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Note: Please be sure to complete the appropriate section based on whether you are proposing a New Undergraduate Program or a New Graduate Program.

6.1  UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Please note that departments should have already completed the New Undergraduate Program Resource Implications and Financial Viability of Programs. Please provide evidence that there are adequate resources to sustain the quality of scholarship produced by undergraduate students’ scholarship and research activities.

6.1.1  ADMINISTRATIVE, PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Provide a rationale for the proposed use of the administrative, physical (e.g. offices, labs, seminar rooms, student space, etc.) and financial resources (e.g. donations, special grants, research overhead, etc.) that have been outlined in the budget template.

6.1.2  LIBRARY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LABORATORY RESOURCES

Provide a rationale for the proposed use of library (e.g. staffing, acquisitions, online resources, technical services, etc.), technology (e.g. UTS computer labs and software, network/internet/Cloud services access & usage, audio-visual, etc.) as well as any laboratory resources that have been outlined in the budget template. The Learning Support Librarian can be contacted to provide additional information on the types of resources available through the library.

6.1.3  FACULTY

Outline the participation of core faculty and highlight their qualifications to teach and/or supervise in the program. Departments must also discuss whether adjunct and part-time faculty will be used and, if so, how this will help to support the program. Programs should also note in discussion of adjunct and part-time faculty the associated plans to ensure the sustainability of the program and quality of the student experience.

If applicable, note the provision of supervision of experiential learning opportunities.

6.1.4  ANTICIPATED CLASS SIZE

Outline the planned/anticipated class sizes and address how the program plans to support these class sizes.

6.1.5  PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Describe how the program will be phased in and what the plans are to provide the necessary resources in step with the implementation of the program. If applicable, describe additional institutional resource commitments to support the program in step with its ongoing implementation.

6.2  GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Please note that departments should have already completed their New Graduate Program Resource Implications and Financial Viability of Programs. Departments may find it helpful to refer to their budget proposal when addressing the sections below. Please provide evidence that there are adequate resources to sustain the quality of scholarship produced by graduate students’ scholarship and research activities. 

6.2.1  ADMINISTRATIVE, PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Programs are asked to provide a rationale for the proposed use of the administrative, physical (e.g. offices, labs, seminar rooms, student space, etc.) and financial resources (e.g. donations, special grants, research overhead, etc.) that have been outlined in the budget template.

6.2.2  LIBRARY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LABORATORY RESOURCES

Programs are asked to provide a rationale for the proposed use of library (e.g. staffing, acquisitions, online resources, technical services, etc.), technology (e.g. UTS computer labs and software, network/internet/Cloud services access & usage, audio-visual, etc.) as well as any laboratory resources that have been outlined in the budget template. The Learning Support Librarian can be contacted to provide additional information on the types of resources available through the library.

6.2.3  FACULTY

Outline the participation of core faculty and highlight their qualifications to teach and/or supervise in the program. Provide evidence that full-time tenured/tenure-track/CAWAR faculty have the recent research and/or professional/clinical expertise needed to sustain the program, promote innovation, foster an appropriate intellectual climate, and provide excellent supervision of students in academic and research components of the program.

6.2.4  STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Where appropriate to the program, provide evidence that financial support (e.g. scholarships, stipends, RAs, TAs, OSAP, etc.) for students will be sufficient to ensure adequate quality and numbers of students.

6.2.5  FACULTY RESEARCH FUNDING

For programs with a research component, provide evidence that faculty research supervisors have current and ongoing research programs and funding, space and relevant research infrastructure appropriate to support students’ research in the program.

The Table provided below is intended to show the amount of funding available to support faculty research and potentially available to support students’ work, either through the provision of stipends or materials for the conduct of the research.  For this reason, grants for travel and publication awarded to faculty should not be included in this table (they may be included in the appropriate place in individual CVs or in a separate table). Major equipment grants, which provide important resources for the work of faculty and students, should also be listed separately.

6.2.6  SUPERVISION

Provide evidence of how supervisory loads will be distributed, and the qualifications and appointment status of faculty who will provide instruction and supervision. Provide evidence of prior experience in graduate teaching and research supervision for faculty participating in the program. Please complete the two templates provided below.

N.B.:    The intent of this Table is to establish the strength and the degree of involvement of the faculty complement participating in each field of the graduate program and whose CVs should be included as part of the complete New Program Proposal Package.  This is an important element in the assessment of program quality.

Category 1:       tenured or tenure-track core faculty members whose graduate involvement is exclusively in the graduate program under review.  For this purpose the master’s and doctoral streams of a program are considered as a single program.  Membership in the graduate program, not the home unit, is the defining issue.

Category 2:       non-tenure-track core faculty members whose graduate involvement is exclusively in the graduate program under review.

Category 3:       tenured or tenure-track core faculty members who are involved in teaching and/or supervision in other graduate program(s) in addition to being a core member of the graduate program under review.

Category 4:       non-tenure track core faculty members who are involved in teaching and/or supervision in other graduate program(s) in addition to being a core member of the graduate program under review.

Category 5:       other core faculty: this category may include emeritus professors with supervisory privileges and persons appointed from government laboratories or industry as adjunct professors.  Please explain who would fall into this category at your institution. 

Category 6:       non-core faculty who participate in the teaching of graduate courses.

Note: Academic units can opt to include additional columns with demographic information about their faculty members, as appropriate.

N.B.:   Please also evaluate the quality and availability of graduate supervision using the template provided below.