Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee (UAAC)

Once the Faculty Assembly Executive Committee and Faculty Review Committees have been elected, the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee will be elected from the following academic areas:

From the College of Arts and Sciences:

• Two members from the Division of Humanities, which consists of the following departments - Bastian School, Humanities, and Music.
• Two members from the Division of Sciences, which consists of the following departments - Biology and Chemistry, Engineering and Physics, and Math.

From the College of Social Science and Education:

• Two members from the Division of Social Science, which consists of the following departments -,Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Work.
• Two members from the Division of Education.

From the College of Professional Studies:

• Two members from Briner School of Business
• Two members from the remaining areas of the College of Professional Studies which consists of the following departments - Digital Media and Sports and Kinesiology.

Membership

In UAAC, faculty members will be elected to staggered two-year terms. All elected members have voting rights. The ex-officio members are the registrar or associate registrar, a community life representative (appointed by the Chief Academic Officer), and a student representative (selected in consultation with the student government officers and the staff person who supervises student government), the Chief Academic Officer or their designee, and the Dean of Assessment.

Responsibilities

UAAC will guide and approve changes to majors, departments, school/college alignment, and/or curricular changes that are within the scope of the committee’s work as per Article IX, Section II of the University Bylaws.

UAAC shall oversee the integrity of academic programs by fulfilling these tasks:

• Facilitate communication between colleges regarding academic policies.

• Review and approve curricular changes for academic programs.

• Receive reports regarding reviews and assessment of general education offerings.

• Approve, upon recommendation from the General Education and Assessment Committee, courses that fulfill the general education categories and changes to existing courses.

• Advocate for needed and appropriate resources to perform all aspects of curriculum and academic programming.

• Recommend admissions, honors, probation/dismissal, and graduation requirements and policies.

The above tasks relate to changes that are faculty initiated. As such, if the administration wishes to implement changes, they will bring a proposal to the UAAC and convey a rationale for such proposal. This will allow the committee to discuss the proposed changes with the administration and accept, reject, or recommend modifications to the proposal. The administration has the right to override the committee vote, and in these situations, a rationale for the decision will be communicated to the committee.

To ensure that the university provides general education with high impactful outcomes, faculty members serve in a specially constituted committee that oversees general education.