A61.7
Policy

CURRICULA COMMITTEE
(Revised by the Faculty Senate August 24, 2010; Revised by the Faculty Senate on January 25, 2011)

The Curricula Committee, in cooperation with the Senate Graduate Committee and the Undergraduate Committee, is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the quality of the curricula in the University, its branches, and its graduate centers, by (1) reviewing the recommendations of the Senate Graduate Committee concerning all proposals for major changes in programs (Form C), including new degrees, new programs, new majors and minors, name changes, and substantive changes in existing programs, and transmitting them to the Faculty Senate for final approval; (2) reviewing and making recommendations on all proposals for minor course changes (Form A), new courses (Form B), minor changes in existing programs (Form C), originating from students, departments, programs, divisions, schools, colleges of the University and its branches and graduate centers, and Faculty Senate Committees; (3) participating, together with members of the Senate Graduate and Professional Committee and Undergraduate Committee, in periodic reviews of instructional units and programs; (4) hearing curricular disputes and recommending means for their resolution; (5) initiating occasional reviews of curricular offerings and policies at the University; (6) recommending to the Faculty Senate both programs and the application of curricular policies; and (7) oversee the approval and ongoing assessment of the Core Curriculum in consultation with the Faculty Senate.

(Fifteen faculty members from the main campus including the chairperson, and one from each of the branch campuses, appointed by the Faculty Senate; three from Arts and Sciences, [one from the humanities (including foreign languages), one from the social and behavioral sciences, one from the natural/physical sciences and math], and one each from Architecture and Planning, Dental Hygiene Programs, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, University Libraries, Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Administration, two students appointed by the Associated Students of UNM (ASUNM) and the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), respectively. Ex-officio members shall include the Registrar, the Collection Development Librarian, the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, an Advising Manager from the Provost’s Committee on Advising, and one representative from the Graduate and Professional Committee. The chairperson is elected by the Committee.)