New Degree and Certificate Proposal Process

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New Degree and Certificate Proposal Process

• New Degree and Certificate Proposal Process Checklist                                                                               (this file is a PDF. Please also refer to the Signature form)

• New Degree and Certificate Signature form

• Feasibility Study Template

• Title IV (Federal Student Aid) Program Eligibility Determination Form

• Budget Template/Form

• New Degree Proposals

• Minor Degree Proposal Process

Contact the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education before completing the HLC Forms below:

• HLC Program Screening Form for new Certificates 

• HLC Program Screening Form for new Degree Programs

Existing Degree or Certificate Change Forms/Documents:

• Existing Degree/Certificate Program Change Request Checklist

• Looking to make a CIP Code change? Please check out the IPEDS CIP Codes list to find program codes with explanations. See link here: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/browse.aspx?y=55 

Contact the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education before completing the HLC forms below:

• HLC Screening Form for Changes to Existing Degree Programs

• HLC Screening form for Changes to Existing Certificate Program

*For programs wishing to make concentration changes: Please fill out the UW Existing Degree change form, but do not complete the HLC change documents. Instead please contact VPUE Michelle Hilaire at mhilaire@uwyo.edu to discuss all concentration changes for our HLC Accrediting body. Thank you.