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Courses
Use the Course Form for course revisions, new course proposals or to add a new topic to a topics course.
Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes. These deadlines allow for college review, academic planning review, graduate studies review (for graduate courses), course review committee review, implementation and scheduling before the class schedule goes live.
All deadlines are the date by which you must hit the Save and Submit button at the bottom of the course form in CourseLeaf.
For courses effective spring 2026 or summer 2026:
September 5, 2025
New courses will be available to schedule after October 6, 2025. Spring schedule expected to publish October 27, 2025. Summer schedule expected to publish March 9, 2026.
For courses effective summer 2026 or fall 2026:
February 6, 2026.
New courses will be available to schedule after March 4, 2026. Summer schedule expected to publish March 9, 2026. Fall schedule expected to publish March 30, 2026. Extra steps will be needed to schedule the course for the summer. Consult with department, school or college schedulers to schedule summer courses.
- GE, SF State Studies and American Institutions (AI) designations can be proposed for both new and existing courses. New courses must be approved as a course before starting the GE/SF State Studies/AI review process. Approval of a course as a new course does NOT mean the requested GE, SF State Studies or AI designations were approved.
- GE/SF State Studies/AI cannot be applied to a course until the fall term of the academic year following approval.
- Proposals must be fully approved by the BRCC committee by the 3rd week in March to be implemented in the next fall term.
All deadlines are the date by which you must hit the Save and Submit button at the bottom of the course form in CourseLeaf.
For potential fall 2026 implementation
First time requests and revisions: October 3, 2025
Revisions only: February 13, 2026
Review Timeline for the Baccalaureate Requirements Certification Committee (BRCC)
- BRCC reviews proposals in the order received, prioritizing reviews of revised proposals followed by new requests until February 19, 2026.
- Between February 13, 2026 and March 20, 2026, BRCC reviews only revised proposals to meet deadlines for fall 26 implementation.
- Any proposals submitted after February 13, 2026 will move to the fall 2027 review cycle. That review begins after March 20, 2026 and continues to the end of the academic year.
Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes. These deadlines allow for college review, academic planning review, graduate studies review (for graduate courses) and implementation before the class schedule goes live.
All deadlines are the date by which you must hit the Save and Submit button at the bottom of the course form in CourseLeaf.
For revisions effective spring 2026 (spring schedule live October 27, 2025)
October 6, 2025
For revisions effective summer 2026 (summer schedule live March 9, 2026)
October 6, 2025
For revisions effective fall 2026 (fall schedule live March 30, 2026)
March 9, 2026
Revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadlines.
For fall 26 implementation:
GWAR proposals are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until October 3, 2025.
Review timeline by the Committee on Written English Proficiency
- CWEP begins review in the fall term.October 6, 2025
- All revisions must be made and approved by CWEP before March 20, 2026.
- CWEP may have capacity to review proposal submitted after October 3rd but before the end of the fall semester.
- Proposals submitted once the spring semester begins will be reviewed for a fall 27 implementation.
Programs
Use the Program Form to propose or revise programs. Additional templates may be required.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal by clicking the Save and Start Workflow button at the bottom of the program form in CourseLeaf. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
The process to revise an existing program’s requirements is the same whether revisions are considered substantive or minor, but only substantive revisions are required to go through the full campus review process.
Substantive revisions include changes in the structure of the program, changes to required courses especially if these changes require new courses or significant course revisions, changes in the number of units in the program by 9 units or 20% of the total, whichever is less. If there is any question about whether or not the changes are substantive, assume they are and submit early.
Minor revisions include changing the courses in current lists or curricular areas, changing the number of units in the program by less than 9 units or fewer than 20% of the total.
Revisions for fall 2026 Implementation
Proposals for revisions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis up to the deadline. Early submissions are strongly encouraged especially for graduate programs which have an extra level of review.
Deadline: October 10, 2025
Revisions received by Academic Planning after the deadline may not be reviewed in time for fall 2025 implementation. Deadlines allow for review by Academic Planning with time for any revisions needed before proposals go to the next level of review.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal by clicking the Save and Start Workflow button at the bottom of the program form in CourseLeaf. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Additional information or templates may be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
Revisions for Fall 26 Implementation
The deadline for initial submission for fall 26 was in April 2025.
