2025-26 Curriculum Timeline
Approval dates, meeting dates and deadlines for the 2026-27 University Catalog. For questions about the 2025-26 curriculum timeline contact Jamie Lawson at lawsonj2@wwu.edu or message me on Teams.
Academic Coordinating Commission (ACC) 2025-26 meeting dates
All ACC meetings are at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays in OM 340 (Board of Trustees room).
Quarter | Meeting date | Minutes deadline |
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Fall | October 7, 2025 | October 2, 2025 |
Fall | October 21, 2025 | October 16, 2025 |
Fall | November 4, 2025 | October 30, 2025 |
Fall | November 18, 2025 | November 13, 2025 |
Fall | December 2, 2025 | November 26, 2025 |
Winter | January 6, 2026 | December 31, 2025 |
Winter | January 20, 2026 | January 15, 2026 |
Winter | February 3, 2026 | January 29, 2026 |
Winter | February 17, 2026 | February 12, 2026 |
Winter | March 3, 2026 (curriculum deadline meeting) | February 26, 2026 |
Winter | March 10, 2026 (curriculum overflow placeholder) | |
Spring | April 14, 2026 | April 9, 2026 |
Spring | April 28, 2026 | April 23, 2026 |
Spring | May 12, 2026 | May 7, 2026 |
Spring | May 26, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
Executive Committee of the ACC: Meetings take place on alternate Tuesdays and are held at 4 p.m.
Important notes on curriculum processes
- To Recorders of College Curriculum Minutes: An electronic copy of the minutes 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. Visit the ACC meeting schedule webpage to download the college curriculum committee minutes template.
- 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 2026-27 University Catalog: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
2025-26 Important dates and deadlines to remember
Quarter | Curriculum request description | Submission/review deadline |
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Winter 2026 | Request for Temporary Courses and/or Temporary or Permanent Course Modality (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | October 30, 2025 (November 4 ACC review) |
Spring 2026 | Request for Temporary Courses and/or Temporary or Permanent Course Modality (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | February 12, 2026 (February 17 ACC review) |
Summer 2026 | Request for Temporary or Permanent Course Modality (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | February 12, 2026 (February 17 ACC review) |
Summer 2026 | Request for Temporary Course (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | April 23, 2026 (April 28 ACC review) |
Fall 2026 | Request for Temporary or Permanent Course Modality (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | February 12, 2026 (February 17 ACC review) |
Fall 2026 | Request for Temporary Course (contact college dean office for more specific internal deadline). | April 23, 2026 (April 28 ACC review) |
Committee/Other | Committee description | Submission deadline |
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CUE | Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) curriculum submission date (IMPORTANT: CUE approved partial moratorium on curricular review for winter 2026 and spring 2026, pending ACC and Faculty Senate approval in October.) | November 26, 2025 (pending approval) |
TCCC | 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 10, 2026 |
Grad School | Graduate School Curriculum Committee (GSCC) curriculum submission date (final submission date in order for curriculum proposals to be reviewed by ACC's deadline meeting) | February 26, 2026 |
Curriculum minutes | Final date for receipt of curriculum minutes containing 2026-27 proposals | February 26, 2026 |
ACC | ACC curriculum deadline meeting | March 3, 2026 |
Call for Catalog | Call for Catalog final draft available | April 20, 2026 |
2026-27 University Catalog | 2026-27 University Catalog website published | May 1, 2026 |
Curriculum committee contacts
Location/area | Name | Extension | |
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General catalog and curriculum inquiries | Jamie Lawson | lawsonj2@wwu.edu | 6238 |
Faculty Senate | Becky Johnston | johnst68@wwu.edu | 6808 |
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 | Cindy Elliser | ellisec@wwu.edu | 6230 |
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 | Priscilla Arteaga | arteagp@wwu.edu | 7594 |
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 | Amara Simons | simonsa7@wwu.edu | 2192 |
Western Libraries | Jeff Purdue | purduej@wwu.edu | 7750 |
Woodring College of Education | Elizabeth Serrano | serrane3@wwu.edu | 3319 |