CRCS: Submit a Proposal to Add an Undergraduate Minor Program in Curriculum: 8 Prescribed, Additional, and Supporting Courses

To complete the Prescribed, Additional, and Supporting Courses form:

1. Under Common Requirements for the Minor, enter the Minimum Credits and Maximum Credits.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Enter minimum and maximum credits for minor.
2. In the Prescribed Courses section, enter the Minimum Credits and Maximum Credits for prescribed courses.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Enter minimum and maximum credits for prescribed courses.
3. Select the check box if students enrolled in the minor must receive a grade of C or better for the prescribed courses.
4. To insert each prescribed course, click the Insert a course (book) icon.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Click the Insert a course icon.
5. Enter the Abbreviation of the first prescribed courses. A drop-down list of existing courses will display, from which you can select. Much of the remaining fields will automatically populate with information.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Course settings panel
6. The Footnote field will not be automatically filled in. To enter a footnote, from the Select a Footnote drop-down menu, select the appropriate option.
   NOTE: Clicking the i icon to the left of the Footnote field label will open a new window that offers more information about each of the footnotes.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   Select a Footnote drop-down menu
7. Next to Course Designation(s), select one or more course designation check boxes.
   NOTE: Clicking the i icon will open a new window that offers more information about each of the course designations.
8. If you are going to group your courses together to meet a semester range, from the Connector drop-down menu, select , (AND) to group them.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Select , (AND) from the Connector drop-down menu.
9. Select the Save; Add More link if you are adding courses to a grouping, then add those courses as described above.
10. To end the grouping, in the settings for the last course, from the Connector drop-down menu, select Sem: (End Group).
11. In the Semester Range field that displays, enter a semester range, which is expressed in the numbers 1-8. For example, 1-2 will mean the course group must be taken in the student's first two semesters.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Enter the Semester Range.
12. For the last course in a grouping, select the Save link.
    NOTE: There are four icons next to the courses once you add them:
    
    • trash can icon: clicking this deletes the course.
    • pencil icon: clicking this enables you to open the text fields and edit the course.
    • down arrow: clicking this moves the course down the list.
    • up arrow: clicking this moves the course up the list.
13. In the Additional Courses section, enter the Minimum Credits and Maximum Credits for additional courses.
14. To add an existing course, click the Insert a course (book) icon.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Click the Insert a course icon.
    NOTE: The Insert text (T) icon is for entering descriptive text, such as "Select six credits from the following courses," and NOT for entering the courses themselves.
15. Follow steps 4-8 above to add the additional course(s).
16. To group additional courses, you would want to use the connector in the course row for connecting directly to another subsequent course.
    NOTE: You would use the group connector when connecting groups. So for the last course of a group, you would NOT select the connector from the course row. To connect a group, click the Insert a group or group connector (puzzle piece) Icon.
    
    
    
    
    
    Click the Insert a group or group connector Icon.
17. In the Group Connector drop-down menu, leave Begin Group:( selected.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Leave Begin Group:( selected.
18. Enter additional courses as described above.
19. If you would like to provide options between two group sections, you may use the group connector. The AND connector option can be used to specify that selections must be maintained from both groups.
    
    
    
    
    
     
    From the Group Connector drop-down menu, select AND.
20. The OR connector option will specify that the selection can be made from either group.
    
    
    
    
    
     
    Selecting OR from the Group Connector drop-down menu
21. To end the group, select End Group:) from the Group Connector drop-down menu.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Selecting End Group:) from the Group Connector drop-down menu
    NOTE: As you create a group, you will have a visual representation of the groupings, complete with arrows to nest the groupings.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Visual representation of course groupings
22. Supporting courses can be added in the Supporting Courses section. First, enter the Minimum Credits and Maximum Credits.
23. Add the supporting courses via text entry.
24. In the Further Clarification text box, add any further justification for the courses.
25. Click Next.

NOTE: For more detailed examples, refer to the following articles.

Simple example: Liberal Arts History Major

Complex example: Business Accounting Major