FORMAT 3
Submit original with signatures + 2 copies to the Faculty Senate Office; 
and email electronic copy to fysenat@uaf.edu

NEW DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST
(UA Regulation 10.04.020)

NOTE:	Because of the extensive reviews required to initiate a new graduate degree program, consultation with Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee during early phases of the request preparation is strongly recommended.  This will allow for a more efficient review and, more importantly, it will provide the department with up-to-date information about which aspects of the request can be expected to receive particular attention at the final higher levels of review.  The department may be requested to obtain outside reviews of the new program proposal.

Submit the request according to the following format: (Please number pages and include a table of contents.)

I. 	Cover Memorandum should include:
	A. 	Name of person preparing request

	B. 	Brief statement of the proposed program, its objectives and career opportunities. It is essential that the objectives of the program be clearly identified so that the activity may be evaluated in terms of how successfully it fulfills its stated objectives.

	C.	Provision for approval signatures of: 
			Department Head 
			Curriculum Council Chair 
			Dean 
			Dean of Graduate School (if graduate request) 
			President, UAF Faculty Senate 
			Chancellor 
			President 
			Board of Regents

II.  	Identification of the Program  (All pages should be numbered.)
	A.	Description of the Program
		1.	Program title
		2.	Credential level of the program, if appropriate
		3.	Admissions requirements and prerequisites
		4.	Course descriptions of required and recommended elective courses.  (For new courses, use FORMAT 1; to revise courses, use FORMAT 2)
		5.	Requirements for the degree. 
			a.  Include a sample course of study and a 3-Year Cycle of course offerings.  
			b.  Include a proposed general catalog layout copy of the program with short descriptive paragraph.  

	B.	Program Goals
		1.	Brief identification of objectives and subsequent means for their evaluation
		2.	Relationship of program objectives to "Purposes of the University"
		3.	Occupational/other competencies to be achieved
		4.	Relationship of courses to the program objectives

III.	Personnel Directly Involved with Program
	A. 	List of faculty involved in the program including brief statement of duties and qualifications 
	B. 	Administrative and coordinating personnel 
	C. 	Classified personnel

IV.	Enrollment Information
	A.	Projected enrollment/present enrollment
	B.   	How determined/who surveyed/how surveyed
	C.   	Minimum enrollments to maintain program for years 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
	D.   	Maximum enrollment which program can accommodate
	E.   	Special restrictions on enrollments

V.	Need for Program
	A. 	Required for other programs. In what way? How has this requirement been met to date?
	B. 	Employment market needs:
		1. 	Who surveyed? How? (Standard procedures should be developed for this.)
		2. 	Job opportunities now, and two, five, and ten years from now. How were these predictions determined? (Local, regional, State surveys?) (Standard procedures should be developed for this.)
		3.	How have positions been filled to date?

VI.	Other
	This permits consideration of additional justifying information which might not fit under III and IV above. Caution should be exercised to assure that the need for program is clearly established and that enrollment requirements are proposed and agreed upon at the time of the program's approval. Examples might be low enrollment programs in Alaska Native Languages, Alaska Native Arts, etc.

VII.	Resource Impact
	A. 	Budget (complete the Resource Commitment Form)
	B. 	Facilities/space needs
	C. 	Credit hour production
	D. 	Faculty
	E. 	Library/Media materials, equipment and services:  Have you reviewed the Library/Media material, equipment and services needed by this proposed action with the Library Collection Development Officer? (Karen Jensen, 6695)

VIII. Relation of Program to other Programs within the System
	A.	Effects on enrollments elsewhere in the system
	B.	Does it duplicate/approximate programs anywhere in the system?
		If so, what is the justification for the duplication?
	C.	How does the program relate to research or service activities?
		1.	Contributions to research or service
		2.	Benefits from research or service activities

IX.	Implementation/Termination
	A.	Date of implementation
	B.	Plans for recruiting students
	C.	Termination date (if any)
	D.	Plans for phasing out program if it proves unsuccessful
	E.	Assessment of the program.  (Include a Student Outcomes Assessment Plan.  To avoid delays, submit the plan for review by Provost Susan Henrichs before submitting the new program request. )

X.	Regents Guidelines
	The Board of Regents require the completion of the Program Approval Summary Form.  The form is provided online at:
http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd/index.html

XI.	Draft Prospectus
The prospectus for a new program is sent to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities after approval by the Board of Regents.  NWCCU review may take as long as 90 days following receipt of the program prospectus.  Creating the draft and including it with the Format 3 paperwork will facilitate the submission of the formal prospectus.

Much of the information required for the prospectus will already have been assembled while producing the Format 3 new degree program request.  Instructions and a template are provided online at:
http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd/index.html