Please complete this form to declare any of the following changes to existing Higher Learning Commission (HLC) approved academic programs:

  • Number of Clock or Credit Hours. A change of 25% or more to the number of clock or credit hours required to complete a degree or certificate program, either in a single change or as the sum total of aggregate changes since the institution’s most recent accreditation review (comprehensive evaluation, Assurance Review, Probation visit or Show-Cause visit).
  • Program Content. A change of 25% or more to the content of a program, either in a single change or as the sum total of aggregate changes, since the 2018 HLC accreditation review.
    Program content changes include changes to a program’s curriculum (measured by clock or credit hours), learning objectives, competencies or required clinical experiences. This would include changes in the general education courses required for program completion and not merely the courses within the discipline, program or major.
  • Method of Delivery. A change in the method of delivery for a program. (i.e., on-line to in-person/in-person to on-line)
  • Customized Pathways or Abbreviated or Modified Courses. The development of customized pathways or abbreviated or modified courses or programs to accommodate a student’s existing knowledge (such as from employment or military service) and to close competency gaps between demonstrated prior knowledge and the full requirements of a particular course or program
HLC Changes to Existing Degrees
Are you changing the number of credit hours required for the program?
Are you changing the content of the Program? (See definition above.)
Are you changing the program name or CIP code?
Are you changing the program’s method of delivery?
Method of delivery:
Is there any possibility of a single online/distance ed course applying to degree requirements (whether in your school or elsewhere)?
Are you developing customized pathways or abbreviated modified courses or programs to accommodate a student’s existing knowledge and to close competency gaps between demonstrated prior knowledge and the full requirements of a particular course or program?

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