The College Curriculum Committee is responsible for curricular policy matters at the college level, including general oversight of courses and programs offered for the common benefit of all departments. It also helps to stimulate new educational ideas and developments in the college. The Committee is responsible for reviewing the following:
- New undergraduate and graduate courses
- Changes to undergraduate and graduate courses
- Changes to undergraduate admission and program requirements
- New undergraduate majors, minors, and degree programs
- Changes to graduate degree programs*
- New graduate programs*
* The Graduate School’s Office of Academic Affairs and Planning coordinates the review of new graduate programs, but the College Curriculum Committee reviews proposals to create or change graduate programs within the college before final proposals are submitted to the Graduate School.
Time Schedule & Registration Calendar 2023-2024
Aut ’23 |
Win ’24 |
Spr ’24 |
Sum ’24 |
Aut ’24 |
Win ’25 |
Spr ’25 |
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Time schedule construction deadline | 1/27/23 | 7/21/23 | 11/3/23 | 11/27/23 | 1/26/24 | 7/19/24 | 11/1/24 |
Time schedule available online | 4/14/23 | 10/13/23 | 1/19/24 | 2/2/24 | 4/12/24 | 10/11/24 | 1/17/25 |
Student registration begins | 5/6/22 | 11/3/23 | 2/9/24 | 4/8/24 | 5/3/24 | 11/1/24 | 2/14/25 |
Meeting Calendar & Proposal Deadlines 2023-2024
The committee will meet approximately three times per quarter. Meeting times vary quarterly.
To be considered, proposals must be submitted to the College Curriculum Committee by the proposal submission deadline for each meeting.
IMPORTANT: Starting in Autumn 2023, the course application and general education designation review processes have changed at the university level based on recently approved Scholastic Regulations, which created two new committees:
- University Committee on Curriculum Administration (UCCA)
- University Committee on General Education (UCGE)
Applications are now administratively reviewed and recorded at the university level on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year. However, the UW Curriculum Office (UWCO) has established priority deadlines for specific effective quarters. To meet the UWCO Priority Dates, units must submit proposals to the College of the Environment Curriculum Committee first.
Please submit course proposals and undergraduate program proposals using the UW Curriculum Management (UW CM) system. For assistance with the UW CM system, contact Michelle Hall (College or the Environment, Curriculum Committee staff), your unit’s curriculum coordinator or curriculum committee chair (see unit contacts below), or the UW Curriculum Office.
Units submitting an undergraduate program change should consult the proposal Deadlines for Creating and Changing Undergraduate Academic Programs.
Proposals Due to College Curriculum Committee |
College Curriculum Committee Meeting Dates |
UWCO Course Proposal Priority Submission Dates |
SCAP Program Proposal Priority Submission Dates |
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AUTUMN ’23 |
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10/3/23 | 10/10/23 Agenda |
SPR 2024: 1/12/24 | WIN 2024: 12/1/24 | ||
10/27/23 | 11/6/23 Agenda |
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11/22/23 | 11/30/23 Agenda |
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WINTER ’24 | |||||
1/11/24 | 1/18/24 Meeting Canceled |
SUM 2024: 3/11/24 | SPR 2024: 3/1/24 | ||
2/2/24 | 2/12/24 Agenda |
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2/23/24 | 3/4/24 Agenda |
AUT 2024: 4/5/24 | |||
SPRING ’24 | |||||
4/1/24 | 4/4/24 | WIN 2024: 10/4/24 | AUT 2024: 8/24/24 | ||
4/19/24 | 4/25/24 | ||||
5/17/24 | 5/23/24 |
UWCO Course Proposal Priority Submission Dates
Effective Quarter | Priority Date | Cut-off Date | ||
AUT 2024 | 4/5/24 | 5/1/24 | ||
WIN 2025 | 10/4/24 | 10/30/24 | 10/4/24 | 11/1/23 |
SPR 2025 | January 2025 | February 2025 | ||
SUM 2025 | March 2025 | April 2025 |
Course proposals approved by the College Curriculum Committee and then submitted to the UWCO by the “Priority Date” will be given priority review. All efforts will be made to have them approved for the effective quarter requested. Course proposals submitted to the UWCO between the “Priority Date” and the “Cut-off Date” will be accepted but may or may not make it through the review process by the “Cut-off Date” and in time for the effective quarter requested. If the “Cut-off Date” is missed, the earliest the proposed changes would take effect is the following quarter, e.g. course proposals for Spring 2024 need to be submitted to the College by the last proposal deadline for Autumn 2023 (late November) and to the UWCO by 1/12/24.
