University Curriculum and Catalog (UCC): Academic Policies and Procedures

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Academic Program Terminology	Certificate Programs	Consortium and Articulation Agreements
Courses	Degrees	Enrollment
Integrative Studies	Lead Administrative Unit	Linked Bachelor's-Master's
Mathematics Requirement, University	Minors	Moratoria and Discontinuations
Name Changes	Specializations	Study Abroad
Tier I and Tier II Writing

	Title	Date	Author
Academic Program Terminology
	Academic Program Terminology Chart	September 2022	UCC
	Terminology used to describe majors, minors, graduate specializations, undergraduate and graduate certificates, teaching minors, and sub-categories within them as noted.
	Elimination of Options	8/10/2007	UCC
	Availability of Choice to List Concentrations on the MSU Transcript
Certificate Programs
	Combined maximum of 9 credits applied to Master's degree program	12/23/2008	UCC
	Allow a combined maximum of 9 credits to be applied to a Master's degree program from transfer courses, lifelong education enrollment status, and graduate certificate level
	Graduate Certificate (GC) level to Master's Program - 9 credits transfer	12/23/2008	UCC
	Allow a maximum of 9 credits to be transferred from the Graduate Certificate (GC) level to a Master's degree program
	Guidelines for Issuing Type 3 Certificates	2/1/2013	Registrar
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	Guidelines for Undergraduate Certificates	Fall 2022	Lucas
	Guidance for MSU Units Considering an Undergraduate Certificate
	Policy and Procedures	September 2022	Lucas
	Policies and Procedures for Undergraduate Certificates
	Policy and Procedures	November 2014	Klomparens
	Policies and Procedures for Graduate Certificates
	Redefinition of Policies and Procedures for Graduate Certificates	3/10/2009	UCC
	Redefine the policies and procedures for graduate certificates to clarify the various options for colleges and departments which will enable them to develop, propose, and offer a wider variety of graduate certificates. Original Document Date: December 23, 2008.
Consortium and Articulation Agreements
	Consortium Agreements and Articulation Agreements	4/8/2013	UCC
	This document should be used for the development or revision of an inter-institutional agreement. Original Document Date: August 23, 2010.
Courses
	Course Formats and Credits		UCC
	Formats acceptable for courses offered for creditRelated Academic Programs section: https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.aspx?Section=112#s506
	Course Numbers		UCC
	Definition of various levels of coursesRelated Academic Programs section: https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.asp?Section=112#s502
	Course Offerings and Number of Class Sections, Minimum Standards for
	Policy on Minimum Standards for Course Offerings and Number of Class Sections
	Course Scheduling	4/10/2007	UCC
	Requests for Interim Approval
	Courses Available for Variable Numbers of Credits and/or Reenrollment	9/26/1997	Crawley/Steidle
	Requests that Involve Courses Available for Variable Numbers of Credits within a Given Semester and/or Reenrollment
	Courses Offered at the Same Time	1/17/2006	Stanford
	Courses Offered at the Same Time
	Courses Where Credits Exceed Contact Hours	9/26/1997	Ludden
	Guidelines for Courses Where Credits Exceed Contact Hours
	Interdepartmental Courses	9/26/1997	Ludden
	Definition and Procedures for Interdepartmental Courses
	Interdepartmental Courses within a Single Department/School		Hall
	Interdepartmental Courses within a Single Department/School
	Keeping the Curriculum Up-to-Date: Courses	2/13/2013	Stanford
	The role of academic governance in curricular renewal is well established and enhances qualitative improvement. Keeping courses up-to-date supports the requests faculty develop to change and create curricula.
	Recommended Background Proposal	Spring 2001	UCC
	Proposal: To Combine the Recommended Background and Non-Monitored Prerequisite Fields in Individual Course Listings in the COURSES System.
	Regulation for the Deletion from the Catalog, Courses Not Taught in the Preceding Four Calendar Years	9/26/1997	Crawley/Steidle
	Policy on Administrative Deletion of Courses not taught in the preceding four calendar years
	Subject Code Procedure	1/1/2008	UCC
	Procedure for requesting a subject code
	Transfer Courses and Credits - Procedural Clarification	2/15/13	Stanford
