{"id":84,"date":"2019-09-05T19:04:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:00:37","slug":"undergraduate-curriculum-and-academic-standards-bylaws-committee-on-cucas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/faculty-handbook\/university-governance\/undergraduate-curriculum-and-academic-standards-bylaws-committee-on-cucas\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Standards Bylaws, Committee on (CUCAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. \n

    Objectives<\/span><\/h2>\n

    To ensure that academic programs are consistent with the mission of ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ.<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Areas of Responsibilities<\/span><\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. To develop an academic program which shall be required of all students regardless of major.<\/li>\n
    2. To review all proposals for change in courses, programs and academic standards for need, potential duplication, and conformity to University policy.<\/li>\n
    3. To receive, review and make recommendations for any program discontinuance.<\/li>\n
    4. To initiate and stimulate ongoing periodic progress of academic program review.<\/li>\n
    5. To develop, review and recommend to the University Senate and administration policy concerning the undergraduate grading system and its application.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    6. \n

      \u00a0Powers<\/span><\/h2>\n
        \n
      1. To request and receive reports and recommendations from departments, schools, faculty, etc., regarding curriculum and\/or academic standards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      2. \n

        Membership (17 Voting, 3 Non-Voting)<\/span><\/h2>\n
          \n
        1. Eight (8) teaching faculty members, elected for three-year overlapping terms; two (2) members from each school elected by the teaching faculty of that school.<\/li>\n
        2. Four (4) academic school deans, ex officio, only two (2) as voting members, appointed annually.<\/li>\n
        3. Registrar or Registrar\u2019s Office designee, ex officio.<\/li>\n
        4. Four (4) student members, one from each school, selected by the SGA for one-year terms.<\/li>\n
        5. Two (2) at-large teaching faculty members, elected for three-year terms by the teaching faculty.<\/li>\n
        6. Director of Institutional Research or his or her designee from the Assessment Committee, ex officio, non-voting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        7. \n

          Conduct of Business<\/span><\/h2>\n
            \n
          1. Meetings\n
              \n
            1. Meetings are to be <\/span>convened<\/span> by the Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson, his or her <\/span>designate<\/span> shall <\/span>convene<\/span> meetings<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            2. A quorum shall consist of nine (9) members, at least five (5) of whom are teaching faculty.<\/li>\n
            3. Meetings are to be held not less than once a month during the academic year and at the request of the Chairperson.<\/li>\n
            4. The call to meeting, accompanied by the agenda, shall be delivered to committee members at least three school days prior to each meeting.<\/li>\n
            5. Ordinarily, no decision shall be made on program or course proposals at a meeting the first time such items are discussed unless said material was received by the members at least three school days prior to the meeting.<\/li>\n
            6. Decisions of the committee require a majority vote of the members present.<\/li>\n
            7. Concerned parties may attend meetings to discuss, or be invited to discuss, particular items on the agenda.<\/li>\n
            8. The committee operates under a modified form of parliamentary procedure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            9. Officers\n
                \n
              1. The Chairperson for the following year shall be elected <\/span>in<\/span> the last meeting of the academic year. This meeting will take place in two stages.\u202f The first meeting will <\/span>comprise<\/span> all members for the following academic year. The sole purpose of this meeting is to <\/span>elect<\/span> the<\/span> chair. For the convenience of the members who will be joining the committee, that meeting precedes the regular meeting and is adjourned after the election.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. The position of secretary shall be filled by each member (excluding Chairperson) in turn on an alphabetical rotating basis, unless otherwise agreed to by the committee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              3. Reports\n
                  \n
                1. To whom reports are given:\n
                    \n
                  1. The committee, through its chair, shall report all policy recommendations to the University Senate.<\/li>\n
                  2. The committee shall submit an annual report to the University Senate.<\/li>\n
                  3. The committee shall report to the appropriate department and school dean concerning recommendations regarding program and course proposals and changes.<\/li>\n
                  4. The committee shall report to the Provost\/Vice President for Academic Affairs (as the University President\u2019s designee) for appropriate administrative review of the committee\u2019s action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  5. From whom reports are received:\n
                      \n
                    1. Course and program proposals and course title, level descriptions and credit changes and the common core courses and proposals from the appropriate school curriculum review committees.<\/li>\n
                    2. New programs and options of major impact to the University from the University Planning and Budgeting Committee.<\/li>\n
                    3. Any University curriculum proposals from the Student Government Association.<\/li>\n
                    4. Any change from the University Senate concerned with the common core.<\/li>\n
                    5. Any recommendation for program discontinuance from a department, the University Senate, or the President<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                    6. Minutes\n
                        \n
                      1. Minutes of all meetings shall be distributed to:\n
                          \n
                        1. All members of the committee<\/li>\n
                        2. University Senate President<\/li>\n
                        3. University Senate Archivist (2 copies)<\/li>\n
                        4. School curriculum review committee chairs<\/li>\n
                        5. Provost\/Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/li>\n
                        6. Each department chairperson and program director<\/li>\n
                        7. SGA President<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                        8. \n

                          Amendments<\/span><\/h2>\n

                          These Bylaws may be amended by two-thirds vote of members present at any regularly scheduled meeting at which there is a quorum, and the approval of the University Senate and the President of the University.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                          Senate Approval:\u00a0 3\/18\/1992 (R92-2-1) <\/em><\/td>\nSenate Approval:\u00a0 12\/20\/2006 (R-06-11-05) <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          Admin. Approval:\u00a0 4\/14\/1992<\/em><\/td>\nAdmin. Approval 4\/23\/2007<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          Revised:\u00a0 Senate Approval 5\/19\/1999<\/em><\/td>\nSenate Approval 5\/14\/2025<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          Revised: Senate Approval 5\/15\/2002 <\/em>(R-02-04-08) <\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          Admin. Approval: 7\/3\/2002<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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