Note: While a "New Program" may be offered the term following the final approval of the proposal, if the proposal requires the creation or modification of courses, the program's effective term must be the same as, or later than, those course proposals. Click here to view the course proposal deadlines.
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A shared core is an identical series of courses that are used by multiple programs, while a program is a set of courses or requirements unique to a single program. If you are unsure whether your proposal is a program or a shared core contact curriculog@cwu.edu for assistance.
Department and College Narratives are built as shared cores.
Programs may utilize shared cores as part of their curriculum, however any shared cores listed in the curriculum section will be locked for editing.
Majors: The major forms the basis for granting of a baccalaureate or graduate degree. It is a coherent, in-depth program of study in a particular discipline or disciplines wherein the student will develop and demonstrate an increasing awareness of both the possibilities and the limits of the major program of study. Majors are designed to provide a mastery of the content, insights, skills and techniques appropriate to an undergraduate education in a particular body of knowledge. Majors will consist of courses that are often sequential, leading to advanced study in the discipline(s). A major will consist of a minimum of 45 credits. For undergraduate degrees, a 45 to 59 credit major requires completion of a minor and/or second major, in which case the total credits of the major and minor/2nd major must total at least 60 credits.
Specializations: A specialization is a coherent, focused subfield within a degree program. A specialization can be distinguished from a new degree in that the full designation of the degree title - including level, type and major - does not change when a new specialization is added. Specializations in an undergraduate major must share a core, defined as a group of courses shared by all specializations within a major, which consists of no fewer than 25 credits for an undergraduate program or 15 credits for a graduate program. The courses constituting the specialization must consist of no fewer than 20 credits for an undergraduate program or 15 credits for graduate program.
Minors: A minor is a coherent program of study in a particular discipline that provides an area that complements or supplements the student’s major. A minor will consist of a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 44 credits.
Certificates: Certificate programs are programs of study that normally require less than 25% of the credits required for a degree program at the same level. Certificate programs may not exceed 44 credits. Certificate programs are specialized career programs, often geared for admission to licensing or career entrance tests, and results in a certificate. Certificate programs may also be noncredit.
Graduate Certificates: Graduate certificate programs are courses of study that require equal to half or less than half of the credits required during a degree program at a similar level. They are usually limited in scope relative to a graduate degree program but provide an opportunity for advanced study with a particular focus. Subject to the regulations that govern a specific program, a graduate certificate can often serve as an intermediate accomplishment for a student whose ultimate goal is a graduate degree.
Minor/ Certificate: This option should be selected when the proposed program may be used as either a minor, certificate program, or both..
Narrative: This is the descriptive text for a College or Department. This information is built as a “Shared Core,” and can be imported as such. Any courses or programs of study referenced in this section are text only and will not automatically update when those items are changed.
Please select the term and year that this program is intended be available. Please confirm deadlines for the selected term, as the system will not check the validity of terms selected. If you missed the deadline or are unsure about the process, please contact curriculog@cwu.edu for assistance.
Note: While a "New Program" may be offered the term following the final approval of the proposal, if the proposal requires the creation or modification of courses, the program's effective term must be the same or later as those course proposals.
Please select your College or Academic Group by clicking on the Add Item button below. If your College or Academic Group is not showing in the list of available options, please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
Please select your Department or Program by clicking on the Add Item button below. If your Department or Program is not showing in the list of available options, please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
If the program is offered by an interdisciplinary or specialized study program select both the program and the department in which it is housed.
If you answered yes, please return to the "Department or Program" field above and select all departments whose courses will be used. Programs using courses from departments other than their own are required to document that those departments have approved the usage of their course(s). Department chairs cannot be added to the approval after a proposal has been launched. Contact curriculog@cwu.edu if you need assistance or discover that a department has been missed.
If multiple selections were made in the "All Departments and Programs..." field above select the department who will have primary control/ owenership of the program in the field below (if only one department is selected above this field should be left blank).
For major programs the title should be formatted as: name, comma, degree initialism (e.g. Anthropology Major, BS); or for specializations: program name, degree initialism, comma, specialization name (Art BFA, Studio Art Specialization).
The fields that follow should be left blank until it reaches the "Peoplesoft Integration" approval step. These codes are used to identify the program (and specialization when applicable) in MyCWU and will be used in the future to differentiate programs that may have very similar titles.
Type A - College Sponsored Certificate Programs: Programs that admit only matriculating students and offer a set of courses approved through the CWU academic governance procedures are classified as “College Sponsored Certificate Programs.” These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges at CWU.
Type B - Collaborative Certificate Programs: Programs that admit both matriculating students and non-matriculating students and offer a set of courses that includes regular course offerings appearing in the CWU catalog and administered by CWU Colleges are classified as "Collaborative Certificate Programs." These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges in cooperation with the office of continuing education.
Type C - Continuing Education Certificate Programs: Programs that target primarily non-matriculating students and offer a set of instructional experiences developed independent of CWU's colleges but with input as appropriate from faculty are classified as "continuing education certificate programs." These programs are developed, delivered, and administered by the office of continuing education in consultation with faculty, academic departments, and/or college dean, as appropriate.
Type D - Graduate School Certificate Program. Programs that only admit students who meet the criteria to be accepted into the School of Graduate Studies and Research and offer a set of courses which appear in the CWU catalog. Certificates are administered by CWU Colleges and are classified as “Graduate School Certificate Programs”. These programs are developed, taught, and offered by academic departments housed in colleges at CWU.
For all program types other than Certificate, leave this field blank.
