Senate
Meeting schedule and agenda deadlines
Guidelines for Submission to GSC
The Senate Graduate Studies Committee shall provide the Senate with advice and recommendations concerning graduate program development, and policies and standards that relate to graduate studies.
General Regulations for Graduate Studies
Approval processes and flowcharts
Procedures for Graduate Course and Program Approval
GSC approves the approval processes for new and revised undergraduate courses and programs. The procedures document is an appendix to the Graduate Course and Program Approval policy (209), and contains several charts and flowcharts, which are also provided below for quick reference.
Courses
Program changes
New programs
Forms
For changes to exisiting courses, please request a Word version of the current outline from Graduate.Studies@ufv.ca. Copy all relevant information to the new form, then turn on Word's "track changes" feature before making revisions.
Learning outcomes
Relevant policies
Proposals for changes to existing programs should include a rationale memo, calendar copy, and any other relevant supporting documents. The desired implementation date should also be included.
To prepare the calendar copy, please copy text directly from the current Academic Calendar into Word and edit using the "track changes" feature. Only relevant sections of the calendar copy need to be included.
Memo Template
New program proposals should be developed in consultation with Program Development and Quality Assurance (PDQA).
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Resources for GSC include:
Associate Professor
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Abbotsford campus, A203N
Phone: 604-557-4081
email Zina
Assistant Professor
Program Chair, Master of Education
College of Arts
Abbotsford campus
email JoanneManager, Operations
Research and Graduate Studies
Abbotsford campus, G290h
Phone: 604-864-4639
email Ana