1. Calendar of UAF Faculty Senate meetings for 2011-2012.
    
2. 2011-12 UAF Faculty Senate Committees (with Chairs)  (PDF)
    
3. Schedule of Formats and Deadlines: Identifies the type of changes, the appropriate format for each, and the deadline for submission of requests to the Faculty Senate to be effective in future academic years. New program requests may take as long as two years to reach final approval.
    
4. Academic Changes: Describes the full route from submission to approval.
    
5. Indexes for Faculty Senate Policies/Regulations
   Indexes for Curriculum Actions (past years)
    
6. Guidelines for Core Designators
   and Policies regarding Course Classification (Social Sciences, Humanities)
    
7. Syllabus Requirements for all UAF Courses (Updated June 2011)
   and syllabus examples
    
8. Guidelines for Computing Credit/Contact Hours
    
9. Publicizing the Implications of "C" (and below) Grades to Students (PDF, Handout for students)

Download rich text file (.rtf) or MS Word formats for each type of request by clicking on the appropriate link below. Format forms and syllabus guidelines are updated regularly.  Please download and use the latest format form linked on this web page instead of storing older versions.

See #3 "Schedule of Formats and Deadlines" link above for submission deadlines and descriptions of the formats.

Additional lines for signature approvals may be added to these forms as needed. Examples where this may be needed: Courses being cross-listed must have the signed approval of all the affected departments.  Some units have additional levels of approval required.

Format 1A.rtf - Special Topics Course  
Format 1A.doc (MS Word document format)

Format 1B.rtf - Summer Sessions Special Topics Course
Format 1B.doc (MS Word document format)

Format 1C has been corrected as of 2/9/2010. (If using an older version than those provided below, cross out section #3 on the older form - these courses may not carry "O" or "W" core designators.)
Format 1C.rtf - New Non-Thesis Research/Project -98 or Thesis/Dissertation -99 Course
Format 1C.doc (MS Word document format)

Format 1.rtf - Trial Course or New Course rich text file (Updated 7/1/2011)
Format 1.doc - MS Word document format for Trial or New Course (Updated 7/1/2011)

Format 2A.rtf - Minor Course Change - in rich text format.
Format 2A.doc - Minor Course Change - in MS Word document format.

Format 2B.rtf - Course Compression Format Change rich text file (Updated 7/1/2011)
Format 2B.doc - MS Word document format (Updated 7/1/2011)
    Updated procedure as of Fall 2011: Turn this form in to the Faculty Senate Office.

Format 2.rtf - Major Course Change / Drop Course - rich text format.
Format 2.doc - Major Course Change / Drop Course - in MS Word format.

Format 3A.doc New Occupational Endorsement Request (MS Word)
Format 3A.rtf - (Rich text format)

Format 3B.doc - New Minor Request Form (MS Word)
Format 3B.rtf - (Rich text format)
        
Format 3.rtf - New Degree Program Request (include the following forms)
Format 3.doc (MS Word document format)

Board of Regents Program Action Request Form -Rev. April 2011 (MS Word) and the following:

A   two-to-three page program summary to accompany the Program Action Request.   The additional program summary should include:

1. Program Goals: a.) brief identification of objectives and means for their evaluation; b.) relationship of program objectives to the Purpose of the University (core themes, as per accreditation); and c.) occupational or other competencies to be achieved.
2. List of faculty directly involved with the program.
3. Enrollment information: a.) projected and present enrollment; b.) minimum enrollment needed to maintain program; and c.) maximum enrollment that can be accommodated.
4. Need for program -- employment market needs.
5. Resource Impact: Include the Resource Commitment Form from the Format 3 packet.  Its numbers must agree with those provided in the BOR Program Action Request.

Resource Commitment Form (rich text file)
Resource Commitment Form (MS Word)

The submission of a draft prospectus is required along with the Format 3 request. Below are instructions and a template, along with a sample for reference.
NWCCU Prospectus Template (MS Word)
NWCCU Prospectus Instructions
    Sample Prospectus

Format 4.rtf - Deletion of Program Request
Format 4.doc (MS Word)

Format 5.rtf - Program/Degree Requirement Changes (Major/Minor)
Format 5.doc (MS Word)

Format 6.rtf - Core Oral Intensive Designator
Format 6.doc (MS Word)

Format 7.rtf - Core Writing Intensive Designator
Format 7.doc (MS Word)

Format 8.rtf - Core Natural Science Designator
Format 8.doc (MS Word)

Contact Jayne Harvie at the Faculty Senate Office with questions:
312B Signers' Hall, Box 757500
474-7964
jbharvie@alaska.edu