Office of the Registrar

2025–26 General Catalog Editing

You are receiving this message because you have been designated as member of the 2025–26 General Catalog workflow.

The Office of the Registrar will open the 2025–26 General Catalog on Monday, Nov. 4 for your review. All updates should be made via the catalog's content management system (CMS).

Those who are first in workflow for a page (initiators) will receive an email letting them know when they can access the system. Everyone else in the workflow will receive an email when it is their time to review the catalog. Please note: These emails are generated by the catalog's workflow system and not the university's universal workflow.

Additional information about using the CourseLeaf CMS may be found in the UI General Catalog How-To Guide linked below.

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The catalog team will offer a catalog editing training session on Monday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Add the meeting to your calendar.

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General Catalog Open for Editing

Initiator Due Date

Initiators must start their pages in workflow by Friday, Jan. 17, 2024. This is a new deadline for the 2025–26 catalog editing cycle based on feedback from the 2024–25 cycle. Pages not initiated by this date will be pushed forward by the catalog team and may not be available for curricular updates.

Final Due Date

Updates must be completed by all reviewers in your workflow chain by  Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. You will likely have more than one catalog page to review and send in workflow. Your departmental/program information page and each major, minor, and certificate program are on separate catalog pages.

Additional Information

Catalog Process Overview

For an overview of the catalog editing process, see the Aug. 7, 2024 message sent to all editors and initiators.

Courses

Course data is managed in MAUI's course library. Changes to course information must begin in the course library. For a course revision or deletion, the effective session on the forms must be no later than fall 2025 to be reflected in the 2025–26 catalog. For a course addition, the effective session on the forms must be no later than spring 2026 to be included. Questions regarding the course approval form may be sent to reg-course-approval@uiowa.edu.

Workflow Changes

The catalog workflow chain in your department/program is currently being updated. If you need to make additional changes to individuals in your workflow before the editing period opens, please contact the catalog team at registrar-publications@uiowa.edu. Requesting workflow changes after the editing period has opened may cause delays to your workflow routing and page updates.

Sample Plans of Study

Sample Plans will not appear in the published catalog until a program’s pages are completed by the department and the sample plans team can confirm a plan will match 2025–26 catalog requirements. If you have any curriculum changes, an advisor or coordinator associated with your program can review and update the sample plan in MAUI. Updates should be submitted by Friday, March 28 to ensure timely inclusion in the catalog. You can contact the sample plans team by email at reg-sample-plans@uiowa.edu.

Questions

If you have questions about course information, deadlines, or how to use CourseLeaf, please contact registrar-pubications@uiowa.edu.