Faculty & Staff Resources
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 Modern Campus Curriculum (formerly Curriculog) for review. Specific information and the required steps are available in this section.
Graduate Program Directors & Staff vary by major and are generally responsible for
recruiting, admissions, graduate advising, and general academic support for the graduate
students.
Find resources and guidance for these processes with responsibilities related to mentoring
plans, A.C.H.I.E.V.E. IDPs, theses/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 needed to assist graduate students.
Meetings & 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Resources & Historical Documents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.
- OGS Academic Newsletters
- Current Graduate Catalog - Acalog
- Current Graduate Faculty (List linked at top of Catalog)
- 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)
- Post-Retirement Volunteer Services
Historical Documents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.
- Concentration: (USF Policy pending final approval) Any organized set of courses that is offered as a subset of a major and enhances or complements the major to be awarded in a manner which leads to specific educational goals, occupational goals, and/or from different disciplines that provide an interdisciplinary focus. Concentrations should be at least nine (9) credit hours in addition to major core requirements required of all students in a particular major regardless of concentration. Each concentration should have at least one required course of a minimum of three credit hours. The total number of concentration credit hours should not exceed 50 percent of the total major hours.
- CGS Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees and Assistants
- GS Consultants Report
- GS Consultants Report Timeline Matrix
Office of Graduate Studies Academic 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
Roundup, Graduate Petitions, General OGS Forms, Policy
Academic Services Administrator, Jazhel Honrado
Graduate Certificate Admissions
Academic Services Administrator, Email
Graduate Certificate Completions
Assistant Director, ETD & Writing Services, Stephanie Harper, Ph.D.