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Local-level curriculum committee (college/school), recommended membership

  • Faculty members (voting):  The college/school curriculum committee should include members from each representative area within the unit.
  • Academic counselors/advisors (ex-officio): Whenever possible, input from academic counselors/advisors should be included in the decision-making process, so these staff can plan for changes and advise about the possible impact of new proposals.  Normally, these members would be ex-officio.
  • Administrative assistants (ex-officio):  Staff who are involved with the scheduling and budgetary process of curriculum changes would ideally be included in correspondence and decisions by the local curriculum committee, and might attend meetings as ex-officio members.    
  • Administrative (deans/directors/chairs):  An academic dean or director would ideally oversee the curricular focus and process.  Normally, administrative members would be ex-officio.
  • UUCC designee from college/school: This member would ideally serve on the college/school curriculum committee and would serve as a liaison between both committees.

University-level representation and committees, overseen by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (VPAA): The Vice Provost for Academic Affairs oversees the operations of the UUCC.  Additional information:

  • Core Curriculum and Director of Core Oversight:  Core Curriculum and Director of Core Oversight serve as liaisons between the Provost's Office, UUCC, Faculty Senate and University Accreditation to ensure compliance with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  The Director of Core Oversight and the Faculty Co-Chair of the Faculty Senate Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum lead the Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum (OCCC) to evaluate core proposals and to assess courses which are included in the core.
  • University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UUCC):  The UUCC helps ensure that the University “places the primary responsibility for content, quality, and effectiveness of its curriculum with its faculty” as required by SACSCOC.
    The UUCC will:
  1. Develop and implement specific procedures for the evaluation of courses and programs from an institutional perspective for inclusion in UNT's curriculum.
  2. Make recommendations in a timely manner to the Faculty Senate's Executive Committee and the Faculty Senate so that decisions regarding the curriculum follow appropriate processes and meet relevant deadlines.  This ensures predictability and consistency for academic programs planning for implementation.
  • Meeting schedule and location: UUCC meetings occur the first Wednesday of each month during the months of September through June.  No meetings occur during the months of January, July, and August.   The meeting location is shared on the agenda and in curriculog.  
  • Communication outside of meetings
    • Email (Qualtrics) votes: When the UUCC approves, certain proposals may be completed by email vote.  These votes occur in unique instances, with approval from the UUCC co-chairs and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.  Only voting members may vote on email proposals.
    • Agenda and supporting documents:  The UUCC agenda is sent by email approximately one week before the meeting day.  Supporting information for each proposal should be viewed by each committee member in Curriculog (unt.curriculog.com), by following the link provided in the emailed agenda.
  • Attendees:  Committee representation may be viewed on the Faculty Senate webpage.  Non-voting members (guests and members with administrative appointments) are asked to sit on the sides of the room to clarify the source of votes and dialogue. The committee includes the following attendees:
    • 18 faculty members approved by the Faculty Senate: two faculty members representing each Faculty Senate voting group plus two at-large faculty members;
    • three students selected by the Student Government Association;
    • the deans of those colleges and schools that offer an undergraduate curriculum or their designees;
    • the dean of the library or his/her designee;
    • a member of the Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum (OCCC)
    • the registrar; and
    • designee of the Office of the Provost (also serving as co-chair).
      • Voting members: Name plates are green, and members sit in the center of the meeting space.
        • Faculty Senate groups (18 members): These members may make motions for any proposal and may vote.   The term of a faculty member of the committee shall be three years with a second three-year term available. The term of student members shall be one year.  From the faculty senate procedures manual:  “After 2 missed meetings or discussions, committee members will be notified of their lack of attendance. After 3 absences the Committee Chair may invoke the option of removing the committee member from his/her committee membership,” (Article A, Section 1.1g).  “Committee Chairs are responsible for recording attendance and informing the Senate officers or Committee on Committees chair, as appropriate, in the event that a Committee Member is removed from committee membership or resigns. Chairs should inform the Committee on Committees of any membership changes in a timely manner so that the vacant positions can be filled, and all faculty groups can have equal representation,” (Procedures Manual Article A, Section 1.1h).
        • Deans' designees (non-administrative): Appointed on a yearly basis by deans (one from each college/school; voting)
      • Non-voting members: Name plates are white and members sit on the edge of the meeting space
        • Deans' designees (part or full time administrative): appointed on a yearly basis by deans (one from each college/school; non-voting)
        • Student members (3): Appointed by the Student Government Association, representing different areas of study
        • Support staff (registrar): The registrar's office provides secretarial support for the UUCC, including preparation of agenda, minutes, and maintenance of the online interface (Curriculog).
        • Guests: Visitors are welcome to attend the meeting including faculty, staff, administrators, and advisors/counselors.
      • Co-chairs role and responsibilities
        • Administrative co-chair: Communicates regularly with the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (VPAA), delivers administrative announcements during the UUCC meeting and communication by email between UUCC meetings, provides voting rule support to the faculty co-chair, and communicates with the VPAA regarding any unique voting requests.
        • Faculty co-chair: Handles the process of faculty voting during the UUCC meeting, communicates with the registrar and colleges/schools regarding any unique requests or exceptions, and works in tandem with the Administrative co-chair to handle any exception requests requiring VPAA approval.
        • Note:  If neither co-chair can attend a particular UUCC meeting, the co-chairs will contact the VPAA to request a former UUCC chair or another committee member to lead the meeting.