ICMS is used to create, modify, and discontinue UC Davis courses; these courses changes then appear in the General Catalog.
Review the Before You Start page and become familiar with the COCI Policies & Regulations, below.
Davis Division of the Academic Senate & Course Regulations
Before submitting an ICMS course form, know the course policies and regulations.
- Committee on Courses of Instruction (COCI).
- Course Approval Policies & Procedure.
- Davis Division Course Regulations.
- Systemwide Course Regulations.
- Learning Activity rules & examples.
- Learning Activity list.
- Expedited Approval of General Education Literacy Removal.
Effective Term & Availability
The Office of the University Registrar processes course forms after approval from the Committee on Courses of Instruction (COCI). Course forms are received by the data entry staff who then make the appropriate Banner entries. The form is then passed to the General Catalog editor where course changes are added to the General Catalog.
Effective Term is established considering the following:
- Forms will be approved up to two weeks prior to Pass One, effective for that term.
- Updates are not made to a course for a term that has registered students.
- New courses may be approved at any time.
- Course cancellations are approved for the next possible term not having CRNs assigned.
Stagnant/Unmoving Proposal Forms
- Stagnant and/or unmoving course proposals are course proposals not acted on for two or more years. The proposals may be in DRAFT status, or may have been entered into the workflow but have stayed at, or returned to, the Originator or the Department Chair.
- If a course proposal form is not updated or does not move from the Originator or Chair workflow level for two years, the proposal form may be deleted by the ICMS team.