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Courses
Use the Course Form for course revisions, new course proposals or to add a new topic to a topics course.
Deadlines are to colleges. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes. These deadlines allow for college review, academic planning review, graduate studies review (for graduate courses), course review committee review, implementation and scheduling before the class schedule goes live.
For courses effective Spring or Summer 2025:
College of Liberal and Creative Arts: August 30, 2024.
All other colleges: September 6, 2024.
New courses will be available to schedule after October 11, 2024.
For courses effective Summer 2025 or Fall 2025:
College of Liberal and Creative Arts: January 31, 2025.
All other colleges: February 7, 2025.
New courses will be available to schedule after March 14, 2025. Note that this is well after summer scheduling deadlines have passed and extra steps will be needed to schedule the course for the summer. Consult with department, school or college schedulers to schedule summer courses.
Propose a GE or SF State Studies designation.
- GE/SF State Studies can be proposed for both new and existing courses. New courses must be approved as a course before starting the GE/SF State Studies review process. Approval of a course as a new course does NOT mean the requested GE or SF State Studies designations were approved.
- Review of proposals for GE/SF State Studies will take place in the year after they are submitted.
- GE/SF State Studies cannot be applied to a course until the fall term of the academic year following approval.
- Proposals must be fully approved by the UDCC or LDCC committee by the 3rdweek in March to be implemented in the next fall term.
Deadlines are to colleges.
For the 2024-25 Academic Year:
Note: Timelines and work of the committees may change due to implementation of revised GE pattern (EO 1100)
College of Liberal and Creative Arts: contact associate deans for deadlines
All other colleges:
Revisions to proposals already reviewed: February 3, 2025
New proposals: April 18, 2025 Proposals submitted in 2024-25 will be reviewed in 2025-26
Review Timeline for UDCC and LDCC
Fall 2024: Committees review new proposals submitted in 2022-23 and 2023-24 in order received, and revised proposals submitted last year or earlier. Revisions requested by the committee are due on February 3, 2025 for potential implementation in fall 25.
Spring 2025: Committees review revised proposals through the 3rd week of March for potential implementation in fall 25. After the 3rd week of March, committees continue reviewing proposals not reviewed in fall 24 for a potential Fall 26 implementation date.
For the 2025-26 Academic Year:
College of Liberal and Creative Arts: contact associate deans for deadlines
All other colleges:
Revisions to proposals already reviewed: February 3, 2026
New proposals: April 18, 2026 Proposals submitted in 2025-26 will be reviewed in 2026-27
Review Timeline for UDCC and LDCC
Fall 2025: Committees review new proposals submitted in 2023-24 and 2024-25 in order received, and revised proposals submitted last year or earlier. Revisions requested by the committee are due on February 3, 2026 for potential implementation in fall 26.
Spring 2026: Committees review revised proposals through the 3rd week of March for potential implementation in fall 26. After the 3rd week of March, committees continue reviewing proposals not reviewed in fall 25 for a potential Fall 27 implementation date.
Deadlines are to colleges. These deadlines allow for college review, academic planning review, graduate studies review (for graduate courses) and implementation before the class schedule goes live.
For revisions effective Spring 2025
October 7, 2024
For revisions effective Summer 2025
February 23, 2025
For revisions effective Fall 2025
March 28, 2025
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadlines.
For fall 25 implementation:
GWAR proposals are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until October 11, 2024.
Programs
Use the Program Form to propose or revise programs. Additional templates may be required.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal to colleges. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
The process to revise an existing program’s requirements is the same whether revisions are considered significant or minor, but only significant revisions are required to go through the full campus review process.
Significant revisions include changes in the structure of the program, changes to required courses especially if these changes require new courses or significant course revisions, changes in the number of units in the program by 9 units or 20% of the total, whichever is less. If there is any question about whether or not the changes are significant, assume they are and submit early.
Minor revisions include changing the courses in current lists or curricular areas, changing the number of units in the program by less than 9 units or fewer than 20% of the total.
