3.37 Proposals for New Majors

1. Include an intellectual rationale for the major and describe the major’s potential contribution to the Scripps curriculum as well as its relationship to extant majors and programs at the Claremont Colleges;
    
2. list courses currently offered at Scripps and at the other Claremont Colleges that will be required for the major and those that will be electives;
    
3. describe any foreseeable financial issues relating to the major, including but not limited to the likelihood of requiring new faculty hires, administrative support issues, and costs related to course development or pedagogy;
    
4. in the case of a Scripps major, the proposal should:

1. address how the major can and will be staffed primarily by Scripps tenured, tenure-track faculty, or continuing full time;
    
2. demonstrate with the appropriate faculty signatures that all faculty members with courses listed as contributing to the major support the inclusion of these courses within the major;

    5. in the case of an intercollegiate major, the proposal should:

1. address how the major can and will be staffed by current tenured, tenure-track, or continuing full time faculty;
    
2. demonstrate with the appropriate faculty signatures that all faculty members with courses listed as contributing to the major support the inclusion of these courses within the major;
    
3. demonstrate that the other colleges contributing to the major have approved it following the appropriate procedure at each college. 

In considering the proposal, the FEC should take into account, in addition to the above points:

1. the financial impact it would have on the Academic Budget;
    
2. whether and how the new major will impact current majors or programs at Scripps (soliciting input from those majors or programs as appropriate);
    
3. the possibility of the major leading to requests in future years for department status and new positions.

When bringing the final proposal to the faculty for a vote, FEC should make materials related to the new major proposal available to the full faculty for consideration one month before the faculty meeting at which the proposal will be discussed to allow ample time for faculty to consider the proposal before the vote will take place.