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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Follow up information to Elaine’s email reminder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wieland, Sarah J - (swieland) [mailto:swieland@email.arizona.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 01, 2012 10:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> tdickson@nursing.arizona.edu; baker@pharmacy.arizona.edu; Beaudrie, Alan C - (abeaudri); Rarick, Robin Lea - (rrarick); Johnson, R Scott - (rsjohnso); Packer, Benjamin - (packer); Soto-Delgadillo, Leticia - (leticiad); Rodriguez Lorta, Nancy G - (nancyr); Lisa, Kerith - (kerith); pagel@eller.arizona.edu; Stenzel, Celia G - (stenzelc); Ayon, Norma A - (nayon); Duran, Lynette A - (laduran); Wilson, Sasha - (s1wilson); Lindley, Joseph W - (jwl)<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: 2012-13 Degree Requirements Updates Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>I would also ask that as you are working with departments on these changes, if you encounter majors/minors that will not be submitting any changes for the 2012-13 catalog, an email is sent to the listserv (<a href="mailto:DEGREERQMTUPDATES@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">DEGREERQMTUPDATES@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</a>) to state there are no changes. This will prevent us from contacting your departments at a later date to confirm they have no changes. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you all know, without these updates, advisement reports and now Degree Tracker become out of date and show students incorrect information which can be extremely detrimental to their careers at the UA. Thank you all for helping us to ensure the advisement reports and degree tracker plan sequences are accurate and displaying truths to students.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Sarah Wieland, M.Ed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Principal Enterprise Business Analyst<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>University Information Technology Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>621-9785 UITS 337<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Memorandum<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DATE:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> November 2, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Deans, Directors, and Department Heads (3D Memo)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Gail D. Burd, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CC:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Jacqueline Mok, Senior Vice President and Provost<br>Patti King, Director of Curricular Affairs<br>Shelley McGrath, Senior Director of Academic Programs & Transfer Coordination<br>Marcia Chatalas, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>Director of Enterprise Applications Business Analysis / Project Management Services</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>Jody Payne, Assistant Registrar</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Curriculum Updates and Deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We wish to bring to your attention some changes coming this year to the curriculum process for updating Academic Program Requirements/Advisement Reports. Typically the call for changes is announced in late October or early November with a deadline of December to receive changes. Beginning this year, the deadline for change requests has been extended from December 2011 to February 10, 2012—allowing departments more time to assemble curriculum committees, make decisions, and then submit requests. We know this is often a cooperative process in colleges and departments and want to provide you with enough time to make curricular decisions for the coming catalog year 2012-2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Historically we have been very flexible with regard to deadlines, but we plan to enforce them from this point forward. For all change requests received by the February deadline, we can guarantee that if approved, the requests will be entered into the system for the 2012-2013 academic year; for late submissions we cannot make such a guarantee. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2012-13 catalog is the official record of academic program standards and requirements to which students are held accountable. As such, we expect and need program information to be accurate. Drivers for enforcing this deadline include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2012-2013 catalog is published mid-spring of 2012;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Degree Tracker will suggest courses to students beginning during priority advising in mid-spring 2012 and is dependent on accurate program information to make correct suggestions;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Incoming students begin to attend orientation programs beginning in spring 2012 and are advised which courses to take and will need to see program requirements for 2012-2013 school year; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enrollment planners will also need accuracy, because Degree Tracker will be used as a tool for forecasting enrollment demand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are optimistic that extending the deadline will afford you enough time to make hold curriculum committee meetings, make curricular changes, and adhere to the deadline. If you have questions about the curricular change process, please contact Patti King at 621-4107. For questions about Degree Tracker, please contact Shelley McGrath at 270-2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>