Department Content vs. Catalog Content

Here is general information about the difference between Department and Catalog content. To understand how to ask for changes visit the "How to Make Changes to Department and Catalog page.

Department Website

The goal of departmental websites is to promote the departments’ benefits, research activities and achievements to prospective students, parents, researchers and job applicants. Department sites are maintained by the individual departments. Information includes:
  • Profiles of students, alumni and faculty
  • Department highlights
  • Overview of research and community activities
  • Information for current or prospective students
  • Faculty/staff biographies that link to curriculum vitaes and/or faculty websites

Online Academic Catalog

The goal of the online academic catalog is to provide policy and course information to prospective and current students to allow them to graduate in a timely fashion. The Academic Catalog:

  • houses institutional admissions, academic and financial aid policies.
  • provides course descriptions pulled from the SiS database.
  • is maintained and monitored by the Provost’s Office.
  • is not usually changed without updates going through the appropriate governing bodies. For example, a change to an undergraduate policy must first be reviewed and approved by the Undergraduate Policy Committee and then approved by the Faculty Senate.
  • website includes graduate, undergraduate and continuing education information. Continuing Education data is maintained by the Division of Graduate, Online & Professional Studies (GPS).

Degree Pathways

Previously called courses of study, curriculum check sheets or career track information, Degree Pathways belong in the academic catalog. This information is an component in Tridion and then can be linked from the department pages. Undergraduate programs are maintained by the Registrar's Office to match SiS. Please contact the Registrar via email: registrar@uml.edu with any changes that need to be made to a degree pathway.

Graduate programs are maintained by the Provost's Office, Graduate Administration. Please send PDF or Word documents to the Director of Graduate Administration Deborah White by email: Deborah_White@uml.edu to be uploaded into the catalog. Once the link is live, a link can be created on the department page.