New York University Graduate Commission
New Program Proposal Submission Guidelines
The Graduate Commission reviews all new master's and doctoral program proposals to ensure that each of NYU's schools with graduate components maintains comparable standards of work for the degrees and that there is no curricular overlap between or among the schools. The Commission is composed of one dean, one faculty member, and one student representative from each school with a graduate program. The Commission does not review new program concentrations, however they must be submitted to New York State Education Department via the Office of Academic Program Review.
Each new program proposal must pass four levels of review in the following order:
1. School level
2. University level: Graduate Commission, which reviews new program proposals four times each academic year (see meeting dates and deadlines tables below)
3. Office of Academic Program Review
4. The New York State Education Department
New program proposals that are submitted to the Commission must contain the following data (see below under new program proposals), as outlined by the Office of Academic Program Review. Please note that the criteria for master's, doctoral, and licensure qualifying programs are different (see below) and that the items noted for exclusion by or optional for the Graduate Commission ARE REQUIRED to be submitted to the Office of Academic Program Review and the New York State Education Department.
Meeting Dates and Deadlines 2013-2014
All meetings take place in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Humanities Initiative, which is located at 20 Cooper Square (at East 5th Street) and are scheduled from 10am-11:30am.
Meeting Date
Submission Deadline
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013 (6pm)
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013 (6pm)
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014 (6pm)
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014 (6pm)
Submission of Proposals
Submissions received after the deadline will only go to the Commission for review at the discretion of the Chair.
One electronic file should be sent in Word format or PDF to Dale Rejtmar by the submission deadline date. This electronic document should include the following information on the cover page: a memo addressed to the Graduate Commission with the following:
1. Degree and title of the new program, e.g. M.A. in Modern Architecture or Master of Science in Neuropathology
2. Complete name of the school submitting the proposal followed by the division/department/program
3. Name, title(s), and contact information for the school faculty member or administrator who is overseeing the proposal through the various stages of review.
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4. Include in the body of your e-mail (along with your proposal submission) the name, title(s), and contact information for the individual who will be giving a brief (5 minute) presentation and answering questions from the Commission members at the meeting. This person should be the school faculty member or administrator who is overseeing the proposal through the various stages of review, however it may be someone else. Finally, this individual must be available for a 15- to 20-minute block of time between 10am-11:30am on the meeting date.
New Program Proposals
NOTE: Items specified for exclusion by or optional for the Graduate Commission ARE REQUIRED to be submitted to the Office of Academic Program Review and the New York State Education Department.Master's Programs
Include all materials outlined in the Office of Academic Program Review's web site excluding Budget Table 4 (found under Task 5) and the Projected Revenue Related to the Proposed Program table (No. 1 under "Additional Requirements")
Note: Include Faculty curricula vitae for those who will be teaching in the proposed program.
Doctoral Programs
Include all materials outlined in the Office of Academic Program Review's web site excluding Budget Tables 6, 7, and 8 in Item 3 (Financial Resources)
Note: The Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan should be included in your proposal.
Note: Include Faculty curricula vitae for those who will be teaching in the proposed program.
Licensure Qualifying Programs
Include all materials outlined in the Office of Academic Program Review's web site excluding Section 4 (Description of Costs of the New Program), and Sections 9 and 12 (Funding)
Note: Include Section 11 (External Evaluation) and Faculty curricula vitae for those who will be teaching in the proposed program.
Note to FAS-GSAS Departments and Programs: New degree program proposals should only come to the Graduate Commission after they've been submitted to and approved by (in this order): (1) Department/Program approval, (2) The GSAS Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC), and (3) The FAS Faculty. Throughout this process the new program administrator should be in contact with Russ Hamberger in the Office of Academic Program Review. In addition, the new program administrator should be in contact with the GSAS Office of Academic and Student Affairs, which oversees the GSAS Graduate Curriculum Committee.
Graduate Commission 2012-2013
Please go here for a list of the composition of the Commission
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