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===Guidelines===
===Guidelines===
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<li>The committee will meet at least monthly during the 9 month academic calendar year. </li>
    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Meets onetime per month during the academic year, special meetings may be called at the discretion of the chair </li>
<li>On an annual basis, the committee will review criteria utilized for admission, progression, and graduation of students and recommend changes to the faculty for final action.</li>
    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Major curriculum decisions are operationally defined as decisions that were approved by committee and taken to the total General Faculty Organization for final approval or action. Major decisions include:
<li>All elected members have voting privileges including the chairperson.  The Director of the Undergraduate Programs, an ex-officio member, has voting privileges in the case of a tie. </li>
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<li>Student members will be excused when confidential student items are discussed.</li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Change in course descriptions and outcomes
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">required nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">elective nursing courses </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Approval of new courses
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">required nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">elective nursing courses </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Approval/changes in policy related to:
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">RN-BSN or RN-MSN track </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">validation of nursing credit </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">non-nursing courses offered by the College of Nursing </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">non-nursing required courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">certificate programs </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Elimination of courses within the curriculum
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">required nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">elective nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">non-nursing required courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">certificate programs </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing a nursing elective to a required course. </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing credit allocation of required nursing and elective nursing courses. </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing prerequisites for required nursing courses. </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing the sequence (order) of the required nursing courses. </li>
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    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Minor curriculum decisions are operationally defined as decisions that are approved by the committee and are taken to the total General Faculty Organization for information but not decision-making. Minor decisions include:
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Placement of content (classroom and clinical). </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Moving content (classroom and clinical) between courses/years. </li>
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    </li>
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