This is a summary of the university's policy regarding the academic structure. Click here to view the official policy in its entirety in the UW-Madison Policy Library.
The academic structure and its elements are the building blocks for an academic institution, from the institution itself down to degrees. Components of the structure include such things as academic careers, academic departments, plans and subplans, subjects, etc.
The academic structure is a representation of academic actions approved through governance and should be used as the single source of truth for approved governance actions. Each component of the academic structure has a foundation in policies from the UW System Board of Regents, UW-Madison Faculty Policy and Procedures, and accreditation bodies. The official academic structure is maintained in the Student Information System (SIS) and is accessed electronically through the data extracts from the InfoAccess data warehouse.
Responsibility for maintaining the academic structure in the single source of truth is shared by Academic Planning and Institutional Research (APIR) and the Office of the Registrar.
Having a single, codified source for information about the academic structure:
Following are policy considerations related to the academic structure:
Following is a visual overview of the university's academic structure:
UW-Madison's academic structure is captured and detailed in a Tableau visualization titled UW-Madison's Academic Structure. This visualization includes curricular subjects and academic plans and subplans with information about the school/college and departments that are responsible for them. It can be filtered to the school/college and department levels.
Keywords | structure | Doc ID | 108336 |
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Owner | Karen M. | Group | Academic Planning |
Created | 2021-01-13 14:53:03 | Updated | 2021-01-13 14:55:55 |
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