New Policy

The following policies were approved at the January 18, 2025 Graduate Council meeting:

Assistantships and Academic Warning. This policy states that a decision to remove a student's eligibility for an assistantship based on GPA will be made following the original assistantship contract end date. 

Accelerated Graduate Programs. This policy allows programs to permit and encourage outstanding undergraduate students to begin graduate programs prior to completion of the undergraduate degree. 

Procedures for submitting proposals to offer Accelerated Graduate Programs has been established. Please use this form to submit your proposal. An example of a completed form is also available. Please direct questions to Paula Maxwell maxwelpj@jmu.edu.

All new graduate program proposals must go through a pre-approval process. Contact Paula Maxwell maxwelpj@jmu.edu.

All course and program approvals will be processed online. Faculty members enter course and program information into secure Web forms and approvers are notified through email when course proposals are ready for review

The online curriculum system is available for the following:

• Creating new courses or programs
• Modifying existing courses or programs
• Deleting existing courses, programs, or concentrations
• Requesting new subject identifiers

If you have problems accessing the above sites or have questions, please email curric@jmu.edu or call (540) 568-7998.

Graduate Council Process - The Graduate council has elected a curriculum committee that is responsible for reviewing and approving program and course additions, changes and deletions on behalf of the Graduate Council. This Curriculum Committee reviews curriculum from a university-wide perspective and considers, among other things:

• The clarity of the proposal
• The appropriateness and value of the curriculum as graduate-level experiences
• Any potential impact of the curriculum offered by one department on other departments
• Whether all departments agree to participate in programs that list courses offered by multiple departments

This committee functions independently of the Graduate Council, will report its actions to the Graduate Council, and will seek the advice of the larger council before taking action on matters that are likely to have significant cross-university implications.

Graduate Council Curriculum Committee Membership (2025-2026)

Dates & Deadlines 2025-2026

Program Proposals

• All proposals must be submitted through "Modern Campus Curriculum", the online curriculum system (https://jmu.curriculog.com/). If you have any questions about using the online system, contact curric@jmu.edu.
• College curriculum committees, the college curriculum chair and the dean must approve the proposal and move it to The Graduate School review status in Curriculog by the provided dates.
• For general questions about the graduate curriculum process, contact Linda Thomas (thoma7lm@jmu.edu) or Paula Maxwell (maxwelpj@jmu.edu).