Procedures: Midcycle Updates

Procedures on midcycle updates; details on what can be updated in the middle of the academic year.

Procedures

What can be updated in a midcycle update?

Midcycle updates are two mid-year data refreshes available in the live Guide publication that are limited to:

  1. Updating the course catalog with revised/new courses effective spring (published in October) and summer (published in January).
  2. Fixing egregious errors in program proposals (governed content) that were missed for the June publication that negatively impact students in the current term and will adversely impact students by waiting until the next Guide publication in June. Consult with your school/college academic planner to determine whether a change can be made mid-year.

In limited situations, curricular revisions having a significant impact may be considered. Consult your school/college academic planner, who will consult with DAPIR.

Course catalog number or subject changes

Courses requesting a catalog number or subject revision must be effective for a fall term, which allows programs to update their governed content in-line with the fall publication (requires less maintenance throughout the year).

Rationale for the limited scope

The Guide, to serve its purposes as a single source of truth, should be a stable and reliable resource that any advisor, student, prospective students, etc. can reference for an entire academic year, with minimal changes. Thus, changes for the midcycle updates should be small in nature. Sticking to as few changes as possible over the academic year outside the Fall-effective June publication supports the original intentions of the single source project: to realistically manage the governance approval cycles within the limits imposed by the one-a-year publishing cycle of the Guide. The stability of Guide also helps advisors and students plan for efficient and predictable progress to the student’s degree and educational goals.

Departmental responsibility for midcycle updates

If program changes are required, the department owning a program impacted by changes to the course catalog (discontinuing courses, changes that involve the subject code and course number or the creation to new courses) is responsible for

  • Consulting with their school/college academic planners to ensure the change is necessary for the midcycle update.
  • Making updates in Lumen Programs and articulating in the rationale for changes why this must be updated mid-year.


Keywords:
midcycle, curricular changes, October, January, Guide, publication, publish, mid-cycle
Doc ID:
107918
Owned by:
Melissa S. in Lumen and Guide
Created:
2020-12-16
Updated:
2024-12-09
Sites:
Lumen and Guide