QA Handbook (COMMON CORE COURSE CHANGE AND DELETION)

Although common core courses are offered following a rigorous evaluation and review process outlined in Development and Approval of Common Core Courses, changes may be introduced to approved courses as a result of an on-going self-review process for improvement; and some may be removed from the common core course list.

All proposals to change or delete a common core course must be endorsed by the course offering unit and its School before being submitted to the Undergraduate Core Education (UCE) Team. These proposals will then be reviewed by the Committee on Undergraduate Core Education (CUCE) or the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (CUS) as appropriate.

The requisite forms, as well as the committees involved in the review and approval of various types of course changes or deletion, are outlined in Course Amendment.

Proposals not approved by CUCE or CUS will be returned to the course offering unit for consideration of the next step. The proposals may or may not be re-submitted.

Instructors are expected to deploy teaching activities and assessment strategies they deem appropriate for delivering the course content and achieving the course intended learning outcomes. Approval is not required for changes or updates made to teaching activities and assessments. They may report these changes at the point of change to the UCE Team for record purposes.