Faculty of Arts and Science

Priorities & Process for the Development of New Programs/Plans

December 2014

To ensure that the Associate Deans and the Faculty Curriculum Team can adequately support Departments in their development of new programs, the following Faculty priorities will be used to assess new programs for the next couple of years.

1. The program is academically sound and has a high degree of academic integrity; 2. The program will attract new students to the Faculty; 3. The program will be financially sustainable; 4. The program will promote new or enhanced relationships with external partner institutions; 5. The Department is committed to the long-term support and promotion of the new program.

The process for initiating a new program proposal includes:

1. Discussion of the initial idea for a new program within the Department to ensure the Department is willing to support it before Pre-Approval process starts.

2. Consultation by the Department Head with both the Associate Dean responsible for the Department (Jessup, Lemieux, Smith) and the Associate Dean who is part of the Faculty Undergraduate Curriculum Team (Benard, Horton, Ravenscroft); consultation with Associate Dean Jessup for Graduate programs.

3. Consultation with Cormac Evans, Director, Strategic Initiatives to verify feasibility. 4. Development of New Program Pre-Approval form within the Department. 5. Pre-Approval form signed by the Department Head and then the Dean.

Once approved, program development would follow the normal curricular and QUQAPs processes.

How The Faculty Office Can Help:

Development of a new program requires consultation with students, staff, faculty, and shared services. Additionally, an evaluation of student demand for the program is needed as well as a scan of similar programs to help establish the need for the program.

FOR SUPPORT: Please call Cormac Evans ext. 78580 or email: evansc@queensu.ca

New Program Approvals

Proposals for all “brand” new undergraduate programs, regardless of whether or not the University will be applying for provincial funding, require internal approval by the Queen’s Senate and must also be appraised by the QC Appraisal Committee.

IMPORTANT: Once you have plans to develop a new program, certificate, diploma etc., please follow the 5 steps outlined above in the ‘Process for Initiating a New Program Proposal’ before starting the Pre-Approval process.

Also, please keep in mind that the development of a new program will take 12- 18 months. Thus, timeline development is important.