Departmental Curriculum Policies and Procedures

Please review the curriculum items listed below before submitting a request.  Once you have reviewed the item in need, please follow the below steps in submitting your request:

• Complete a Curriculum Request Form.
  • When you click on the link above, the form will open in a browser.  You will need to save the form and open in Adobe Acrobat.  This will allow you to complete the fillable form and add your signature.
  • Supporting documentation is listed under requested item.
    • Submit PDF request to: Kris Petti.
• Each item will be reviewed by the Franklin College Curriculum Committee.  For items that need Faculty Senate approval, Kris Petti will be in contact to request the name of a representative from your department who will be present at the meeting to discuss the proposal and answer any questions or concerns that might arise.  

• 01.01.001 - Changing Name of Academic Units
  • Academic Unit Name Change Approval Routing Chart
    Academic Unit Name Change Proposal Form
     
• 01.01.002 - Dissolution of Academic Units
  • Dissolution of Academic Units Approval Routing Chart
     
• 01.01.003 - Creation of Institutes
  • Institute Approval Routing Chart
    Institute Proposal Form
     
• 01.04.026 - Syllabus Policy
   
• 01.05.002 - Certificates
  • New Certificate Approval Routing Chart
    New Certificate Proposal Form
    External Certificate Proposal Form
    Online Certificate Proposal Form
    List of Approved Certificates
     
• 01.05.003 - Changing Names of Academic Programs
  • Academic Program Name Change Approval Routing Chart
    Academic Program Name Change Proposal Form
     
• 01.05.004 - Cultural Diversity Requirement
   
• 01.05.005 - Deactivation, Reactivation, or Termination of Academic Programs
  • Deactivation, Reactivation, or Termination Approval Routing Chart
    Deactivation or Termination Proposal Form
    Area of Emphasis Termination Form
    Reactivation Proposal Form
     
• 01.05.007 - Establishing or Changing the Entrance Requirements or High-Demand Status of an Undergraduate Major
  • Establishing or Changing the Entrance Requirements or High-Demand Status of an Undergraduate Major Approval Routing Chart
  • Establishing or Changing the Entrance Requirements of an Undergraduate Major Proposal Form
  • Establishing or Changing the High-Demand Status of an Undergraduate Major Proposal Form
     
• 01.05.008 - External Education
  • External Education Approval Routing Chart
  • External Education Proposal Form
     
• 01.05.009 - General Education Core Curriculum
  • Those unable to submit course(s) through the General Education System should use the form found at:  https://reg.uga.edu/_resources/documents/curriculum/pdfs-and-docs/updated_genedcoresampleform_march2018.pdf.
     
• 01.05.011 - Minors
  •  New Minor Approval Routing Chart
  • New Minor Proposal Form
  • List of Approved Minors
     
• 01.05-012 - New Degree or Major Programs
  • New Degree or Major Programs Approval Routing Chart
  • New Degree or Major Programs Proposal Form (revised Spring 2025)
  • New Degree or Major Programs Budget Form (revised 2022)
    • Budget Form Instructions (revised 2022)
       
• 01.05.013 - Online Education
  • Online Education Approval Routing Chart
  • Online Education Proposal Form
     
• 01.05.015 - Undergraduate, Professional, and Graduate Areas of Emphasis
  • Area of Emphasis Approval Routing Chart
  • Area of Emphasis Proposal Form
     
• 01.09.015 - Experiential Learning Requirement
   
•  Advance Placement Credit, International Baccalaureate, and Cambridge International Equivalencies
  The University of Georgia’s Registrar’s Office maintains and updates the transfer credit equivalency tables, which list all coursework and institutions evaluated for transfer credit.

  If you would like to change the credit equivalencies for your unit, please first review the current UGA Credit from Testing links at this page:

  Credit From Testing | Students | Office of the Registrar

  Guidelines for requesting changes to the current credits can be found at this link:

  ap-ib-ci-credit-equivalencies-guidelines.pdf

  Send requests, signed by the department head, to Kris Petti for approval by Associate Dean Paula Lemons.

   

TIMELINE FOR CURRICULUM PROPOSALS 

                                                     *items must  be submitted to the UCC by this date to be effective fall 2026

OTHER CURRICULUM RELATED ITEMS:

• Bulletin Changes
• CAPA
• Exceptions to the Daily Class Schedule
• Franklin College Academic Requirements
• Franklin College Multicultural Requirement
• Double Dawgs, First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program, and Transfer Launch Seminars
• Environmental Awareness

QUESTIONS?  Please contact Kris Petti.