Forms

In order to facilitate the uniform review of proposals, as well as to assist proposing units with the fullest possible development of their programmatic strategies, many forms, templates and other proposal instruments have been developed. Below, please find links to some of these documents. As always, you are encouraged to contact (graduate.asu.edu/gapd/contact.html) the Graduate College at the earliest stages of proposal development.

  • New Graduate Degrees
    Templates and other information may be found at www.asu.edu/provost/curriculum.

  • Pre-approval Form: Graduate Concentrations and Certificates
    Prior to the development of a full-blown concentration or certificate proposal, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University wants to insure that all new concentrations and certificate initiatives be reviewed and implemented strategically from a university perspective. Please refer to the Office of the Provost Curriculum Development website for additional information regarding the Concentration and Certificate Pre-Approval Form.
    http://provost.asu.edu/files/Addendum.doc

  • New Graduate Concentration Proposals
    graduate.asu.edu/files/gapd/GradConcProposalProcs.doc
    Use this form if you are proposing to create a new concentration under an existing degree. Please note that a "concentration" is a subspecialty within a degree and major which reflects that the student has fulfilled a designated, specialized course of study.

  • Establishing Graduate Certificates
    graduate.asu.edu/files/gapd/estblGradCert.doc
    This form is for units proposing a graduate certificate. Please note that this form is for graduate certificates only.

  • Changes to Existing Graduate Academic Programs
     graduate.asu.edu/files/gapd/acaProgChange.docMS Word Document
    This form should be used when a unit is proposing a change to an already-approved academic program. These changes might include changes to the minimum required hours for a degree, a change to the culminating experience option(s) available to students in a program, a change in delivery format for a degree program, or the establishment of a dual or concurrent degree program.

  • Guidelines to Establish Bachelor's/Master's Accelerated Degree Programs
    (revised August 10, 2009)
    graduate.asu.edu/files/gapd/BachelorsMastersGuidelines012505.doc
    These guidelines describe the policies and guidelines for the development and implementation of an accelerated bachelor/master's degree program, when both the bachelor's and master's degrees are existing programs.

  • Proposal to Establish a Master's in Passing (MIP) - No Existing Master's Degree
    graduate.asu.edu/files/gapd/MIP_Proposal_05222008.doc
    This form can only be used when proposing to establish a Master's degree in Passing (MIP) under a PhD program that does not have a standalone master's degree in the same major as the PhD. The proposed major for the MIP must be identical to the major of the corresponding PhD program.

  • Proposal to Establish a Master's in Passing (MIP) - Existing Master's Degree
    graduate.asu.edu/files/gapd/MIP_Proposal_02102009.doc
    This form can only be used when proposing to establish a Master's degree in Passing (MIP) under a PhD program that does have a standalone master's degree that already exists in the same major as the PhD.