The Office of the Registrar serves as the initiating authority for this policy.
Purpose
This policy governs inactivating courses, re-activating inactive courses, and publication
of such courses in the University course catalogs.
Policy
The undergraduate and graduate catalogs are reviewed and updated each academic year
by the Office of the Registrar in collaboration with the Graduate School and all academic
units. To ensure accurate catalog information regarding course offerings and degree
requirements, the following steps will be taken each year in conjunction with the
catalog review:
The Registrar will generate a list of courses that have not been offered within the
last five years ("Candidates for Inactivation").
The Registrar will generate a list of courses that have been in "Inactive" status
for more than five years.
The Registrar will provide a list of Candidates for Inactivation to academic deans
and department chairs for review. The Registrar will request that the academic deans
and department chairs identify whether any Candidate for Inactivation should remain
"Active" on the Banner Course File.
For all Candidates for Inactivation that are not requested to be retained in "Active"
status, the Registrar will change the course status to "Inactive" on the Banner course
file and remove the course from the catalog.
Reactivation of Inactive Courses
An inactive course may be reactivated at any time at the request of the department
chair or academic dean.
Requestors are required to utilize the processes published in the Curriculum Change Guidelines in requesting to reactivate an inactive course.
This policy is being revised to remove the procedures from the policy, update the
policy and processes to reflect the current practices, and to include a reference
to the Curriculum Change Guidelines.
Reason or Need for Policy
Requested by University Registrar
Other Notes for Consideration
Policy changes were not substantive. Shared governance was notified of policy change.
