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 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 Alex Mas at amas@miami.edu or (305) 284-4154.
Proposers develop and submit a proposal through the University's Curriculum Information Management System (CIM). Click here to develop and submit a proposal through CIM. Before beginning your proposal, you may want to connect with Dr. Patty Murphy at pattymurphy@miami.edu in University Accreditation for guidance and CIM support.
The University Accreditation website has guidelines for proposers, flowcharts, and CIM liaisons listed by school/college.
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):
*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.
Click here to download the Database of Graduate Council Proposals. This database is updated at the end of each academic year.
Fall 2025 |
Materials Due By |
August 19 | August 11 |
September 16 | September 8 |
October 21 | October 13 |
November 18 | November 10 |
Spring 2026
Spring 2026 |
Materials Due By |
January 20 | January 12 |
February 17 | February 9 |
March 17 | March 9 |
April 21 | April 13 |
School/College |
Council Member |
Appointed until May 31 of year indicated below |
School of Architecture | Allan Shulman Alternate: Lily Wong |
2027 |
College of Arts and Sciences | Michelle Afkhami Steven Butterman Alternate: Joel Nickels Alternate: Chaoming Song |
2026 |
Miami Herbert Business School | Sammi Tang Alternate: Nina Huang |
2028 |
School of Communication | Nick Carcioppolo Alternate: Queenie Li | 2028 |
School of Education and Human Development | Moataz Eltoukhy Alternate: Bruce Baker |
2027 |
College of Engineering | Courtney Dumont Alternate: Murat Erkoc |
2027 |
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science | Dave Nolan Alternate: Maria Josefina Olascoaga |
2028 |
Miller School of Medicine | Pedro Salas Alternate: Jae Lee |
2026 |
Frost School of Music | Brian Powell Alternate: Kim Josephson |
2026 |
School of Nursing and Health Studies | Saribel Quinones Alternate: Cynthia Foronda |
2027 |
Graduate Student Association | Stacey Swanson | 2026 |
Ex-Officio
Nicole Leeper Piquero, Interim Dean, Gradaute School
Elizabeth Fish, Associate Dean, University Libraries
Gradaute Faculty Representatives to the Faculty Senate
Mitsunori Ogihara, College of Arts and Sciences, Primary Senator (2028)
Tim Watson, College of Arts and Sciences, Primary Senator (2028)
Gema Pérez-Sánchez, College of Arts and Sciences, Alternate Senator (2027)
Niam Yaraghi, Miami Herbert Business School, Alternate Senator (2028)
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