Temporary Courses

Temporary Courses may be scheduled after the University Catalog deadline for the relevant academic year has passed and are intended to give colleges greater flexibility to schedule new courses (a) to respond to emergent needs or interests; or (b) as experimental offerings that departments which to test and refine prior to petitioning for permanent course status.

The following procedures govern the use of temporary courses:

• X97 numbering is reserved for temporary courses. The course number must indicate the appropriate level of the course, and a letter suffix will be assigned to differentiate similarly numbered temporary courses.
• While primary approval authority for temporary courses is delegated to departments, all subsequent approval steps must be completed in Curriculum in order to facilitate the efficient operation and registration systems. The ACC retains oversight of temporary courses for the purpose of ensuring that departments are using them in compliance with ACC policy and the purposes outlined above. As such, temporary courses must be included in curriculum committee agendas and minutes as information items, and all approval steps must be completed in Curriculum prior to the date on which registration for the temporary course is scheduled to begin.
• Temporary courses may be offered for a maximum of three quarters (including Summer Session). Offerings do not have to be in consecutive terms. In order to become permanent, courses must be submitted to the ACC for approval as new courses and assigned a permanent course number.
• The Committee on Undergraduate Education must review all courses for which a GUR attribute is sought, and CUE retains responsibility for determining whether or not a course is appropriate for inclusion in the GUR program. No exception to this policy is made for temporary courses.