The University Regulations Office
The University Regulations Office
The University Regulations Office assists the university community with university policies, rules, procedures, and guidelines; provides technical assistance to units revising university regulations; guides university units through the university's regulation revision process; provides education, resources, and training related to university regulations; and updates and maintains the Regulations Library. The University Regulations Office promotes transparency, integrity, compliance, and consultation in the university's regulation revision process.
Recently Revised RegulationsView all recently revised regulations
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Policy 6-101: Undergraduate Study and Degrees
Effective February 10, 2026, the university revised Policy 6-101: Undergraduate Study and Degrees to align the number of upper division credits required for a Bachelor of University Studies degree with the number of credits required for other bachelor's degrees.
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Rule R1-012A: University Non-discrimination Rule and Rule R1-012B: Complaint Process Rule
Effective February 9, 2025, the university finalized interim revisions to Rule R1-012A: University Non-discrimination Rule Rule R1-012B: Complaint Process Rule. In addition, the university updates a definition in Rule R1-012A to match a change to federal definitions.
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Policy 2-003: President of the University; Policy 6-001: Academic Units and Academic Governance - Roles of Faculties, Committees, Councils, and the Academic Senate; and Policy 6-002: The Academic Senate and Senate Committees - Authority, Structure, Functions, and Procedures
Effective January 13, 2026, the university revised several policies to ensure that university regulations comply with state law that establishes responsibilities of institution of higher education presidents. These revision include changes to the following policies: Policy 2-003: The President of the University Policy 2-004: Organization of the University Policy 6-001: Academic Units and Academic Governance – Roles of Faculties, Committees, Councils, and Academic Senate Policy 6-002: The Academic Senate and Senate Committees – Authority, Structure, Functions, and Procedures In addition the university created a new rule -- Rule R6-001A: Creation, Significant Modification, and Discontinuance of the Academic Units of Free-standing Division, Department, School, College, and Library -- to document the existing process for creating or modifying academic units. The university also moved information about meetings of the faculty as a whole from Policy 6-001 into a new rule, Rule R6-001D: Meeting Procedures for the University Faculty as a Whole.