Below is an outline of the deadlines, editing processes, and training sessions for building the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog. The catalog will be open to department editors for changes on January 6, 2025. Information about the Graduate Catalog is available from the Graduate School.
Deadlines and Process
Academic Departments (i.e. Africana Studies, Political Science, etc.) : Program and course changes and proposals must be submitted to the Undergraduate Council by February 19, 2025 in order for the approved changes to be eligible to be reflected in the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog. Department editor review of programs, courses, and faculty listings are due April 4, 2025.
Administrative Offices (i.e. Office of Undergraduate Education, Office of the Provost, etc.): Policy and other informational reviews are due April 15, 2025.
Catalog Administrators: Review and make requested edits and consult with academic departments and administrative office editors as needed to finalize course and program content between April 5 and April 17, 2025.
Final approval of the Undergraduate Catalog will occur in early May 2025.
Who Edits What?
Please review any pages or text for which your department is responsible for and submit any requested changes or questions regarding your content to the Registrar’s Office catalog team.
If you are no longer serving as your department’s editor, please contact (or have your new editor) contact Carmen Cain, Assistant Registrar for Catalog at ccain1@umbc.edu.
How to Submit your Edits
Edits to department and informational pages should be completed in Acalog. Requests for help (i.e. you can’t login) should be submitted directly to Carmen Cain (ccain1@umbc.edu). Curriculum changes to academic program or courses are entered by the Registrar’s Office upon approval by the Undergraduate Council.
In the event that you complete your review and have no changes, please verify that your content has been reviewed and update the “Change Version Status” to “Approved” in Acalog.
If you have updates or questions for pathways, please contact Kelly Fanning, Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising at kfanning@umbc.edu.
Need Help?
Click here to view the Acalog user manual for the Undergraduate Catalog. If you are new to the catalog editing process or need a refresher, please contact the Catalog team.