.01
Requirements for Submission of a Proposal for a Teaching Program Not
Part of an Existing College, School, or Teaching Unit
A.
Submission and Approval of Proposal
The
proposers of an interdisciplinary program
to involve two or more existing teaching units shall present to the
Provost in a timely manner a proposal (as described below). The proposal
will be reviewed by the Provost in consultation with the deans and,
if tentatively approved upon that review, transmitted to the appropriate
committee of the University Senate (e.g., Undergraduate Studies, Graduate
Studies, or such select committee as the Senate or its Executive Committee
shall direct), for its consent. The reviewing committee may act for
the Senate. If consent is given, the proposal shall be returned to the
Provost for a final decision.
B. The Proposal
The
proposal shall follow Academic Regulation 70.00.04 Required Outline
for New Program Proposals and Substantial Revision of Existing Programs,
except that one of the teaching units involved in the proposed program
will assume administrative oversight for the purposes of preparing the
proposal and guiding it through the process as well as its operation
should it be approved. For this purpose, the Educational Policy Committee
or other relevant committee of the lead teaching unit will add at least
one member from each other teaching unit involved for all considerations
involving the interdisciplinary program.
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.02 Organization of Teaching Unit
The
teaching faculty of the program shall choose one of their number to
coordinate the program. Teaching assignments and other academic matters
will be decided by this coordinator in consultation with the teaching
faculty of the program and the heads of the teaching units involved.
Routine administrative matters will be handled by the lead teaching
unit. Faculty of the program whose appointments are in other teaching
units may seek affiliate appointments in the lead teaching unit for
the purpose of furthering the interdisciplinary program.
Senate action, April 2000. Provost
approval, May 2000.
