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<p>All newly proposed required or elective undergraduate courses must follow this process.</p>
<p>All newly proposed required or elective undergraduate courses must follow this process.</p>
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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 wishing to develop courses should consult first with their division assistant dean regarding appropriateness and workload considerations.  The following factors are considered in planning/offering nursing electives:
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             <li>student interest</li>
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     <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;">Faculty members will contact course invetory management coordinator for access to the system and will complete the new course proposal with assistance from the coordinator.</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;">Faculty member will submit new course proposal form and proposed syllabus to UAC for the next available UAC meeting agenda. Faculty member then meets with the UAC to present new course proposal form for course develpment and is prepared to answer the folllowing questions at the meeting:
     <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>Why is this course being requested?</li>
        <li>What implications do you see this course having on the current required curriculum?</li>
        <li>What is the relationship to current CON philosophy, organizing framework, and BSN outcomes?</li>
        <li>What are cost/workload factors? Describe cost, workload, educational technology and other resources necessary.</li>
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    If needed, a member of the UAC may be appointed to assist the faculty in further course development.
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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>
     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Upon approval by UAC, the 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>
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">When the course has been approved by UAC and GFO, the course will be submtted through the course management system, in which the UAC chair must approve to move forward through the system.</li>
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
New Undergraduate Course Process Procedure: 1402-PR (Appendix H)
Faculty Policies Originating Date: April 1999
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Affairs Committee

Approving Agency:
General Faculty Organization

Related Documents:
Policy 1402 - Proposal of New Undergraduate Courses
Revised: March 2007
Revised: November 2012
Reviewed: August 2017
Revised: October 2022 (changes)
Revised: February 2026 (changes)


Procedure

All newly proposed required or elective undergraduate courses must follow this process.

  1. Faculty members wishing to develop courses should consult first with their division assistant dean regarding appropriateness and workload considerations. The following factors are considered in planning/offering nursing electives:
    1. student interest
    2. faculty interest, expertise, availability
    3. agency, preceptor availability
    4. classroom, laboratory availability
    5. cost-effectiveness
    6. minimum & maximum enrollments will be established based on factors a through e above.
  2. Faculty members will contact course invetory management coordinator for access to the system and will complete the new course proposal with assistance from the coordinator.
  3. Faculty member will submit new course proposal form and proposed syllabus to UAC for the next available UAC meeting agenda. Faculty member then meets with the UAC to present new course proposal form for course develpment and is prepared to answer the folllowing questions at the meeting:
    1. Why is this course being requested?
    2. What implications do you see this course having on the current required curriculum?
    3. What is the relationship to current CON philosophy, organizing framework, and BSN outcomes?
    4. What are cost/workload factors? Describe cost, workload, educational technology and other resources necessary.
       If needed, a member of the UAC may be appointed to assist the faculty in further course development.
  4. Upon approval by UAC, the 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.
  5. When the course has been approved by UAC and GFO, the course will be submtted through the course management system, in which the UAC chair must approve to move forward through the system.
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