Indicative Proposal for a New Programme (formerly Form 1S)

Timeline for submission of an Indicative Proposal for a New Programme

Indicative Proposal for a New Programme (new qualification or new major subject or endorsement or minor subject)

When preparing an indicative proposal, a proposer must complete Section 1 of the template and submit it to their Divisional Academic Specialist. If an indicative proposal requires approval of more than PVC, the Divisional Academic Specialists will coordinate this.

If the PVC/PVCs support progressing the indicative proposal to the next stage, engagement with the Strategy, Analytics, and Reporting Office (SARO) is required to complete Section 2 of the template.

Once Section 2 has been completed, the indicative proposal should again be submitted to the Divisional Academic Specialist who will provide it to the PVC/PVCs for evaluation. The PVC/PVCs will determine whether the indicative proposal should be lodged with the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (DVC(A)) for consideration by the DVCs/PVCs Advisory Group (DVCs/PVCs).

A full New Programme Proposal should only be developed once approval is obtained from the DVCs/PVCs. Feedback from the DVCs/PVCs should be considered and incorporated into the full proposal.

Indicative proposals for new programmes should be completed in time to allow full proposals to progress to CUAP Round 1 the following year. Proposals progressing to CUAP Round 1 should be submitted to November Divisional Board at the latest. It is recommended that indicative proposals should be timed to begin engagement with SARO no later than the start of July and completed indicative proposals should be lodged with the DVC(A)’s office no later than the start of August, for consideration by the DVCs/PVCs. Specific dates for each year’s deadlines may be requested from Divisional Academic Specialists.

• Indicative Proposal for a New Programme template (formerly Form 1S) (DOCX)
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