Curriculog Curriculum Management

Curriculog is a software tool designed to modernize and streamline academic requirement and policy activity. Curriculog was implemented at UMass Lowell in 2021 through a collaboration between Faculty Senate, the Registrar’s Office, Academic Affairs, and Information Technology (IT).

Curriculog is utilized mainly in conjunction with the Faculty Senate meeting schedule during each academic year. Curriculog forms are updated each summer and are available for faculty to launch new proposals starting each academic year on August 1. The Curriculog forms for a given year will close for new proposals by 5pm on March 31, to allow all proposals the necessary time to meet the agenda deadline of the last UPC and GPAC meetings of that academic year.

Curriculog supports the university's efforts to ensure collaborative alignment throughout the curriculum management process. Using Curriculog helps to ensure that what a department intends to change, is what is reviewed and decided upon during Faculty Senate committee and general meetings, and is what is implemented during the "UML System Update" steps.

Curriculum Management is an iterative process, and our Associate Director works diligently to incorporate the needs of each department and office in support of our students each semester.

What's New for 2025-2026?

There are 12 new Curriculog forms available for faculty to submit:

  • POLICY - Change Existing Policy (College-Level)
    • College-Level: FAHSS
    • College-Level: FCE
    • College-Level: KCS
    • College-Level: MSB
    • College-Level: ZCHS
  • POLICY - Request New Policy (College-Level)
    • College-Level: FAHSS
    • College-Level: FCE
    • College-Level: KCS
    • College-Level: MSB
    • College-Level: ZCHS
  • PROGRAM - Stop Admitting New Students and Initiate the Phase-Out Process (Graduate)
  • PILOT - Propose a curricular pilot to inform future policy change

Download a list of all Curriculog Approval Processes (APs)

Summer 2025 Updates:

  • Added a "Final Review" step to all forms to facilitate full-circle review and feedback.
  • Added delivery modality questions to COURSE and PROGRAM forms to ensure that the relevant offices are included in the workflow.
  • Added a Course CIP Code question to COURSE forms to facilitate more accurate reporting of courses that satisfy STEM OPT and dual enrollment in high school.
  • Added a note to the NEW COURSE form to remind Originators to submit a PROGRAM form to add the course to the relevant plans and/or subplans.
  • Added the ability to check more than one BOK in COURSE forms.
  • Added a question about potential changes that might impact ELO designation in order to inform the Core Curriculum Committee Coordinator.
  • Added questions about the number of required courses and list of approved electives to the PROGRAM forms to better align with the details required by the Department of Higher Education.
  • Added the "Reviewer List and CVs" step to the NEW PLAN form.
  • Updated the "Teach Out" section of the "Initiate Phase Out" form.
  • Renamed the "Initiate Phase Out" forms to "Stop Admitting New Students and Initiate the Phase-Out Process".
  • Added "Short form" to the titles of forms that are used for one specific change.
  • Added college-specific forms for requesting NEW POLICY or changing EXISTING POLICY at the college-level to account for input and variations among the college's departments.
  • Added Academic Progression to all POLICY forms to facilitate communication pertaining to Advisement Reports.
  • Removed the "Update Admissions Website" step from the workflow because "Update Admissions Application" is the only step that is needed for the Admissions offices.
  • Moved DAIR steps to later in the workflow.
  • Updated Department Chair and Program Coordinator roles.
  • Updated members of the College Curriculum Committees at the undergraduate and graduate levels for each college.

The Curriculum Management Team made the following updates during the Spring 2025 semester:

  • Added "Who will oversee departmental compliance when needed" for POLICY changes at the college-level to help facilitate implementation plans 05/14/2025
  • Removed departing Faculty Senators from the "Faculty Senate" role 05/08/2025
  • Removed departing committee members from the UPC, GPAC, CORE, and EXEC committee roles 05/08/2025
  • Added relevant dates to the smartfields "Semester and Year", "Year", and "Final Admit Term" 05/08/2025
  • Added "Does the COURSE catalog need to be updated" to the CORRECT AN ERROR form 05/08/2025
  • Added new committee members to the "UPC", "GPAC", "CORE", and "EXEC" committee roles 05/06/2025
  • Added new Faculty Senators to the "Faculty Senate" role 04/28/2025
  • Added "It doesn't appear that a BOK designation has been assigned" to the answer choices to the "Existing BOK" question in the "Additional BOK" form 03/14/2025
  • Added Chairs to the "All Chairs and Coordinators" role 02/28/2025
  • Added "Provide an overview of the changes you are requesting" to the CORRECT AN ERROR form 01/27/2025
  • Added "Breadth of Knowledge (BOK)" questions to the NEW COURSE form to facilitate alignment between the department's intention and the Registrar's implementation 01/09/2025
  • Added "Final Curriculum Management Review" step to NEW COURSE and CHANGE COURSE forms to facilitate full-circle review of the process to inform future updates 01/09/2025
  • Added the "Registrar Review" step to NEW COURSE and CHANGE COURSE forms to help identify and resolve potential issues earlier in the approval process 01/09/2025
  • Updated "Department Chair / Program Coordinator" roles 01/07/2025

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Who has access to Curriculog?

Everyone with a uml.edu email address can access Curriculog.