Graduate Program Proposals
After a graduate program change has been added to the Five-Year Perspectives, further program development is required in the form of a Graduate Program Proposal.
Process for Graduate Program Proposals
Five-Year Planning Perspectives
Required for all undergraduate and graduate programs, schools, and unit development plans.
Graduate Program Proposals
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Requirements
A Graduate Program Proposal is required when:
- Creating a new graduate program
- Changing the name of an graduate program
- Transferring, consolidating, discontinuing or disestablishing a graduate program
Preparing the Proposal
Preliminary Discussion
The Graduate Division is a central resource in the development of new graduate degree programs.
Contact the Director of Academic Initiatives, Graduate Division for a planning discussion.
Diversity Plan
After the initial consultation with Graduate Division (per the previous step), contact the Vice-Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Office of Inclusive Excellence to develop a diversity plan, required for all new programs and school proposals.
Download: Diversity Plan template
Financial Plan
Contact the Principal Financial Analyst in the Division of Finance and Administration to develop a financial plan.
Download: Financial Plan template
Resources
Use these resources prepared by IRAP to help you complete the process for new programs, new self-supporting graduate professional degree programs (SSGPDPs), name changes, or reconstitution (transfer, consolidation, disestablishment or discontinuance, also known as TCDD).
- For an explanation of different types of graduate programs, please see the Graduate Division’s webpage.
New Programs
Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Programs
- Review Process (Note: process is similar to new program review process)
- Guidelines
- Template
- Additional Information
Program Name Changes
- Review Process
- Guidelines
- Template: Please use the program modification form linked in the Graduate Division’s Policies and Senate Forms.
Transfer, Consolidation, Disestablishment, Discontinuance of a Program, Unit, or School
- Review Process
- Guidelines
- Template: Please use the program modification form linked in the Graduate Division’s Policies and Senate Forms.
* SSGPDP: Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Program
** TCDD: Transfer, Consolidation, Disestablishment, Discontinuance of a Program, Unit, or School