WAC Committee Procedures for Approving Syllabi

The WAC syllabus approval process takes between 4 to 12 weeks for existing courses that are being revised to meet the WAC criteria. WAC syllabi for new courses take approximately 8 to 16 weeks to approve. The process is outlined below:

1. Review WAC criteria and use them to develop your syllabus.
2. Submit syllabus and sample assignment to Director of WAC program via e-mail in MS Word or RTF format.
3. WAC program Director and Coordinator review the syllabus and offer suggestions in anticipation of the WAC Committee review (often faculty revise before an official WAC Committee review).
4. Syllabus is sent to at least two members of the University WAC committee for review with a two week deadline for feedback.
5. Recommendations from the reviewers are forwarded to authors.
6. If necessary, syllabi are revised and resubmitted for a second committee review.
7. Departmental approval can be obtained before or after WAC committee review.
8. College Curriculum Committee review typically occurs after WAC approval.
9. Approval notice is sent to faculty with the appropriate UUPC course form.
10. Faculty complete and submit the UUPC form and submit it with the syllabus at least one full week before the next scheduled UUPC meeting.
11. If the course is new, faculty member contacts the Registrar’s Office for a course number.
12. After formal approval by UUPC, the syllabus is forwarded to the Faculty Senate for approval.
13. New courses are then sent to Tallahassee for State certification as a Gordon Rule course.