Academic Programs - Forms & Formats

• Academic Program Actions (APA)
• Justification Form (JUS)
• Bulletin Change Form (BCH)
• List of Program-Related Courses
• CHE Program Planning Summary Template
• CHE Full Program Proposal Format
• Approval Process Timelines

Courses - Forms & Documents These course forms should be used for BOTH undergraduate and graduate course actions.

• Approved Distance Education Courses - Columbia & Regional Campuses (as of 10/15/09)
• New Course Proposal (NCP)
• Course Change Proposal (CCP)
• Special Topics Course Approval (STC)
• Schedule Exception Request (SER)
• Distance Education Delivery (DED)
• Off-Campus Delivery Approval (OCD)
• Justification Form (JUS)
• Bulletin Change Form (BCH)

Additional Resources

• Approved Distance Education Courses
• Board of Trustees
• Blueprints for Academic Excellence (Columbia and Regional Campuses)
• Bulletin, Graduate
• Bulletin, Undergraduate
• Center for Teaching Excellence
• South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
• Faculty Manual, USC Columbia
• Faculty Senate
• Forms
• Graduate Council
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) - Commission on Colleges

Approval Process Timelines

• 2009-2010 Timeline for New Programs
• 2009-2010 Timeline for Major Program Modifications