2027-2028 Academic Guide Contributor's Resources
Welcome to the contributor’s guide for the 2027-2028 Academic Guide. This website is meant as a resource for those who are writing, editing, and/or contributing material to the creation of the upcoming academic year’s Academic Guide. As a contributor to the Academic Guide, we ask that you review this material to ensure that the Academic Guide is consistent throughout and fulfills its purpose in helping our students on their path to a great education here at Binghamton University.
For assistance with the Modern Campus Catalog software, please see our Catalog Guide.
Writing and Editing Guide: Outlines general guidelines for writing the Academic Guide, including best practices and policies for making changes to the Academic Guide.
Required Academic Program Template: A template to use when creating the information page for department programs.
We will offer office hours by appointment on zoom for assistance with your Guide pages and using the software. Please email us to set up an appointment. If you have any questions not answered on this resources site, please direct them to the Undergraduate Education office.
Academic Guide Writing Timeline
October 1 2026 - March 19, 2027: The Academic Guide is open for editing to all departments (academic and non-academic) and dean’s offices. Deans offices set their school/college's editing schedule, but DEANS REVIEW must be finished by March 19. We recommend Deans offices give themselves at least four weeks to review their material.
February 26, 2027: Faculty Lists due back to Undergraduate Education.
March 22 - April 16, 2027: Undergraduate Education and Graduate School review. During this review we will still make critical changes to the Guide (i.e. incorrect course listed, policy update, incorrect credit totals), but not formatting/style or non-critical changes.
April 19 - April 30, 2027: Final Review begins. This is the last week to ensure that all necessary changes to the Guide have been made for the 27-28 academic year. We can not guarantee any changes will be made after publication.
May 3, 2027: Guide is published!
May 4, 2027: Next year’s Academic Guide (2028-2029) is copied from the 2027-2028 Guide. Curriculum proposal forms are taken down and new forms are tested and activated.
***Next year’s Academic Guide (2028-2029) will be made the day after the 2027-2028 Guide is published so we can roll-over our curriculum forms. This is why it is essential that all revisions are completed prior to publication, because any changes made after will have to be manually entered into both Guides.
2027-2028 Academic Guide Writing Team:
Paul Gorelik, Associate Director for Undergraduate Education
Shambralyn Baker, Curriculum Coordinator