What's New for 2025-2026?

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

One issue identified last year included a gap between policy requests and approvals with a plan for implementation. The first ten forms listed below were created to include college-specific fields for college-level policy requests, to support initial discussion of implementation during the request and approval stages. The goal is to facilitate curriculum policy change from the original intent to the ultimate implementation, with consistency and transparency, while including the needs of all departments and offices throughout the entire process. 

There is now a form to "Change Existing Policy" and "Request New Policy" for each of the five colleges: The College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (FAHSS), Francis College of Engineering (FCE), Kennedy College of Sciences (KCS), Manning School of Business (MSB), and Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences (ZCHS). You can now find the following forms in Curriculog when you click the "New Proposal" button:

  • POLICY - Change Existing Policy (College-Level: FAHSS) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Change Existing Policy (College-Level: FCE) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Change Existing Policy (College-Level: KCS) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Change Existing Policy (College-Level: MSB) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Change Existing Policy (College-Level: ZCHS) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Request New Policy (College-Level: FAHSS) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Request New Policy (College-Level: FCE) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Request New Policy (College-Level: KCS) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Request New Policy (College-Level: MSB) 2025-2026
  • POLICY - Request New Policy (College-Level: ZCHS) 2025-2026

The "PROGRAM - Initiate the Phase-Out Process & Stop Admitting New Students" form was retitled to "PROGRAM - Stop Admitting New Students & Initiate the Phase-Out Process (Undergraduate)" to clarify the first step of the process, which is to stop admitting new students.  A separate form was created for graduate level programs, which have different deadlines for stopping admissions than the undergraduate programs. The title of the new form in Curriculog is:

  • PROGRAM - Stop Admitting New Students and Initiate the Phase-Out Process (Graduate) 2025-2026

The next form was created in response to a request for a way to communicate a pilot process that some departments wish to conduct in order to inform a future request for policy change. The goal is to engage in discussion with Faculty Senate prior to requesting a policy change. The title of the new form in Curriculog is:

  • PILOT - Propose a curricular pilot to inform future policy change (Fall 2025 - Spring 2026)

Summer 2025 Updates:

Updates to the Curriculog Approval Process (AP) forms are based on needs identified during the prior academic year from both faculty and administration. The goal is always to support alignment from intent to implementation, in a collaborative, consistent, and transparent manner. Toward that end, the following updates were made to the forms for the 2025-2026 academic year:

  • 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 (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code question to COURSE forms to facilitate more accurate reporting of courses that satisfy STEM OPT (optional practical training) 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 Breadth of Knowledge (BOK) designation in COURSE forms.
  • Added a question about potential changes that might impact Essential Learning Outcome (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 Undergraduate Policy Committee (UPC), Graduate Policy and Affairs Committee (GPAC), Core Curriculum Committee (CORE), and Executive (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