CON Proposal of New Undergraduate Courses: Difference between revisions

         <td valign="top" width="40%"><big>'''Policy:''' '''1402 (4.3.2)'''</big></td>

         <td width="60%">Faculty Policies</td>

         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Affairs Committee<br />Executive Council</div><br />Approving Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">General Faculty Organization</div><br />Related Documents:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Policy 1402-PR - [[CON New Undergraduate Course Process|New Undergraduate Course Process]]</div></td>

                 <td>Revised: March 2007<br />Revised: February 2008<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/9226|November 2012]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/14099|August 2017]] ([[Special:Diff/9226/14099|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/18081|October 2022]] ([[Special:Diff/14099/18081|changes]])<br />Revised: February 2026  ([[Special:Diff/18081/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>

==Purpose==

<p style="margin-bottom:15px;">Provides faculty and the Undergraduate Affairs Committee (UAC) consistent guidelines in course development.</p>

==Scope==

 

==Policy==

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Nursing courses, including electives, must be consistent with the philosophy, organizing framework, and BSN outcomes of the undergraduate program.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Nursing courses may be planned and offered for students in any semester; prerequisites and co-requisites must be specified.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Credit hours may be distributed as didactic only, lab only, clinical only, or any combination of the above.  Credit hour allocation for electives may range from 1 to 4 and may be distributed as didactic or didactic/clinical.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The UAC must approve all new courses.  </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">New courses must be approved by UAC first and then by the General Faculty Organization (GFO) according to the following timeline:

<td align="left" style="text-decoration:underline;">Initial Proposal to GFO</td>

<td align="left" style="text-decoration:underline;">Final Approval by GFO Deadline</td>

<td align="left">January</td>

<td align="left">March 1</td>

<td>April</td>

<td align="left">September 1</td>

<td>November</td>

<td align="left">January 1</td>

<li>If this is a prelicensure course or elective course, it must go through the Nebraska Board of Nursing for approval.</li>

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     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty members wishing to develop courses should consult first with their assistant dean regarding appropriateness and workload considerations.  The following factors are considered in planning/offering nursing electives:

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty members then meet with the Undergraduate Affairs Committee to present ideas for course development.  If needed, a member of the Undergraduate Affairs Committee will be appointed to assist the faculty in course development.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Course proposals are to be prepared using the form provided in 1402-Form - New Undergraduate Course Proposal.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The course proposal should be submitted to the Undergraduate Affairs Committee (UAC) for approval.  A member of the course proposal group should be present at the Undergraduate Affairs Committee meeting when the course is approved. Chair of the UAC and a member of the course proposal group will present the new course at the General Faculty Organization meeting for approval.</li>

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     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">After each new course has been taught, an evaluation must be submitted through the course evaluation software.</li>