Revisions to proposals submitted in April 2025:
September 12, 2025
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 26 implementation.
Revisions for Fall 27 Implementation
Review by Academic Planning will be done before the end of the spring semester. Campus review takes place in fall 26.
Deadline: April 10, 2026
Revisions to proposals submitted by April 10, 2026:
September 11, 2026
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 27 implementation.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal by clicking the Save and Start Workflow button at the bottom of the program form in CourseLeaf. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Additional templates or information will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
Fall 26 Implementation
Revisions to proposals submitted in April 2025:
September 12, 2025
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 26 implementation.
Fall 27 Implementation
Review by Academic Planning will be done before the end of the spring semester. Campus review takes place in fall 26.
Deadline: April 10, 2026
Revisions to proposals submitted by April 10, 2026:
September 11, 2026
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 27 implementation.
Prospectus for a new degree program in the CSU Academic Master Plan
Proposing a new full degree program is a two- to three-year process, which begins by submitting a prospectus for campus-level and Chancellor’s Office review and approval by the CSU Board of Trustees (BOT) to be added to the CSU Academic Master Plan (year one of the process).
Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for the prospectus template and with any questions.
Submit the prospectus to college by September 1, 2025. Deadline from colleges to academic planning is October 1, 2025.
To propose a new degree program already approved by the CSU Board of Trustees
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal by clicking the Save and Start Workflow button at the bottom of the program form in CourseLeaf. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Additional templates or information will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions. New degrees require full approval on campus (year two of the process), WSCUC notification and review by the Chancellor’s office before the degree can implemented on campus.
Fall 26 Implementation
The deadline for fall 26 was in April 2025.
Revisions to proposals submitted in April 2025:
September 12, 2025
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 26 implementation.
Fall 27 Implementation
Review by Academic Planning will be done before the end of the spring semester. Campus review takes place in fall 26.
Deadline: April 10, 2026
Revisions to proposals submitted by April 10, 2026:
September 11, 2026
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 27 implementation.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal by clicking the Save and Start Workflow button at the bottom of the program form in CourseLeaf. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Additional templates or information will be required. Contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for templates and with questions.
Concentrations, certificates and self-support versions of programs will require notification and/or review by WSCUC and/or the Chancellor’s office before the program can implemented on campus.
Fall 26 Implementation
The deadline for fall 26 was in April 2025.
Revisions to proposals submitted in April 2025:
September 12, 2025
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 26 implementation.
Fall 27 Implementation
Review by Academic Planning will be done before the end of the spring semester.
Campus review takes place in fall 26.
Deadline: April 10, 2026
Revisions to proposals submitted by April 10, 2026:
September 11, 2026
Revisions submitted after this date may not be reviewed in time for fall 27 implementation.
Deadlines refer to the date by which departments or schools must submit the proposal by clicking the Save and Start Workflow button at the bottom of the program form in CourseLeaf. Consult your chair or director about internal deadlines and review processes.
Given the CSU application cycle, the earliest term for which programs will be suspended or discontinued will be the spring term.
Students will be able to apply and be admitted to majors in the fall term.
Students admitted in the fall will need to be taught out or advised about other majors available to them.
Deadline: February 14, 2026 for spring 27 suspension or discontinuance
Bulletin
We're happy to update roadmaps as needed throughout the year, contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) with updates.
Academic planning updates roadmaps based on course changes every year and after each program proposal is fully approved in collaboration with the department.
The faculty listings in the bulletin are populated from a database within CourseLeaf. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) with any updates.
If a contact changes outside of the bulletin editing cycle, it's important that the bulletin is updated to reflect accurate information for the campus community. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) with updates.
During the bulletin editing cycle (September-February), those with editing access will be able to update contacts for the coming year.
Information on the "overview" tabs for department and program pages can be edited during the regular bulletin editing cycle (September – February). To make changes outside of the editing period, contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail).
Any changes to the program requirements must be proposed through the CourseLeaf Programs site by the deadlines listed in the Programs area above. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for assistance.
All course revisions must be proposed through the CourseLeaf Courses site by the deadlines listed in the Courses area above. Please contact Claude Bartholomew (link sends e-mail) for assistance.