8.04 Course and Curriculum Committee

(1) Membership
The Committee shall consist of:

(a) Four faculty members, elected at large, no more than two from the School of Business and Technology or from any of the electoral divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences.
(b) One elected academic staff member;
(c) One nonvoting academic staff member appointed by the Vice Chancellor;
(d) One student.
(e) Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting)
  Revised at the Faculty Senate Meeting October 21, 2008-PSF 9/08-09

(2) Restriction on Membership
No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

(3) Purpose
The Committee is the guardian of the accuracy and clarity of the curricular portions of the catalog and the embodiment of the interest of the faculty as a whole in the curricular offerings of individual programs.

(4) Functions
The Committee shall:

(a) Prepare guidelines on curricula and course matters, to include course numbering, categories of courses, and deletion of courses which are not being offered.
(b) Resolve jurisdictional conflicts among academic areas.
(c) Develop procedures to insure that all academic programs are notified of curricular change proposals which might affect them and are given an opportunity to respond to those proposals.
(d) Insure that curricular changes are in compliance with Senate and System policies and with the decisions of the Committee on Academic Planning.
(e) Have authority over approving or disapproving all course and curricular changes, including additions of new courses, deletions of existing courses, and catalog statements of catalogs.