Academic Programs and Courses
At McGill, the creation, revision and retirement of credit-courses and academic programs are subject to evaluation and approval by:
- The relevant academic committees of the teaching unit and Faculty, and
- The relevant University committees, to be determined by the nature and scope of the proposal.
For more information on the approval pathways, guidelines, and resources available, please refer to the Office of the Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Planning) (APTAP), which is responsible for overseeing the creation, revision and retirement process of credit-courses and academic programs.
Please direct any question related to the creation, revision and retirement of academic programs and credit-courses to academic_planning [at] mcgill.ca (APTAP).
Academic Reviews
The Office of Academic Reviews (OAR) is to apply world-class quality assurance processes to McGill’s academic programs and units; processes that are responsive, useful, adaptable, student-centred, and aligned with strategic priorities.
For more information on OAR's involvement in APC, please consult the OAR Review page.
Academic Units
As per its Terms of Reference, the Academic Policy Committee is mandated to evaluate and approve proposals to create, revise (renaming, change of status, etc.) and retire academic units. The creation, revision and retirement of academic units requires careful planning and follows a set approval path at the University, as follows: Approval Paths.
It is important to conduct the necessary consultations prior to submitting any proposal, to ensure that the chosen nomenclature is appropriate and that the proposal meets the regulations and standards of the University. To that end, please contact the academic_planning [at] mcgill.ca (APTAP office) to set up a preliminary meeting to discuss your proposal before moving forward with any approval, including at the Faculty level.
For details on the definitions currently in effect at McGill University, please consult the Guidelines on Definitions of Academic Entities approved by APC on October 30th, 2014.
For the guidelines and template to propose the creation of a new academic unit, please click here.
Please note that the following documents must be attached to any proposal to create, revise or retire an academic unit:
Please note that the honorific naming of an entity requires a separate process. For more information, please contact pietro.mastromatteo [at] mcgill.ca (Mr. Pietro Mastromatteo), Associate Director, Secretariat and copy emily.barriere [at] mcgill.ca (Ms. Emily Barriere), Board Governance Officer, Secretariat in all official correspondence.