Timelines to Approval by Program Type
| Program Type | Approval Stages | Approximate time from proposal to first cohort |
| Doctoral | AI, GC, System AA, BoC, DHEWD. Possibly HLC if a new CIP code. External review? | 24 months |
| Master’s | AI, GC, System AA, BoC, DHEWD. Possibly HLC if a new CIP code. | 18 months |
| UG Major | AI, UCC, System AA, BoC, DHEWD. Possibly HLC if a new CIP code. | 18 months |
| UG Minor | AI, UCC. | 6 months |
| Certificate (Grad or UG) | AI, UCC/GC, DHEWD, HLC, USDE. | 12 months |
| Emphasis Area (Transcripted) | AI, UCC/GC, DHEWD. | 3 months |
| Re-booting dormant degrees | If dormant for more than two years, follow procedure for program type listed above. If dormant for less than two years, proposed change will be treated as a program revision and routed to the appropriate workflow. | 3-18 months (depending on period of dormancy) |
| Interest Area (Non-transcripted) | Treated as program revisions subject to campus review. | 3 months |
*Unit-level review and approval of new programs should occur concurrently with review by Academic Innovation and must be completed before review by the UCC/Grad Council.
Glossary of Abbreviations
