Course Changes
Although common core courses are offered after a critical evaluation and review process, 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 submitting to Undergraduate Core Education (UCE) Team, Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies. These proposals will then be reviewed by the relevant Course Review Panel (CRP), the Committee on Undergraduate Core Education (CUCE) or the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (CUS) as appropriate.
The requisite forms, as well as the committee/panel involved in the review and approval of various types of course changes or deletion, are summarized below.
| Types of Course Changes / Deletion | Form Required | Action by Committee/Panel |
| Status as a Common Core Course | ||
| Remove a course from the common core course list (while remaining as a UG course) | Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF) | Report to CUCE for information |
| Delete a common core course (which will result in automatic removal of this course from the common core course list) | Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF)* | Report to CUCE and CUS for information |
| Delete a common core course under the "sunset" policy (which will result in automatic removal of this course from the common core course list) | － | a. Sunset decision by CUS; b. Report to CUCE for information |
| Common Core Area | ||
| Add an area | Approval of Undergraduate Course Form | a. Review by CRP; b. Approval by CUCE |
| Remove an area | Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF) | Report to CUCE for information |
| Change the category under an area | Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF) | Report to CUCE for information |
| Common Core Competency | ||
| Involve one or two movements of subcompetency teaching or assessment (e.g., adding “teach” and “assess” to one sub-competency will be considered as two movements) | Inform CUCE | Preferably one month before the first day of an academic term |
| Involve more than two movements of subcompetency teaching or assessment (e.g., removing “teach” and “assess” from one sub-competency and adding “teach” to another sub-competency will be considered as three movements) | Obtain CUCE’s approval, as | Follow common core course proposal submission schedule |
| School-Sponsored Course (SSC) Designation | ||
| Remove the SSC designation | Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF) | Report to CUCE for information |
| Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) | ||
| Change a course ILO and/or its contribution to the area ILO | Common Core Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF) | Report to CUCE for information |
| Course Code | ||
| Code change but not involving a change in the course level | Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF)* | Report to CUCE and CUS for information |
| Code change involving a change in the course level | Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF)* | a. Review by CRP; b. Approval by CUCE; c. Report to CUS for information |
| Basic Course Information | ||
| Course credit / Course title / Catalog description / Default grading type / Prerequisite / Corequisite / Exclusion / Other enrollment requirements / Co-listing or multi-coding | Undergraduate Course Change / Deletion Form (DOC/PDF)* | Report to CUCE and CUS for information |
* This form should be submitted to the CUS Secretariat, which categorizes the proposed changes into major or minor and approves these changes in accordance with its own guidelines. If the changes are related to common core courses, the change request will be forwarded to the UCE Team to arrange for endorsement by the Academic Director (UCE) or CUCE as appropriate.
Proposals not approved by CUCE or CUS will be returned to the course offering school 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 consider as appropriate to deliver the course content and course intended learning outcomes. Approval is not required when changes or updates are made to teaching activities and assessment. They may report these changes at the point of change to the UCE Team for record purpose.