FORM-LINK HELP
for the Course Approval Process
 

 

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 NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
The "New Course Proposal" form is to be used when proposing a new permanent or temporary course. This form can be filled out on-line, routed to the required individuals for signature, monitored, and stored electronically.

Course Number
ALL course numbers should be checked (in the current catalog http://catalog.arizona.edu or SIS screens 125 or 128) before entering course material in the Course Information Screen. Check all numbers including those for co-convened courses and crosslistings. If a course number is currently in use you will get an error message and will not be allowed to proceed with entry. 

If the number has been used previously you will be asked to choose a new "vacant" number.

If you are initiating a co-convened course, enter the 400-level first. In the body of the "Course Information" screen you will be asked to designate if the course is co-convened. A space is provided to enter a course description for the 500-level course.  You need to submit one form only -- not one for the 400-level and one for the 500-level course.

Selecting a New Course Number
Do not use an "X" subscript to designate an temporary course.

Subscripts, H, L, R, and S, appended to single courses indicate honors, laboratory, recitation (lecture), and self-study courses, respectively. Use of these subscripts is restricted to those designations only. The "H" is restricted to honors courses in the 100-400 levels.

A department may not have courses designated both by an active number and the same active number with a subscript. For example, both HIST 473 and HIST 473D as active courses would not be allowed. If the department already has an active number with a subscript (i.e. HIST 473D), a new course may not use the number "HIST 473", the numbers HIST 473A, HIST 473D, and HIST 473M would all be appropriate instead. The course form will be denied if a determination is made that this constraint on numbering courses is violated.

For more information on UA course numbering, see information on University Course Numbering System.

The first digit of a course number designates the level of the course, as follows:

100 - 299 Lower-division courses primarily for freshmen and sophomores.
100 - 199 Primarily introductory and beginning courses.
200 - 299 Intermediate-level courses.
300 - 499 Upper-division courses primarily for juniors and seniors.
300 - 399 Advanced-intermediate-level courses.
400 - 499 Advanced-level courses.
500 - 599 Graduate courses. Open to exceptionally well-qualified seniors with the prior written approval of the course instructor and the Graduate College.
600 - 699 Graduate courses. Not open to undergraduate students.
700 - 799 Graduate courses limited to doctoral students.
800 - 899 Courses limited to students working toward degrees offered by the College of Medicine, the College of Public Health, or the College of Pharmacy. Not available for credit toward other degrees.
900 - 999 Independent graduate study involving research, thesis, or dissertation. Not open to undergraduates.

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