Courses - new, amend, disestablish
On this page you will find detailed instructions on how to initiate a course proposal in the CMS and how to complete each field in the CMS template.
If in doubt about where to start, please email science.curriculum@anu.edu.au

Related policies and procedures

*This policy document is effective until 31 December 2024. From 1 January 2025, the University Accreditation Handbook will supersede this webpage.

How to guides and supporting documents

RelevanceDocument nameContents
Amend Click through guide on how to amend an existing course in CMS
Amend and New Detailed information on how to complet each section of the form, including formatting restrictions and links to associated policy and procedure.
Amend and New Contains essential information about the relationship between learning outcomes and assessment tasks, how to
Amend and New Contains the principles for creation and approval of HPO and HPC, how these are to be articulated in the course entry and class summaries in P&C.
Amend and NewCourse template wireframe with examplesGuidance on best practice for curriculum design and highlights specific aspects of learning outcomes and assessments that are important to consider.
Disestablish Click through guide on how to disestablish an existing course in CMS
New Click through guide on how to create a new course proposal in CMS

General information

A course is a subject of scholarly study taught:

  • In a connected series of lectures or demonstrations
  • By means of practical work including the production by students of essays or theses or case studies, or the attendance and participation by students in seminars or workshops.

Course overview information is published on the Programs & Courses catalogue and includes:

  • Course description
  • Learning outcomes
  • Indicative assessment
  • Workload statement
  • Requisites & incompatibilities
  • Assumed knowledge
  • Reading requirements

Each course requires a class summary.

Published example

Workflow:

  1. Proposal initiated by course convener or school administrator (CMS state: Draft)
  2. Proposal finalised by course convener and progressed to school administrator for review (CMS state: Submitted for review)
  3. Proposal reviewed by school administrator and progressed to Associate Director (Education) for approval: CMS state: School/Centre endorse pending)
  4. Proposal reviewed by Associate Director (Education) (CMS state: CEC Endorse Pending or *Pending Feedback Resolution
  5. CEC Endorsed Pending proposals are progressed to the College Education Sub Committee. 
  6. College Education Sub Committee considers proposal. If no issues are identified, proposal is tabled at the next College Education Committee. If issues are identified the proposal is returned to the school with feedback in the consultation record (CMS state: *Pending Feedback Resolution"
  7. If the College Education Committee approves, the Education Governance Officer publishes the amendment (CMS state: Approved + Published)

*Proposals that are Pending Feedback Resolution return to step 2

Deadline to submit to College for review and approval

First Wednesday in September.

Publication deadline

1 November

Important considerations

Graduate Attributes

The Transdisciplinary (TD-GA) and Indigenous Perspective (IP-GA) aspects of a course proposal cannot be approved by the College Education Sub Committee and College Education Committee. These two bodies can make a recommendation to the Associate Dean (Education) for the courses to be nominated to the centrally approved list. 

Impact on other objects

When creating or disestablishing a new curriculum object, it is important to consider whether it should be added to or removed from a "parent" object. For example, an course may sit within a program or a major, minor or specialisation. If it is to be added or removed from said object, that object will require an amendment to be submitted in tandem and may follow different timelines.