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The ANU Official Course and Program Proposals Site

This web site is for use by ANU staff only regarding program or course proposals. Students or prospective students should not attempt to obtain program or course information from this website. Program and course information for students can be obtained from the Study@ website.

• Overview of the Course and Program Approval Processes.

• How the Approval process works;
  1. Lecturer/Departments - Level: First draft of the proposal.
  Course proponent proposes and designs draft for a new course in consultation with the relevant academic area according to that academic area’s internal procedures. This is usually done by a lecturer at a school/departmental level.
  2. Discussion at the Faculty/Research School/Centre level.
  Consultation with other academic areas that may be involved in a similar field of study is also required at this stage. It is recommended that academic area consult or at least notify SAS in the early stages of the proposal to be forwarded to the College.
  3. Drafting relevant forms and documentations.
  All proposals are to be drafted into the appropriate forms via the Study@ approval sites.
  4. Discussion and Recommendation by the relevant College.
  The proposal will then be discussed at the relevant College meeting.
  6. Approval by the College Dean, or UEC/DVC(E)
  Depending on the type of the item, at least the Dean’s approval is required. Certain items will require UEC/DVC(E) approval too.
  7. College Committee or the UEC notifies both the academic area, SAS, and other relevant parties by entering on the Study@ approval site whether proposal has been approved, conditionally approved, or denied approval.
  8. For new programs: If a program is offered to international students then the Program form is forwarded to the CRICOS officer in DRSS. After these codes are obtained, the relevant College and Course Registry will be notified.
  9. In addition to publishing the program/course data on StudyAt, the relevant College/Faculty/Department office is also responsible to liaise with the Timetabling unit/WebCT.

• The ANU Program and Course Approval Guide provides full details on the approval and maintenance of ANU curriculum, programs, courses, specialisations, majors.  The guide sets out to explain the role of the Division of Registrar and Student Services, ANU Colleges and the ANU central education committees.

• Study@ User Documentation

• Important Dates and Deadlines

• UEC Meeting Dates

• Links to Relevant Policy

• Office of Policy and Regulations ‘Rules and Policy’

• DEEWR Discipline Group/Field of Education codes

• Handy Hints:

  To check if a program or course code has been used before in the student system please check the ‘Academic Program Table’ or the ‘Course Catalogue’.

  Academic Program Table:  Student Admin System Navigation: College Home, Academic Structure, Academic Program Table.  To search enter “begins with” and a number e.g. 3.

  Course Catalogue:  Student Admin System Navigation: College Home, Course Catalogue.  Enter the subject and then to see all courses starting with a particular code e.g. beginning with 8 enter “8###” in the Catalogue Number Field.

Students wishing to enquire about a particular program or course should contact the relevant College. Students wishing to propose a new program or course not currently offered by the ANU should approach the College to sponsor the proposal.

Please direct all enquiries about programs and courses to Course.Registry@anu.edu.au.