1.      Each College and degree granting Institute will annually make provision for faculty representatives to serve in an advisory capacity to the Dean or Institute Director on curriculum policy matters. This may be accomplished by the establishment of a College/Institute-wide Curriculum Advisory Committee and/or by the appointment of separate Curriculum Committees for each department.

2.      When College/Institute-wide Curriculum Committees are used, membership should include representatives from each department within the College/Institute. Members will be appointed by the Dean or the Institute Director, who will also designate one individual to serve as chair.

3.      Each College and Institute will develop a set of guidelines describing the specific operating procedures related to curriculum matters including guidelines for the Curriculum Committee(s). Minutes of meetings are to be maintained in the College or Institute.

4.      The Committee(s) will meet as needed throughout the year to act upon any matters pertaining to the curriculum as referred to them by the Dean or Institute Director. In this capacity, the Committee will investigate, evaluate, recommend, advise, and/or consent on the following subject:

a)     General Curriculum requirements.

b)     Departmental offerings within the University core (The committee will review course content and objectives to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the core curriculum and will review evaluation methods for assessing core curriculum student learning outcomes and changes made based on the results of these evaluations.)

c)      Proposals for adding or deleting majors, minors, or concentrations within the College/Institute.

d)     Proposals for adding or deleting individual courses within the College/Institute.

e)     Other curriculum matters relating to the College/Institute.

5.      Findings, evaluation, recommendations, advice, etc., will be forwarded by the Advisory Committee to the Dean or Institute Director for further action as he/she deems appropriate.

6.      Recommendations originating from Colleges/Institute(s) for major curriculum changes, additions or deleting of majors, minors, concentrations, or individual courses will be forwarded by the Dean or Institute Director to the Undergraduate Curriculum Council, Graduate Council, Academic Council, etc., as appropriate.

7.      Presentations of proposals must be made by a faculty member in the discipline submitting the proposal.

Revised:  Fall, 1982; 11/28/05

Reviewed:  9/12/08