Curriculum Proposal Process

Courses and Requirements

The Office of the Registrar is the starting point for:

• New Courses
• Course Revisions
• New plans/majors/specializations, minors and certificates
• Requirement changes for majors, minors, and certificates
• Dropping courses, majors, minors, and certificates
• Extending majors, minors, and certificates, to other campuses

Curricular changes are designated as major or minor.  Major curricular change requests must be approved by Catalog Subcommittee, Academic Affairs or Graduate Studies Committee, and Faculty Senate.  Minor curricular changes are compiled by the Registrar's Office and submitted directly to Faculty Senate.

The Faculty Senate curriculum approval process is described in further detail in the Educational Policy and Procedure Manual (EPPM), specifically in chapters 20 through 22.  The EPPM is available on the Faculty Senate website under "Manuals and Policies". 

The Academic Governance staff in the Office of the Registrar are also a source of information and advice concerning the curriculum approval process.  Please send inquiries to wsu.curriculum@wsu.edu.

Degree Programs

The creation of a new degree, extending a degree to a new campus, moving, consolidating, eliminating, or renaming an existing degree starts at the Provost Office.  Click here for more information.

UCORE Designator

Requests to add a UCORE designator to a new or existing course start with the UCORE Committee.  Information on requesting UCORE status can be found on the UCORE website

University Syllabus

The WSU Syllabus website provides the most current information regarding the University syllabus, approved by the Faculty Senate in Feburary, 2023. The Course syllabus should include a statement and link to the University syllabus.