Step II: Graduate Full Proposals for Program Changes
After a division has added the intent to create a new academic degree program or unit by adding it to the Five-Year Perspectives, changing the name of an existing program, or transferring, consolidating, discontinuing, and disestablishing (TCDD) an existing program to the Five Year Perspectives, further steps for program development will begin.
Graduate Program Actions:
The Graduate Academic Programs Office is a central resource to facilitate the development and approval of new graduate degree programs. Anyone considering creating a new academic program should contact Celina Mojica, the Director of Academic Initiatives, Graduate Division, for a preliminary discussion of the process and to schedule a meeting with the Graduate Dean.
After consultation with the Graduate Academic Programs Office, divisions will additionally need to contact Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Office of Inclusive Excellence, to develop a diversity plan, a requirement for all new programs and school proposals. You may also find the template below.
For a financial plan, divisions will need to contact Katherine Warnke-Carpenter, Principal Financial Analyst, Division of Finance and Administration. A template is available below.
Creating a New Program
Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Program (SSGPDP)
Program Name Changes
Transfer, Consolidation, Disestablishment, Discontinuance (TCDD) of a Program, Unit, or School
Timeline for New Graduate Degree Program
1. Faculty Develops Proposal (add to 5YP)
Begins approximately two-years from Step I.
2. Faculty Votes on Proposal
3. Resource Analysis from the Dean/Program Chair
4. Endorsement of resources from Provost/EVC
5. Letter of Support
For the Diversity Plan from Office of Inclusive Excellence
6. Senate transmits for Review
Four different reviews are conducted:
- GC (Lead Review)
- CPB Review
- Other Councils Review
- CEI (Diversity Plan) Review
7. UCI Chancellor Proposal
Chancellor transmits proposal to UC Provost Office and CCGA.
8. Cabinet Endorsement
9. Divisional Assembly Endorsement
10. Senate notifies UC Provost & CCGA.
DAP will also submit a substantive change screening form to initiate WSCUC review.
11. Review by UC Provost
If proposal is approved, it is sent to the UC President for approval. This is then followed by a CCGA review with a 4-6 meeting process.
12. Approval
Systemwide Academic Senate notifies all related units upon approval, following Presidential approval. UCOP will transmit approval letter, resulting in program admission of new students.
