Graduate School: Program and Course Proposals

All new graduate program proposals must go through a pre-approval process. Contact Michael Stoloff (stolofml@jmu.edu) and Kristi Shackelford (shackekl@jmu.edu).

All course and program approvals will be processed online here. 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) 568-4064.

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 C&I 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, and
• 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 C & I Committee Membership (2019-20)

Dates & Deadlines 2019-2020

 Program Proposals

• All proposals must be submitted through Curriculog, the online curriculum system (https://jmu.curriculog.com/). If you have any questions about using the online system, contact curric@jmu.edu.
• College C&I committees, the college C&I 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 C&I process, contact Michael Stoloff (stolofml@jmu.edu) or Kristi Shackelford (shackekl@jmu.edu).