New Degree Program Forms

THECB New Doctoral or Professional Program Proposal

THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet

Approval Process

Internal Review

1. The school dean completes and submits the UT Dallas Planning Notification request form to the provost; then they will schedule a meeting to discuss the new doctoral proposal before proceeding.
2. Program and/or school faculty may schedule a consultation with Dr. Serenity Rose King, associate vice president for institutional success and decision support (AVPISDS), to expedite the planning notification and degree review processes. Dr. King can be reached by email or by telephone, 972.883.6749.
3. Upon the provost’s agreement, the Office of Institutional Success and Decision Support (OISDS) will submit the requested planning notification via the THECB portal.
4. Upon receipt of the planning notification, THECB will send the Labor Market Information (LMI); the AVPISDS will notify the program and/or school faculty.
5. Institution must wait a full year before completing the full doctoral proposal.
6. Program or school faculty prepare and complete the doctoral program proposal form and THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet
   1. NOTE: If the proposed doctoral program is self-supporting, check the funding on the form and make references in THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet that the program is self-supporting and identify the funding model (e.g., cohort or executive education).
7. Evidence of vote/approval by program and/or school faculty^[1]
8. Endorsement from the school dean
9. Program or school faculty submit the completed doctoral program proposal form and any other appropriate paperwork as needed to Dr. King, by email; she will review and route the request through the governance approval process.
10. Graduate Council approval
11. Committee on Educational Policy approval
12. Academic Council/Senate approval
13. Upon Academic Senate approval, OISDS will prepare paperwork to secure appropriate signatures from the president and the vice president of budget and finance and, as needed, the provost.
14. OISDS submits paperwork for external review and approval.

NOTE: Due to the requirement of waiting one full year before the doctoral or professional program can be submitted, it will now take another year or more for approval process to be completed.

External Review

1. UT System Office of Academic Affairs approval
2. UT System Board of Regents approval
3. THECB approval
4. Southern Association Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) approval per substantive change policy

THECB Bachelor’s or Master’s Form for Less than 50% New Content (using existing courses)

THECB Bachelor’s or Master’s Form for More than 50% New Content (offering new courses)

THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet (to accompany the form for more than 50% New Content)

Approval Process

Internal Review

1. Review THECB’s Factors to Consider: Degree Program Change or New Degree Program Request.
2. The school dean completes and submits the UT Dallas Planning Notification request form to the provost; then they will schedule a meeting to discuss the new degree proposal before proceeding.
3. Program and/or school faculty may schedule a consultation with Dr. Serenity Rose King, associate vice president for institutional success and decision support (AVPISDS), to expedite the planning notification and degree proposal processes. Dr. King can be reached at email or by telephone, 972.883.6749.
4. Upon the provost’s agreement, the Office of Institutional Success and Decision Support (OISDS) will submit the requested planning notification via the THECB portal.
5. Upon receipt of the planning notification, THECB will send the Labor Market Information (LMI) for the proposed program; the AVPISDS will notify the program and/or school faculty.
6. Program and/or school faculty prepare and complete the appropriate forms depending on whether the proposed degree has less than 50% new content or not.
   1. If your school/program uses existing courses that are less than 50% of new content and also use existing faculty and resources, use this form: THECB Bachelor’s or Master’s Form for Less than 50% New Content.
   2. If your school/program will add new courses containing or more than 50% new content, use this form: THECB Bachelor’s or Master’s Form for More than 50% New Content. Also, complete and submit the THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet.
   3. NOTE: If the proposed program is self-supporting, check the funding model on the appropriate form as indicated, make references in the THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet that the program is self-supporting and identify the funding model (e.g., cohort or executive education).
7. Evidence of vote/approval by program and/or school faculty^[1]
8. Endorsement from the school dean
9. Program or school faculty submit one of the completed THECB Proposal forms, either (1) the form for less than 50% new content or (2) the form for more than 50% new content. The THECB Enrollment & Budget Spreadsheet will need to be submitted with the form for more than 50% new content. Email the forms to Dr. King, who will review and route the request through the governance approval process.
10. Council for Undergraduate Education or Graduate Council approval or both
11. Committee on Educational Policy approval
12. Academic Council/Senate approval
13. Upon Academic Senate approval, OISDS will prepare paperwork to secure appropriate signatures from the president and the vice president of budget and finance, and as needed, the provost.
14. OISDS submits paperwork for external review and approval.

External Review

1. UT System Office of Academic Affairs approval
2. THECB approval
3. Southern Association Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) approval per substantive change policy