Curriculum Guide
The SDSU Curriculum Guide has been compiled to assist you in preparing curricular proposals for processing for consideration for inclusion in the General Catalog, the Graduate Bulletin, and the Imperial Valley Campus Bulletin. Also included are instructions on how to submit proposals for new certificate programs, for a degree to be placed in the Academic Master Plan, and for topics courses and General Studies courses to be included in the SDSU Class Schedule and in Extended Studies catalogs. Special attention should be given to the following information.
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Each section is also available as an individual PDF.
Catalog and Bulletins
CurricUNET
- CurricUNET
- CurricUNET General Overview and Approver and Reviewer Training Videos
- Senate and Graduate Council CurricUNET Reports
Forms
- SDSU Special Topics Course Proposal for Class Schedule (Regular University and Extended Studies)
- SDSU Course Modification for Cross-Listed Courses (Due October 31)
Curriculum Guide by Section
CURRICULAR PROCESSING DEADLINES
- CurricUNET
- Course Classification System
- How to Change a C/S Number
- 496 and 499 Courses – Use of
- Topics and General Studies Courses
- Credit/No Credit Courses
- Course Prerequisites
- Syllabus Design
- 500 Level Course Proposal Justification
- 900 Level Courses
- Special Sessions– Definition and Courses
- X-01 through X-79, X-397, and X-997 Level Courses
- General Education Courses – Frequency of Offerings
- Time Limit on Completion of Requirements for the Major
- Short-term Courses – Scheduling Guidelines (Graduate and Undergraduate)
- Computer Courses – Graduate
- Unused Courses (Undergraduate)
- Reinstatement of Deleted Undergraduate Courses
- Graduate Course Deletion Policy
- Rejected Courses (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- The Minor, Policy
- Centers, Institutes, and Similar Entities, Policy on
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING CURRICULAR PROPOSALS
- General Information
- Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
- Guidelines for Evaluating New Course Proposals
- Film Courses
- Courses Using Computers
- Procedures for Processing Undergraduate Curriculum Change Proposals
- Cross-Listed Courses
- Policy for Impacted Programs
- Flow Charts
PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING CURRICULAR PROPOSALS FROM IMPERIAL VALLEY CAMPUS
- Proposals of Intent to Offer New Credentials
- New Credentials
- Revision of Existing Credential Programs
- Single Subject Waiver Programs
DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICY; TOPICS COURSES
- Distance Education Policy
- Example “Establishment Of Hybrid Or Online Class” Form
- Learning Mode Categories and Values
- Policies and Procedures (Topics courses)
GRADUATION WRITING ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT
- Seven Essential Capacities Developed
- Communication and Critical Thinking
- Foundations
- Explorations
- Guidelines for Submitting a Proposal that includes a Course in General Education
- Required Language Explaining Place of the Course in General Education
- Institutional Functions of the Syllabus
- Teaching and Learning Functions of the Syllabus
- Syllabi as Living Documents
- Syllabus Checklist: Essential and Recommended Content
- Access to Syllabi
- Ownership of Syllabus Content
- What are Learning Outcome Statements?
- Outcome Statements as a Foundation for Student Grading and Program Assessment
- Examples of Consistency Between Outcomes and Assessments
- Using Outcome Statements to Guide Assessment
- Instructional Quality and Continuous Improvement
CONCURRENT PROGRAMS LEADING TO TWO GRADUATE DEGREES
- Procedures for Submitting Requests for New Degree Major Programs
- Mission of the University
- Academic Goals
- Summary of Trustee and System Policies Governing Academic Planning
- Guidelines for New Bachelor’s Degree Majors
- Procedures for Submitting Proposals for New Degree Major Programs
(Bachelor’s and Master’s Level) and Doctoral Concentrations - CSU Degree Proposal Faculty Checklist
- CSU Degree Program Proposal Template
- BFA Degree Programs
- Degree Proposals Subject to CPEC Review
- Adding Self-Support Counterpart of a Previously Approved State-Support Degree Program
- Accreditation: New Self-Support Programs and Related Substantive Changes
- Extended Education: Self-Supporting Instructional Courses and
Programs - Executive Order 1099 - Procedures Governing Self-Supporting Programs Outside the State of California– Executive Order No. 795
- Doctoral Proposals
- Procedures for Fast-Track and Pilot-Programs
CONCENTRATIONS, EMPHASES, MINORS
- Types of Certificate Programs
- General Guidelines for All Certificate Programs
- Academic Certificate Programs
- Professional Certificate Programs
- Cosponsored Certificate Programs
- Other Certificates
- Notification of Certificate Program Completion Sample
- Academic Certificate Sample
- Cosponsored Certificate Sample
- College of Extended Studies Certificate Samples
- Certificate of Appreciation, Participation, or Recognition Sample
- Course Classification System & Examples
- S – Factor Categories and WTU Generation
- AAR 92– 07 Faculty Workload Policy Amendment
- Executive Order No. 1071 – Delegation of Authority for Program Approvals
- Year-Round Operations Planning Principles and Calendar
- Degree Programs Offered Through Special Sessions
- EP&R 82 –39 Definitions of Graduate Level Instruction
- AAP 91–14 Academic Program Discontinuation Policy
- Degree Program Discontinuation – SDSU Policy
- Degree Designation Changes
- Degree Title Changes
- Elevating Options and Concentrations to Full Degree Major Programs
- Converting Pilot Programs to Regular Program Status
College of Extended Studies
For all new and special topics courses, use the regular campus proposals found in the SDSU Curriculum Guide. If the course you want to offer is NOT new and NOT a special topics course, please go to the CES Web site at http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=800 and complete a "Course Section Request Form." For all non-credit and/or professional development credit courses, please use the appropriate course proposal forms located on the College of Extended Studies Web site.
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