Course and Curriculum Review Committee
Committee Charge The purposes of the Course and Curriculum Review Committee are to review new and revised courses and curricula to determine the impact on Institute programming and congruence with the Institute's mission. The CCRC will also assist the Office of the Registrar in maintaining accurate course listings in the Institute Catalog.
Meeting Schedule The Course Curriculum Review Committee will meet on the predetermined dates for committee meetings prescribed by the Standing Annual Calendar. These typically fall on the first Friday of the month during the months that the Senate or the Faculty as a whole does not meet. Other meetings will be scheduled as necessary to conduct business. The CCRC will meet monthly from September through July as needed.
Responsibility of Committee Members Members of the Course and Curriculum Review Committee are primarily responsible for:
- Reviewing and approving new and revised interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary courses (those which include H in the course acrostic)
- Reviewing new program proposals
- Serving as liaison to faculty in their respective programs regarding CCRC procedures.
Individual meetings with faculty by committee members may occur to assist in the curriculum development process. Committee members must notify the committee chair if unable to attend scheduled meetings.
Responsibility of Committee Chair The chair is responsible for serving as a liaison between the committee and the Chair of the Senate. In addition, the chair will:
- Schedule and convene all meetings
- Establish the agenda
- Collect and distribute new and revised courses submitted for review and approval
- Moderate committee discussion
- Assign a recorder to take and distribute committee minutes
- Forward approved minutes to the Clerk of the Senate
- Communicate recommendations for items of business to the Chair of the Senate, Office of the Provost, and Office of the Registrar as appropriate
- File an annual report with the Clerk of the Senate by May 15 for presentation at the June faculty meeting.
Conduct of Meetings The chair convenes and moderates meetings. Agenda items will be collected by the chair from all interested parties and distributed to committee members one (1) week prior to meeting. Items for the agenda usually comprise:
- review of new course proposals that have been submitted and distributed to committee members prior to the meeting
- review of existing HP courses
- discussion of any new items of business that arise
- follow-up of items in process from previous meetings
Each member provides input to the course/curriculum issue under discussion, and decisions are made by consensus. Faculty submitting for approval of a new course or a course revision, will be invited to attend a CCRC meeting after the Committee has reviewed and discussed the submitted proposal, for clarification of any questions from the committee, prior to the committee voting on the submission(s).
Disposition of Business Committee proposals are formatted as motions and forwarded to the Clerk of the Senate for inclusion in the Senate agenda. Communication with the Office of the Provost and Registrar will occur in response to actions taken as appropriate.
Membership This committee shall be composed of five members. Two members will be elected from each of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Nursing. One member will be elected as a member-at-large.