Curriculum Strategy
Curriculum Strategy – Submitting and Approving Curriculum Proposals
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley uses Curriculum Strategy by Watermark to provide an electronic academic program and course approval system. Curriculum Strategy is an online interface that allows programs and courses to be proposed, created, assessed, revised, approved, and implemented. Faculty and staff involved in departmental-, school-, and University-level review may view the progress of their proposals from start to finish.
Through the Curriculum Strategy SSO Login, form submitters approved by their department chair and dean can submit proposals. Department Chairs, Deans and College Committee Chairs also use the SSO login to access and approve proposals.
New submitters and approvers will be provided access to certain privileges within the submiss after submitting the Curriculum Strategy User Access Request Form. The requestors supervisor and the college dean must approve of the access type to be provided.
Accessing Proposals in Progress
Faculty and authorized staff and administration can view any proposal in progress through the Curriculum Strategy - Dashboard after entering their UTRGV credentials in the Curriculum Strategy SSO Login. From the Curriculum Dashboard, users may view a proposal in progress by clicking on the proposal name in the workflow. Committee (Graduate or Undergraduate), College, and department names sorting filters have been added to the workflow to make it easier to locate a specific proposal.
Accessing Archived (Approved) Proposals
Once approved by the Provost, a proposal will be moved to the Archived Proposals tab in the Curriculum Dashboard. Effective with the AY 21-22 cycle, committee (Graduate or Undergraduate) was been added to all forms to make it easier to identify previously approved proposals. Approved proposals will be implemented in the catalog in accordance with the university course and catalog cycle.
Downloading Proposal Reports
A report of proposals in proposal in progress or archived proposals may be downloaded from the Curriculum Dashboard. To do so, click on the link labeled “Download Spreadsheet” from the dashboard page.