ALMA COLLEGE
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMITTEE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSING A NEW MAJOR OR MINOR
A. Importance to the College
The program allows the College to be at the forefront of a developing area of knowledge.
The program opens new professional and career opportunities without being limited to
narrow vocational training.
The program contributes to the welfare of the wider community.
The program contributes to the reputation of Alma College as a Liberal Arts institution
responsive to society.
B. Promise of success
The program will attract excellent students.
The program will contribute to diversity of students and/or staff.
The program will heighten student awareness of and/or concern with value issues.
The program will take advantage of the strengths of College faculty.
The program will attract outstanding faculty.
The program pursues a coherent, unified, and identifiable body of knowledge in both
breadth and depth.
C. Projected needs for resources
The program does not involve diversion of resources needed to accomplish the basic Liberal
Arts goals of the College.
The program fall within the objectives and priorities of the College’s strategic plan.
The program has strong sources of independent funding, e.g. grants, endowments.
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Form revised October 2018
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ALMA COLLEGE POLICIES COMMITTEE
NEW PROGRAM PROPOSAL INVOLVING NEW FUNDING
From: Department of
New minor/major in
Please provide the following information in as much detail as possible:
A. Usi
ng the standard for catalogue copy, please describe the new program or major, listing all required,
cognate, and prerequisite courses:
B. Please provide a rationale for this new program and its requirements, noting par
ticularly the criteria for
new programs on page 1 of this form.
C. Projected impact of program changes on:
Department, division, college graduation requirements
General education/distributive requirements
Staffing: Will additional staff be required?
Library: What additional resources will be needed?
Computer/technological resources: What additional resources will be needed?
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D. Budgetary Implications: Given the projected impact of the program, what budgetary implications
follow? Please estimate the additional annual operating costs (be specific, please) of this program.
E. Comments
1. Library Director:
2. Information Technology Director:
F. Approvals
1. Department or Divisional Chairperson: __________________________________________________
Date: _____________________
2. Provost: ________________________________________________________________
Date: _____________________
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2. If you have issues with the form not saving properly, instead try to print to pdf and then save the
pdf.
3. Please submit electronically to Daneene Held at helddl@alma.edu to be reviewed by EPC
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orm revised October 2018