Office of Academic Affairs Academic Organization, Curriculum, and Assessment Handbook 2016-2017 Contents Council on Academic Affairs .................................................................................................. 6 University Organization ........................................................................................................... 8 Determining College Status ............................................................................................................................... 8 Academic Department or School ..................................................................................................................... 10 Division ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Additional Issues to Address ........................................................................................................................... 11 Withdrawing an Academic Unit ....................................................................................................................... 12 Academic Unit Name Changes ......................................................................................................................... 12 Alteration or Abolition of Units ....................................................................................................................... 12 Flow Chart: Establishing an Academic Unit/Request for Name Change ........................................................... 16 Academic Centers ...................................................................................................................17 Guidelines for the Establishment and Review of Academic Centers ................................................................ 19 Temporary/Conditional Use of the Term “Center” .......................................................................................... 19 College Centers ............................................................................................................................................... 19 University Centers ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Procedures for Establishing a University Center .............................................................................................. 20 Proposal to Establish a University Center ........................................................................................................ 20 Review of University Centers .......................................................................................................................... 21 Termination of a University Center ................................................................................................................. 23 Clinical Faculty Tracks ...........................................................................................................24 Definition ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Titles ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Appointment cap ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Proposals and approval process ...................................................................................................................... 24 Criteria for appointment, for reappointment and non-reappointment, and for promotion ............................ 25 Procedures for appointment ........................................................................................................................... 25 Term of appointment ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Annual review, reappointment/non-reappointment, and promotion review procedures ............................... 26 1 Transfers from the tenure track faculty to the clinical faculty ......................................................................... 26 Transfers from the clinical faculty to the faculty-track .................................................................................... 26 Current Organization of Instructional Units ..........................................................................27 Current Organization of University Centers and Institutes ..................................................30 Academic Programs ...............................................................................................................33 General Expectations ...................................................................................................................................... 33 Undergraduate Degrees and Degree Programs ............................................................................................... 34 Tagged or Professional Degree Programs ........................................................................................................ 40 Graduate Degrees and Programs ..................................................................................................................... 40 Master's Degree .............................................................................................................................................. 40 Doctoral Degree .............................................................................................................................................. 41 Withdrawing and Reinstating Degree Programs .............................................................................................. 42 Withdrawing or Deactivating an Existing Academic Degree ............................................................................ 42 Reinstating or Reactivating a Degree Program ................................................................................................ 42 Flow Chart: New Degrees and Degree Programs ............................................................................................. 43 Undergraduate Major ..............................................................................................................44 Preliminary Prospectus ................................................................................................................................... 44 Proposal .......................................................................................................................................................... 44 Withdrawing or Deactivating an Existing Major .............................................................................................. 48 Reinstating or Reactivating a Major ................................................................................................................ 48 Flow Chart: New Undergraduate Major (Under Existing Degree Program) ...................................................... 49 Multiple Majors .............................................................................................................................................. 50 Requirements for Double Majors (on one degree) .......................................................................................... 53 Undergraduate Minor ..................................................................................................................................... 53 Policy for Undergraduate Minors at OSU ........................................................................................................ 53 Certificates of Study ...............................................................................................................55 Proposal .......................................................................................................................................................... 55 Withdrawing or Deactivating an Existing Certificate of Study .......................................................................... 56 Reinstating or Reactivating a Certificate of Study ............................................................................................ 56 Flow Chart: New Certificate of Study ............................................................................................................... 60 Honors Program Proposal ......................................................................................................61 Graduate Interdisciplinary Specializations and Minors........................................................62 Proposal .......................................................................................................................................................... 62 Operating Procedures ..................................................................................................................................... 63 2 Enrollment Limitation .............................................................................................................64 Existing Degrees, Certificates, and Areas of Study ..............................................................67 Existing Degrees 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