	Procedural clarification for students who plan to request the transfer of credits from a higher-learning institution in China.Related Academic Programs section: https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Print.asp?Section=505
	Transfer Credit Administrative Forms System	11/11/2005	Stanford
	New Transfer Credit Administrative Forms System
	Transfer Credit Administrative Forms System and Time Sensitive Course Evaluations	4/12/2006	Stanford
	Procedure concerning time sensitive course evaluations
	Transfer Credit Policy and Practice	1/27/2006	Stanford/Youatt
	Transfer Credit and Integrative Studies
	Transfer Credit Processing within the Office of Admissions and the Office of the Registrar	7/27/2010	Cotter/Rovig
	Information to clarify the roles of the Office of the Registrar and the Office of Admissions as they relate to transfer credit processing.
	Transfer MSU Replaces ACTS IV	11/21/2005	Stanford
	Announcement of Transfer MSU
	W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Clarification of Meaning of "Given at"		UCC
	Clarification of meaning of "Given at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station" in course descriptions
Degrees
	Dual Degrees, Joint Degrees, and Dual Majors	June 2007	Stanford
	Guidelines for Dual Degrees, Joint Degrees, and Dual Majors
Enrollment
	Dual Enrollment by High School Students	3/28/2012	Stanford
	Policy change regarding the use of double-counting courses completed by a high school student to fulfill high school graduation requirements and bachelor's degree requirements.Related Academic Programs section: https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.asp?Section=110#s209
	Enrollment Limitations for Undergraduate Programs	9/23/1987	Sommers
	Requests related to admission to limited enrollment programs
	Lifelong Education Enrollment Status and Application of credits to Master's Program	12/23/2008	Stanford
	Policy change regarding application of lifelong education enrollment status credit to a master's program (reduction from 10 to 9 credits)
	Restricting students from enrolling in online or hybrid/blended courses	4/15/2011	Stanford
	Ruling regarding restricting students from enrolling in online or hybrid/blended courses
	Utilizing Veterans Education Benefits for Approved Programs of Study at Michigan State University	May 8, 2012	Rovig
	Degree-granting programs and university-level certificate programs, such as those offered by the Institute of Agricultural Technology, have State Approving Agency approval.
Integrative Studies
	Arts and Humanities		UCC
	Principles and Criteria for Integrative Studies - Arts and Humanities
	Biological and Physical Sciences		UCC
	Principles and Criteria for Integrative Studies - Biological and Physical Sciences
	Diversity Distribution Requirements	5/16/2007
	Diversity Distribution Requirements
	Guidelines for College of Natural Science		UCC
	Guidelines for Review of Request for Alternate Track Option in Natural Science
	Implementation of the Integrative Studies Policy: Requests for Alternative Tracks in General Science		Steidle
	Implementation of the Integrative Studies Policy: Requests for Alternative Tracks in General Science
	Implementation of the University's Integrative Studies Requirement for Bachelor's Degrees	9/26/1997	Steidle
	Implementation of the University's Integrative Studies Requirement for Bachelor's Degrees
	Integrative Studies in General Science, Change in College Requirements and Alternate Tracks	11/18/2000	Steidle
	Changes in College Requirements and Alternate Tracks - Integrative Studies in General Science
	Integrative Studies Policy		UCC
	Integrative Studies Policy
	Integrative Studies: Standard Operating Procedures	2/8/2008	Estry
	Standard Operating Procedures for Integrative Studies
	Principles and Criteria for Integrative Studies		UCC
	Principles and Criteria for Integrative Studies
	Request for Alternative Track to Integrative Studies in General Science		UCC
	Form for Request for Alternative Track to Integrative Studies in General Science
	Social, Economics and Behavioral Sciences		UCC
	Principles and Criteria for Integrative Studies - Social, Economics and Behavioral Sciences
Lead Administrative Unit
	Lead Administrative Units	2/1/2009	UCC
	Lead Administrative Units
Linked Bachelor's-Master's
	Linked Bachelor's-Master's Degree	12/23/2008	Stanford
	Allow a maximum of 9 approved credits from the undergraduate level to be applied to a linked bachelor's-master's degree program
	Linked Bachelor's-Master's Degree	12/13/2011	UCC
