To meet the needs of international students, a CIP approved by the Department of Homeland Security better fits the curriculum requirements.
In order to meet the needs of your international students, you must select a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-approved CIP code from their list and request that CPE change your current CIP code to match the one approved by the DHS. Here are the steps:
- Visit https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/stemList2022.pdf to view the DHS-approved CIP codes and identify the new CIP code that best describes your program.
- For your reference, you can visit https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/wizard/default.aspx?y=56 and enter Western Kentucky University in the Institution Search box. This shows you a list of CIP codes on programs awarded at WKU in the past 3 years. In addition, you can view a comprehensive list of CIP codes at: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/browse.aspx?y=56.
- After you have selected your desired CIP code, complete required proposal form and upload it to a program change request in Courseleaf to be approved through the WKU curriculum process.
- The department chair, dean, and Provost must sign the completed proposal through Courseleaf curriculum process.
- Once the Courseleaf proposal reaches Rheanna.Plemons@wku.eduin the Provost’s Office at the CPE level, she will make sure it gets submitted to the correct person at CPE and will provide updates as she get them.
- After CPE approves the change, the Provost’s Office will notify Information Technology and Institutional Research to make the update in WKU’s databases.