Coordination by program faculty means that the degree program has a subset of a department’s total full-time faculty whose primary responsibility is to teach courses in the particular program. For each program, one faculty member is assigned primary responsibility to lead in the curriculum review and development process. Once program faculty consensus is reached, curriculum changes are then considered by the entire departmental faculty, who provide additional review and input. The department chair submits changes or review documentation on behalf of the entire department for further review and/or action.  Curriculum creation [4] , deletion [5] , or modification [4] documents are sent through the appropriate dean to the Courses & Curricula Committee [6] , the Faculty Senate, the Provost, and finally to the Chancellor.

Coordination by departmental faculty means that the departmental faculty, as a whole, provide for curriculum development and review activities. Generally, this type of coordination is conducted when all of the faculty in the department have major responsibilities for the degree. Once the departmental faculty have completed their deliberations, the flow of information follows the same general path as described above.

Coordination by advisory committee is reserved for multi-disciplinary programs with components that cut across two or more colleges and/or departments. With the exception of the BGS degree, a dean or deans is charged with chairing  these advisory committees.  Dr. Jerry Sanson chairs the advisory committee for BGS and reports directly to the Provost.  For these multidisciplinary degrees, curricular action related to the degree would begin with the department of each discipline represented by majors or areas of concentration in the degree (or by all departments in which students may receive the degrees for AA and AS).  These departmental faculty then submit their suggestions to the advisory committee.  The advisory committees are responsible for ensuring that curricular revisions suggested by any of the departments involved in a given program are considered in terms of the impact on the entire program.  Actions from the advisory commitee are forwarded from the chair to the Courses & Curricula Committee and then to the Faculty Senate, the Provost, and the Chancellor.

The individual charged with oversight for a particular degree, major or area of concentration is in all cases a faculty member with appropriate credentials in the discipline.