Undergraduate Council

Our Charge and Responsibilities

The Undergraduate Council shall be responsible for reviewing, evaluating and enhancing the quality of the University's academic program. The Council's charge includes:

1. Review and promote the objectives and purposes of undergraduate education and assure that all policies and procedures, curricula, personnel and teaching decisions that affect undergraduate education are consistent and defensible with the institution's undergraduate education mission as defined in the University's Mission Statement and Statement of Philosophy, Undergraduate Education;
2. Participate, on behalf of the University faculty, in planning the development and improvement of the undergraduate instructional program of the institution, in consultation with the University President, Officers of Administration and with relevant department heads and program directors;
3. Formulate, monitor and respond to general academic policies, especially those which have an impact on undergraduate programs across the University;
4. Develop and recommend new and revised baccalaureate degree requirements and policies as appropriate;
5. Monitor, help shape, and approve new undergraduate programs (majors, minors, certificates) and changes to existing programs;
6. Establish criteria and outcomes to determine the success of the overall undergraduate program and review the program and its various components in light of these criteria and outcomes;
7. Monitor the academic coherence, quality, and standards of the undergraduate academic program to assure the quality and rigor of instruction and evaluations are consistent across the curriculum.