• Graduate Program Feasibility Planning (PDF)

• Baccalaureate Program Planning Procedures (PDF)

General Administration Degree Planning Documents

New Programs

• UNC Academic Planning Process (UNC website) : 

also includes the following templates:

Off Campus Program Delivery

• UNC Planning Process for New Distance Education Programs (UNC Website)

also includes the following templates:

• Appendix F. Notification of Intent to Plan a New Distance Education Degree Program  [electronic form]

• Appendix G. Request for Authorization to Establish a New Distance Education Degree Program or Site (through Which 50% or More of a Degree Program Is Provided) [Word document]

• Appendix I. Distance Education Degree Program Online or Site Discontinuation Form [Word document]

• Appendix J. Request for Authorization to Participate in an Inter-Institutional Arrangement [Word document

Submitted Requests to Establish

• Arts Administration MA - authorized

• Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Ph.D. - authorized

• Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. - authorized

• Latin American Studies B.A. - authorized

• Mathematical Finance MS - authorized

• Optics MS - authorized

• Religious Studies MA - authorized

• Meteorology B.S. - authorized

• Clinical Exercise Physiology MS - authorized

• Health Services Research Ph.D. - authorized

• Health Psychology Ph.D. - authorized

• Business Administration Ph.D. - authorized

• Organizational Science Ph.D. - authorized

• Geography and Urban Regional Analysis Ph.D. - authorized

• Ethics and Applied Philosophy M.A. - authorized

• Nanoscale Science Ph.D. - authorized

• Sports Marketing and Management MBA - authorized

• Art History B.A.  - authorized

• Construction Management B.S. - authorized

• Latin American Studies M.A. - authorized

• Public Health B.S.P.H. - authorized

• Bioinformatics Professional Science Master's - authorized

• Respiratory Therapy B.S.R.T. - authorized

• Systems Engineering B.S.S.E. - authorized

• Urban Design M.U.D. - authorized

• Anthropology M.A. - submitted April 11, 2008

• Japanese Studies B.A. - submitted August 12, 2008

• Health Psychology Ph.D. - submitted September 30, 2003

• Health Services Research Ph.D. - submitted September 30, 2003

• Business Administration Ph.D. - submitted April 30, 2004

• History Ph.D. - submitted April 30, 2004

• Organizational Science Ph.D. - submitted April 30, 2004

• Geography and Urban Regional Analysis - submitted September 30, 2004

• Nanoscale Science Ph.D. - submitted April 28, 2005

• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Ph.D. - submitted April 30, 2008

• Global Studies Ph.D. - submitted April 30, 2008

• Translation Studies: Spanish Ph.D. - submitted April 30, 2008

• Criminal Justice and Criminology Ph.D. - submitted September 30, 2008

• Public Health Sciences Ph.D. - submitted March 31, 2009