Responsibilities

From the University Senate Bylaws, Article VII. Committees:

Section 6. Committee on Academic Programs

1. The Committee on Academic Programs shall be composed of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; the academic deans of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Law, the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, and the Honors College; one student who is a member of the Senate; one staff senator; and at least twenty-seven (27) faculty members, as follows: four (4) members each from the College of Arts and Sciences, the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and the College of Education; two (2) members from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies; one (1) each from the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions,the College of Law and the Institute of Public Health; with the remainder elected at large.
2. The duties of the committee shall include the following:
   1. developing long-range plans for the academic affairs of the University;
   2. reviewing and recommending of university policies concerning curricula, new and existing programs, the deactivation and termination of academic programs, and the core curriculum;
   3. assessing academic programs and general education;
   4. approving courses having a university-wide designation;
   5. advising the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost on graduate and undergraduate matters, including the promotion, development, and coordination of graduate and undergraduate education.
3. The committee shall elect a chair within ten (10) working days after the election of a new committee.