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In addition to its analytic support to the Chancellor and campus administrators, the Academic Planning and Analysis unit of Planning and Budget maintains the campus' five-year perspective of proposed new academic programs, provides support to the academic program review process, and assists academic units with their new program proposals.

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Planning and Budget Highlights

Strategic Academic Plan updated
The February 2008 plan lays out choices that UC Santa Cruz must make as it continues to evolve its academic programs. In addition to articulating the principles upon which decisions will be based, it describes six interdisciplinary themes designed to facilitate collaboration between departments and programs ... [More]

UCSC participating in study of PhD programs
The campus is preparing its response to the National Research Council (NRC) surveys designed to assess the quality and charatersitics of UC research-doctorate programs ... [More]

New edition of the approval process maps
The newest edition of the process maps describe the steps proposed academic programs, academic units, and major research units require for formal approval ... [More]


Planning and Budget Headlines

February 1, 2007: Bioengineering B.S. approved as newest UCSC undergraduate major ... [More]