Proposing a New Graduate Certificate

• Call the Office of Graduate Certificates at 813-974-2442 to discuss
  the nature of the graduate certificate to be proposed.

• Open the Graduate Certificate Proposal form and save to your computer. (If you have difficulty opening the form, please update to Adobe Reader 8 from the icon in the column on the right.)Complete the form, then, submit an electronic draft to Certificate Proposal for initial review.

• Once the draft has been reviewed by Graduate Certificates and any needed revisions are complete, have the proposal signed by your department chair/director. If the certificate is interdisciplinary in nature, please get a letter of support from departments whose courses are included in the certificate curriculum.

• Submit the proposal to your college dean's office for review by the College Committee and the dean. Obtain the signatures of the
  college committee chair and college dean.

• Submit the original, fully-signed proposal to Graduate Certificates
  in SVC1072. Keep a copy of the signed version for your files.
  Please also send an electronic copy of the final version of the proposal to Certificate Proposal for posting on the Graduate Council web site. Once the signed proposal is received, Graduate Certificates will request that it be placed on the Graduate Council agenda for review.

Steps to Approval

• Draft proposal is approved by Graduate Certificates

• Proposal is approved by department chair/director, college committee and college dean

• Office of Graduate Certificates schedules review by Graduate Council

• Proposal is reviewed by the Graduate Council Curriculum Subcommittee

• If approved by the Curriculum Subcommittee, the proposal is then
  sent to the full Graduate Council for final approval

• Once the proposal is fully approved, the Office of Graduate Certificates arranges for the new certificate program to be set up for student enrollment in Banner and OASIS