Graduate Council

Mission 

The mission of the Graduate Council is to promote graduate education, scholarship, and research; to support individuals, departments, and programs in the pursuit of excellence; to foster innovative, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary activities; and to maintain high ethical and academic standards in graduate studies.

Click here to download the Bylaws of the Graduate School.

Changes to Graduate Education at the University of Miami

Overview

Changes to existing courses, curriculums, programs, departments, school/colleges, degrees, certificates, and policies, as well as newly proposed programs, departments, school/colleges, degrees, certificates, and policies, are required to follow the University's governance process of review and approval.

Click here for an overview of various types of proposals that must be submitted to the Graduate Council. Some items require a vote by the members of the Graduate Council, whereas other items are considered notification items only. This list is not all-inclusive. If you have questions about whether or not an item needs to be reviewed by the Graduate Council, contact Dr. Tiffany Plantan, Executive Director of the Graduate School, at t.plantan@miami.edu or (305) 284-4154.

Process and Procedures

Proposers develop and submit a proposal through the University's Curriculum Information Management System (CIM). Click here to enter and submit a proposal through CIM (http://next-bulletin.miami.edu/programadmin). Once submitted, the proposal will move through an online workflow of review and/or approval at various levels. Once a proposer develops a proposal, it must undergo a formal review and approval process at the University before the item being proposed is implemented. 

For proposals related to graduate education at the University, the following are the minimum approvals that are required (some proposal require additional approvals):

1. School/College Council
2. Office of Assessment and Accreditation
3. Graduate Council*
4. General Welfare Committee
5. Faculty Senate
6. President
7. Registrar 
8. Board of Trustees (if applicable)

*When the proposal is routed to the Graduate Council through the online workflow, the proposer will be contacted by the Graduate School to present the proposal at a Graduate Council meeting (schedule below).  Following the Graduate Council meeting, the proposal will either be sent back in the workflow for edits, or moved forward in the workflow to the next step of the review/approval process. 

Curriculum Information Management (CIM) Instructions

For guidance on how to submit a proposal through CIM, please visit the Office of Assessment and Accrediatation's Academic Planning Website. In addition to providing proposal guidance and instructions, this website also provides a list of CIM liaisons by school/college who can assist you with your proposal, as well as approval flowcharts and deadlines.

Database of Graduate Council Proposals

Click here to download the Database of Graduate Council Proposals.  This database is updated at the end of each academic year.

Graduate Council Meeting Schedule Academic Year 2021-2022

Graduate Council Members Academic Year 2021-2022