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Academic Organization and Curriculum Handbook 2007-2008

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Download the complete Academic Organization and Curriculum Handbook document (PDF)

Table of Contents (PDF)

I. Council On Academic Affairs (PDF)

  • Faculty Rule Governing The Council on Academic Affairs

II. University Organization (PDF)

  • Faculty Rules Governing the University Organization
  • Guidelines for Determining College Status
  • Guidelines for the Consideration of the Establishment of an Academic Department
  • Guidelines for the Consideration of the Establishment of Divisions
  • Additional Issues to be Addressed in Proposals for New Academic Units
  • Withdrawal of an Academic Unit
  • Academic Unit Name Changes
  • Alteration or Abolition of Units
  • Flow Chart: Establishment of an Academic Unit/Request for Name Change
  • Guidelines for the Establishment and Review of Academic Centers
  • Guidelines for the Establishment or Amendment of Clinical Faculty Tracks
  • Current Organization of Instructional Units

III. Academic Programs (PDF)

  • Faculty Rules that Govern Degrees and Degree Programs
  • Degree and Degree Programs
  • Degree Program Proposals
  • Guidelines for the Submission of Tagged or Professional Degree Programs
  • Withdrawal or Deactivation of an Existing Academic Degree
  • Reinstatement or Reactivation of a Degree Program
  • Flow Chart: New Degrees and Degree Programs

Undergraduate Major (PDF)

  • Preliminary Prospectus for the Establishment of an Undergraduate Major
  • Guidelines for the Submission of an Undergraduate Major Proposal
  • Withdrawal or Deactivation of an Existing Major
  • Reinstatement or Reactivation of a Major
  • Flow Chart, New Undergraduate Major (under an existing degree program)

Undergraduate Minor (PDF)

  • Guidelines for Establishing or Revising an Undergraduate Minor

Certificate Of Study (PDF)

  • Faculty Rules that Govern Certificates of Study
  • Standards and Considerations for Proposed Certificate of Study
  • Withdrawal or Deactivation of an Existing Certificate of Study
  • Reinstatement or Reactivation of a Certificate of Study
  • Flow Chart, New Certificate of Study

Honors Programs (PDF)

  • Guidelines for the Submission of an Honors Program Proposal

Graduate Interdisciplinary Specializations And Minors (PDF)

  • Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization

Enrollment Limitations (PDF)

  • Protocols for Enrollment Limitation at Ohio State

Existing Degrees, Certificates, And Areas Of Study (PDF)

  • List of Existing Degrees
  • List of Existing Certificates and Areas of Study
  • List of Existing Undergraduate Areas of Study
  • List of Existing Graduate Areas of Study

IV. Courses And Curricula (PDF)

  • Faculty Rules Governing Courses and Curricula
  • Curricular Changes
  • Guidelines for the Submission of Course Change, Course Withdrawal, Group Studies, New Course and Study Tour Request Forms
  • Group Studies Requests
  • Study Tours
  • Study at a Foreign Institution (697)
  • Flexibly Scheduled/Off Campus/Workshop Course Request
  • Honors Embedded Courses
  • Service Learning Courses
  • Additions or Withdrawals of Courses from the List of Courses Approved to Remove Admission Conditions
  • Examination Schedules
  • Course Requests that Include Principles of Computing and Computer Programming
  • Criteria for the Establishment of Cross-Listed Courses
  • Criteria for the Establishment of Cross-Referenced Courses
  • Criteria for Honors Versions of Existing Courses and Honors Courses
  • Prerequisites
  • Special Purpose Course Numbers
  • Determining which Request Form to Use
  • Course Request Terms and Definitions
  • Steps in the Approval Process
  • Approval Process for Courses Meeting General Education Requirements
  • Submission Deadlines for Course Requests
  • Circulating Form of Changes to Existing Courses, New Courses, and Withdrawals
  • Limbo, Policy for Courses Not Taught
  • Book 3 Listings and Abbreviations

V. Sample Forms (PDF)

    • Departmental Course Review Concurrence Form
    • New Course Request
    • Course Change Request
    • Withdrawal Request
    • Group Studies Request
    • Study Tour Request
    • Flexibly Scheduled/off Campus/Workshop Course Request

      Arts & Sciences Specific Forms
    • Departmental Course Review Concurrence Form
    • New Course Request
    • Course Change Request
    • Withdrawal Request

Appendix A (PDF)

  • Ohio Board of Regents - Guidelines and Procedures for Review and Approval of Graduate Degree Programs

Appendix B (PDF)

  • Ohio Board of Regents - Policies and Procedures for Review and Approval of New Degrees and New Degree Programs Other Than Graduate Degrees and Associate Degrees
    • PART I Preliminary Prospectus
    • PART II Proposal for a New Degree or New Degree Program
    • PART III Guidelines
    • PART IV Report of Fiscal Impact
  • Financial Statement for New Degree Proposal

Appendix C (PDF)

  • Tenure Initiating Units - Contact List

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