Hunter College Curriculum Review and Aprroval:

• Procedures for Preparing and Submitting Curriculum Proposals for College Approval (Fall 2018)- Online Version and PDF
• Handbook for Creating New Academic Programs (August 2014)
• Hunter Core Requirement:  Submission Forms

Word Templates for Proposals:

• Curriculum Proposal Cover Letter (All proposals require a cover letter.  A cover letter may be submitted for a group of related proposals)
• Routine Changes in Existing Courses
• Substantive Changes in Existing Courses
• New Courses
• Designating a Course Writing Intensive
• Designating a Course for Pluralism & Diversity
• Designating a Course STEM Variant
• Cross-Listing of Non-Experimental Courses
• Changes in a Degree Program
• New Minor
• New Certificate or Advanced Certificate
• New Dual Degree Program
• Syllabus Checklist
• Attestation (for new dregree programs)
• State Forms (for items requiring State approval)

CUNY is changing the curriculum approval process.  Colleges will no longer submit curriculum changes in the Chancellor's University Report (CUR).   The last CUR was published in December 2018.  Going forward, curriculum changes will be reviewed by CUNY in two separate reports.  The Academic Board Report (ABR) will contain all curriculum items requiring State approval (all new degree programs and some changes in degree programs), additions to the Common Core, and changes to academic policy.  The ABR will require approval by the CUNY Committee on Academic Program, Policy, and Research (CAPPR) and the CUNY Board of Trustees before items are sent for State approval.  Curriculum changes not be included in the ABR (new courses, changes in courses, new minors, changes in degree programs not requiring State approval, etc.), will be part of a separate report which will only require approval by the Chancellor, or her/his designee.

 

CUNY has not ironed out all the details of this new process.  We know the next ABR is due by the end of February and that we will have more information about the non-ABR items by then. 

 

Hunter's review and approval steps (department, school, and Senate) will remain the same.  All curriculum will still require approval by Hunter governance and CUNY before it can be implemented.  Below is an estimated timeline for Spring 2019.  

 

SPRING 2019 TIMELINE:

 

The Senate Office now has an email dedicated to all curriculum matters.  Please send all Senate curriculum related emails, including proposals and questions, to curriculumreview@hunter.cuny.edu. 

 

Please note that CUNY is requiring an Attestation form to be circulated to all CUNY colleges 21 days before a new program is submitted in the ABR.  The form has been posted on the Senate website and must be submitted to the Office of the Provost.  The Provost's office will be responsible for submitting the form to CUNY.  We highly encourage this form be submitted in the early stages of planning and development (even before the proposals are written and submitted for Senate approval).  We will also be encouraging departments to submit State forms along with their proposals, rather than completing them after the proposal has been approved by governance. 

Other Related Documents and Links:

Guidelines for College-wide Definition of Course Levels

Course Numbers and Non-Permanent Courses (5-7-14) 

Learning Outcomes for U.S. Experience in its Diversity- Hunter Core Requirement (5-15-14) 

Suggestions for Faculty Designing and Teaching Hybrid and Online Courses (Endorsed by the Senate on 3-26-14)

College Online Catalog

New York State Education Department- Office of Higher Education