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1. Request for Course Changes/Coding
2. First Year Seminar Courses
3. Request for W Code for a Research Independent Study
4. Request for New Major, Minor, or Certificate Program

I. Requests for Course Changes/Coding

A. Regular Courses 001-299: Departments must use the on-line Course Request Form when submitting requests to add, drop, or revise courses numbered 001-299 that appear in the Undergraduate Bulletin. (A different form should be used for Special Topics coding, as per below).

• Instructions for using the Course Request Program (PDF)
  
• Online Course Request Form

          DEADLINE:

        TO ADD/REVISE REGULAR COURSES:

• For Spring 2008 Schedule: September 4, 2007
• For Summer 2008: September 21, 2007
• For Fall 2008 Schedule: January 16, 2008
• To Affect 2008-2009 Bulletin: October 15, 2007
  
  TO DROP COURSES FROM UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN:

B. Graduate School Courses: All departments should use the graduate school forms for courses numbered 200-299 that appear ONLY in the Graduate Bulletin and for ALL courses numbered 300 and above.

• Graduate School Regular Course Request Form
• Graduate School Regular Course Drop Form

C. Special Topics Courses: Select the appropriate online form below and submit it to the Committee on Courses, 011 Allen Building, fax 684-8494.

• Request curriculum codes for special topics courses (PDF)
  
• Request curriculum codes for special topics courses (Word)
  
  DEADLINE:

• For Spring 2008 Schedule: September 4, 2007
• For Summer 2008: September 21, 2007
• For Fall 2008 Schedule: January 16, 2008

• For Spring 2008: October 1, 2007
• For Fall 2008: April 1, 2008

III. W (Writing) code for a Research Independent Study Course

• W (Writing) Code Request Form for a Research Independent Study Course
  
  DEADLINE: Last Day of Drop/Add of the semester the student is enrolled in the course. The form with all required signatures should be submitted to 011 Allen Building, fax 684-8494.

IV. Request to Add/Revise/Drop Major, Minor, or Certificate Program

The Committee on Curriculum charged with addressing proposals made by academic units to add, revise, or drop majors, minors, and certificate programs.

ADDING:

An academic unit seeking to propose a NEW Major, Minor, or Certificate Program should use the appropriate checksheet listed below when submitting the required supporting materials to the committee.

REVISING/DROPPING:

Requests to REVISE or DROP existing majors, minors, and certificate programs should be made by means of a letter (from the Director of Undergraduate Studies/Certificate Program Director) to the Committee on Curriculum providing the rationale for the request. The material should be sent as an e-mail attachment to harrison.williams@duke.edu. If the request is for a REVISION, please attach a copy of both the proposed revised listing for the Undergraduate Bulletin and the current listing there.

_____ DEADLINE: October 1, 2007

• Major — Checksheet of materials to be submitted when proposing a new major
• Minor — Checksheet of materials to be submitted when proposing a new minor
• Certificate — Checksheet of materials to be submitted when proposing a new certificate program

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