Substantive Change Policy
°®¶¹´«Ã½ procedures for reporting substantive changes for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
| Type of Change | SACS Reporting Requirements | Time Frame | How Initiated at °®¶¹´«Ã½ | Who at °®¶¹´«Ã½ Determines if Substantive Change1 | Who Reports to SACS |
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Initiating coursework or programs at a more advanced level than currently approved |
Notification and Approval | 12 months |
Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: GSM Curriculum Committee Constantin: N/A SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Expanding a current degree level with significant departure from current programs | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (undergraduate) Constantin: Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiative programs at a lower degree level | Notification and Approval | 6 months |
Braniff: N/A COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (undergraduate) Constantin:Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: Dean |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiating a branch campus | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiating off-campus sites where students can earn 25% or more of the credits required for a program |
Notification only (25 - 49%) Notification and Approval (>49%) |
1 month or 6 months | Appropriate Dean and Provost | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Adding significantly different programs at an approved site | Notification only | 1 month | Appropriate Dean | Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiating distance (online) learning in which students can earn 25% or more of the credits required for a program | Notification only (25 - 49%)
|
1 month or 6 months |
Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (Undergraduate)GSM Curriculum Committee (graduate) Constantin: Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiating programs or courses offered through contractual agreement or consortium | Notification only | 1 month | Appropriate Dean | Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiating merger or consolidation | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Altering significantly the educational mission of the institution | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Relocating a campus | Notification only | 1 month | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Changing governance, ownership, control, or legal status of the institution | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Altering significantly the length of a program | Notification and Approval | 6 months |
Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (undergraduate) Constantin:Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Initiating degree completion programs | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee
Constantin:Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
| Entering into a "teach-out" agreement or closing an institution | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
1 The Deans, Provost, and President are responsible for submitting to the SACS Liaison on December 1 and June 1 all curricular, program, and institutional changes approved during the previous six months.