Undergraduate Programs Committee (UPC)

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Rick Austin - Secondary Education - EDU 302 - 974-2852

COMMITTEE CHARGE

The UPC reviews the College's undergraduate academic programs and makes recommendations on the undergraduate curriculum, including the creation, modification, or elimination of courses and programs consistent with the description of curriculum proposal review below.

Submission Deadline Dates

for Course/Program Proposals

September 1st

(the expectation that the UPC will have completed the review of items submitted at this deadline by the end of the fall semester)

February 1st

(the expectation that the UPC will have completed the review of items submitted at this deadline by the end of the spring semester) .

Proposals sent in after February 1st will automatically default into the following Fall semester as a September 1st submission.

Undergraduate Catalog Deadline

October 15

(in order for changes to be in effect the following fall semester)

MEMBERSHIP

Each department/school and each regional campus shall elect one representative to the undergraduate program committee, with two-year staggered terms. Elections shall occur in the spring before a term starts. A faculty member shall serve a maximum of two consecutive two-year terms on this committee. The faculty expects that the dean shall designate nonvoting member(s). The committee shall elect its own chair and vice chair each year