Unaffiliated Units Curriculum Committee

Role statement

The Faculty Senate Unaffiliated Units Curriculum Committee is responsible for recommending, reviewing, revising, and approving courses and curriculum for all units that are not affiliated with an academic college. Those include, but are not limited to, the Graduate College, the Lee Honors College, and the Merze Tate College-University Studies program. 

Charges 2024-2025

In addition to its specific responsibilities listed in the Unaffiliated Units Curriculum Committee’s role statement and the work of subcommittees if such exist, the Faculty Senate Executive Board charges the UUCC to consider, as a committee of the whole or through the appropriate subcommittee or task force, the following:

1. Review, act, and vote on unaffiliated unit curriculum proposals that come before the UUCC within 30-days and submit decisions to the WMU electronic curriculum system as well as include decisions in the committee minutes.
2. Review the scope and description of the role statement and assess the effectiveness of committee practices. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
3. At the annual April UUCC meeting, the committee members must review the draft year-end report, to be submitted to the Faculty Senate office, by the committee chair no later than June 30.
4. Address any continuing or outstanding issues or initiatives as directed by the Faculty Senate Executive Board, member of the committee, faculty, and/or academic administrators. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.

Approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Board on Aug. 23, 2024

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NOTE: The UUCC will seek information from any administrative office to maintain communications with that office on issues directly related to it. Council recommendations are to be submitted to the Executive Board in the form of a  memorandum of action (MOA) on which the recommendation(s) is/are stated. Any draft MOAs requested by the Executive Board should be submitted using the MOA template.

The UUCC chairperson shall provide a written report of the committee's accomplishments and progress for the year; list the above charges noting each item's progress and current status; any other activities undertaken; and draft charges for the 2025-26 academic year, no later than June 30, 2025.