Catalog Publication Calendar

The Office of the Registrar will publish the undergraduate catalog in April, July, and November. 

The current undergraduate catalog is staged from February-April so we can begin working on the April publication of the catalog. This means that no updates will be made to the undergraduate catalog February-April. 

The Graduate College will publish the preliminary graduate catalog in April, with a final edition in July. The spring edition is published in November. 
 

April Publication

  • Approved New Course Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate)
    • New courses proposals must be fully approved by end of March. 
    • We make every effort to have fully approved new courses available for departments to build sections before registration begins, but departments should expect a delay in adding new course sections to the fall schedule. 
  • Approved Change Course Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate) 
    • Change course proposals must be fully approved by end of March. 
    • For sections of courses that are already built by the department, departments will receive support to update the sections before registration begins. 
  • Approved Change Program Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate) 
    • Change program proposals must be fully approved by end of March. 
    • Changes to programs will be effective as of the upcoming fall. 
    • Students already admitted to a program will remain under the previous curriculum unless they request a change to their curriculum through the Office of the Registrar. Students are not automatically moved to a new curriculum year/program code. 
    • The undergraduate Catalog of Graduation policy dictates that undergraduate program changes can only be implemented as of the upcoming fall. 
 

July Publication 

  • Approved New Course Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate)
    • New courses proposals must be fully approved by end of June. 
    • Departments will be able to build sections of new courses as soon as our office is able to build the courses in the system. 
  • Approved Change Course Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate) 
    • Change course proposals must be fully approved by end of May. 
    • For sections of courses that are already built by the department, our office will work with the department to update the sections. These changes will affect registered students. 
  • Approved Change Program Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate) 
    • Change program proposals must be fully approved by end of June. 
    • Changes to programs will be effective as of the upcoming fall. 
    • Students already admitted to a program will remain under the previous curriculum unless they request a change to their curriculum through the Office of the Registrar. Students are not automatically moved to a new curriculum year/program code. 
    • The undergraduate Catalog of Graduation policy dictates that undergraduate program changes can only be implemented as of the upcoming fall. 
  • Approved New Program Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate) 
    • New programs will not be added to the catalog until MDHE approval has been received by the university.  
    • New programs are effective beginning the upcoming fall semester. 
    • Current students cannot declare, be admitted to, or change to the new major until the first day of the fall semester. 
    • Incoming students will be able to select the new program through their admissions process after July. 
 

November Publication 

  • Approved New Program Proposals (Undergraduate and Graduate) approved previous academic year
    • New programs not fully approved by MDHE before the July publication will be published in November.
    • New programs will not be added to the catalog until MDHE approval has been received by the university.  
    • New programs are effective beginning the fall semester.