The Graduate Studies Committee was a unit of the University of West Georgia Faculty Senate. The purpose of this committee was to receive and consider requests for modifications to the graduate curriculum as specified in the UWG Shared Governance Procedures for Modifications to Academic Programs and to advise the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs on said requests; to recommend policies and procedures concerning graduate programs, curriculum, admissions, transfers, admission to candidacy, eligibility for graduation, and appeals; to advise on incorporating diversity and inclusion into curricula as appropriate; as well as to review comprehensive program reviews; and to develop policies regarding graduate faculty. The committee is still active today, but was renamed the Graduate Programs Committee.