Our Mission

is to support academic units with the processes and systems connected to the undergraduate curriculum life cycle

Development & Approval

Departments and schools develop proposals for undergraduate courses and programs. Faculty who want to develop a new course or program should first contact their unit’s curriculum committee (and/or Director of Undergraduate Studies). All proposals require review and approval. Our office provides support for the submission and approval process.

Scheduling

Every semester academic units develop a class schedule from the approved course inventory that provides undergraduate students with course options to fulfill major, minor, General Education, and elective requirements. The Registrar’s Office provides training for this process. Our office oversees scheduling for the College Thriving, Triple-I, IDST, and SPCL courses. We also support the onboarding of new student services managers (SSM) in the College who help manage scheduling for their unit.

Course Planning

Both prospective and current students often plan their coursework at UNC several semesters in advance. Several resources are available to students for this planning process, including the Academic Catalog (public resource), the Tar Heel Tracker degree audit report, the Historical Course Record report (public resource) and the Class Schedule in Connect Carolina. Our team provides support for the Catalog production process and several processes related to course substitution requests and the re-evaluation of transfer course credit.

Registration

Students use ConnectCarolina to register for classes every semester, based on dates and procedures established by the Registrar’s Office. Our office provides oversight with the Pre-registration process in the fall semester for incoming first-year students, and for registration in College Thriving IDST 101, Triple-I, and other IDST and SPCL classes. We also support the onboarding of new student services managers (SSM) in the College who help manage registration for their unit.

Teaching & Evaluation

After a course has been approved, scheduled, and students are registered, instructors and students engage in the teaching and learning process during the semester. Our team provides support to instructors on syllabus guidelines, academic policies, and the Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET) process at the end of the semester.