| Academic Actions | Department or Equivalent | School or College1 | Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC) | Academic Program & Curriculum Committee (APCC) | Graduate Faculty Committee (GFC) | Faculty Senate | Provost | Chancellor | UW System | Board of Regents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establish/eliminate school/college | N | N | R | I | I | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Rename school/college | N | Y | N | I | I | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Restructure school/college | N | N | R | I | I | Y | Y | Y | I | N |
| Establish/eliminate department | Y | Y | R | I | I | Y | Y | Y | I | N |
| Rename department | Y | Y | N | I | I | Y | Y | Y | I | N |
| Establish/eliminate center or institute | N | Y | R | N | N | I | Y | Y | I | N |
| Rename center or institute | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | I | N |
Y: Approval required;
N: Approval not required;
I: Information only;
R: Review and comment.
Footnotes
- School or college approval must involve approval of appropriate faculty bodies within the school/college. ↩︎
- Academic Affairs will also circulate proposals to all other schools/colleges, with copies to the University Committee, and allow 14 days for response. ↩︎