Establishing a new microcertificate

Step 1: Preapproval

Submit the academic plan for the proposed microcertificate by one of the two annual deadlines. 

• January 10 
• September 10 

Notification of academic plan approval will be sent directly to the unit by the Provost’s office.

Step 2: Develop

Develop the full proposal to establish a microcertificate using the Proposal to Establish a New Program form in Kuali Curriculum Management (CM).

Submit any new required courses concurrently with the implementation proposal. 

A best practice for microcertificates can be found here.

Step 3: Unit approvals

Complete all necessary internal approvals within your unit/college. The microcertificate proposal should be completed through the internal unit/college workflow in Kuali CM by the published deadlines for further university approvals.

Step 4: University Graduate Council, CAPC, University Senate and the Provost’s approval

The above offices constitute all approvals at the university level. The Graduate College will send the approval notification through Kuali CM to your dean once the proposed program is approved and ready for implementation. No new microcertificate programs can be implemented until the final approval notification is distributed.