For consideration by Graduate Council (GC) at its monthly meeting in Month B, a proposal should be received (complete) at the Graduate School by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday following the GC meeting in Month A, so that it can be posted to the Graduate Curriculum Proposal Tracking Chart http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/gradcouncil/Curricula/curricula.php on Friday at the end of that week and reviewed by committee members for the committee meeting on the 2nd Monday of Month B to consider proposal. Once the curriculum committee considers the proposal, it will either be approved or sent back for revisions. If revisions are requested and made within one week of the curriculum committee meeting, the proposal will be placed on the GC meeting agenda on the Wednesday before the GC meeting in Month B. For example, the submission deadline following the August 25 Graduate Council meeting is Wednesday, August 27, and the submission deadline for the October 27 Grad Council meeting is Wednesday, October 29.

Janice Byrd (GS administrative coordinator, 7-4243, byrdja@mailbox.sc.edu) receives and scans (if needed) all proposals. Alice Hartzog (IT Administrative Assistant, 7-7501, ach@sc.edu) places these on the website and notifies the committee chairs of their presence. Curriculum committee chairs notify their committee members and manage the approval process. Decisions of the curricular committees are communicated by the chairs of the curriculum committees to Janice Byrd (for placement on the agenda) and to the curriculum proposal contact person of the relevant department. Revised proposals should be transmitted back to the committee chair, who will forward revisions to Janice Byrd so that they can be updated on the Graduate Curriculum Proposal Tracking Chart for consideration by GC and for archiving of GC records.