Curriculum Tracking System: CIM
Welcome! This is a resource page for curriculum tracking at 淫妻社.
Timeline Considerations
- Course and program proposals, both new proposals and modifications, will be for the following academic year, and will need full faculty governance approvals before updates will be reflected in the catalog aligned with the effective term.听听
- Each college has a specific workflow process, and approvals are made by the department curriculum committee, the department chair or program director, the college curriculum committee, the college dean, the Faculty Senate or Graduate Council, the College of Graduate Studies (if applicable), the Office of the Provost and final step is the Office of the Registrar.听
Curriculum Deadlines for 2026-2027
Course Modifications
Course modification proposals that include changes to any of the following CIM fields:
- Credit hours
- Grading system
- Prerequisites
- Corequisites
- Registration restrictions
must complete the听full approval workflow, including final approval by the Office of the Provost, by March 9, 2027听to be considered for听Fall 2027 implementation.
To meet this deadline, course modification proposals must be approved at the appropriate听Faculty Senate or Graduate Council meeting听no later than:
- Graduate Council:听Tuesday, February 23, 2027
- Faculty Senate:听Tuesday, March 2, 2027
Important:听Course modifications that receive final approval after听March 9, 2027听will have an effective term of听Summer 2028.
New Courses, New Programs, and Program Modifications
New course proposals, new program proposals, and program modification proposals will continue to be reviewed through the end of the听2026鈥�2027 academic year.
The final meetings for approval are:
- Faculty Senate:听Tuesday, April 13, 2027
- Graduate Council:听Tuesday, April 20, 2027
Proposals that require Faculty Senate or Graduate Council approval should be submitted early enough to allow sufficient time for review and consideration at the appropriate meeting.
Admission Requirements
- Any changes to admissions requirements听must听be submitted as a program modification in the CIM system.
Curriculum Inventory Management system (CIM)
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CIM Help Resources
- CIM FAQs
- CIM Courses, How to Enter Help Document
- CIM Program How to Enter Help Document
- Curriculum Mapping in CIM听
CIM Proposal Review Tips/Guidelines
Course/Program content that can be administratively revised in CIM:
- Typographical errors in a course title, a course description, or a learning outcome
- Course effective term
- Semester(s) in which a course is offered
- State Authorization (out-of-state experiential learning)
- CIP code
- Plan of study - change to the order of courses by term.听 If course requirements change, then the proposal must go through听workflow.
- Updated Course Schedule and a list of Required Texts and Ancillary Materials not part of the CIM approval process such as changes in the topic schedule. (NOTE: Changes to a prerequisite or a course description requires full faculty governance review and approval.)
To make administrative changes, contact Cathy.Zimmer@utoledo.edu
CIM Training
To learn how to use听淫妻社's curriculum tracking tool CIM (Course Inventory Management), contact Cathy Zimmer in the Office of the Provost to arrange a date and time.听 Email:听听cathy.zimmer@utoledo.edu, Phone: 419.530.3202
Training can be one-on-one or a department may arrange for a group session, all training will be conducted through Webex or Teams.听听
TRAINING SESSION DESCRIPTION
Attendees: Faculty or staff听who听modify or propose new courses or programs and for those that also approve proposals
Time: 30 minutes
Description:听The trainer will demonstrate how to search for courses, view the workflow, make edits to the Edit Course form, and propose a new course and programs. Participants are encouraged to follow along with the trainer by interacting with their respective course forms, using the software as part of the learning process.听 This session also听instruct those in the workflow how to approve proposals听in CIM.
Questions
Contact Cathy Zimmer, director of academic and curricular initiatives in the Office of the Provost at 419.530.3202 or cathy.zimmer@utoledo.edu.
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淫妻社 Resources
Program Development Guidelines听
The process and outline for听developing new programs听and certificates 听at 淫妻社, for both undergraduate and graduate levels.听 You will also find the process for program听suspension of admissions听via CIM inactivation request (not longer accepting majors)