Council of the School of Graduate Studies (CSGS)

Chair

• Dean of Graduate Studies. The Chair can vote in case of a tie.

Voting members
Ex-officio members (members marked with an asterisk are voting members who do not count for quorum)

• President and Vice-Chancellor – Honorary Chair*
• Provost and Vice-President, Academic*
• Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies*
• Associate Deans of the School of Graduate Studies

Elected or nominated members

• A member of the decanal team involved in graduate studies, from each Faculty and the School of Health, appointed by the relevant Dean
• Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the Faculty of Arts and Science, representing the sciences, the humanities and the social sciences, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.for a three-year term by Faculty Council;
• Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the John Molson School of Business, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.

• Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.
• Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the Faculty of Fine Arts, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.
• Three graduate students, each appointed for a one-year term by the Graduate Students’ Association, each from a different Faculty.
• Three graduate Program Directors, each nominated for a two-year term by the School of Graduate Studies and ratified by Council (one must be the Director of the Individualized Program or Humanities Program).
• One Postdoctoral fellow, appointed for a one-year term and elected through a process to be monitored by the School of Graduate Studies.
  

Non-voting members:

• University Librarian or delegate
• University Registrar or delegate
• Vice-Provost, Innovation in Teaching and Learning
• Secretary of Council
• Recording Secretary of Council

1. establish committees and delegate any of its responsibilities to committees; receive, consider and act upon the reports of its committees;
2. consider, approve and recommend to Senate:
   1. the establishment and implementation of any program of graduate studies by any academic unit;
   2. the modification or discontinuance of any program of graduate studies by any academic unit;
   3. the awarding of graduate degrees;
3. establish university-wide standards and procedures for admission to graduate programs;
4. establish university-wide standards and procedures for graduation from graduate programs;
5. establish university-wide standards and procedures for the evaluation of all graduate work, including theses, reports, projects and comprehensive examinations;
6. establish university-wide standards and policies which ensure that graduate program directors, graduate supervisors, instructors and tutors for graduate courses have the requisite qualifications and experience;
7. establish any other university-wide standards for graduate programs that the Council deems appropriate;

8. establish policies, procedures and mechanisms for:
   • promoting interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or inter-university graduate programs; and
   • managing those graduate programs of an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or inter-university dimension, which are under the supervision of the School of Graduate Studies;
9. establish rules and procedures governing requests for exemption from academic regulations. Such rules and procedures take precedence, with respect to graduate students, over similar rules and procedures established by Faculty Councils;
10. establish procedures for the conduct of its own affairs; and
11. make recommendations to Senate concerning the following matters:
    1. the composition of the Council of the School of Graduate Studies;
    2. the establishment of graduate fellowships and bursaries;
    3. the establishment of post-doctoral programs;
    4. the conduct of periodic academic appraisals of all graduate Programs;
    5. priorities and directions for the development of graduate studies at Concordia University.

As approved by the Board of Governors on September 6, 1973 and amended by the Board of Governors on October 11, 1973; May 8, 1975; June 9, 1977; December 18, 1980; May 24, 1989; November 20, 1991; May 15, 1996; June 18, 1997; June 16, 1999; June 21, 2012; June 16, 2022.