Faculty & Staff
Academic Processes & Guidance
The Office of Graduate Studies serves as an academic liaison for graduate colleges and programs in matters pertaining to policy, curriculum, and best practices in graduate education. This section should assist faculty and staff with current and archival information regarding curricular processes, meeting minutes, and the student journey.
Faculty interested in submitting revisions to the Curriculum or proposing new programs, certificates, or pathways must submit these requests through Curriculog for review. Specific information and the required steps are available in this section.
Graduate Program Directors and Staff vary by major and are generally responsible for recruiting, admissions, graduate advising, and general academic support for the graduate students. Resources for these processes are available in this section as well as guidance for announcing theses and dissertations, graduate faculty credentialing, and more.
Forms are important milestones along the academic journey. These forms range from course currency to change of graduate concentration to admission to candidacy. You can find all the forms in this section that you need to assist with graduate students.
Meeting Minutes
OGS hosts regular meeting of the Graduate Council, the Enrollment/Graduate Associate Deans (EGAD), and Round Up information sessions each semester for graduate program directors and graduate program administrative staff. Meeting details and minutes are available below.
Enrollment/Graduate Associate Deans (EGAD)
Resources & Historical Documents
OGS maintains a repository of resources and documents that can assist with processes such as academic planning, graduate student indexing, historical program assessments, and archived academic catalogs. This content and reports are available below.
- Current Graduate Catalog - Acalog
- Academic Planning Website (curriculum codes, degree inventory, etc.)
- USF Course Inventory
- Need to FIle a Petition? View Graduate Studies Appeals Indexing Guide
- Graduate Faculty and Affiliate Member of Graduate Faculty (Faculty Credentialing website)
Historical Documents
- Graduate Catalog - PDF and Archives
- Specialization definition (GC approved 4/21/22): Specialization is an information sub-curriculum within a major and/or concentration that gives a focus to a content area or research interest within the major and/or concentration. It is less formal than Concentrations and is not tracked in the Student Information System or recorded on the transcript.
- CGS Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees and Assistants
- GS Consultants Report
- GS Consultants Report Timeline Matrix
Academics Team Members:
Dean, Ruth Huntley Bahr, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Academics, Carol Hines-Cobb
Technology & Systems Manager, Academics, Joseph Butts
Academic Services Administrator, Noelle Schero