Undergraduate and Graduate Council

Fall 2024

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL

Tuesdays from 9-10am

Meeting Date Proposal Submission Deadline
September 3, 2024 August 20, 2024
September 17, 2024 September 3, 2024
October 1, 2024 September 17, 2024
October 15, 2024 October 1, 2024*
October 29, 2024 October 15, 2024
November 12, 2024 October 29, 2024
December 3, 2024 November 19, 2024

* Note: New undergraduate courses that are intended to commence in the Spring 2025 semester must be submitted by October 1, 2024. This is to ensure that the course is reviewed by the Undergraduate Council and processed by the Registrar's office in time for schedules to be set for Spring enrollment.

For updated course/program proposal forms and more information on the submission and approval process, please visit the website for .

GRADUATE COUNCIL

Mondays from 11am-12pm

Meeting Date Proposal Submission Deadline
September 9, 2024 August 26, 2024
September 30, 2024 September 16, 2024
October 28, 2024 October 14, 2024**
November 18, 2024 November 4, 2024

** Note: New graduate courses that are intended to commence in the Spring 2025 semester must be submitted by October 14, 2024. This is to ensure that the course is reviewed by the Graduate Council and processed by the Registrar's Office in time for the schedules to be set for Spring enrollment.

For updated course/program proposal forms and more information on the submission and approval process, please visit the website for .

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE REVIEW DATES***

Meeting Date Proposal Submission Deadline
September 3, 2024 August 13, 2024
September 24, 2024 September 3, 2024
October 8, 2024 September 17, 2024
October 29, 2024 October 8, 2024
November 5, 2024 October 15, 2024
November 26, 2024 November 5, 2024
December 10, 2024 November 19, 2024

*** All submissions to the EPC should come through the Dedman College Dean’s Office. Proposals must first be approved by the Undergraduate or Graduate Council; the Dean’s Office will then submit the approved proposal to the EPC on the department's behalf. Any new programs proposed to begin in the fall semester must receive EPC and Board approval by December of the preceding year.

For curricular changes requiring advance approval and/or notification by/to SACSCOC in time for inclusion in SMU's 2025-2026 University Catalog, the final Board of Trustees approval date is December 2024.

Please note that program proposals reviewed and recommended for approval by the EPC, Provost, and Board of Trustees in December 2024 will not be effective until Fall 2025.