Revisions for Fall 25 Implementation
Revisions for significant and minor revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: October 28, 2024
Revisions received by Academic Planning after the deadline may not be reviewed in time for fall 2025 implementation. Deadlines allow for review by Academic Planning with time for any revisions needed before proposals go to the next level of review.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal to colleges. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Effective 2024-25, curricular deadlines will be changing from fall to spring deadlines. There will be a fall deadline for fall 25 implementation and a spring deadline for fall 26 implementation with spring only deadlines going forward.
Additional information or templates will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
Revisions for Fall 25 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: October 28, 2024
Revisions received by Academic Planning after the deadline will be moved to the fall 2026 implementation review cycle.
Revisions for Fall 26 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: April 7, 2025
In the spring semester, proposals will be reviewed by Academic Planning and revisions requested as needed to make sure the proposals are ready for campus review at the start of the Fall 25 semester.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal to colleges. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Effective 2024-25, curricular deadlines will be changing from fall to spring deadlines. There will be a fall deadline for fall 25 implementation and a spring deadline for fall 26 implementation with spring deadlines going forward.
Additional templates or information will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
Fall 25 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: October 28, 2024
Revisions received by Academic Planning after the deadline will be moved to the fall 2026 implementation review cycle.
Fall 26 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: April 7, 2025
In the spring semester, proposals will be reviewed by Academic Planning and revisions requested as needed to make sure the proposals are ready for campus review at the start of the Fall 25 semester.
Prospectus for a new degree program in the CSU Academic Master Plan
Proposing a new full degree program is a two- to three-year process, which begins by submitting a prospectus for campus-level and Chancellor’s Office review and approval by the CSU Board of Trustees (BOT) to be added to the CSU Academic Master Plan (year one of the process).
Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for the prospectus template and with any questions.
Submit the prospectus to college by September 1, 2024. Deadline from colleges to academic planning is October 1, 2024.
To propose a new degree program already approved by the CSU Board of Trustees
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal to colleges. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Effective 2024-25, curricular deadlines will be changing from fall to spring deadlines. There will be a fall deadline for fall 25 implementation and a spring deadline for fall 26 implementation with spring deadlines going forward.
Additional templates or information will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
New degrees require full approval on campus (year two of the process), WSCUC notification and review by the Chancellor’s office before the degree can implemented on campus.
Fall 25 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: October 28, 2024
Revisions received by Academic Planning after the deadline will be moved to the fall 2026 implementation review cycle.
Fall 26 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: April 7, 2025
In the spring semester, proposals will be reviewed by Academic Planning and revisions requested as needed to make sure the proposals are ready for campus review at the start of the Fall 25 semester.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal to colleges. Consult your chair or director and college about internal deadlines and review processes.
Effective 2024-25, curricular deadlines will be changing from fall to spring deadlines. There will be a fall deadline for fall 25 implementation and a spring deadline for fall 26 implementation with spring deadlines going forward.
Additional templates or information will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
Concentrations, certificates and self-support versions of programs will require notification and/or review by WSCUC and/or the Chancellor’s office before the program can implemented on campus.
Fall 25 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: October 28, 2024
Revisions received by Academic Planning after the deadline will be moved to the fall 2026 implementation review cycle.
Fall 26 Implementation
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: April 7, 2025
In the spring semester, proposals will be reviewed by Academic Planning and revisions requested as needed to make sure the proposals are ready for campus review at the start of the Fall 25 semester.
Bulletin
We're happy to update roadmaps as needed throughout the year, contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) with updates.
Academic planning updates roadmaps based on course changes every year and after each program proposal is fully approved in collaboration with the department.
The faculty listings in the bulletin are populated from a database within CourseLeaf. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) with any updates.
If a contact changes outside of the bulletin editing cycle, it's important that the bulletin is updated to reflect accurate information for the campus community. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) with updates.
During the bulletin editing cycle (September-February), those with editing access will be able to update contacts for the coming year.
Information on the "overview" tabs for department and program pages can be edited during the regular bulletin editing cycle (September – February). To make changes outside of the editing period, contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail).
Any changes to the program requirements must be proposed through the CourseLeaf Programs site by the deadlines listed in the Programs area above. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for assistance.
All course revisions must be proposed through the CourseLeaf Courses site by the deadlines listed in the Courses area above. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for assistance.