Motion 4
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SUMMARY
Part 1 of this motion creates a new umbrella committee, the University
Curriculum Committee, to deal with curricular concerns that are common to both
graduate and undergraduate curricula. Parts 2 and 3 of the motion revise the
charges of the College Curriculum Council and the Graduate Council. Part 4
authorizes constitution of the new University Curriculum Committee and the
implementation of the new descriptions of the College Curriculum Council and
the Graduate Council on January 15, 2003.
RATIONALE:
The University
Curriculum Committee is a new committee for the curriculum, proposed by the Task
Force on Faculty Governance and recommended by the Faculty Executive Committee.
The University Curriculum Committee is responsible for handling curricular
matters that have both a graduate and undergraduate component as well as issues
affecting the balance between the undergraduate and graduate programs. The
charges to the College Curriculum Council and the Graduate Council are modified
to require that matters of this kind be referred to the UCC. Half of its eight
members are from each council. This Motion is presented to create the
University Curriculum Committee and insert it in the proper place in the
Faculty Rules & Regulations.
The
creation of the University Curriculum Committee as a new committee for the
curriculum, proposed by the Task Force on Faculty Governance and recommended by
the Faculty Executive Committee, requires several amendments to the charge of
the College Curriculum Council. The amendments, noted in italics, specify which
matters the CCC must refer to the University Curriculum Council and the
Academic Priorities Committee, add to the ex officio membership the Associate
Dean for Undergraduate Biology Education replacing the Dean of the Graduate
School, add an annual reporting to the faculty requirement, and eliminate the
requirement that chairs of subcommittees must be members of the faculty. It
also deletes from the membership the Dean of the
The
creation of the University Curriculum Committee likewise requires several
amendments to the charge of the Graduate Council. The additions shown in
italics specify which matters the Graduate Council must refer to the University
Curriculum Council and the Academic Priorities Committee, add to the ex officio
membership the Associate Dean of Research in the Division of Biology and
Medicine. The amendments also remove from the membership the Provost, the Dean
of the Faculty, the Dean of the College, and the Dean of Medicine &
Biological Sciences. This Motion is presented to amend the charge of the
Graduate Council and insert it in the proper place in the Faculty Rules &
Regulations.
MOTION
Part 1
Motion to amend the Faculty
Rules, effective immediately, for the purpose of establishing the University
Curriculum Committee by inserting the following
description into the Faculty Rules and Regulations in Part I, Section 2:
D. University Curriculum Committee (UCC)
1. Charge
The Faculty delegates certain of its powers with respect to Undergraduate and Graduate Education to the University Curriculum Committee. Its duties are:
a. To oversee all aspects of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and the development of criteria and standards for them.
b. To make recommendations to the Academic Priorities Committee and the Faculty concerning the changing curricular needs of Brown undergraduate and graduate students and the balance between the undergraduate and graduate programs.
c. To submit to the Faculty for approval proposed changes in degree programs, criteria and standards that have both undergraduate and graduate components.
d. To examine, evaluate and approve all educational offerings in the curriculum, including all courses offered for credit, that have both undergraduate and graduate components. Referrals of such offerings to the Committee will normally be made either by the College Curriculum Council or the Graduate Council.
e. To review curricular offerings with a view to coordinating them and avoiding needless duplications.
f. To create subcommittees as needed to do the work of the committee.
g. Convenes at least once per semester and reports annually in writing to the Faculty.
2. Membership
Deans of the College and Graduate School, the Registrar and the Faculty
Vice Chairs of the College Curriculum Council (CCC) and the Graduate Council
(GC), all serving ex officio, and one faculty member from each council, one
undergraduate member of CCC, and one graduate student member of GC, each to be
chosen by the respective councils. The Chair shall be a faculty member chosen
from among the Committee’s elected members.
3. Organization
The Committee shall convene at least once per semester and report to the Faculty in writing at least once a year. In order to assist the UCC in its work, it is authorized to establish subcommittees.
Part 2
Motion to amend the Faculty Rules, effective
immediately, for the purpose of amending the charge of the College Curriculum
Council by replacing the charge of the College
Curriculum Council currently found in the Faculty Rules and Regulations as Part
I, Section 2 with the following:
E. College Curriculum Council (CCC)
1. Charge
a. The College Curriculum Council shall review curricular offerings to ensure that academic standards and the goals of the undergraduate curriculum are properly met. When goals are not being met, the Council shall propose to the Faculty the means for doing so.
b. It shall review curricular offerings with a view to coordinating them and avoiding needless duplications.
c. The Council shall have the power to
examine, evaluate and approve all educational offerings in the undergraduate
curriculum, including all courses offered for credit, all concentration
programs, and all independent study programs. It shall refer all educational
offerings that come to it that have a significant graduate component to the
University Curriculum Committee (UCC).