	Policy Revision - Add language to allow come colleges with programs that require more than 30 credits for the master's degree to apply more than 9 credits toward the master's degree but not more than one-fourth of the total number of credits required for the master's degree.Related Academic Programs section: https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Text.asp?Section=111#s6253
Mathematics Requirement, University
	Editorial Changes to the University Mathematics Requirement	3/23/2009	Estry/Stanford
	Editorial Changes to the University Mathematics Requirement
	Requirement Change to the University Mathematics Requirement	4/28/2016	Estry
	Requirement Change to the University Mathematics Requirement
Minors
	Elimination of the Award Type of Specialization at the Undergraduate Level and Conversion of Existent Undergraduate Specializations to Minors	5/30/2013	Stanford
	Memo to Deans, Directors, and Chairpersons
	Minors, Policy and Procedures	2/1/2009	UCC
	Policies and Procedures for Minors
	Offering a Minor in a Field of Study Where No Major is Offered (Inactive)	2/27/2009	Stanford
	Policy to enable departments to offer a minor in a field of study where no major is offered
	Policy Relating to Unique Content in a Minor and Eligibility to Enroll in a Minor (Inactive)	10/28/2008	Stanford
	Unique Content in a Minor and Eligibility to Enroll in a Minor
Moratoria and Discontinuations
	Rare Readmission Exceptions	9/10/2010	Wilcox
	Rare Readmission Exceptions - Request for a Moratorium on Admission to an Academic Program and Request for Discontinuation of an Academic Program
Name Changes
	Name Change Procedure	October 2013
	Procedure to request a name change in an academic program or an administrative unit
Specializations
	Elimination of the Award Type of Specialization at the Undergraduate Level and Conversion of Existent Undergraduate Specializations to Minors	May 30, 2013	Stanford
	Memo to Deans, Directors, and Chairpersons
	Graduate Specializations, Policy and Procedures	8/1/2008	UCC
	Policies and Procedures for Graduate Specializations
Study Abroad
	MSU Co-Sponsored Study Abroad Programs	10/27/2003	Banks
	Memo to Deans, Directors, and Chairpersons
	MSU Co-Sponsored Study Abroad Programs	10/27/2003	Hudzik/Stanford/Youatt
	Definition and Review Criteria
Tier I and Tier II Writing
	Implementation of the University's Tier I Writing Requirement for Bachelor's Degrees	9/26/1997	Steidle
	Implementation of the University's Tier I Writing Requirement for Bachelor's Degrees
	Implementation of the University's Tier II Writing Requirement for Bachelor's Degrees	9/26/1997	Steidle
	Implementation of the University's Tier II Writing Requirement for Bachelor's Degrees
	RCAH Writing Courses to Fulfill Tier I Writing Requirement	1/27/2008	Estry/Stanford
	Clarification and Notice of Change
	Report of the Joint Committee on Writing Requirements	1/8/1991
	Report of the Joint Committee on Writing Requirements
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Arts and Letters
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Agriculture and Natural Resources
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Business
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Communication Arts and Sciences
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Education
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Engineering
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Human Ecology (Dissolved 8/19/2006)
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	James Madison
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Lyman Briggs
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Music
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Natural Science
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Nursing
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Social Science
	Tier II College Specific Criteria
	Veterinary Medicine
	Writing Across the Curriculum: A Selected Bibliography
	Writing Across the Curriculum: A Selected Bibliography

University Curriculum and Catalog (UCC): Academic Policies and Procedures

Academic Program Terminology

Certificate Programs

Consortium and Articulation Agreements

Courses

Degrees

Enrollment

Integrative Studies

Lead Administrative Unit

Linked Bachelor's-Master's

Mathematics Requirement, University

Minors

Moratoria and Discontinuations

Name Changes

Specializations

Study Abroad

Tier I and Tier II Writing