Plan Policies and Forms

The central purpose of NAU’s curriculum process is to develop and implement high quality student learning experiences.  If at any point you have questions or concerns about completing or submitting curricular changes, please contact us immediately.

Process Overview: Submission of curricula

To make a curriculum change that will appear in the Academic Catalog for your degree program, certificate or minor or for courses within your academic unit:

1. Begin by contacting your Curriculum Process Associate:

• For Arts & Letters, contact Margery Sorensen at margery.sorensen@nau.edu.
• For Flagstaff Mountain Campus Curriculum, contact Scott Galland at scott.galland@nau.edu.
• For Online, Statewide and Education Innovation, contact Jenny Scott at jenny.scott@nau.edu.

2. Your Curriculum Process Associate will fill out the necessary submission forms for you, return them to you, and work with you to prepare them for submission to the appropriate curriculum committees.

3. Once your curriculum proposal is submitted, your Curriculum Process Associate will incorporate it into the Liberal Studies, Diversity, pre-review, and college-review process, as appropriate.  College curriculum and assessment committees will then recommend or deny the proposal to the Provost for the Academic Catalog.

If you choose to download the forms and complete them yourself, please submit the completed form(s) to the correct individual for your campus in #1 above.

If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to complete these forms, please contact us at scott.galland@nau.edu.

Plan policies & forms

• undergraduate curriculum definitions w/ quick reference: clarifies the number of units required for plans (degree programs, certificates and minors) and sub-plans (emphases).
• fast track process: describes the curriculum process implemented for Fast Track Proposals.
• fast track policy: clarifies the curriculum proposal changes that qualify as Fast Track Proposals.
• Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Program policy: describes the requirements and procedures for approval or request for accelerated Bachelor/Master’s programs.

Are you proposing a:

• Request for Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Program.
• Need your curriculum map? It might be here: DPE Archives.
• *Proposing a new plan takes a slightly different approach. Go here for the details.

Course Policies & Forms

• criteria for upper and lower division courses:  describes the criteria used to determine course level.
• policy for cross-listing and co-convening courses: outlines the policy and procedure for cross-listing or co-convening courses and for one time cross-listing or co-convening courses.
  • standards for co-convened courses
  • best practices and examples for co-convened courses
• policy on letter designations on courses: defines the use of letter designations with course numbers.
• fast track process: describes the curriculum process implemented for Fast Track Proposals.
• fast track policy: clarifies the curriculum proposal changes that qualify as Fast Track Proposals.
• courses not taught in five years: explains the policy and process for review of courses that have not been taught in 5 or more years.
• university policy regarding syllabi:  ensures program faculty collectively agree upon a course’s purpose and learning outcomes, students receive consistent communication about the course’s purpose and learning outcomes, and academic units have access to syllabi for all classes taught each term as well as syllabi passed through the curriculum approval process.

Are you proposing a:

• Are you proposing a new course that will have a Liberal Studies and/or Diversity Designation? Use the “New Course” form. Click the following to go to Syllabus Templates for Liberal Studies or Diversity.
• Are you proposing a course change that will change the course to carry a Liberal Studies and/or Diversity Designation? Use the “Course Change” form. Click the following to go to Syllabus Templates for Liberal Studies or Diversity.
• Are you proposing to delete a course that had a Liberal Studies Designation? Use the “Course Deletion” form.