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Catalog Production

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About Catalog Production

The CU Boulder catalog constitutes the official record of the curricular requirements and course descriptions​ that apply to students who formally entered an academic program in that academic year.

The catalog also contains:

  • A summary of campus policies and requirements
  • Descriptions of colleges, schools and departments
  • Faculty listings​
  • Program learning outcomes and recommended plans of study

To stay informed about catalog production updates, subscribe to our mailing list.

A screenshot of the 2021–22 CU Boulder catalog homepage.

To view previous years' catalogs, visit the CU Boulder catalog archive.

2023–24 Catalog

This catalog is currently under production. Learn more about the current catalog cycle below. 

Production Information

  • 2023–24 Production Schedule
  • Catalog Working Sessions

Monday, Oct. 24, 2022: Deadline to submit workflow updates.

Monday, Oct. 31: Catalog staff begin to initiate workflow for academic program pages (i.e., pages containing curriculum requirements; catalog edits begin.

Monday, Nov. 7: Catalog & curriculum training session. (View session recording)

Friday, Dec. 16: 
  • 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.
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023:
  • Deadline for all college- and school-level reviewers to approve catalog pages.
  • Deadline for all other reviewers to approve pages.

Monday, March 6: 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 2023–24 will be available by June 1, 2023.

Friday, March 24: Catalog team completes final review of all catalog pages for consistency, structural improvements and style guide alignment.

April 2023: CU Boulder 2023–24 catalog 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 but cannot be edited directly through your pages (i.e., faculty updates and course revisions).

Available by appointment on select dates in November and early December.

Sign up for a catalog working session

Submit an Update

  • Submit a Course Update
  • Submit a Program Update
  • Submit a Faculty Update
  • Submit a Workflow Update

All course proposals and revisions are managed through our curriculum inventory management system (CIM). To learn more, see Course Proposals.

Submit a Course Proposal or Revision

All program proposals and revisions are managed through our curriculum inventory management system (CIM). To learn more, see Academic Programs.

Submit a Program Proposal or Revision

Only the catalog production team has access to modify the catalog's faculty database. To learn more, see Faculty Lists.

Request Faculty Edits

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.

Request Workflow Edits

2022–23 Catalog (Live)

This catalog was published in April 2022 and is now closed to corrections or revisions. See below for information about the catalog production cycle.

Production Information

  • 2022–23 Production Schedule
  • Curriculum Revision Training Sessions
  • Catalog Working Sessions
  • Announcements

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021: Catalog staff send call for workflow edits to catalog news subscribers.

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021: Deadline to submit workflow updates.

Late October & early November 2021: Catalog & curriculum training sessions held.

Monday, Nov. 1, 2021: Catalog staff begin to initiate workflows for academic program pages (i.e., pages containing curriculum requirements); catalog edits begin.

Early November–early December 2021: One-on-one virtual catalog working sessions held.

Friday, Dec. 17, 2021:
  • 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.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022:
  • Deadline for all college- and school-level reviewers to approve catalog pages.
  • Deadline for all other reviewers to approve pages.

Friday, March 4, 2022: Degree audit team reviews all academic program pages, and will encode degree audits based on requirements as defined in the catalog.

Friday, March 25, 2022: Catalog team completes final review of content for consistency, structural improvements and style guide alignment.

April 2022: CU Boulder 2022–23 catalog published.

Revised 10/25/2021

As many of you are aware, this is the first catalog to feature program content that's fully integrated with our curriculum inventory management system (CIM). The last phase of that project, commonly referred to as CIM for programs, wrapped up in late September 2021.

To make sure users were comfortable with the new integration, we slightly delayed the start of program page review so you could attend one of our vendor-led training sessions:

  • Monday, Nov. 1, 2–3 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

These sessions provided a high-level overview of the curriculum update and approval process from the perspective of a catalog reviewer, including how to:

  • Locate curriculum records in CIM
  • Submit revisions for existing programs
  • Navigate CIM's automated review and approval workflow
  • Approve submitted revisions

To view a recording of the last of those training sessions, click the button below.

Watch recorded catalog/curriculum training session

The catalog team hosted one-on-one virtual catalog working sessions by appointment on select dates in November and early December.

2022–23 Catalog: Catalog/Curriculum Training Video, Catalog Working Sessions

Nov. 12, 2021

As previewed, we kicked off the workflows for academic program pages in the 2022–23 catalog last week. If you're first up in the workflow, you should have received an automated email for any page(s) ready for your review with a link to access your approval queue.

Read more about 2022–23 Catalog: Catalog/Curriculum Training Video, Catalog Working Sessions

Catalog & Curriculum Integration: Process Changes & Known Issues
Please see the information below related to process changes and known issues associated with the catalog's new integration with our curriculum inventory management system (CIM). We'll continue to add and update content as issues are discovered and resolved.

Read more about Catalog & Curriculum Integration: Process Changes & Known Issues

2022–23 Catalog: Sign Up for Catalog/Curriculum Training & Working Sessions

Oct. 26, 2021

Thank you to everyone who submitted workflow edits for the 2022–23 catalog production cycle! If we didn't receive any updates for your pages, then the same people who reviewed your catalog pages last year will do so again this year.

Read more about 2022–23 Catalog: Sign Up for Catalog/Curriculum Training & Working Sessions

Previous Catalogs

To view catalogs from previous academic years, visit our catalog archive.

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Resources

Whether this is your first time approving catalog content or you're a returning reviewer, please refer to our training resources and other support information:

  • Catalog & Curriculum Training Session (Video)
  • Catalog Process Changes & Known Issues (Webpage)
  • Catalog Support Slides (PowerPoint)
  • Editing Borrowed & Shared Content (Webpage)
  • Style Guide (Webpage)

Announcements

Micro-Credentials Micro-Symposium, 4/7
2023–24 Catalog: Getting Started & Upcoming Training Reminder
2023–24 Catalog: Workflow Updates Due Oct. 24; Catalog/Curriculum Training Nov. 7
2022–23 Catalog: Catalog/Curriculum Training Video, Catalog Working Sessions
Catalog & Curriculum Integration: Process Changes & Known Issues
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