The Degree Program Change (Minor) review procedure is to ensure a standard and efficient review of any program change proposals within the College of Public Health.

Degree Program Change (Minor)

A request may be considered a minor program change if it meets one (or more) of the criteria below and it does not result in a change to the total credit hours required for the degree program and there is no need to change the descriptive, narrative Catalog language for the program.

1. Updating a course prefix due to the home educational unit having received Senate approval to change that particular course prefix.

2. Substituting one course for a comparable course with no change in credit hours if: the home educational unit offering the course is no longer offering the course; or the home educational unit is changing a sequence of courses; or the course is replacing a course the home educational unit intends to drop.

3. Changing a list of electives, only when: the courses are all offered by the home educational unit offering the degree program; and there is no net decrease in the number of elective courses available in the list; and there is no net decrease in the number of elective credit hours available in the list.

The University Senate – website with details in the forms references link below.

Official University Senate Rule on Program Proposals can be found at the Senate Rules reference link below – Senate Rule # 3.2.0

Proposers, please use the senate website, https://universitysenate.uky.edu/how-create-proposal-minor-program-change for guidance on how to create a proposal for a Degree Program Change (Minor).

1. The College of Public Health department or faculty requesting the program change should contact the Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs (AD ASA) and/or the Academic Affairs Administrator (AAA) as soon as their program change is initiated.

2. The Originator of any program change will submit the requested change to their respective department or concentration level faculty for review and approval through a vote.

3. The Originator of any program change will submit the requested change to their respective Program Faculty for review and approval through a vote.

4. The Originator will contact the Academic Affairs Administrator (AAA) about the program change and relay the approvals from department and program faculty.

5. The Originator and AAA work on required forms together.

   1. Curriculog form.

   2. Letters of support from affected departments.

6. If no concerns, the AAA will submit to the respective committee (based on College bylaws).

7. The College Committee reviews and approves or denies with an official vote.

   1. If approved, it is sent to Faculty Council.

   2. If denied, it will be returned to the Originator with comments.

8. The Faculty Council reviews and approves or denies with an official vote.

   1. If approved, the AD ASA designee approves the program change (minor) proposal in Curriculog at the college level and the proposal is routed to the appropriate Council to begin the University level review of the program. (NOTE: once outside the College, this process can take 6-9 months before approval)

   2. If denied, the Faculty Council remits major course change to originator for revision(s) and resubmission.

Senate website: https://universitysenate.uky.edu/programs

Forms: http://www.uky.edu/universitysenate/forms

Senate Rules: https://www.uky.edu/universitysenate/sites/www.uky.edu.universitysenate/files/Rules/Current_SRs/MASTER%20RULES%20from%20August%202018__clean.pdf