The Program Narrative is a required description of the program, the others are optional text fields where additional descriptions can be added. If any of the sections below involve courses or shared cores they must be added into the proposed curriculum as well. To avoid redundancies, it is advised to bring in any shared cores first, and add the information to the narrative only if clarifications, or additional information is required. For assistance in attaching an existing core or in creating a new one contct curriculog@cwu.edu.
The Graduate Professional Accounting Certificate Program provides advanced CWU accounting students with the skills, knowledge, professional orientation and credit hours required to become CPA eligible and succeed on the CPA exam. While this program will not be designed to teach to the CPA exam, it will help better prepare those who are interested and capable in succeeding on it. At the core of the program are three courses: BUS 541-Advanced Business Law, ACCT 550-Advanced Accounting and ACCT 583-Seminar Auditing. Additionally, the program is designed to further develop CPA-oriented students with computer, research, communications, critical thinking, and time (project) management skills. Such skill development will be integrated across the curriculum via three accounting labs that will address skills and professional orientation (the labs are BUS 541A, ACCT 550A and ACCT 583A). The accounting labs will offer 1 credit hours per quarter and will be an integral part of the program, offered concurrently with the companion core courses.
Students must earn at least a 2.3 GPA in each course and an overall average GPA of 3.0 for all the courses in the Certificate.
The Professional Accounting Graduate Certificate requires the three core courses and three associated labs totaling 18 credits.
In this field you will build all of the course requirements for the program. If this program will use existing courses from the catalog, or a shared core from an existing program, those can be imported from the Online Catalog by clicking on the Import arrow at the top left of this form. Click here to jump to the top of the page.
Please Note: multiple courses can be selected for import at one time, by clicking on each desired course from the list that is populated by your search parameters. If the desired course is either an existing new course proposal, or will be submitted concurrently with the program proposal, click “Add Course.” Here you will be prompted to enter in the course’s prefix, code (course number), and name (course title).
For further detailed instructions on importing courses into your program, please see the Curriculog User Guide.
In the field below please indicate whether the program being proposed will have an online only option available for students.
This is the field where you will provide a justification for the creation of this program. If this section is not complete, the proposal will be returned to the originator.
In the box below please address:
Accounting students at Central Washington University are currently required to complete the 125 credit B.S. Accounting curriculum in order to receive a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Historically, of those who graduate with such a degree, 62% aspire to become a Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) by taking the CPA Examination following graduation. However, with the demise of the Master of Professional Accounting program, CWU is no longer able to serve these students and we are losing our best and brightest accounting students who seek a fifth year of study to other institutions offering graduate programs. Specifically, CWU’s undergraduate accounting program does not provide students with sufficient credits to be “CPA eligible,” nor with sufficient skills or the professional orientation now expected by the accounting profession. Further, success on the CPA exam has become a de facto standard for measuring programmatic success and recent CWU accounting graduates have not fared well on that exam.
The process for completion of this section is currently being reviewed. Please contact the Office of the Associate Provost for Accreditation, Academic Planning and Assessment for details on what information needs to be included as well as the appropriate format.
A detailed review of the allocations or other impacts that the proposed program will have on the library is required. Part 1 of the assessment is completed by the Originator, who will then copy and paste the entire document into the text box below. Part 2 will be completed by the library and pasted into the subsequent field.
No additional library resources required.
The preferred format for this is the "Program Educational Objectives" form. For assistance or questions please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
While not required, it is suggested to copy and paste the completed text/ chart from that form in the field that follows.
Student Learning Outcome (performance, knowledge, attitudes)
Related CWU Strategic Outcome(s)
Method(s) of Assessment (What is the assessment?)*
Who Assessed (Students from what courses - population)**
When Assessed (term, dates)***
Standard of Mastery/ Criterion of Achievement (How good does performance have to be?)
1. Students demonstrate professional readiness to launch a career as a CPA
1.1.1 Students will achieve programmatic learning outcomes.
Pre- and Post-interviews and observations
Students in ACCT 550A, MGMT 541A and ACCT 560A
ACCT550A (Pre)
ACCT560A (Post)
90% of students achieve at least 80% of observable objectives
2. Students demonstrate knowledge of computing, research, communications, critical thinking, and time (project) management.
Project Documentation and Presentation
As scheduled
100% of students will complete projects and presentations as assigned
3. Students demonstrate readiness to take and pass CPA exam
CPA Exam Scores
Students completing program
Annually
CWU score 65% passage rate on CPA exam
For undergraduate programs, there are no additional fields to be completed. Please check your proposal for completeness and accuracy, then save and launch it.
For Graduate level programs this information is required. Graduate level program proposals that do not include information in this section will be rejected.
Please indicate in the fields below the estimated number of projected enrollments in thesis, project or exam options, and estimated number of graduate assistantships.
Proposed here is a graduate level certificate which will provide students who intend to sit for the CPA exam the necessary knowledge and skillset to do so.
Projections
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Student Headcount
25
30
35
40
Incremental FTE
0
Graduates
22
none - only courses.
We would be open to offering assistanships, but would not be required.
Please indicate in the field below your faculty's ability to oversee thesis, project, or exam options as Regular, Associate, or Affiliate Graduate Faculty or qualifications to obtain Graduate Faculty status.
Dr. Ken Smith, PhD, Chairman of the Accounting Department, has taught graduate students since 2004, including chair for 3 doctoral dissertations and over 40 Master’s Theses.
Dr. Marvin Bouillon Dr. Robert Holfreter
Dr. Ronald Tidd
Dr. James Thompson Dr. Ke Zhong Professor Fabio Ambrosio
Professor Jenny Cravens
Professor Nancy Pigeon
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