Graduate Curriculum Committee Update Delete



Reports to Faculty Senate

Membership

Associate Vice President for Academic Administration and dean of graduate and professional studies (chair), deans and associate deans of schools with graduate programs, director of Online Campus, director of Records and Advisement, director of Libraries, director of Student Finance, the dean of the school or their designee; senior vice president for Academic Administration, ex officio.

AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

 

Authority to Act

  1. To serve as liaison between schools with graduate programs and the vice president for Academic Administration.
  2. To publish an annual catalog (physical or digital) describing policies (admission, academic, financial, student life), graduate programs, and course descriptions.
  3. To interpret and resolve graduate policy issues.
  4. To develop and approve appropriate forms for record keeping for students in graduate programs.
  5. To act upon petitions and appeals which require responses exceeding the authority of a school dean or the associate vice president for Academic Administration and dean of graduate and professional studies.
  6. To serve as the university curriculum committee for graduate programs including:
    1. Curriculum changes originated by the schools for specific degrees.
    2. Proposals for specific study programs including workshops and continuing education.
    3. Continuing approval of lecture series and other special graduate-level study programs offered on a regularly recurring schedule.
    4. Specification program-by-program of requirements for student engagement in research and/or appropriate professional practice and training experiences.
    5. Expectations for knowledge of the literature in each discipline.
    6. Study tours.  (MOVED TO TOUR COMMITTEE)

(NOTE: The Faculty Senate has the right of review of all actions pertaining to all curricular matters except for editorial and non-substantive changes.)

Authority to recommend the following

To recommend policies for graduate programs entrance, continuation, and graduation to the Faculty Senate.