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Review Process List

Program

Process Type

Approval Requirement(s)

Certificate

Initiate program

University System Office (SO) notification for standalone certificates; University approval only for embedded certificates.

Concentration
(of a degree / major)

Initiate program

SO notification

Core curriculum

Add, alter, or remove courses

Areas A-E: Regents Academic Advisory Committee (RAAC) and Council on General Education (CGE) approval; Area F: RAAC approval

Deactivation of a program

Deactivate all program types or offerings

SO notification for deactivation. BOR approval for termination of degree/major programs.

Degree / Major

Initiate face-to-face or distance education degree/major

Board of Regents (BOR) approval

Distance education

Offer 50% + of program via distance education means

SO notification

Dual degree within GSU

Initiate program

SO notification two weeks prior to implementation.

Dual degree between GSU and another institution

Initiate program

SO notification two weeks prior to implementation; a copy of the documentation required by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is submitted to SO

External instructional site

Add external site

University System Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) approval

External instruction

Offer 50% + of program at external campus or contracted site

SO administrative approval

Interdisciplinary concentration
(university-level)

Initiate program

SO notification

Joint degree within GSU

Initiate new program or partnership

New program: BOR approval; Existing program with new partnership: SO notification

Joint degree between GSU and another institution

Initiate new program or partnership

New program: BOR approval; Existing program with new partnership: SO notification

Minor

Initiate program

SO notification two weeks prior to implementation.

Rename program

Rename title of degree/major, concentration, minor, or certificate

SO approval for degree/major; SO notification for concentration, minor, certificate

Substantive change

Alter program significantly in manner not covered by other processes

AAC approval