The graduate curriculum at Northeastern is governed by the Northeastern faculty and the provost, through various elected committees of the Faculty Senate. The Graduate College Advisory Committee (GCAC), which reports to the Faculty Council on Academic Affairs (FCAA), reviews graduate-level curriculum proposals after the college curriculum committees have approved them. Once GCAC approves a proposal, they pass it along to FCAA for final faculty approval before the final approval of the provost. 

FCAA has developed guidelines and forms for the curriculum proposal process. The latest versions of these forms can be found on the FCAA website

Developing New Graduate Programs

To begin work developing a new program, departments should involve their college's dean and the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research early on in the process. GCAC has developed a rubric they use to review new program proposals. Program proposal authors will find the rubric helpful with the successful development and implementation of a new graduate program. 

The GCAC membership

Constituency

Member

Term Ends

Email

Arts and Sciences

Joel Olfelt

Aug. 31, 2025

j-olfelt@neiu.edu

Arts and Sciences

Seung-Hwan Mun

Aug. 31, 2025

s-mun@neiu.edu

Business and Technology

Kenneth Sotak

Aug. 31, 2024

k-sotak@neiu.edu

Business and Technology

Tung Cu

Aug. 31, 2024

tcu@neiu.edu 

Education

Hulya Ermis-Demirtas

Aug. 31, 2024

hu-ermis@neiu.edu

Education

Beth Gilfillan

Aug. 31, 2024

e-gilfillan@neiu.edu

Resource Professionals

Edward Remus

Aug. 31, 2024

e-remus@neiu.edu

At-Large

April Nauman 

Aug. 31, 2025

a-nauman@neiu.edu

At-Large

Jeanine Ntihirageza

Aug. 31, 2024

j-ntihirageza@neiu.edu