Guidelines for
Planning to Delete a
Faculty Curriculum Committee
The primary criterion the committee uses when deciding to approve a course
deletion is the rationale for the deletion.
Some questions to consider when deciding to delete a course:
1. How will the deletion of this course affect the programs with which it is
affiliated? Is the course required by any programs (for a major or minor)? Is
the course a pre-requisite for other courses (inside or outside its department)?
2. Is the course being dropped because it has not been
offered recently– if so, is it likely there will be student demand for
the course in thefuture?
3. Will the deletion of this course mean the deletion of its content from all
affiliated programs? How will this content deletion affect the quality and
coverage of affiliated programs?
If the course to be dropped will impact another program, make certain to
provide documents of support from the affected program(s).