Office of Academic Planning and Assessment

Category I Proposals

Category I proposals are used to designate major curricular changes that require approval at the state level (Oregon University System Chancellor's Office and/or Oregon State Board of Higher Education). There are two types of Category I proposals: full and abbreviated.

Submit a Full Category I Proposal for:

• New degree programs, colleges or departments
• New certificate programs or administrative units
• Major changes in existing programs
• Delivery of a program to a new location

Submit an Abbreviated Category I Proposal for:

• Renaming a degree or academic unit
• Moving responsibility for an academic program from one academic unit to another
• Merging or splitting an academic unit
• Terminating an academic program or unit
  ** Please provide the earliest possible notification of intent to terminate a program to affected students, faculty, and the Office of Academic Planning and Assessment.
• Suspending or reactivating an academic program or unit (Contact the Office of Academic Planning and Assessment at 737-9544).
  

Looking Up a Proposal Already Submitted:

• Category I Database
• Category I Proposals - Full Text

Proposal Checklist:

• Signed transmittal sheet (form)
  
• Proposal-most recent document (form)
• Budget pages (form)
  
• Library Evaluation(see policy)
  
• Liaison (OSU Curriculum Liaison List; Format for Letter or E-mail of Liaison)
  
• Letters of Support
  
• These things go on file in our office:
• Accessibility Form - read and signed (form)
• Abridged Faculty CV's

Review Process:

1. Draft Reveiw Meeting
   
2. Library Evaluation
3. Budget and Fiscal Planning Review
   
4. Graduate Council Review
   
5. Curriculum Council Review
   
6. Faculty Senate Approval via FS Executive Committee
   
7. OUS Provost Council
8. External Review (if grad)
9. State Board of Higher Ed
10. Campus Announcement

Follow-Up on New Programs:

If your Category I proposal is for a new degree or certificate program, there will be a three-year and a five-year follow up review to ensure that adequate progress is being made toward the goals of the program. Both reviews will be initiated by the Office of Academic Planning and Assessment. See Policy on Three- and Five-Year Year Follow Up Review.