Chair Dashboard

Chairs review new or update course proposals that faculty members in their department/program submit.

This guide will lead you through the steps to approve, deny, or return both new and update course proposals for your department/program.

Review Course Proposals Instructions

To log into DCARS select DCARS (Dartmouth Course Approval and Routing System) from your Faculty and Advisor Menu on BannerStudent. You can also select the link provided in DCARS e-mail notifications sent at each step of the course approval process.

Step 1: Select the title of the course you want to review under the "Proposals Needing Action" section to open the course proposal summary page.

Step 2: After you review the course proposal summary page, you can take the following actions:

Return For Revision - Sends the course proposal back to the faculty member (or proxy) for edits. The faculty member can re-submit the course to the Chair for further review.

Deny - Notifies the faculty member you denied the course. They can no longer edit the current proposal and cannot resubmit it. Only use this in very rare cases.

Send To Divisional Council or Associate Dean - Approves the course proposal and sends it to the appropriate Associate Dean or Divisional Council for review.

Step 3: Add comments and Submit Course to Next Stage

The course will progress to the next stage of review. See the DCARS Course Approval Flow for a detailed view of course approvals.