Change in Program Delivery or Location
Offer an Existing Degree or Certificate Online
Background
Degrees and certificates at UIC may be delivered:
- Face-to-face: describes programs in which most, if not all, courses are delivered in a traditional classroom environment where students and the instructor meet synchronously in the same room.
- Blended or Hybrid: describes programs that offer 25 - 74 % of coursework online.
- Online: describes programs in which at least 75% of the credit hours earned are online.
Colleges who wish to offer 75% or more of an existing degree or certificate in an online format may request to do so by following the procedures described below.
Establish an Online Version of an Existing Program
The establishment of an online version of an existing degree or certificate must be approved at each of the governance levels listed below before final approval is issued by Academic Programs.
- College. Proposals are approved according to procedures established by the college. This process may involve the college’s educational policy committee and, in some cases, the college’s full faculty. Use the Submitting Changes to Academic Programs form to prepare the proposal.
- Academic Programs (AP). Once the college has approved the proposal, it should be forwarded via email it to Dana Wright.
- Graduate College. Reviewed and approved by the Graduate College Executive Committee and/or staff if graduate students may be impacted.
- Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP). The proposal is shared as an informational item.
Offer a Degree Out-of-Region Heading link
Background
Most UIC degrees are approved to be offered on-campus, specifically in Illinois Higher Education Region 10 (Chicago). On occasion, instructional units wish to offer 50% or more of an existing degree at sites in other higher education regions in the state.
The IBHE requires that, as much as possible, an out-of-region degree should be functionally equivalent to the on-campus degree, including curriculum, faculty qualifications, instructional technology, and library resources. The out-of-region degree must also have effective student support systems in place.
Establish an Out-of-Region Degree
The establishment of an out-of-region degree must be approved at each of the governance levels listed below before final approval is issued by Academic Programs.
- College. Proposals are approved according to procedures established by the college. This process may involve the college’s educational policy committee and, in some cases, the college’s full faculty. Use the Request to Offer An Out of Region Degree form to prepare the proposal.
- Academic Programs (AP). Once the college has approved the proposal, it should be forwarded via email it to Dana Wright.
- Budget and Financial Analysis (BFA). BFA may request the college submit a more detailed pro forma when new out-of-region degrees are proposed.
- Graduate College. The proposals is shared as an informational item with the Graduate College Executive Committee and/or staff if graduate students are impacted.
- Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). IBHE staff will review the request and determine if the out-of-region degree is a reasonable and moderate extension (RME) of UIC’s existing program authority.
Unless the requirements for the degree will vary from the approved on-campus program, UIC Senate, University Senates Conference, or Board of Trustees action is not required.
Revise or Eliminate an Out-of-Region Degree
The revision or elimination of an out-of-region degree must be approved at each of the governance levels listed below before final approval is issued by Academic Programs.
- College. Proposals are approved according to procedures established by the college. This process may involve the college’s educational policy committee and, in some cases, the college’s full faculty. Use the Format for Academic Program Changes form to prepare the proposal.
- Academic Programs (AP). Once the college has approved the proposal, it should be forwarded via email it to Dana Wright.
- Graduate College. The proposals is shared as an informational item with the Graduate College Executive Committee and/or staff if graduate students are impacted.
- Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). The action will be included on a list of program changes that AP annually submits to the IBHE.
Unless the requirements for the degree will vary from the approved on-campus program, UIC Senate, University Senates Conference, or Board of Trustees action is not required.