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 the academic colleges, department chairs, deans and others can view, comment on, and approve proposals.
New users can request access by using the Curriculum Strategy User Access Request Form. The requestors supervisor and the college dean must approve access.
Existing form submitters will go to Curriculum Strategy – SSO Login and enter their UTRGV credentials to begin drafting a proposal or to approve a proposal.
Accessing Proposals in Progress
Faculty, staff and administration may view any proposal in progress through the Curriculum Strategy - Dashboard. From the Curriculum Dashboard, any user may view a proposal in progress without logging in. All UTRGV users have access to view proposals in progress by clicking on the proposal name in the workflow. Committee (Graduate or Undergraduate), College, and department names have recently 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 the Archived Proposals tab in the Curriculum Dashboard. Effective with the AY 21-22 cycle, a committee has 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.