Academic Resources

The University of North Texas has established several committees responsible for the multiple facets of the vast curriculum a university of its size requires. UNT supports an active faculty-led curriculum review process. Department chairs are active participants in all facets of curricular decision-making. The Faculty Senate has designated the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UUCC) to approve undergraduate curriculum and the Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum (OCCC) to focus specifically on general education. Graduate Council is the  committee of the Faculty Senate that approves graduate curriculum. Both committees work with the Office of the Registrar in order to meet educational objectives, and ensure the University places primary responsibility for content, quality, and effectiveness of its curriculum with its faculty as required by SACSCOC and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).

Curriculog is an electronic tool that faculty use to process curricular changes (i.e., new courses, course revisions, and programmatic requirements). To submit information into the Curriculog system, faculty members should request permission from an authority in the college, department, and/or division. Information and permissions can be obtained by contacting catalog@unt.edu.

University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee:

• Email for administrative co-chair:  Courtney Glazer (Courtney.Glazer@unt.edu)
• Email for faculty co-chair: Natalie Ellis (Natalie.Ellis@unt.edu)

Graduate Council:

• Email for administrative contact: (Natalie.Garcia-Mcintire@unt.edu)
• Email for faculty co-chair: Jennifer Lane (Jennifer.Lane@unt.edu)

Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum:

• Email for administrative co-chair:  Courtney Glazer (Courtney.Glazer@unt.edu)
• Email for faculty co-chair: April Prince (April.Prince@unt.edu)

Department responsibilities with regard to the UNT Core Curriculum include stewardship of core courses to meet THECB and SACSCOC requirements. (1) Approval of core additions, modifications, and deletions must be obtained through the usual UNT channels as well as the Director of the Core, the Oversight Committee of the Core Curriculum (OCCC), and ultimately the THECB. To be considered for inclusion in the catalog for the following academic year, new core courses must be heard by the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UUCC) by its October meeting; core course modifications must be heard by the OCCC by its March meeting. (2) Maintaining the integrity of core courses is paramount. This includes ensuring that all sections of a core course are deploying the same signature assessment and using the UNT core rubrics when applicable. Additionally, departments are responsible for the collection of student data on core objectives, aggregation and disaggregation as appropriate, analysis of findings, planning for improvement, and review of plans against future data.

All departments are responsible for reporting on core courses each semester including student assessment results (all students in all sections of each course) and each academic year including an analysis of results, a discussion of the use of those results, and action plans showing the efforts to support student mastery of relevant core objectives. Departments may opt to report on the core using Canvas or by submitting specially-formatted data.

For more information on UNT Core requirements, see https://accreditation.unt.edu/core-curriculum and https://myunt.sharepoint.com/sites/CoreResources.

Class scheduling is an on-going process throughout the academic year. UNT works approximately one year out to develop and publish the class schedule semester-by-semester basis. Each new semester is built using the previous-like semester as a base (e.g., Spring 2023 is the base for Spring 2024, etc). All changes are completed electronically via Courseleaf.

The preliminary schedule is uploaded to CourseLeaf for initial edits. After initial edits, all subsequent changes to the schedule require workflow approvals from the Dean, Registrar, and other parties as appropriate. Next departments may refine their schedule prior to the mass assigning of general-use (110 type) classrooms. The schedule may continue to be adjusted and will be published to students prior to registration. Between each phase is a temporary administrative pause, allowing for processing and clean-up.

For additional assistance with any aspect of this process, please contact the Registrar Scheduling team directly or visit the Registrar's SharePoint website for resources.

• Email: Registrar.Scheduling@unt.edu
• Phone: (940) 565-4610
• SharePoint: https://myunt.sharepoint.com/sites/Registrar/SOC/SitePages/Home.aspx

Waitlisted Courses

Requests for funding of waitlisted courses are generally made by the Dean or Academic Associate Dean, or Chair. Requests for this funding can be made via the Wait List Request web form on the Chair's website. All questions regarding fund categories, justification requests, and reimbursement should be directed to the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success at (940) 565-4259.

Small Class Size

The University of North Texas (UNT) defines a small class:

• undergraduate-level credit class with fewer than 12 registrations,
• graduate-level credit class with fewer than seven registrations, and
• combined undergraduate and graduate level classes with fewer than 12 registrations.

These definitions apply to organized classes whereby the primary mode of instruction is lecture, laboratory, or seminar. Special problems, theses and dissertation enrollment, private lessons, etc. are excluded from these requirements.

Approval Process

Decisions to offer courses below the minimum are determined at the college/school level and
should be made with careful consideration (i.e. program requirements, student demand, and
financial accountability). Please note the decision to offer a small class is the exception not the
rule. Deans must approve low enrollment classes no later than the close of the 4th class day
during the fall/spring term or 2nd class day during the summer term to allow enough time for
students to be placed in another class. The chair must submit a written justification to the dean
for final approval. The dean should maintain a record of any exceptions. Listed below are some
reasons a department may justify a low enrollment course:

• Required course for graduation (This course is not offered each semester or term, and if canceled, may affect date of graduation of those enrolled).
• Required course for majors in this field and should be completed this semester (or term) to keep proper sequences in courses.
• Course in newly established degree program, concentration, or support area.
  Cross-listed courses taught as a single class by the same faculty at the same location, provided that the combined courses do not constitute a small class.
• First time offering of the course.
• Class size limited by accreditation or state licensing standards.
• Class size limited by availability of laboratory or clinical facilities.
• Voluntarily offered by a faculty member in excess of the institutional teaching load requirements and for which the faculty member receives no additional compensation (faculty is teaching course as an overload).

Small Class Reports

The Office of the Registrar maintains a daily reporting of small classes https://registrar.unt.edu/faculty/reports. The password protected site allows quick access for academic administrators to review enrollment reports (Class compare, Small Class Report & Off campus. For specific questions on these enrollment reports and others such as scheduling, records and degree audit forms, please contact the registrar's office at (940) 565-4617.