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Available guides cover graduate and undergraduate course and program approval, proposal reviews, course numbering, and more.

UCLA Compendium for the Approval of Academic Programs and Academic Units

Guide includes detailed flow charts and brief descriptions of the routing and approval processes for establishing undergraduate and graduate degrees, departments, school/colleges, as well as the transfer, consolidation, or disestablishment of programs.

Course Approval Manual

Guide includes procedures for requesting course approvals, and detailed instructions for preparing and submitting requests for creating and revising programs.

Undergraduate Program Proposal Template

Guide includes the template when preparing proposals for new undergraduate academic programs or for substantive changes to existing programs.

State-Supported Graduate Program Proposal Template

Guide includes detailed instructions for submitting requests for program revisions and new programs; policies for establishing certificates and self-supporting programs, and guidelines for transferring, consolidating, or discontinuing a graduate program.

Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Program (SSGPDP) Proposal

Guidelines for the Development of New Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Program Proposals at UCLA.

Undergraduate Distance Education Policy

Guide includes policies and procedure for the approval of online and hybrid undergraduate courses.

Graduate Distance Education Policy

Guide includes policies and procedure for the approval of online and hybrid graduate courses.

Guide to Reserved Course Numbers

A quick guide to course numbers reserved for certain types of undergraduate courses.

Guide to Honors Seminars

A guide on how to set up an undergraduate honors seminar (course numbers 89 and 189).

TIE Code Definitions

A guide to how course types are reported to the UC Office of the President.

Systemwide Compendium

A comprehensive guide to Universitywide review processes for academic programs, units, and research units.