Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Update Delete



Reports to Faculty Senate

Membership

Vice president for Academic Administration (chair), vice president for Enrollment Management, associate vice president for Academic Administration and Dean of student success and retention, associate vice president for Academic Administration and Dean of graduate and professional studies, school deans/department chairs, Director of Libraries, Director of Records and Advisement, chair of General Education Committee, Director of Online Campus, two students appointed by the Student Senate for one-year, non-renewable terms

Purpose

  1. To serve as liaison between the departments and the vice president for Academic Administration.
  2. To publish a catalog (physical or digital) describing policies (admission, academic, financial, student life), undergraduate programs, and course descriptions.
  3. To serve as the university curriculum committee for undergraduate programs with the authority to recommend the following:
    1. Curriculum changes originated by the departments, i.e., changes in major and minor study programs, cognate and general education requirements for specific degrees.
    2. Recommendations from the General Education Committee.
    3. Changes in the honors program.
    4. Study tours. (moved to Renamed SMEC/Tour Committee)
    5. Proposals for specific study programs, i.e., workshops, continuing education.
    6. Continuing approval of lecture series and other special study programs offered on a regularly recurring schedule. The committee will invite other committee chairmen whose programs are under study to participate in the discussion. 
    7. The Faculty Senate has right of review of all actions pertaining to all curricular matters except for editorial and non-substantive changes. All programmatic additions or deletions requiring SACSCOC substantiative change or notification will be recommended to the Faculty Senate for approval or returned to the School/Department for revision.)
  4. To recommend the addition of new programs of study and the termination of unneeded programs.
  5. To recommend policies for entrance and graduation requirements, university-wide general education requirements, honors programs, and the conduct of special programs such as lecture series, adult education, workshops, study tours, and continuing education. Faculty Senate has right of review of such actions.