Program Support Team (GPST) - Graduate and Non-Credit
The Graduate Program Support Team (GPST) is a standing advisory committee constituted and acting under the authority of the GFC Programs Committee.
The mandate of the GPST is to advise and support academic units offering graduate degree programs, graduate certificates, and/or diplomas on the development of new program proposals, the modification of existing programs, as well as the introduction, deletion, or modification to credit and non-credit courses.
Working in collaboration with academic units across campus, the GPST reviews and informally endorses and/or recommends items to move forward for formal consideration and approval by the relevant university governance committees. For graduate programs, the approval pathway includes committees in the following order:
- Step 1: GPST (early consultation recommended)
- Step 2: The proposing unit’s Faculty Council
- Step 3: GPS' Policy Review Committee (for new programs/program modifications)
- Step 4: GPS Council (for new programs/program modifications)
- Step 5: GFC Programs Committee
- Step 6: Other GFC committees (e.g. APC) as required and/or GFC
