Graduate & Professional Studies Committee
The Graduate and Professional Studies Committee (GPSC) is a committee of the UH Faculty Senate. It is the shared governance body responsible for advising the Faculty Senate and University Administration about the quality and uniform surveillance of graduate and professional programs at the University of Houston. It is also charged with recommending changes in existing policies or suggesting the need for new ones, editing the Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog, approving new/revised degree and certificate programs, and approving new courses, course changes and/or deletions for submission to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Specifically, the GPSC will address matters relating to:
A. The admission and selection of graduate and professional students as well as other policies affecting graduate and professional students;
B. Review of new degree program proposals, program changes, and on-going programs;
C. Review of and recommendations for graduate and professional policies and procedures.
To contact the GPSC, including submitting documents or proposals for review, send an email to gpsc@uh.edu.
GPSC Membership
GPSC Leadership
2022-23 GPSC Leadership
GPSC Chairperson : Susan Scarrow, Associate Dean, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
GPSC Vice Chair : Dr. Anna Vershynina, Assistant Professor, Natural Science and Mathematics
Subcommittee Chairs
Graduate Policies : Dr. Jacinta Conrad
Graduate Admissions : Dr. Laura Frishman
Graduate Student Affairs : Dr. Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda
Academic Program Evaluation : Dr. Jason Porter
GPSC Members 2022-23
College of Architecture & Design
College of the Arts
College of Business
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Global Hospitality Leadership
Law Center
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
College of Medicine
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
College of Nursing
College of Optometry
College of Pharmacy
College of Social Work
College of Technology
Hobby School of Public Affairs
Student Government Representatives
Non-Voting Members
GPSC Information & Links
Meeting Calendar
Meeting Calendar 2022-23:
September 6, 2022
October 4, 2022
November 1, 2022
December 6, 2022
February 7, 2023
March 7, 2023
April 4, 2023
May 2, 2023