Staff members who are preparing academic proposals should seek advice from experts within their Divisions. The contacts for each Division are set out below:
Humanities: http://www.otago.ac.nz/contacts/dunedin/index.html?dept=human
Academic: Associate Dean Graduate and Associate Dean Academic
General: Academic Manager
Sciences: http://www.otago.ac.nz/contacts/dunedin/index.html?dept=science
General: Administration Manager and Assistant Administrator, Academic Affairs
Commerce: http://www.otago.ac.nz/contacts/dunedin/index.html?dept=commerce
Academic: Associate Dean Postgraduate and Associate Dean Academic
General: Information and Special Projects Officer
Health Sciences: http://www.otago.ac.nz/contacts/dunedin/index.html?dept=healthsci
Academic: Associate Dean (Academic)
General: Director, Policy and Programmes and Academic Committees and Project Officer
Resource Documents
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- Form 1S and Form 1 Important notes for applicants (82KB Word doc)
- Form 3 Important notes for applicants (81KB Word doc)
- Special Topics Guidelines (263KB Word doc)
- Process for Approval of Papers being offered in Summer School (25KB Word doc)
- Form 9 Notes for reinstating suspended papers (30KB Word doc)
- 200-300 multi-level paper guidelines (34KB Word doc)
- 300-400 multi-level paper guidelines (76KB Word doc)
- Outcomes for 480/490 papers (27KB Word doc)
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Forms for Academic Proposals
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- Form 1S Indicative Proposal for New Qualification or New Major Subject or Endorsement (24KB Word doc)
- Form 1 Proposal for New Qualification or New Major Subject or Endorsement (46KB Word doc)
- Form 2 Proposal to Amend Regulations (28KB Word doc)
- Form 3 Proposal for New Paper (70KB Word doc)
- Form 3ST Proposal for New Special Topics (67KB Word doc)
- Form 4 Proposal to Amend Title of Paper, Prescriptions, Prerequisites, Restrictions or Points Values (26KB Word doc)
- Form 5 Deletion of Programme (qualification, major subject, endorsement) or Paper (26KB Word doc)
- Form 6 Proposal to change teaching period or teaching mode of a paper (59KB Word doc)
- Form 7 Proposal for new Summer School Paper (24KB Word doc)
- Form 9 Reinstatement of a suspended paper (30KB Word doc)
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Further information
Questions related to these proposal forms should be directed to your Divisional Office in the first instance, as they will need to be approved by the Divisional Board before coming to the Board of Undergraduate Studies or the Board of Graduate Studies.
If you have any questions related to submitting to these Boards, please feel free to contact the Academic Committees Office. The Manager, Gary Witte, and Administrator, Jane Hinkley, are located in Rooms G23 and G24 on the ground floor of the Clocktower Building, University of Otago (Dunedin campus).
You can telephone Gary Witte on 64 3 479 8256 or email gary.witte@otago.ac.nz; or contact Jane Hinkley on 64 3 479 6531 or email jane.hinkley@otago.ac.nz.
