Temporarily Suspend Admissions into a Program

A college may suspend admission into an academic program (e.g., major, concentration, minor, certificate) for a specific period of time. During a program’s suspension, students cannot be admitted; however, the program will continue to appear in the University Catalog (with a note that it is suspended), in the Search Programs and Degrees website and in internal and external reports.

Faculty may suspend admission to a program for several reasons. Those reasons include, but are not limited to:

1. Total enrollment in the program needs to be capped due to limited resources
2. Significant revisions are planned for the program, and faculty don’t want in-progress students under the previous curriculum
3. Faculty need to develop a teach-out plan for in-progress students before a request can be submitted for inactivation
4. Faculty need time to deliberate and decide whether to revise a program or inactivate

A program suspension is not the same as program inactivation.

A proposal for temporary suspension of admission into an academic program must be submitted through the college’s standard curriculum review and approval process with a proposed effective term. A program cannot be suspended for a term in which students have been admitted already.

During the suspension, no new or returning students will be able to declare the program. The college administering the program will ensure that active students declared in the program before the suspension will have the resources to complete their requirements within a timely manner.

At any time within five years of the initial suspension, the college may reopen admission or inactivate the program by submitting a proposal through the college’s standard curriculum review and approval process.

If admission into the program is not reopened within the five years of suspension, the program will be declared inactive by the Office of the Provost, which will notify all appropriate bodies.