| The role of the Curriculum Committee
of the Undergraduate Council is to ensure consistency and quality
of undergraduate curricula at the University of Tennessee. In this
role, the Curriculum Committee makes recommendations to the council
regarding the approval or denial of curricular changes submitted to
the council for consideration. The Curriculum
Committee has 16 members, 15 of whom are named to one-year terms
by the Chair of the Undergraduate Council in consultation with the
council’s membership.
- Nine committee members are elected faculty members of the Undergraduate
Council.
- Five committee members are ex-officio members of the Undergraduate
Council.
- One committee member is a student member of the Undergraduate
Council.
- The Chair of the Undergraduate Council serves as an ex-officio
member of the committee.
The members of the committee will be selected by
the Chair of the Undergraduate Council in a manner that ensures
broad representation of colleges and collegiate divisions on the
committee. All 16 members of the committee may vote.
The Chair of the Curriculum Committee is selected
from among the nine elected faculty members at the last committee
meeting of the spring semester of each year. The chair serves in
this capacity for one year, beginning on July 1.
Each committee member may, in consultation with
the Chair of the Undergraduate Council, name a proxy who has all
of the privileges and responsibilities of the committee member,
except that the Committee Chair’s proxy may not chair committee
meetings. If the Committee Chair is unable to attend a committee
meeting, the Chair of the Undergraduate Council will chair that
meeting. A quorum of the committee consists of nine members (including
proxies).
The Curriculum Committee typically meets two weeks
before each meeting of the Undergraduate Council. Committee meetings
are open to the entire university community. The agenda for each
meeting will be posted on the Undergraduate Council Web site and
will consist of proposals and informational items submitted by and
approved by the various colleges. These should be submitted to the
committee by the deadlines listed on the Undergraduate Council Web
site and should be submitted in the format outlined there. Material
not submitted in this format may be returned for revision prior
to consideration by the Committee.
Proposals submitted to the committee may
be approved and submitted to the Undergraduate Council for final
approval or may be returned for revision. Proposals returned for
revision must be resubmitted to the Curriculum Committee before
they will be forwarded to the Undergraduate Council. |