Curriculum Committee

As per the CBE Bylaws Article 5, Section VII (College of Built Environment Bylaws as revised 8 June 2017) the CBE Curriculum Committee, as a standing committee established by the CBE Faculty Council, has been delegated responsibility for curricular review at the College level, including general oversight of programs and courses offered in the College. New programs and courses, and changes to existing programs and courses, must be reviewed by the CBE Curriculum Committee on behalf of the CBE Faculty, before being submitted to the UW Curriculum Office.

The process and deadlines for submitting program and course applications for review are outlined below.

Submission Process

Please refer to the UW Curriculum Office for instructions on preparing the application for courses and programs.

Creating a New Course or Making Changes to an Existing Course

All new courses (checklist and template) and course changes need to be submitted using the UW CM online process (Kuali Curriculum Management). Department chairs (or other department representatives that have approval authority) need to approve the course in Kuali before the CBE Curriculum Committee can review it.
Once the CBE Curriculum Committee receives the course in Kuali, it will be reviewed according to the deadlines outlined below.
Review criteria: New courses and courses with changes will be reviewed for general ‘standards’ as established by Article 8, Section III (College of Built Environment Bylaws as revised 8 June 2017) which states: “In exercising the authority granted in Article VII, Section 2, individual Departments may not set standards lower than those established by the College, nor may a unit take action when it is contrary to academic or research policies adopted by the College through its governing body. The College faculty reserves the right to reject or modify any departmental action taken under Article VII, Section 2.”
After the CBE Curriculum Committee finishes the review of the course, the course will be approved and sent to the Dean for approval or the proposer will be notified by the CBE Curriculum Committee Chair of any changes that are required before the course is approved. In certain cases when the CBE Curriculum Committee may think that additional oversight is necessary, particularly when proposed changes are very significant or seem questionable, it may also refer such courses to the CBE College Council for final approval.
After the Dean approves a course, it will move forward in the Kuali system to the University Curriculum Office, which will review the proposal before being sent to the UW Curriculum Committee for final approval.

Course submission deadlines

Any course applications properly completed and submitted by the end of the first business day of the month will be processed within that month. Any course applications submitted after the CBE Curriculum Committee deadline will be deferred to the next month.

CBE Curriculum Committee Deadline*	CBE Curriculum Committee Completes Review	University Curriculum Office Application Deadline	University Curriculum Committee Meets	Effective Quarter
September 21, 2022	October 6, 2022	October 21, 2022	November 15, 2022	Spring 2023
November 16, 2022	December 1, 2022	December 16, 2022	January 24, 2023	Summer 2023
December 28, 2022	January 12, 2023	January 27, 2023	February 28, 2023	Autumn 2023
February 1, 2023	February 16, 2023	March 3, 2023	March 16, 2023	Winter 2024
May 18, 2023	June 2, 2023	August 4, 2023	October 17, 2023	Spring 2024, Summer 2024

* Your department chair (or other department representatives that have approval authority) will need to approve the course in Kuali before this deadline. The course application will only be received by the CBE Curriculum Committee after departmental approval.

Please note that if a new course or course change needs to be implemented for a quarter for which the deadline has already passed, the course will need to be submitted with the “Acknowledgement of Responsibility” section completed in Kuali. For more information, refer to the Curriculum Office’s Acknowledgment of Responsibility instructions.

Course Modality – UW Piloting New Course Mode definitions in Time Schedule (Spring23) – link

In-person
Hybrid – “B”
Online – Synchronous – “O”
Online – Asynchronous – “A”

Creating a New Program or Making Changes to an Existing Program

For all new programs and program changes, please use the Notice of Proposal and 1503 forms, where applicable, which are available on the UW Curriculum Office Once the form is signed by the Department Chair or Program Director, email the document to the CBE Curriculum Committee Chair.
The CBE Curriculum Committee Chair will immediately send the form to the CBE Curriculum Committee for review and will provide two weeks for review. The proposer should coordinate delivery of the original form with the CBE Curriculum Committee Chair since the UW Curriculum Office requires original signatures.
Review criteria: New Programs or Changes to Existing Programs will be reviewed by the whole Committee for general ‘standards’ as established by Article 8, Section III (College of Built Environment Bylaws as revised 8 June 2017) which states: “In exercising the authority granted in Article VII, Section 2, individual Departments may not set standards lower than those established by the College, nor may a unit take action when is contrary to academic or research policies adopted by the College through its governing body. The College faculty reserves the right to reject or modify any departmental action taken under Article VII, Section 2.”
Once the CBE Curriculum Committee approves the form, the CBE Curriculum Committee Chair will take the original to the Dean for signature. In certain cases, the CBE Curriculum Committee may also refer programs to the CBE College Council for approval, if necessary, before forwarding it to the Dean.
The CBE Curriculum Committee Chair will return the original form to the proposer, who is responsible for sending the form to the UW Curriculum Office. The UW Curriculum Office will begin the review process. The flowchart for the proposal process for undergraduate programs is available here.

Note: For creating and modifying Graduate programs, refer to the UW Graduate School.

NOP University Deadlines

CBE Curriculum Committee	University NOP deadline (5pm)	Quarter
October 20, 2022	November 4, 2022	AUT/2022
January 19, 2023	February 3, 2023	WIN/2023
March 23, 2023	April 7, 2023	SPR/2023

University Curriculum Committee reports – link