Undergraduate Program Proposals SCAP Priority Submission Dates
SCAP Review Quarter | SCAP Priority Date |
AUT 2024 | 8/30/24 |
WIN 2025 | 12/6/24 |
SPR 2025 | 3/7/25 |
Program proposals are reviewed by the Faculty Council on Academic Standard’s (FCAS) Subcommittee on Admissions and Programs (SCAP). Program proposals approved by the College Curriculum Committee and then submitted to the UWCO by one of the quarterly priority submission dates specified above are given priority review by the UWCO, and all efforts will be made to have these proposals considered for a SCAP meeting. Proposals received by the UWCO after a priority submission date may not be considered for a SCAP meeting until the following quarter.
Notice of Proposal Deadlines
Quarter Posted for Review | NOP Deadline to UWCO |
SPR 2024 | 4/5/24 |
AUT 2024 | 11/1/24 |
WIN 2025 | 2/7/25 |
SPR 2025 | 4/11/25 |
If a unit is proposing a new undergraduate program or proposing a substantive program or credential change, then a Notice of Proposal (NOP) form and tri-campus review must be completed.
How do I complete a NOP? NOP FORM COMPLETION GUIDE
How do I know if my program change is substantive and requires a NOP? CLICK HERE
Where do I submit a NOP? Units planning to propose substantive program changes (e.g., changing the admission type) must consult with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (Julia Parrish) well in advance of submitting an NOP form to discuss the specific proposed changes, goals, and rationale and any impacts to enrollment, teaching capacity and budget planning.
After consultation with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, please send the filled-out NOP form to Michelle Hall (College or the Environment, Curriculum Committee staff) to be reviewed by the College Curriculum Committee and then submitted to the UWCO.
NOPS submitted to the UWCO by one of the quarterly priority submission dates specified above are given priority review by the UWCO, and all efforts will be made to have these proposals considered for a Subcommittee on Admissions and Programs (SCAP) meeting. Proposals received by the UWCO after a priority submission date may not be considered for a SCAP meeting until the following quarter.
Committee membership 2023-2024
Department |
Name |
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Aquatic and Fishery Sciences | Luke Tornabene |
Atmospheric Sciences | Dargan Frierson |
Earth and Space Sciences | Juliet Crider |
Environmental and Forest Sciences | Sergey Rabotyagov |
Friday Harbor Laboratories | Maia Kreis |
Marine and Environmental Affairs | Anne Beaudreau |
Marine Biology | Kerry Naish |
Oceanography | Mikelle Nuwer (Chair) |
Program on the Environment | Kristi Straus |
Graduate Student Representatives | Maya Garber-Yonts (SMEA) & Markus Min (SAFS) |
Undergraduate Student Representatives | Erik Ertsgaard (ESRM) & Nicole Reynolds (MB, OCEAN) |
Director of Student and Academic Services (ex officio) | Michelle Hall |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ex officio) | Julia Parrish |
Executive Assistant to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ex officio) | Jane Dolliver |
Curriculum contacts in units
Unit |
Faculty Contact or Curriculum Committee Chair |
Staff Contact |
Graduate Program Coordinator |
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Aquatic and Fishery Sciences | Luke Tornabene | Samantha Scherer | Chelsea Wood |
Atmospheric Sciences | Lyatt Jaegle (Undergraduate Curriculum), Rob Wood (Graduate Curriculum) | Cathy Liao | Rob Wood |
Earth and Space Sciences | Juliet Crider (Curriculum Committee Chair), Drew Gorman-Lewis (Undergraduate Curriculum) | Noell Bernard-Kingsley | Fang-Zhen Teng |
Environmental and Forest Sciences | Sergey Rabotyagov (Curriculum Committee Chair) | Liz Collier | David Butman |
Marine and Environmental Affairs | Anne Beaudreau | Tiffany Comtois-Dion | Terrie Klinger |
Marine Biology | Kerry Naish | Joe Kobayashi | NA |
Oceanography | Mikelle Nuwer | Michelle Townsend | Susan Hautala |
Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management | Beth Gardner | Erica Owens | Beth Gardner |
Program on the Environment | Kristi Straus | Joy Crevier | N/A |