Courses and Degrees Committee

The C&D committee is charged with the general supervision and development of policies concerning undergraduate entrance requirements, courses of study, curricular standards, and degrees. More specifically, its functions, subject to review and final action by the undergraduate faculty, are: (a) to make suggestions concerning entrance requirements as they relate to the curriculum of the University; (b) to study and consider the change and improvement of undergraduate curricula and requirements for degrees, and to recommend such changes; (c) to determine questions concerning the introduction, substitution, and evaluation of individual courses of study, and also the policy governing credit for work offered by transfer students from other institutions; (d) to consider methods and standards of instruction including the matter of duplication of courses. Current membership is listed on the Courses and Degrees (faculty) webpage.

Curricular Proposals to the Committee on Courses and Degrees (C&D)

Examples where faculty or committee would submit a request to C&D.

Student Petitions to the Committee on Courses and Degrees (C&D)

The C&D committee is charged with the general supervision and development of policies concerning undergraduate entrance requirements, courses of study, curricular standards, and degrees. This page contains examples where students would petition to C&D.

C&D Guidance for Faculty Submitting Syllabi

Our accreditors (SACS and others) require that we collect and scrutinize course syllabi.

C&D Guidelines for Creating or Altering a Major or Minor

These guidelines are intended to assist in proposal development, and to maximize the likelihood that a complete, thoroughly vetted proposal for curricular change comes to the Committee on Courses and Degrees for review. All proposals for adding or modifying a major or minor should be prepared in consultation with the Dean of The College, who chairs the committee, and with the University Registrar.

C&D Guidance for Departmental Internships

Guidelines for Departmental Summer Internship Courses