This website is a resource for employees navigating the curricular processes at the University of Waterloo, including the Kuali Curriculum Management (CM) system.
On this site, you will find:
- guides on how to use Kuali CM
- information about types of proposals at the University of Waterloo and considerations before proceeding with submissions
- governance information
- undergraduate-specific processes and details including important dates
- links to graduate-specific processes
Known issues
- May 8/24 - Printing proposals to PDF in Chrome or Edge adds page breaks unnecessarily; this action can be done in Firefox and Safari without any issue.
- June 4/24 - Changes to the Status field are not recorded in the Audit Log.
Notice board
- [Resolved April 20/26] April 20/26 - Kuali CM is performing slower than usual, or not loading at all in some cases.
- Service interruption - Proposal submissions are being paused during the evening of Thursday, March 5, 2026 for planned database maintenance. Proposal submissions will resume during the morning Friday, March 6, 2026.
- Service interruption - WatIAM authentication will be unavailable Wednesday, March 4, 2026 from 7-8 a.m. due to a planned maintenance window. As a result, users will not be able to sign in to WatIAM-dependent systems, such as Kuali Curriculum Management.
News
Known issue resolved: Track changes in requisite fields
Changes to a proposal's requisite fields now properly display in the requisites.
Known issue resolved: List of Invalid Combinations field
Proposers can now add new Under Review plans to the List of Invalid Combinations field.
Update: New location for Kuali CM "How to create a proposal" content
The "How to create a proposal" page content has moved into four separate pages.
Events
Kuali CM proposer training session (in-person)
Interested in attending this session? First, contact your designated faculty/affiliated institution representative to request access.
Once your access request is submitted, sign up online for this session.
Kuali CM proposer training session (in-person)
Interested in attending this session? First, contact your designated faculty/affiliated institution representative to request access.
Once your access request is submitted, sign up online for this session.
Blog
Tip of the month: New learning outcomes fields
How to complete the program learning outcome fields newly added to the Programs & Plans proposal form. Open to learn more.
Tip of the month: New retired field on courses proposal form
How to complete the Last Offering of Course field. Open to learn more.
Tip of the month: Common errors on program/plan proposals
Learn about the six most common errors made on program/plan proposals and how to avoid them. Open to learn more.