UCSF Compendium: Universitywide Review Processes for
Academic Programs, Academic Units, and Research Units

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

  1. Campus Five-Year Planning Perspectives for Academic Programs and Academic Units
  2. Academic Degree Programs
    1. Establishment of New Graduate Degree Programs
    2. Name Changes of Graduate Degree Programs
    3. Transfer, Consolidation, Discontinuance, or Disestablishment of a Graduate Degree Program
    4. Review/Re-Review of Joint Graduate Degree Programs
    5. Self-supporting Graduate Degree Programs
    6. Graduate Degree Programs with Unique Titles
    7. Interdepartmental and Inter-campus Graduate Programs
  3. Academic Units
    1. Academic Departments
      1. Establishment of an Academic Department
      2. Name Change of an Academic Department
      3. Transfer, Consolidation, Discontinuance, or Disestablishment of an Academic Department
    2. Schools and Colleges
      1. Establishment of New Schools and Colleges
      2. Name Changes of Schools and Colleges
      3. Transfer, Consolidation, or Discontinuance, or Disestablishment of Schools or Colleges
  4. Establishment of Graduate Academic Certificate Programs
    1. University of California Certificate
    2. Campus Academic Unit Certificate
  5. Courses and Instruction
    1. Establishment of New Courses
    2. Changes to Existing Courses
  6. Research Units
    1. Organized Research Units (ORUs)
      1. Establishing a New ORU
      2. Administrative Procedures
      3. Annual Reports and Five-Year Program Review
    2. Multi-campus Research Units (MRUs)
      1. Establishment of New MRUs
      2. MRU Leadership and Appointments, Administrative Operations, and Annual Reports
      3. Procedure for Five-Year Reviews
      4. Name Changes of MRUs
      5. Sunset Reviews of MRUs
      6. Disestablishment of MRUs
    3. Outside Research Affiliations Agreements (MOU)
  7. Non-ORU Research Centers
    1. Establishment of Non-ORU Centers
    2. Review Procedure
  8. Systemwide Academic Units
  9. Accelerated Review Schedule for any Action
  10. Role of the Budget and Resource Management Office
  11. Endowed Chairs
  12. Affiliation Agreements
  13. Other Useful Information
  14. Appendices
    1. Academic Program or Unit Actions Routing Sheet (UC Irvine)
    2. UCSF Campus Review Process for Academic Programs, Academic Units, and Research Units
    3. ORU Review Process
    4. UCSF Campus Review Process for Academic Programs, Academic Units, and Research Units