Approval Chart
Most curricular proposals start at the department, school or regional campus level and then progress through the various offices until they reach the normal level of final approval for that type of curricular proposal. However, any hierarchically higher level may request to review, initiate and/or approve or disapprove any proposal. The normal level of final approval for curricular proposals is shown in the following table outline of the approval sequence.
| Changes to Academic Units | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establish or revise substantially a college that affects the region or other institutions (e.g., College of Medicine) | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Establish, revise or inactivate/consolidate a college, department or school | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Establish, revise or inactivate/consolidate an academic center or institute | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Revise name of a college, department or school | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Revise name of an academic center or institute | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Changes to Degrees, Majors and Major Concentrations | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establish a graduate major or degree | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Establish an undergraduate major or degree | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Establish a graduate concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Establish an undergraduate concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Establish, revise or inactivate contractual or consortia agreement to deliver courses (content or platform) or outsource aspects of a major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Establish, revise or inactivate a combined (e.g., B.A./M.A.) or dual degree (e.g., M.B.A./M.Ed.) of existing programs | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Revise name of a graduate major or degree | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Revise name of an undergraduate major or degree | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Revise name of a graduate concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise name of an undergraduate concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise requirements of a graduate major or concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise requirements of an undergraduate major or concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise admission criteria of a graduate major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise admission criteria of an undergraduate major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise online/location (50%+) of a graduate major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Revise online/location (50%+) of an undergraduate major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise unit “ownership” of a graduate major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Revise unit “ownership” of an undergraduate major | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Suspend admission (temporary) of a major or concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Inactivate a graduate major or degree | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Inactivate an undergraduate major or degree | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Inactivate a graduate concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Inactivate an undergraduate concentration | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Changes to Minors | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establish, revise or inactivate a graduate minor | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Establish, revise or inactivate an undergraduate minor | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise online/location (50%+) of a graduate minor | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise online/location (50%+) of an undergraduate minor | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Suspend admission or inactivate a graduate minor | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Suspend admission or inactivate an undergraduate minor | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Changes to Certificates | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establish a graduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Establish an undergraduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||
| Revise name of a graduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise name of an undergraduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise requirements of a graduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise requirements of an undergraduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise admission criteria of a graduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise admission criteria of an undergraduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise online/location (50%+) of a graduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Revise online/location (50%+) of an undergraduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Suspend admission or inactivate a graduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Suspend admission or inactivate an undergraduate certificate | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Changes to Courses | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establish, revise or inactivate a course | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Establish, revise or inactivate a course subject (e.g., CHEM) | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Designate a course as a Kent Core | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Designate a course as diversity, writing intensive, experiential learning, first-year orientation | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise or inactivate a course as a Kent Core, diversity, writing intensive, experiential learning, first-year orientation | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Changes to Policies | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establish, revise or inactivate a university-wide academic policy, operational procedure or regulation | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Establish a graduate academic requirement | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Establish an undergraduate academic requirement | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Establish, revise or inactivate a graduate academic policy in an academic unit | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||
| Establish, revise or inactivate an undergraduate academic policy in an academic unit | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise or inactivate a graduate academic requirement | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||
| Revise or inactivate an undergraduate academic requirement | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||||
| Changes to Other Academic Initiatives | Dept | College | Grad | Provost | EPC | Senate | Trustees | ODHE | HLC |
| Establishment, revision or inactivation of a unique program that affects students in more than one academic unit (e.g., Honors Program, Military Studies, Washington Program) | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
