Academic Affairs Program Development

The Provost's Office, Division of Academic Affairs, offers links to numerous documents and websites of entities involved with curriculum development:

• University-level Curriculum Committees include the Board of Undergraduate Studies, the Operational Subcommittee, and the Graduate Studies Coordinating Board.
• The Chart of Academic Approvals maps the path of approvals from School to University levels. Its sequences are the basis of CIM workflows past the originating Schools. The Principles Governing Criteria for Review guide the several administrative and governance bodies involved in review of academic proposals.
• Guidelines for New Program Development outline the consultations, information, reviews, approvals, and followup needed for new academic programs through the Intent and Program Management phases of their proposal and review in the CIM system.
• the University's Academic Program Definitions and Certificate Policy articulate standardizing criteria for different types of academic program offered at Loyola University Chicago.
• CIP Code Assignment Policy explains the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) system and requirements in creation of new academic programs, outlines processes for requesting assignment of a CIP code to a new program and for requesting a change in CIP codes for an existing program, and states the standards for a STEM CIP code.
• Program Review Processes required at the University level include both annual assessment of academic programs (for which a plan must be included in new-program proposals) and periodic Academic Program Review.