Course Approvals and Syllabi Statements

Proposals for new and modified courses must first be approved by the voting faculty of the unit that will host the course.  Next, other units anywhere in UW with the same, similar, or affected courses must be notified of any new or proposed courses.  Campus level review is conducted by the Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee (which meets monthly) and the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.  Following campus-level approval, review is conducted by the University Curriculum Office. Applications involving general education designation requests must also be reviewed and approved by the University Committee on General Education (UCGE). Applications that present questions or issues that fall outside the scope of the UW Curriculum Office’s procedural review will be forwarded to the University Committee on Curriculum Administration.  Approvals typically require 2-4 months to proceed through the process after the initial unit faculty vote.

New courses and course changes must be submitted online through the UW curriculum management (UWCM) system. 

The Office of the University Registrar's website provides detailed instructions for submitting course applications.

SYLLABI STATEMENTS

Religious Accommodations

Required Syllabus Statement Language: [DO NOT AMEND]  Washington state law requires that UW develop a policy for accommodation of student absences or significant hardship due to reasons of faith or conscience, or for organized religious activities. The UW’s policy, including more information about how to request an accommodation, is available at Religious Accommodations Policy (https://registrar.washington.edu/staffandfaculty/religious-accommodations-policy/). Accommodations must be requested within the first two weeks of this course using the Religious Accommodations Request form (https://registrar.washington.edu/students/religious-accommodations-request/).

Title IX

Syllabi should include a Title IX statement.  Please use the most current Title IX syllabus statement, which can be found at: https://www.washington.edu/titleix/syllabus/

ADDITIONAL SYLLABI RESOURCES

Additional Syllabi Resources can be found on the Faculty Assembly's Required and Suggested Syllabi Statement website.