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CHECKSHEET: PROPOSALS FOR NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
AND
PROPOSALS TO CHANGE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Title of New/Changed Program:
___________________________________________________
Submitted by academic unit: ____________________________________Date:
_____________
Contact person: __________________________Phone:
____________Email:_______________
Check the CBHE Forms (http://www.dhe.mo.gov/Acadafrs/progrev.htm) accompanying the
proposal:
Required for New Programs
____ Form NP (New Program Proposal Form)
____ Form SE (Student Enrollment Projections)
____ Form CL (Collaborative Programs)
____ Form PS (Program Structure)
____ Form FP (Financial Projections)
____ Form PG (Program Characteristics and
Performance Goals)
____ Form OS (Off-Site Delivery of an Existing
Program Form) – if applicable
Changes to existing programs require only:
____ Form PC (Program Change)
Approvals
Name
1. Dean:
:
2. Graduate Council (Graduate
Programs only)
3. Deans’ Council Subcommittee on
New/Changed Programs (All
proposals)
5. Dean’s Council (All proposals)
6. Provost
7. Chancellor
8. UM VP Academic
Affairs/President/Curators
9. CBHE
Signature
Date
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Review and Approval of New Degree Programs
Develops
Dean
Approves
Provost
Approves
President
Proposal
Approve
Faculty
UM VP for
Academic Affairs
Dean’s Council
(all programs)
Graduate Council
(graduate
programs only)
Other Committee
as needed
Curators
Approves
CBHE
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APPROVAL PROCESS FOR NEW/CHANGED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Step 1
FACULTY
Step 2
DEAN
1. Develops concept
1. Reviews proposal
2. Completes CBHE
FORMS(a)
2. Approves and
sends to Provost
3. Works with
Admin Affairs
to develop a
budget(b)
4. Works with library
staff on needs
5. Gains approval of
unit’s faculty
6. Sends to dean
(a)
For new degree programs, CBHE Forms include:
(http://www.dhe.mo.gov/Acadafrs/progrev.htm)
Form NP (New Program Proposal Form)
Form SE (Student Enrollment Projections)
Form CL (Collaborative Programs)
Form PS (Program Structure)
Form FP (Financial Projections)
Form PG (Program Characteristics and
Performance Goals)
Form OS (Off-Site Delivery of an Existing
Program Form) – if applicable
Changes to existing programs require only:
Form PC (Program Change)
(b)
Step 3
PROVOST
1. Staff vets
proposals
2. Sends graduate
programs to
Graduate
Council for
review/advice
3. Sends undergraduate
proposals
to Deans’ Council
Subcom on
New Programs for
review/advice
4. Other committees
review as
appropirate
4. Deans Council
reviews and advises
5. Provost
approves
6. Provost sends
proposal to
Chancellor for
Step 4
UM VP for
ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS
1. Staff vets proposal
2. President approves
3. Curators approve
4. Forward proposal
to CBHE
Step 5
COORDINATING
BOARD
FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION
1. Staff vets proposal
2. CBHE approves
3. CBHE Commissioner
notifies UM President
4. UM President notifies
Chancellor…
DEFINITIONS
1. New bachelors, masters, doctorates, and graduate
certificates require approval of CBHE.
2. Options or Emphases are groupings of courses within a
bachelor’s or master’s degree program.
Options/Emphases appear on the students’ transcripts
but not on their diplomas.
Options/Emphases require CBHE approval. They may be
included in proposals for new degree programs, or they
can be added to existing degree programs by filing a
Program Change Form (Form PC).
3. Other groupings of courses (e.g. concentrations, focuses,
minors or tracks) require only the Provost’s approval.
Such groupings do not appear on students’ transcripts.
UMKC budget format replaces CBHE Form FP
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4. Deans can authorize and issue undergraduate
certificates.
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