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Graduate Studies

Membership of Program Chairs Committee | Potential Areas of Oversight and Responsibility

The Program Chairs Committee (PCC) provides a forum for cross-program discussion of program-level processes and procedures to move program-level initiatives forward and provide quality control and consistency across graduate programs at the University of Lethbridge.

Membership of Program Chairs Committee

• Dean of Graduate Studies (Chair)
• Program Chair, MA (or designate)
• Program Chair, MFA/MMus (or designate).
• Program Chair, MSc (or designate).
• Program Chair, PhD (or designate).
• Director, Management Graduate Programs (or designate).
• Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs in Education (or designate).
• Coordinator, MSc in Health Sciences (or designate).

Note:    Other members may be added as new program areas or program committees are developed.

Potential Areas of Oversight and Responsibility

These may include but are not limited to:

• Admission processes.
• Application processes.
• Examination and defence processes.
• Post-admission monitoring of student progress.
• SGS policies related to program administration.
• Graduate academic regulations (SGS Calendar).

The PCC was originally created as an ad hoc committee by the Vice-President (Academic) in June of 2010 and was approved by Graduate Council on May 12, 2011 as a standing committee of the School of Graduate Studies.