Graduate Curriculum Process

Discontinued Course Process

2025-2026 Five Year Discontinue Course Report Process (Graduate Courses)
(for 26-27 Catalog)

Per USF3.017 (), the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) will prepare the annual 5-Year Discontinued Course Report for faculty review. For courses faculty designate to be discontinued, OGS will submit a proposal in curriculog for the record. These academic actions will appear on the council meetings agenda for removal from the 2026/2027 USF Graduate Catalog.  

Procedures for this review are different for undergrad and grad courses.  Information is included in the email sent to the contacts listed below.

Timeline:

October 14 - Report with both undergrad and grad courses sent to Colleges
October 31 - Report due back to OGS for graduate courses (OGS will handle proposals)
December 2 - Report due back to UGS and deadline to submit undergrad course proposals 
TBA - List of discontinued grad courses presented to Grad Council
TBA - List of discontinued undergrad courses presented to UGC
March 12- all discontinued courses approved by the Councils and SCNS and sent to the RO

College Contact Information for 5-Year Discontinued Course Process:

  • Bellini - received
    • Email to Sudeep Sarkar, Mayra Morfin, Erin Dudley, Michelle King
    • Survey Contact: Mayra Morfin
  • Arts and Sciences -  
    • Email to Jody Harwood; Autumn Mueller; Kelly Pearson, Paul Kirchman, Susan Toler; Lisa Mirabal; Stephanie Hill, Allison Cleveland-Roberts
    • Survey Contact: 
  • Behavioral and Community Sciences - received 
    • Email to Jennifer Lister, Patty Cleveland, Lisa Landis, Susan Crochunis
    • Survey Contact: 
  • Business - 
    • Email to Uday Murthy, Jennifer Cainas, Michelle Jenkins, Eric Douthirt
    • Survey Contact: Eric Douthirt (Grad Courses)
  • Design, Art, and Performance - 
    • Email to: Barton Lee, Tippy Polo Adcock, David Williams, Arupa Gopal, Jenny Kokai, Guner Celik
    • Survey Contact: Barton Lee
  • Education-  Received
    • Email to: Bill Black,  Liliana Coleman, Lora Crider, Jeany McCarthy, Briana Byers
    • Survey Contact: Bill Black
  • Engineering  - Received  
    • Email to: Kyle Reed, Michelle King, Catherine Burton, Veronica Jo
    • Survey Contact: Catherine Burton
  • Global Sustainability:
    • Email to: Kebreab Ghebremichael, Randall Pape
    • Survey Contact:  
  • Graduate Studies - 
    • Email to: N/A
    • Survey Contact: 
  • Marine Science:
    • Email to: David Naar
    • Survey Contact: David Naar 
  • Medicine:
    • Email to: Bob Deschenes, Douglas Haladay, Bryan Bognar, Michael Barber, Marissa Cook, Janet Zgibor
    • Survey Contact: TBA
  • Nursing - Received
    • Email to Usha Menon, Zachary Ranes, Elizabeth Jordan, Tasha Brown
    • Survey Contact:  Zachary Ranes and Tasha Brown
  • Pharmacy- Received 
    • Email to: Jay Wolfson,  Erini Serag, Danielle Gamboni, Debbie Fratus, 
    • Survey Contacts: Danielle Gamboni and Debbie Fratus
  • Public Health - received  
    • Email to: Janice Zgibor; David Hogeboom; Rebecca Wood; Alison Oberne, Claudia Cooperman
    • Survey Contacts: Dave Hogeboom and Rebecca Wood