Course Proposals & Curriculum Committee

The University Curriculum Committee has primary responsibility for coordinating curricula across the University’s academic components.  Its role is based on the premise that primary responsibility for the curriculum rests with the faculty in each academic unit in each college. As a result, TWU’s curriculum represents a diversity of programs to meet student needs within a unified whole that requires coordination among academic components.

The University Curriculum Committee Membership is composed of faculty members and a representative of the Library nominated by the Faculty Senate Committee Selection Committee and appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. One undergraduate student is nominated by the Vice President for Student Life, and one graduate student is appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School. A representative of the Academic Council is designated by the Academic Council. Ex-officio members include the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost for Curriculum and Strategic Initiatives, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Registrar, and the Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning with Technology.

The work of the University Curriculum Committee is facilitated by the Office of Curriculum and Strategic Initiatives. Committee members carry out Curriculum Committee Liaison Assignments [PDF] to assist academic components with their proposals to the committee.

The TWU Curriculum Committee Handbook details the description and membership of the Curriculum Committee, guidelines for university curriculum management, review criteria for course proposals, instructions for submitting new or modified course proposals, and the course deactivation and reactivation process.

Round 4 - Friday, April 5, 2024

• Curriculum Committee Agenda 4-5-24
• Curriculum Committee Minutes 2-9-24
• Round 4 Proposals

Round 3 - Friday, February 9, 2024

• Curriculum Committee Agenda 2-9-24
• Curriculum Committee Minutes 12-1-23
• Round 3 Proposals

Round 2 - Friday, December 1, 2023

• Curriculum Committee Agenda 12-1-23
• Curriculum Committee Minutes 10-27-23
• Round 2 Proposals

Round 1 - Friday, October 27, 2023

• Curriculum Committee Agenda 10-27-23
• Curriculum Committee Organizational Minutes 9-22-23 
• Round 1 Proposals

Organizational Meeting - Friday, September 22, 2023

• Curriculum Committee Agenda 9-22-23
• Curriculum Committee Minutes 4-21-23

These documents may help you prepare the information needed for a new or modified course proposal in advance of submission in the Course Inventory Management system.

• CIM Proposal Template - a screenshot of all the fields in the new proposal form.
• CIM Proposal Help Bubbles - the information from the help bubbles next to each form field.

Note that the CIM system allows users to save proposals prior to submission to the workflow for consideration.  Saved proposals are accessible by all faculty to allow for collaborative creation and modification prior to submission.  Once submitted, a course proposal cannot be modified by faculty unless rolled-back to the start of the workflow by the approvers in the workflow or the system administrator.

• Guidelines for Well-written Student Learning Outcomes - Guidelines for the writing of student learning outcomes as developed by faculty of the SLOs Guidance Task Force (updated April 2018).  For SLO assistance, please contact Dr. Terry Senne, Director of Academic Assessment at tsenne@twu.edu or 81-3029.
• TWU Course Inventory SQL Report  - To reactivate a course, contact OEVP.  If a course has been deactivated for an extended period of time, it may require resubmission through the Curriculum Committee for approval.  Please contact OSAP if you need assistance with this report.
• THECB CIP Codes Website

The Office of Academic Assessment offers the workshop, “Writing SLOs for Course Proposals,” each Fall semester to prepares faculty to create well-written student learning outcomes (SLOs) statements when submitting new or modified course proposals to the TWU Curriculum Committee.

Faculty should review the Guidelines for Well-written Student Learning Outcomes. These guidelines are current and should be used when developing course SLOs to increase the likelihood of receiving SLOs approval. 

If you were unable to attend, you can still view the recording of the workshop on YouTube.

You also download the SLO Workshop PowerPoint and the SLO-Cooking Exercise handout that was used as part of the workshop to assist you in developing the SLOs.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Gray Scott, Director of Academic Assessment and Accreditation at academicassessment@twu.edu or 81-2327.

All new and modified course proposals require approval from Academic Component and College administrators prior to being considered by the Curriculum Committee.  The system allows these administrators to approve, roll-back, make edits to, and/or comment on course proposals.   Administrators can receive one-on-one training on how to utilize the CIM system by contacting Scott Martin in OEVP at smartin4@twu.edu or 940-898-3508.