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Helene Hiner Administrative Associate Room G07, Meese Building Phone: 906-487-2537 Fax: 906-487-3568 E-mail: hthiner@mtu.edu |
The Administrative Associate assists the Provost's office with new programs, course and curriculum changes, periodic program review, general education administration, special projects, and general education and transition student advising. Helene Hiner is also co-advisor to the Native American Association/American Indian Science and Engineering Society MTU Chapter.
Proposing New Programs: Degrees, Minors, Certificates
- Graduate New Degree Program/Certificate Proposal Process Flowchart
Excel 2007 format:
- Undergraduate New Degree Program/Concentration Proposal Process Flowchart
- Undergraduate New Minor/Certificate Proposal Process Flowchart
- Graduate New Degree Program/Certificate Proposal Process Flowchart
- Graduate Certificate Program guidelines, Senate Proposal 20-04
- Faculty Senate Proposal 38-04, Formats for Proposing New Academic Programs
- Facutly Senate Proposal 51-04 CRITERIA FOR FINANCIAL EVALUATION OF NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
- New
Program Proposals-Overview of Approval Process
with Senate, Board of Control (BOC), and Presidents Council State University of Michigan Academic Affairs Officers Committee
(PCSUM/AAOC) meeting dates and deadlines - Concentration vs. Area of Technical Emphasis explains the difference in these two types of proposals for degrees.
FLOWCHARTS for new proposals:
PDF format:
Undergraduate New Degree Program/Concentration Proposal Process Flowchart
Undergraduate New Minor/Certificate Proposal Process Flowchart
Course, Course Fee and Degree Change Proposals: Annual Curriculum Binder Process
If your department has an emergency course change outside of the normal course proposal process timeline (submitted with your department Course and Curriculum Binder in early fall each year), please contact Helene Hiner in the Provost’s Office. Please be aware that late proposals will be processed as quickly as possible but may miss print dates for scheduling or catalog web and print publication. Late proposals that are approved will be available for the next student scheduling session.
Informational links for course and curriculum proposals:
Course and Curriculum Change-Binder Process directions
Course Add Form (.pdf)
Course numbering in semesters
Course credit hour assignments
- Department Curriculum Coordinators
- Department Summary Sheet for Curriculum Verification Meeting
The courseprop-l listserv is used to facilitate required department communications regarding course and program changes. The listserv members are the academic department curriculum coordinators and alternates. If you are interested in being a part of this listserv, please contact Helene Hiner.
Senate Policies on Half-semester courses:
Senate Policy 4-00 and rules for Half-Semester Courses
Senate Amendment 10-03 to Half-Semester Courses Policy and rulesCourse Fee and Computing Access Fee (by major) Forms
These forms are used by the Student Fees Committee of the CAC and the Provost during the fee approval process associated with the Course and Curriculum Binder:
New 2007: NEW FORM Department Basic Computing Access Fee (by major). The new form is an Excel spreadsheet format and includes program titles to aid review. This form is used to request the computing access fee (per semester) by major. Departments may specify different fees for different majors. Insert in Course and Curriculum Binder – fees section. (Here is the old form just for reference-Please use the new form above: OLD FORM Request for Departmental Computing Access Fee.
New 2005: Computing Access Fee Lab Facility Budget & Carryforward Plan this Excel form replaces the five year budget report that was previously turned in with the Request for Departmental Computing Access Fee. The new form itemized expected revenues and expenses for the current year and asks for a narrative account carryforward funds plan. No five year report is needed. Instructions for each line item can be found at (future posting). Insert in Course and Curriculum Binder-fees section. Instructions for this form are located at: Instructions for completing the Computing Access Fee Lab Facility Budget & Carryforward Plan.
New 2005: Course Lab Fee Annual Budget Sheet Template.xls Budgets are required for each course lab account/course lab as an attachment to the fees section of the course and curriculum binder. This is an Excel template to place several course fee budgets on one sheet. Use as many sheets as needed and insert in the Course and Curriculum Binder – fees section.
The CAC Student Fees Subcommittee itemizes the Allowable Expenses for computing course and access fees (by major) in this link. This link is the original 1993 CAC Lab Fee Policy document.
Fee budget and policies:
Special Course and Non-Computing Laboratory Fee Policy approved Feb. 2003
Lab Fee Budget Instructions Dr. Wray 10/4/04Simplified General Education Transfer Credit Rules
In 2001 transfer credit for General Education was simplified, particularly in the Distribution List area. This document lists the rules currently in place for transfer credit.: General Education Transfer Credit (10/9/2001 memo General Education Executive Committee)
NEW AND CHANGED Courses effective Fall 2008
New courses https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/stu_ctg_utils.p_online_new_courses
Changed courses https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/stu_ctg_utils.p_online_changed_courses
All Undergraduate Course Descriptions https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/stu_ctg_utils.p_online_all_courses_ug
All Graduate Course Descriptions https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/stu_ctg_utils.p_online_all_courses_gr