COCI Meeting Details

Meetings take place on Fridays from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. in 320 Stephens Hall

Course Proposals – New and modification course proposals are due the Friday before the next COCI meeting. In the days immediately before the COCI meeting the appropriate subcommittee will review proposals and make a recommendation to the full COCI committee where final decisions are made. The table below outlines the timeline and deadlines for COCI review. 

In general, all modification proposals must be submitted roughly two months before the end of the semester preceding the effective term. In practice, this means:

Fall - Due by the preceding July 1
Spring - Due by the preceding November 1
Summer - Due by the preceding April 1

Note: Modifications for courses with enrollments have additional steps that need to be addressed in Campus Solutions. Please contact scheduling@berkeley.edu for more information. 

Note: Once summer students begin enrolling on Feb 1st, modifications to summer classes in the schedule have additional steps. Please contact Stephanie Alcid at Summer Sessions (salcid@berkeley.edu) before submitting to COCI.

In general, all new course proposals must be submitted roughly one month before the end of the semester preceding the effective term. In practice, this means:

Fall - Due by the preceding July 1
Spring - Due by the preceding December 1
Summer - Due by the preceding May 1

Note: Due to the volume of proposals received weekly, any course proposals submitted in CMS during review days will be held over until the next COCI meeting. 

2023/2024 Review Schedule

Course proposal submitted to COCI via CMS  (Friday)

Review days by COCI discipline subcommittee (Tuesday - Thursday)

Final decisions at COCI meeting (Friday)

09/01

09/02-07 09/08
09/15 09/19-21 09/22
09/29 11/03-05 10/06

10/13

NOTE: Last submission deadline for modification proposals for Spring 2024

10/17-19 10/20

11/10

NOTE: Last submission deadline for new proposals for Spring 2024

11/14-16 11/17
12/01 12/05-07 12/08
01/05 01/09-11 01/12
01/19 01/23-25 01/26
02/02 02/06-02/08 02/09
02/16 02/20-22 02/23
03/08
NOTE
: Last submission deadline for modification proposals 
for Summer 2024
03/12-14 03/15
03/29
NOTE: Last submission deadline for new courses for Summer 2024
04/02-04 04/05
04/12 04/16-18 04/19

04/26

05/01-02

05/03

SUMMER 2024 - TBD

SUMMER 2023 - TBD

Summer 2023 - TBD

08/16

08/10-22 8/23