Catalog Effective Dates and Publication Dates
CAR and GPAR Systems to be retired in 2025
The Course Action Request (CAR) and Graduate Program Action Request (GPAR) systems will be decommissioned in the summer of 2025. In order to ensure that all pending proposals have been reviewed prior to the planned shutdown, the deadline for submitting new proposals in those systems is February 1, 2025. See the Graduate School and University Senate websites for more information.
| Type of Change | Change Deadline | Publication Date | First Effective Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Revision | February 5 | Opening of summer/fall registration | Summer of academic year |
| Undergraduate Program/Catalog Copy | February 5 | Day after commencement | Summer of academic year |
| Graduate Program/Catalog Copy | March 1 | August 1 | Fall of academic year |
* New courses are added as approved and made active immediately, but courses approved after these deadlines may not appear in the PDF versions of the catalog.
The tables below indicate when different course and curriculum proposals take effect once approved. Proposals approved after the catalog deadlines above take effect in the catalog of the following calendar year.
Courses
| Type of Proposal | Effective Date/Term |
|---|---|
| New course | Immediate upon approval |
| Course revision* | Summer/fall term of following academic year |
| Drop course | Summer term of following academic year |
| Archive course | Immediate upon request |
| Reactivate archived course | Immediate upon request |
Academic Programs
| Type of Proposal | Effective Date/Term |
|---|---|
| New undergraduate major or minor | Summer/fall term of following academic year |
| Revised undergraduate major or minor | Summer/fall term of following academic year |
| New graduate degree program/certificate | Immediate upon approval |
| Revised graduate degree program/certificate | Fall of following academic year |