Graduate Program Approval Request (GPAR): Professor Kathleen Segerson Associate Dean, The Graduate School and Distinguished BOT Professor, Department of Economics Introduce myself.
What is it? Electronic workflow for approval of actions related to graduate degree and certificate programs Types of Actions creation, modification, or elimination of program changes to program requirements in Grad Catalog Similar to, but distinct from, Course Action Request (CAR) Replaces previously used paper forms
What Does it Do? Automatically routes proposals through necessary approval stages Allows initiator to track and share proposal Notifies various units of final approvals for subsequent action Archives approved proposals
Approval Stages? Depends on nature of proposal Can include: Department School/College Graduate School Provost’s Office (CoD, BoT)
Other Information Owned/administered by The Graduate School More information on Grad School website: (https://grad.uconn.edu/faculty/gpar/) For questions: Kathleen.segerson@uconn.edu