Academic Senate
Academic Affairs Charges
The Academic Affairs Committee shall be the academic policy committee of the Senate
and shall formulate and review all matters related to academic and educational policies
and procedures. The Committee shall also serve as liaison with appropriate administrators
and administrative bodies of the university. The Academic Affairs Committee shall
consist of eight collegial representatives, each to be elected by his or her college, one
member of the educational development faculty elected by that group, three members at
large elected by the Academic Senate, and the Provost or his or her delegate (ex officio,
voting).
Top Priority
- Develop and propose a Standing general education curriculum committee.
- Determine the membership of the committee
- Determine the duties and parameters of work for the committee
- Establish a timeline for the completion and Implementation of this Charge so that the work is completed by the end of Fall Quarter 2009.
- Send the proposal to the ICC for review. The ICC may recommend and/or propose amendments to the final proposal for consideration by the Senate.
Second Order Objectives
- Propose the development of a structure and/or process within academic affairs to facilitate cross-disciplinary initiatives.
- Send the proposal to the ICC for review. The ICC may recommend the final proposal to the Senate.
- Propose language that clarifies the meaning and summarizes the content of the information regarding grade exclusions, and propose how best to disseminate this information.
- Develop a proposal that would incorporate Computing into the General Education requirements of RIT programs.
- Develop a new accounting and registration category for interdisciplinary courses and propose means by which they become completely visible to the campus.