Many departments at the University of Memphis are moving their undergraduate and/or graduate programs online to better serve our students. These programs do not replace face-to-face programs, but they supplement them to extend the reach of the University of Memphis. Our online courses are expected to provide the same rigor as "on-the-ground" programs.

When your department is ready to consider moving a program to online delivery, please contact Vicki Murrell, Assistant Dean of Distance Education, at 901-678-2877 or by email at vmurrell@memphis.edu so that we can meet to discuss the project.

The process of getting your program approved involves:

• Completion of the Online Program Proposal. This will need to be signed by the department chair, the college dean, and Dr. Dan Lattimore, Vice-Provost of Extended Programs.
  
• Submission of a proposal packet to TBR for approval. The department will need to submit electronically to vmurrell@memphis.edu a Form OD; a course syllabus for each course in the program; and CVs of the faculty who develop and/or instruct the courses. Our office will work with Academic Affairs to provide all of the other required information and will submit the packet to TBR for approval.
  
• Filing a Course Proposal for each course to be developed online.Once our office receives this form, we will send to each developer either a Copyright Agreement or a Work for Hire form, if someone other than faculty - such as an adjunct - is developing the course.
  
• Acceptance of the course by the home department as well as by the Office of Distance Education. Click here to access a checklist of suggestions for course development.