This form must be completed for course changes (course description, course title, course number, course prefix, course content and/or credit hours) to the Common Numbering System Course List.

All course changes must be submitted to the UNC System Office by March 30th. This will allow time for the Academic Discipline Committee to review changes prior to inclusion on the UNC CNS Course List.

Steps:

1. Complete Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D and click the "Submit" button.
2. The form must be submitted no later than March 30th.
3. This will allow time for the Academic Discipline Committee to review changes prior to inclusion on the UNC CNS Course List.
4. The form will be submitted to the UNC System Office for initial review.
5. If the form is incomplete, the contact person for the originating institution will be notified within 15 business days.
6. The form’s originator should make the necessary changes and resubmit the form within a deadline set by the UNC System Office.
7. If the form is complete, the UNC CNS Coordinator and Academic Discipline Coordinator will convene the Academic Discipline Committee to review each submission.
8. The Academic Discipline Committee will determine if the institutional course still meets the requirements (70% shared course content) for equivalency with the specified CNS course listing after the course changes have been implemented.
9. If the Academic Discipline Committee determines that the course is not equivalent with the CNS course listing, the update form’s originator will be notified and provided with a rationale.
10. The course will be removed from the CNS Course List and the CNS database.
11. Constituent institutions will ensure that the transfer course articulation rules for the new CNS Course are reflected in their student information system/enterprise resources planning system (SIS/ERP).
12. If the Academic Discipline Committee determines that the course is still equivalent to the CNS course listing, the course’s information will be updated in the CNS database.
13. Constituent institutions will ensure that the transfer course articulation rules for the new CNS Course are reflected in their SIS/ERP.
14. The UNC CNS Coordinator must notify each institution of the decision(s) within 30 business days of the submission deadline.
15. If the contact person for an institution is not the registrar, the UNC CNS Coordinator will also notify the registrar at the institution and any other designee for whom an institution has requested notification.