Course Sunsetting Process

This process identifies courses that have not recorded enrollment for the past 8 consecutive Fall and Spring semesters. In order to confirm that these courses have not received enrollment, the sunset process is not run until after the census date. These courses are slated to be placed into "Sunset" status in Banner by the end of the current semester. Sunsetted courses are removed from the next publication of the UNM Catalog and are no longer available for scheduling.

Affected Departments, Programs, and Branches are required to submit a Sunset Exception form in order to extend the course an additional 4 semesters. If a Sunset Exception form is not submitted, courses will be automatically retired. 

Deadlines for submitting Sunset forms can be found in the Catalog & Curriculum Calendar on the Curriculum Workflow and Resources page.

Sunset forms requests are managed through the Sunset App. To submit Sunset forms, log in to the Sunset App with your UNM netID and password and follow the appropriate instruction set below:

• Submitting Sunset Exception Forms
• Department Chair Approval of Sunset Forms

Advance Notice List

The Advance Notice List is for preview and planning purposes only, departments cannot submit an exception request for these courses until the following term.

Separate from the Course Sunset process that identifies courses in the current term, the Sunset Advance Notice list identifies courses that are scheduled for Sunsetting in the next term. These courses are expected to appear on the next semester's Sunset List if they do not receive enrollment for an 8th consecutive semester.

Note: some lower-division Undergraduate courses may be identified by a Main Campus College code but are only offered at a Branch Campus.