Undergraduate and Graduate Council
Spring 2025
UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL
Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30amam
| Meeting Date | Proposal Submission Deadline |
| January 29, 2025 | January 15, 2025 |
| February 12, 2025 | January 29, 2025 |
| February 26, 2025 | February 12, 2025* |
| March 12, 2025 | February 26, 2025 |
| March 26, 2025 | March 12, 2025 |
| April 9, 2025 | March 26, 2025 |
| April 23, 2025 | April 9, 2025 |
* Note: New undergraduate courses that are intended to commence in the Summer 2025 or Fall 2025 semesters must be submitted by February 12, 2025. 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 Summer/Fall enrollment.
For updated course/program proposal forms and more information on the submission and approval process, please visit the website for New Course and Program Proposals.
GRADUATE COUNCIL
Wednesdays from 1-2pm
| Meeting Date | Proposal Submission Deadline |
| January 29, 2025 | January 15, 2025 |
| February 26, 2025 | February 12, 2025** |
| March 26, 2025 | March 12, 2025 |
| April 23, 2025 | April 9, 2025 |
** Note: New graduate courses that are intended to commence in the Fall 2025 semester must be submitted by February 12, 2025. 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 Fall enrollment.
For updated course/program proposal forms and more information on the submission and approval process, please visit the website for New Course and Program Proposals.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE REVIEW DATES***
| Meeting Date | Proposal Submission Deadline |
| January 28, 2025 | January 7, 2025 |
| February 11, 2025 | January 21, 2025 |
| February 25, 2025 | February 4, 2025 |
| March 25, 2025 | March 4, 2025 |
| April 8, 2025 | March 18, 2025 |
| April 22, 2025 | April 1, 2025 |
*** 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.
Please note that program proposals reviewed and recommended for approval by the EPC, Provost, and Board of Trustees in the Spring 2025 semester will not be effective until Fall 2026.
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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 New Course and Program Proposals.
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 New Course and Program Proposals.
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.