Course Lifecycle Policy

  • Policy Number: KC‐ACA‐3158
  • Date Issued: Fall 2019
  • Last Modified: Jul 27, 2023
  • Effective Date: Fall 2019
  • Approved By: Provost
  • Sponsor(s): Provost
  • Responsible Office(s): Registrar's Office

Policy Statement

This process will be initiated by the Registration and Records Office annually.

A Course Lifecycle report will be provided to the academic units with a listing of courses that have not been scheduled in more than two years. Courses that have not been taught within the last two years will need a justification to remain in an active status and printed in the catalog course inventory. Courses will have up to four years to remain in a status of “active but not offered” before they are administratively inactivated. Courses that are administratively inactivated will be removed from displaying as an available option in the degree audit, though they will still display and fulfill degree requirements for those students who have already taken the course. Courses may be re‐activated through the established campus curriculum review process.

Reason for Policy

Courses published in the catalog must be offered every two years or have an approved justification on file. A systematic process will be implemented in order to provide an annual review of courses that have not been taught for a given length of time.

Who Should Read this Policy?

Academic unit administrators and Registrar’s Office personnel.

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

N/A

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office

Registrar's website

Physical Location:
115 Administrative Center
5115 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address:
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110‐2499

Phone: 816-235-1125

Fax: 816-235-5513

Email: registrar@umkc.edu

Exclusions

None

History and Updates

None

Appendices

None