CCPI
Curriculum Workshop
Council for Curricular Programs and Instruction (CCPI)
April 5, 2016 – 3:30 p.m.
Horrabin Hall 1
Contact: Lora Wolff, CCPI Chair 2015-2016
Email: ll-wolff@wiu.edu
Office Phone: 309-298-1776
Home Phone: 319-524-8184
Office: Horrabin Hall 115
What is CCPI?
Who is CCPI?
• Council on Curricular
Programs and
Instruction
Members, 2015-2016:
• Rebekah Buchanan, English and Journalism
• Minsun Doh, RPTA
• Janice Gates, Management/Marketing
• Denise Gravitt, Engineering Technology
• Anita Hardeman, Music; Vice-Chair
• Virginia Jelatis, History
• Jessica Lin, Economics and Decision
Sciences
• Patrick McGinty, Sociology & Anthropology
• Kat Myers, Art; Secretary
• Lora Wolff, Educational Studies; Chair
• Shavez Rosenthal, SGA Representative
• Faculty Senate
subcommittee
• Members serve for 3
years
• Makes curriculum
recommendations to
Faculty Senate
• Deals only with
UNDERGRADUATE
curriculum
Others:
Annette Hamm, Faculty Senate Office Manager
Nancy Parsons, Provost's Office (ex-officio)
Linda Prosise, Administrative Assistant to the
Provost
Donna Williams, Registrar's Office (ex-officio)
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Curricular Process
Departmental Committee
College Committee(s)
CCPI (CGE, CIE, WID, NOT GRADUATE)
Faculty Senate
Provost (IBHE)
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What does CCPI see?
• Request for change forms
• Letters of approval from other departments
• Do not need syllabus
• If you refer to it in the form, it will be asked about
• Provost  Curriculum Approval: has more
information on this process
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Those Pesky Terms
• Certificate of
Undergraduate
Studies (T/F)
• Degree (T/F)
• Comprehensive Major
(T/F): No Minor
needed
• Non-comprehensive
Major (T/F): Minor
• Minor (T)
• Concentration (T/F)
• Interdisciplinary
Studies
• Emphasis
• Option (T/F)
• Track (no approval
needed)
T = Transcripted
F = Feasibility Study
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CCPI’s Website
http://www.wiu.edu/faculty_senate/committees/facultysenate/ccpi/
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• Put reason for request in
the gray box
• Remove directions in
italics
• Remove sections that are
not relevant to your
proposal
• Count words and letters!
(We will)
• Check with ALL other
departments
• Make sure your old
information matches the
current catalog
• No Gs!
Tips for All Forms
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• Prerequisites
• Course objectives
(action verbs)
• Letters of support
• Moratorium on
number reuse
Request for New Course
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• Your major (and minor)
is a living thing. Keep
track of how it changes!
• Keep organization
consistent with the
current catalog as much
as possible.
• Line up changes
• Use SAME
• Bold changes
• If you need help, ask!
Request for Change of Major
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Course Title
Credit Hour
Division Change
Course Description
Prerequisite
Repeatability
Request for Change
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What Doesn’t CCPI Need to Approve?
• Changes in course numbers (no change in division)
• Changes in course titles
• Minor changes in specified course content and objectives
• Nomenclature
• Changes that do not increase course content or expand objectives
• Minor changes in course requirements for a major, minor,
option, concentration, emphasis, or certificate of
undergraduate studies which do not result in a net increase in
the number of required hours in the program
• Changing courses included in directed electives (including adding)
• Changes in course prerequisites (not new or increased)
• Deletion of a prerequisite
• Permission statements (e.g., permission of instructor required)
• Change in prerequisite that stays within the same
department/school/unit, upper or lower division and semester
hour range
• Dropping of courses no longer needed
• Changes in course prefixes
Send all of these to Provost’s Office.
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Important Dates (2015-2016)
• Meeting: September 3
• Deadline: August 29
• Meeting: September 17
• Deadline: September 9
• Meeting: October 1
• Deadline: September 23
• Meeting: October 29
• Deadline: October 21
• Meeting: November 12
• Deadline: October 4
• Meeting: December 3
• Deadline: November 18
• Meeting: October 15
• Deadline: October 7
Dates should be somewhat comparable for 2016-2017.
All CCPI meetings are at 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the University
Union Algonquin Room.
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Important Dates
• Meeting: January 28
• Meeting: March 31
• Deadline: January 20
• Deadline: March 23
• Meeting: February 11
• Meeting: April 14
• Deadline: February 3
• Deadline: April 6
• Meeting: February 25
• Meeting: April 28
• Deadline: February 17
• Deadline: April 20
• Meeting: March 10
• Deadline: March 2
Dates should be somewhat comparable for 2016-2017.
All CCPI meetings are at 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the University
Union Algonquin Room.
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Contact Information
• Lora Wolff
• LL-Wolff@wiu.edu
• Linda Prosise
• LK-Prosise@wiu.edu
• Annette Hamm
Remember, the majority
of this process is here to
help you develop
curriculum, not stand in
your way!
• AE-Hamm@wiu.edu
• Nancy Parsons
• NP-Parsons@wiu.ed
Get Help Early
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