Review and approval of all proposed new and revised graduate degree programs by the Dean and Executive Committee of the Graduate College are required, as one mechanism for fulfilling the statutory functions of the Graduate College to “develop and safeguard standards of graduate work.” Criteria by which proposals for graduate programs are judged by Graduate College committees and the reviews required are described below.
Recognizing the diversity of graduate programs on campus, the criteria are deliberately general to permit flexibility in evaluation of programs by the standards of the discipline.
Procedures to assist in creating and structuring a proposal and more details regarding the processing of approvals are available online in the Graduate College Faculty and Staff Canvas Community.