Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs (CCGA) Resources

Proposal Submission

• Diversity Requirement for CCGA Proposals (8/19)
• Format for the Graduate Degree Program Proposal (Revised 8/19) (Appendix B of the CCGA Handbook)
• Systemwide Professional School Planning: Recommended Guidelines and Model (7/04)

Please send proposals to SenateProposalSubmission@ucop.edu. Your proposal will be receipted and routed to appropriate Senate staff.

Working with Graduate Students

• CCGA Statement on Faculty Responsibility (7/24)
• Interim guidance for faculty on the delineation of expectations for academic research versus employment from the APC Workgroup on the Future of UC Doctoral Programs (8/23)
• Guidelines for Directed Studies Courses (8/23)
• Example Syllabi for Directed Studies Courses — CCGA has collected representative examples of syllabi for 299, 599 and related courses that faculty may wish to consider when constructing their own syllabi that make the educational goals and content of their graduate-level directed studies courses clear:
  • Research Unit Class
  • PSYC 296/299 Syllabus
  • MIST 295: Graduate Research
  • PHD Research Syllabus Template (with expectations)
  • Independent Research Course Syllabus
  • PhD Independent Study Syllabus Template

Handbook

• CCGA Handbook (Revised 9/23)

Other Resources

• APC Workgroup on the Review & Approval of Master's Degree Programs (8/22)
• Best Practices for Mentorship in Graduate Education (8/17)
• The Compendium: Universitywide Review Processes For Academic Programs, Units, and Research Units (9/14 Revision)
• Council of Graduate Dean responses to CCGA inquiries (5/03)