Welcome to the Academic Affairs Committee web page. Here you will find information about this committee's work, including procedures for getting course and program proposals successfully through the approval process.

• Purpose
• Membership
• Meetings and Minutes
• Procedures for submitting new Courses and Programs

Academic Affairs is a Faculty Senate Committee that:

"...considers and recommends to the Senate actions on requests for the addition of courses or additions, deletions or changes of University Core Curriculum courses or programs of the University. The committee also considers and notifies the Senate of deletions of courses or minor changes in courses, such as course titles, descriptions, or credit hours... The committee will also provide continuing evaluation of programs of instruction, educational policies, and admission standards. The Academic Affairs Committee will assess Writing Intensive and Computer Usage courses."
        (Faculty Manual, pp. 20-21)

Membership: (2007-2008)

Meetings (2006-7):

Meetings (2007-8):

Procedures and Guidelines:

• Guidelines for Submitting a New Course
  • Examples of Student Learning Outcomes
  • Material on Student Learning Outcomes from the New Faculty Orientation Program:
    • Flowchart for Writing Student Learning Outcomes
    • The Process of Writing Student Learning Outcomes
• Guidelines for Submitting a New Program
• Guidelines for Communicative Intensive Courses
• Link to Academic Affairs Committee Forms