Academic Programs - Forms & Formats

• Academic Program Actions (APA)
• Justification Form (JUS)
• Bulletin Change Form (BCH)
• List of Program-Related Courses
• CHE Program Planning Summary Template
• CHE Full Program Proposal Format
• Approval Process Timelines

Course Forms These course forms should be used for BOTH undergraduate and graduate course actions.

• Carolina Core Syllabus Requirements for Course Proposals (Updated June 2012)
• Carolina Core Syllabus Requirements for Teaching (Updated June 2012)
• New Course Proposal (NCP)
• Course Change Proposal (CCP)
• Special Topics Course Approval (STC)
• Schedule Exception Request (SER)
• Distance Education Delivery (DED)
• Off-Campus Delivery Approval (OCD)
• Justification Form (JUS)
• Bulletin Change Form (BCH)
• Contract Course Approval (OEO) Form

Additional Resources

• Approved Distributed Learning Courses
• Board of Trustees
• Blueprints for Academic Excellence (Columbia and Regional Campuses)
• Bulletin, Graduate
• Bulletin, Undergraduate
• Center for Teaching Excellence
• South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
• Faculty Manual, USC Columbia
• Faculty Senate
• Forms
• Graduate Council
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) - Commission on Colleges
• Syllabus Guidelines

Approval Process Timelines

• 2011-2012 CHE Approval Process Timeline - New Programs
• 2011-2012 CHE Approval Process Timeline - Program Modifications
• 2011-2012 CHE Approval Process Timeline - New Certificates
   
• 2012-2013 CHE Approval Process Timeline - New Programs
• 2012-2013 CHE Approval Process Timeline - Program Modifications
• 2012-2013 CHE Approval Process Timeline - New Certificates