2024-25 Curriculum Timeline
Approval dates, meeting dates and deadlines for the 2025-26 University Catalog. For questions about the 2024-25 curriculum timeline contact Jamie Lawson at lawsonj2@wwu.edu or message me on Teams.
Academic Coordinating Commission (ACC) 2024-25 meeting dates
All ACC meetings are at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays in OM 340 (Board of Trustees room).
| Quarter | Meeting date | Minutes deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | October 8, 2024 | October 3, 2024 |
| Fall | October 22, 2024 | October 17, 2024 |
| Fall | November 5, 2024 | October 31, 2024 |
| Fall | November 19, 2024 | November 14, 2024 |
| Fall | December 3, 2024 | November 26, 2024 |
| Winter | January 7, 2025 | January 2, 2025 |
| Winter | January 21, 2025 | January 16, 2025 |
| Winter | February 4, 2025 | January 30, 2025 |
| Winter | February 18, 2025 | February 13, 2025 |
| Winter | March 4, 2025 (curriculum deadline meeting) | February 27, 2025 |
| Winter | March 11, 2025 (curriculum overflow placeholder) | |
| Spring | April 8, 2025 | April 3, 2025 |
| Spring | April 22, 2025 | April 17, 2025 |
| Spring | May 6, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Spring | May 20, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Spring | June 3, 2025 | May 29, 2025 |
Executive Committee of the ACC: Meetings take place on alternate Tuesdays and are held at 4 p.m.
- To Recorders of College Curriculum Minutes: An electronic copy of the minutes (.docx format) of College Curriculum and Standing Committees are due to the Catalog and Curriculum Specialist by the date indicated in the "Minutes deadline" column prior to each ACC meeting for review and inclusion with finalized agendas.
- Curricular items will be added to the ACC agenda when they are reported in curriculum minutes. Expedited review of proposals (temporary course, course modality, etc.) with approaching registration dates may be requested in advance of submission of curriculum minutes by sending email notification to the Catalog and Curriculum Specialist and ACC Chair.
- Departments, programs, and colleges should be mindful of the time required for all curricular approval steps, including committees conducting secondary review, such as the Graduate School Curriculum Committee, CUE, and TCCC.
ACC curriculum deadline meeting for the 2025-26 University Catalog
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Important dates and deadlines to remember
| Description | Date/deadline |
|---|---|
| Request for Temporary Courses and/or Temporary or Permanent Course Modality ACC submission date for winter quarter 2025 (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | October 31, 2024 (November 5 ACC review) |
| Request for Temporary Courses and/or Temporary or Permanent Course Modality ACC submission date for spring quarter 2025 (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | February 13, 2025 (February 18 ACC review) |
| Request for Temporary Courses and/or Temporary or Permanent Course Modality ACC submission date for summer session 2025 and fall quarter 2025 (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | April 17, 2025 (April 22 ACC review) |
| Teacher Curricula and Certification Council (TCCC) curriculum submission date (final submission date in order for curriculum proposals to be reviewed by ACC’s deadline meeting) | February 11, 2025 |
| Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) curriculum submission date (CUE curriculum deadline meeting is February 20 in order for curriculum proposals to be reviewed by ACC’s deadline meeting) | February 14, 2025 |
| Graduate School Curriculum Committee curriculum submission date (final submission date in order for curriculum proposals to be reviewed by ACC's deadline meeting) | February 14, 2025 |
| Final date for receipt of curriculum minutes containing 2025-26 proposals | February 27, 2025 |
| ACC curriculum deadline meeting | March 4, 2025 |
| Non-curricular approval Call for Catalog copy due | April 18, 2025 |
| Call for Catalog final draft available | April 21, 2025 |
| 2025-26 University Catalog website published | May 1, 2025 |
Curriculum committee contacts
| Location/area | Name | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General catalog and curriculum inquiries | Jamie Lawson | lawsonj2@wwu.edu | 6238 |
| Faculty Senate | Michael Slouber | sloubem@wwu.edu | 7649 |
| Academic Coordinating Commission | Melissa D'Eloia | deloiam@wwu.edu | 3962 |
| Committee on Undergraduate Education | Shevell Thibou | thibous2@wwu.edu | 7368 |
| Teacher Curricula and Certification Council | Elizabeth Serrano | serrane3@wwu.edu | 3319 |
| Council on University Programs | Vacant | ||
| Graduate School Curriculum Committee | Ryan Dudenbostel | dudenbr@wwu.edu | 7712 |
| College of Business and Economics | Tejvir Sekhon | sekhont@wwu.edu | 4818 |
| College of Fine and Performing Arts | Stefanie LaFave | lafaves2@wwu.edu | 6144 |
| College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Marc Geisler | geisler@wwu.edu | 3764 |
| College of Science and Engineering | Benjamin Miner | minerb2@wwu.edu | 3640 |
| Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies | Emily Marrs | herolde@wwu.edu | 3701 |
| College of the Environment | Mary Tully | tullym2@wwu.edu | 2391 |
| Western Libraries | Jeff Purdue | purduej@wwu.edu | 7750 |
| Woodring College of Education | Elizabeth Serrano | serrane3@wwu.edu | 3319 |