Proposals for new degree programs, majors, minors, certificate programs and some graduate concentrations require pre-approval through the Provost Curriculum Conference (PCC) before they can be entered into Modern Campus Curriculum and proceed through the normal C&I process. In addition, the following proposals must also go through PCC preview prior to being entered into Modern Campus Curriculum:

• proposals that require resources
• proposals that affect general education as a whole
• proposals that significantly affect other programs across campus

Many kinds of new program proposals also require additional review through the Committee on Academic Programs (CAP), the Board of Visitors and/or SCHEV. For information on the levels of review required for various new program proposals, please see the flowcharts linked below.

Before you start work on any of the proposals listed above, please contact Paula Maxwell, Associate Vice Provost for Curriculum, at maxwelpj@jmu.edu. 

If your proposal for a new program also involves proposals for new courses, please bundle the courses with your new program proposal; please do not submit these new course proposals on Modern Campus Curriculum before your new program proposal has been approved at the PCC.