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About Catalog Production
The CU Boulder catalog constitutes the official record of the curricular requirements and courseÌýdescriptions​ that apply to students who formally entered an academic program in that academic year.
The catalog also contains:
- A summary ofÌýcampus policies and requirements
- Descriptions of colleges,Ìýschools and departments
- Faculty listings​
- Program learning outcomes and recommended plans of study
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To view previous years' catalogs, visit the .
2025–26Ìý°ä²¹³Ù²¹±ô´Ç²µ
Production Information
Oct. 28, 2024: DeadlineÌýto request updates to your catalog page workflows. (See workflow revision request form.)
Nov. 4: Catalog staff begin to initiate workflows for academic program pages; catalog edits begin.
Dec. 15:Ìý
- Deadline for all academic department reviewers to approve academic program catalog pages containing curriculum requirements. (Learn more below, underÌýSubmit a Curriculum Update.)ÌýEnsure updated program learning outcomes are included in your submissionÌýfor any degree and certificate programs.
- Catalog staff initiate workflows for all other catalog pages; edits to these pages begin.
Feb. 15, 2025
- Deadline for all college- and school-level reviewers to approve catalog pages.
- Deadline for all other reviewers to approve pages.
March 3: Degree audit team reviews all academic program pages and begins making degree audit changes based on requirements as defined in the catalog. Degree audits for 2025–26 will be available by June 1, 2025.
March 21: Catalog team completes final review of all catalog pages for consistency, structural improvements and style guide alignment.
April 2025: CU Boulder 2025–26Ìýcatalog published.
Attend a one-on-one virtual catalog working session with the catalog team to get your catalog questions answered, including how to:
- Access, edit and approve your catalog pages.
- Navigate course tables, plan of study grids and shared/borrowed content.
- Update information that displays in the catalog butÌýcannotÌýbe edited directly through your pages (i.e., faculty updates and course revisions).
Available by appointment on select dates in November and early December.
Submit an Update
All course proposals and revisions are managed through our curriculum inventory management system (CIM). To learn more, seeÌýCourse Proposals.
All program proposals and edits to curriculum details including program requirements, plans of study and program learning outcomes are managed through our curriculum inventory management system (CIM). To learn more, seeÌýAcademic Programs.
Once program edits have completed all reviews and approvals in CIM, they’ll sync automatically on the program's corresponding catalog page. (While still pending approvals in CIM, the catalog page will display the most recent previously approved curriculum details.)
- During the catalog production cycle,Ìýplease approve both the program's CIM form and catalog page once you’ve submitted any edits to move them forward in queue for the next reviewer(s).
Only the catalog production team has access to modify the catalog's faculty database.ÌýTo learn more, seeÌýFaculty Lists.
If you've had staff turnover or otherwise need to adjust the workflows of who should edit, review and approve any of your pages, either submit the form below or contact your college or school's workflow coordinator.
2024–25Ìý°ä²¹³Ù²¹±ô´Ç²µÌý()
This catalog was published in April 2024 and is now closed to corrections or revisions. See below for information about the catalogÌýproduction cycle.
Production Information
Monday, Oct. 23, 2023: DeadlineÌýto submit workflow updates.
Monday, Oct. 30: Catalog staff begin to initiate workflow for academic program pages (i.e., pages containing curriculum requirements); catalog edits begin.
Friday, Dec. 15:Ìý
- Deadline for all academic department reviewers to approve academic program catalog pages.
- Catalog staff initiate workflows for all other catalog pages; edits to these pages begin.
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024
- Deadline for all college- and school-level reviewers to approve catalog pages.
- Deadline for all other reviewers to approve pages.
Monday, March 4: Degree audit team reviews all academic program pages and begins making degree audit changes based on requirements as defined in the catalog. Degree audits for 2024–25 will be available by June 1, 2024.
Friday, March 22: Catalog team completes final review of all catalog pages for consistency, structural improvements and style guide alignment.
April 2024: CU Boulder 2024–25Ìýcatalog published.
Attend a one-on-one virtual catalog working session with the catalog team to get your catalog questions answered, including how to:
- Access, edit and approve your catalog pages.
- Navigate course tables, plan of study grids and shared/borrowed content.
- Update information that displays in the catalog butÌýcannotÌýbe edited directly through your pages (i.e., faculty updates and course revisions).
Available by appointment on select dates in November and early December.
Previous Catalogs
To view catalogs from previous academic years, visit our .
Contact Us
Resources
Whether this is your first time approving catalog content or you're a returning reviewer, please refer to ourÌýtraining resources and other support information:
- (Video)
- Catalog Process Changes & Known Issues (Webpage)
- (PowerPoint)
- Editing Borrowed & Shared Content (Webpage)
- Style GuideÌý(°Â±ð²ú±è²¹²µ±ð)