Outline Updates - When to Submit

Submit for TCA Review:

New Courses; and

Significant or Substantive Changes to UC-transferable Course Outlines. These include changes in:

  • Course Content

  • Course Objectives

  • Prerequisite(s)

  • Corequisite(s)

  • Decrease in Units

  • Change in hours from Lecture to Lab or Lab to Lecture

No Need to Submit for TCA Review:

Technical Changes. These include changes in:

  • Course Title

  • Course Prefix

  • Course Number

  • Textbook Updates

  • Increase in Units

  • Cross-listing a course

EXCEPTION to required submission for Prerequisite / Corequisite change:

IF the only change being made to a prerequisite / corequisite is that the course department and number changed then the course does not need to be submitted for re-review.

Example: Prerequisite: ENG 1A changed to Prerequisite: ENGL C1000  

In this instance the course does not need to be resubmitted for TCA review.