New Course Request (2025–26 Catalog year)

Training created July 2025

Signing into Coursedog and Submitting a New Course Proposal

Sign into Coursedog (SSO required)
Select “New Proposal” from the options on the top-right then choose the semester you want the course to become active in the USU system.
Complete the required fields with the following information:

Course Information Guidelines

Course Prefix: Must be available for use in both the Catalog and Banner.
Course Number: Ensure that the course number is available for use in the Catalog and Banner. Deleted numbers cannot be reused until 4 years have passed (e.g., a course number discontinued in Fall 2020 may be reused in Spring 2025).
College: This field pulls from Banner. Due to character limits, the name may be abbreviated. Select the correct college.
Department: Since this field is pulling from Banner, occasionally outdated department names may appear—make sure to select the correct, current department.
Course Long title: This title appears in the Catalog. Must use standard capitalization, no abbreviations, and be free of spelling or grammar errors.
Transcript Title: This appears on student transcripts (not in the catalog) and must be fewer than 30 characters and written in all caps.
Academic level: Note that 5000-level courses are considered undergraduate and are no longer coded at the graduate level.
General Education designations: Existing Gen Ed designations will appear, but cannot be changed during course proposal submission.
Cross-Listed and Dual-Listed Courses: Refer to the Cross-Listed/Dual-Listed training documentation for proper setup.
Course Description: Must be 40 words or less, in complete sentences. Use third person, present tense, gender-neutral and objective language. Avoid acronyms when possible.
Grade mode: Select either Standard or Pass/Fail only.
Syllabus: This is an optional upload.
Effective Term: Must match the term selected in the proposal.
Credit Hours:
- Credits must be in increments of 1
- Approval for fractional credits can only be given for .5 and 1.5
- If credits are not variable, enter the value in "Credit Hours Min."
- For two options (e.g., 2 or 3 credits), use Min and Max fields and set the “Credit Hours Connector” to "OR".

Repeatability and Requirements

Course Repeatability: Choose "Yes" or "No." If a maximum number of repeats applies, note that it will not display in the student view but may still be coded in Banner.
Prerequisites: May include courses, test scores, GPAs, or exam scores. All must be fulfiled before registration. Coursedog allows use of AND/OR logic within prerequisites. Note: Banner cannot be programmed with an “OR” between prerequisites and special approvals, or registration restrictions and special approvals.
Corequisites: Courses that must be taken in the same term. If there are multiple, all must be taken. Banner cannot be programmed with an “OR logic to corequisites.
Enrollment Recommendations: Optional, non-enforced guidance for students. Displayed in the catalog but not enforced in Banner.
Registration Restrictions: Controls registration by department, major, class, level, degree, or program. Banner does not allow “OR” logic between registration restrictions and other conditions.
Special Approvals: May require instructor, advisor, or department permission. This will be visible in the catalog and enforced at the section level in Banner.
Honors or Educator Licensing: Indicate if the course is an Honors course or requires Educator Licensing approval to ensure proper workflow routing.
Rationale: Provide a brief explanation of how this course fits within and impacts your curriculum.

Once all required fields are complete, submit the proposal.

Prerequisite & Corequisite Programming Overview

If no prerequisites are needed, skip this section.

To add a prerequisite or corequisite:

Click Add in the "Pre-Requisite" or "Co-Requisite" section.
Set the Requirement Type to “Requirement” to select active catalog courses.
Name the requirement:

“Prerequisite” for prerequisites
“Corequisite” for corequisites

Click Add Requirement Rule to begin adding courses.
Choose the condition from the dropdown (this sets the rule logic).
Leave Data Type as “Courses.”
Use the course dropdown or type the prefix and number (e.g., ENGL1010).
Name the Rule (e.g., “Required”).
To add more rules or courses:

Use Add Requirement Rule for different logic
Use the red X to remove an individual course
Use remove or delete requirement to remove entire requirement blocks

Optional: Add text to Rule Description (displays at top) or Rule Notes (displays at bottom).
You may edit existing prerequisites by selecting the ‘edit’ option on the existing requirement and begin adding courses and requirements as needed.
If you wish to remove an item from the prerequisite, you may click the red ‘X’ icon beside the item to be removed.
If you wish to remove the requirement entirely, you may select the ‘Remove’ option to remove only that section, or the ‘Delete Requirement’ option to remove the entire prerequisite.