a manner consistent with existing UCC requirements for program approval and program relocation, modified to account for the fact that the curricular portion of the program is already approved. The goal of this process is to ensure that there has been broad consultation in the process, that adequate facilities and resources will be available at the new location, and that continued interaction and shared decision-making between the originating and new locations will occur. The process will use a memo-based format similar to the memo-based program relocation process: 1) The new location will submit a department/school/campus-level proposal to UCC that outlines the information required in the appendix. The proposal should address any issues that will affect academic areas at the new location, including the need for new courses and the potential for both increased enrollment in courses outside the program and increased need for general education courses. The department chair, school director, or division coordinator as well
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