Office of the Provost
Academic Regulation
CATEGORY: ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SECTION: Academic Programs
SUBJECT: Course Inventory
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 1988
PAGE(S): 2
I. SCOPE
This policy establishes a system for maintaining an inventory of all courses offered at the University of Pittsburgh.
II. POLICY
The program abbreviation, course number, course credits/credit range, course type, abbreviated course title and course abstract (if provided) must be consistent across campuses for all courses in the course inventory.
When a program within a department initiates a new course or substantial change to an existing course, following department and school or campus procedures, the department chairman must request the approval of the dean or campus president. See Procedure
02-01-03, Course Inventory.
The Office of the Provost will review all approved requests.
The Registrar is responsible for reviewing all requests for completeness, and preparing the information for implementation.
Other implications related to a specific course in the inventory for the entire University are:
- Only one version of a course exists for a particular term or range of terms
- Credit hours and course title for a specific course governs all sections
- The grading policy for a specific course governs all sections
- Course Status (i.e., active or inactive) and Approval Type (i.e., Permanent, Pending Approval, Temporary, Special, and Noncredit) for a specific course applies to all sections
- Corequisite and Prerequisite data for a specific course applies to all sections
- Department data for a specific course applies to all sections
- Faculty Load data for a specific course applies to all sections
The implications above are based on the course key: XXXXXX NNNN YYT
- XXXXXX - Program Abbreviation
- NNNN - Course Number (See Policy 02-01-02, Course Structure.)
- YYT - Term
Course numbers which have been deleted from the Course Inventory are not reissued for a period of at least 10 years.
III. REFERENCES
Academic Regulation: Course Structure