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Catalog Proposal Timelines

2028-2029 Catalog Cycle Review

FOR A PROPOSAL TO BE effective: fALL 2028
Course - Propose New March 12, 2027
Course - Deactivate March 12, 2027
Course - Edit (course description, mode, adding requisites, title changes, modality, removing requisites) March 12, 2027
Program - Propose New minor, concentration, or specialization March 12, 2027
Program - Deactivate March 12, 2027

Program - Edit

March 12, 2027

2026-2028 Catalog - Out of Cycle

New course proposals can occur during any term, please see table below for deadlines based on effective term. In addition, edits to courses can occur once a catalog is published. However, there are limits on what edits can be proposed.

The only edits that may be proposed to a course during the Out of Cycle period are:

  • adding a crosslisting,
  • making the prerequisite less restrictive in order to support student enrollment,
  • making a change to the modality (i.e., method(s) of delivery) of the course,
FOR A PROPOSAL TO BE EFFECTIVE: Spring 2027 Summer/FALL 2027
Course - Propose New 4/03/2026 9/04/2026
Course - Edit (relaxing prerequisites or modality changes only) 4/03/2026 9/04/2026
Course - Add a new crosslisting 9/04/2026 9/04/2026

New Program/Sub-program Proposal - contact Academic Programs and Planning Office. Start date of new programs is determined upon final approval from the Chancellor's Office.

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