The curriculum is the academic program of Connecticut College. It is overseen by the faculty.

The College Catalog is the published record of degree requirements and academic policy, and contains detailed information on every course and academic program.

Curriculum Process

The Academic and Administrative Procedures Committee (AAPC) oversees the curriculum process. Within the bounds of policies established by the faculty, this committee considers: requests for the addition, deletion, or modification of the course offerings of the departments or interdisciplinary programs, and the major; alternative programs for the degree; and changes in administrative procedures; and changes in class meetings and hours.

Curricular changes take the form of either routine changes (such as editing the title or description of a course) or substantial changes (such as changing a course's credit hours or revising the requirements for a major). All curricular changes must be approved by AAPC, and substantial changes must then also be approved by the faculty meeting. See Curriculum Process Approvals.

The Registrar’s Office processes routine curricular changes weekly after AAPC meetings, and substantial changes monthly after faculty meetings. Please allow a few days after approval for changes to appear in the catalog.

Only approved curriculum can be entered into the catalog and made available for class registration to students.

Deadlines and Timelines

Course Deadlines

New courses and course changes must be submitted to AAPC in order to be approved and available for pre-registration:

  • By the end of the third week of September for spring courses
  • By the end of the third week of February for fall courses

Catalog Implementation

Curricular changes are implemented in either the Current Year catalog or the Following Year catalog (or both) according to this schedule:

DatesType of ChangeCatalog Year
August - December Routine Changes Current Year
  Substantial Changes

Held for Following Year except by special request
January - February Routine Changes Current Year
  Substantial Changes Held for Following Year
March 1   Draft version of Following Year catalog published
March - June Routine Changes Following Year, unless they must also apply to current year
  Substantial Changes Following Year
June 15   Current Year catalog is archived and cannot be changed
July 15  

Final version of Following Year catalog published, which becomes Current Year catalog

 Process Timelines

Registrar

(~3 Business Days)

AAPC

(~2 Weeks)

AAPC and Faculty Meeting

(~1 Month)
  • Cross-Listings of existing course(s)
  • FLAC sections
  • Learning goals for existing majors                                                                                      
  • Routine Changes to majors/minors or pathways (e.g.: lists of courses)
  • Routine changes to courses (e.g.: titles, descriptions, pre-reqs, permissions, standard enrollment caps)
  • Deactivation of existing courses
  • Reactivation of existing courses
  • Substantial changes to majors/minors (e.g.: structure, number of courses, core requirements)
  • SDIM majors
  • New courses
  • Substantial changes to courses (e.g.: credits, impact to College requirements, non-standard enrollment caps)
  • New majors/minors (Needs 2 months)
  • Deletion of majors/minors (Needs 2 months)

IQ Curriculum Management

The college uses the IQ Curriculum Management system in order to propose, approve, and process all curricular changes. The Office of the Registrar Curriculum Team manages the system, which is available to all faculty members to use. The system can be accessed through CamelWeb, in the For Faculty tab.

To use the IQ system, consult the guides below. Please contact curriculum@conncoll.edu for further assitance or if:

  • There is a problem with the system
  • You do not have access to the system, and you need it
  • Your role changes (e.g. you become department chair)

Guides to Proposing Curricular Changes in IQ

Getting Started in IQ

Change Course Form

New Program Form

Change Program Form

 

IQ Curriculum Forms Documentation

IQ Curriculum Processes for Chairs and Directors