d. It shall have jurisdiction over special educational programs such as the Internship Program, the Honors Program and Advising Programs.
e. It shall periodically conduct reviews of undergraduate educational programs of Departments, Centers, and Programs and shall make recommendations for changes to the academic units concerned and to the Administration. The Council may also make general recommendations for improvements in the undergraduate curriculum to the Administration and to the Departments, Centers, and Programs.
f. It shall refer to the UCC (which in turn will refer to the Academic Priorities Committee) all questions that require Faculty action pertaining to: (a) educational matters that affect all students in the University; (b) changes in the requirements of the Graduate School or of the School of Medicine that impinge on undergraduate education.
g.
It shall make annual
reports to the UCC and the Faculty of its activities during the preceding year.
2. Membership
There shall be eight faculty members; five students, four from the College and one from the Graduate School; and five administrators, ex-officio members, including the Dean of the College, an Associate Dean named by the Dean of the College; an Associate Dean for Undergraduate Biology Education; and the Registrar.
3. Organization
The Dean of the College shall be the Chair of the Council; the Registrar shall serve as Secretary. The Vice Chair, who shall be elected annually by the entire Council from among the faculty members, shall preside in the absence of the Chair. An Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, the Vice Chair, the Registrar, and one student elected annually by the entire Council. The Executive Committee shall call meetings and establish agenda, which, however, may be changed by majority vote of the Council at a meeting. The Council shall meet regularly at least once a month. Its meetings shall be open to the University community, but the Council may go into executive session when it sees fit.
In order to assist the Council in its work, the Council is authorized to establish subcommittees.
The Council shall delegate authority to the Registrar for administering the mechanics of the curriculum. The Registrar shall be responsible for informing the Council of the specific mechanisms he or she devises.
Part 3
Motion to amend the Faculty Rules, effective
immediately, by amending the charge to the Graduate Council that appears in Part I, Section 2, IV of the Faculty Rules as follows:
F.
Graduate Council
1. Charge
The Faculty delegates certain of its powers with respect to Graduate Education to the Graduate Council. The duties of the Graduate Council are:
a. To set policy for the Graduate School subject to the approval of the Faculty and the Board of Fellows, such policy to include the conditions for admission to the Graduate School and the procedures for the award of graduate fellowships and scholarships;
b. To supervise degree requirements;
c. To approve new courses and other modifications of existing degree programs; and to approve and recommend to the Faculty new degree programs. It shall refer all educational offerings that come to it that have a significant undergraduate component to the University Curriculum Committee (UCC).
d. To review graduate programs periodically, but at least once every five years, in consultation with the departments; and
e. To make annual reports to the UCC and the Faculty of its activities during the preceding year.
f. It shall refer to the UCC (which in
turn will refer to the Academic Priorities Committee) all questions that require Faculty action pertaining to: (a)
educational matters that affect all students in the University; (b) changes in
the requirements of the Graduate School or of the School of Medicine that impinge on undergraduate education.
2. Membership
The Graduate Council shall consist of the Dean of the Graduate School, Chair; the Associate Dean of Research in the Division of Biology and Medicine; the University Librarian; the Associate Deans of the Graduate School, non-voting; all ex-officio; and eight other members of the Faculty and four graduate students chosen in the manners specified below.
Each department of the University shall select one member of its staff as its Representative for Graduate Work. These Representatives shall be available to furnish liaison between the department and the Graduate Council and to act as an advisory body on matters relating to graduate instruction.
3. Method of Election
The Faculty Executive Committee shall be responsible for nominating candidates for Council membership, at least one from each of the four divisions listed in Section 12,II. Council members shall not succeed themselves nor shall two consecutive terms be filled from any one Department.
The Graduate Student Council shall elect to the Graduate Council four graduate students, no two students to be from the same department. The term of a graduate student’s membership shall be one year, renewable at the Graduate Student Council’s pleasure for a second year. The Graduate Student Council shall also elect annually one student alternate member of the Graduate Council. The student alternate shall be a non-voting member, and shall replace a regular student member as a voting member only in the event of resignation in order to serve for the remainder of the term of office of the member who has resigned.
4. Organization
The Council shall
annually elect a Vice Chair from among its elected faculty members; the Vice
Chair shall preside in the absence of the Chair. The Chair shall appoint a
Secretary from among the Associate Deans of the
5. Recommendation for Degrees
Candidates for graduate
degrees shall be recommended to the Board of Fellows by the Faculty. An officer of instruction of professorial rank
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Part 4.
Motion
to constitute the University Curriculum Committee and the above outlined
changes to the College Curriculum Council and the Graduate Council on