The primary responsibility for the content and quality of curriculum resides with the faculty, who at various levels create, evaluate, and implement curricular changes. This process is central to Georgia Southern University’s mission of creating a learner centered environment. Curriculum is a powerful mechanism through which we promote institutional values. Through our curriculum we prepare students to think, lead, teach, and serve. Creating new programs and courses as well as revising those currently offered is central to achieving academic excellence, promoting inclusion, and ensuring our programs and courses advance discovery and innovation that positively impacts our communities.
To help support faculty in this endeavor, the Office of Institutional Assessment and Accreditation (IAA) along with the Registrar’s Office is committed to providing faculty with the resources necessary to effectively develop and implement curriculum changes.
- Faculty Originator
- Department Curriculum Committee
- Department Chair
- College Curriculum Committee
- College Dean
- GECC
- University Curriculum Committee
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Institutional Curriculum Process
Text version of the curriculum process flowchart
Georgia Southern’s curriculum approval process flows as follows:
- Faculty Originator
- Department Curriculum Committee
- Department Chair
- Institutional Assessment and Accreditation
- College Curriculum Committee
- College Dean
- Conditional: Provost, if change involves fees or library resources
- Conditional: General Education and Core Curriculum Committee, if change involves Core Curriculum
- Registrar
- University Curriculum Committee
- Faculty Senate
- Provost
- President
- Conditional: USG, SACSCOC and/or US Department of Education, if notifications or approvals required
- Catalog Publication.
Conditional External Review Process
Georgia Southern University
All proposals undergo an internal review and approval process
University System of Georgia
If a proposal is a:
- new program or new certificate, substantial change to existing program or certificate,
- any change to the General Education Core Curriculum, program or certification deactivation or termination,
then it goes to the use as a notification or to review & approve.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
If a proposal is a:
- new program or new certificate,
- substantial change to existing program or certificate, program or certification deactivation or termination,
then it goes to our SACSCOC for notification or to review & approve.
United States Department of Education
If a proposal is a:
- new certificate seeking financial aid,
- a revised certificate seeking to continue financial aid,
then it goes to the DOE for review and financial aid eligibility determination.
General Resources
- Academic Year 2024-2025 Degree Programs
- Program Mission Statements and Student Learning Outcomes
- Curriculog – Curriculum Management
- SACSCOC – Substantive Change Policies and Procedures