University of California

THE MANUAL OF THE IRVINE DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE

PART I - BYLAWS OF THE IRVINE DIVISION


CHAPTER III: Organization

Section 5: Standing Committees

138.  Student Experience, Council on (En 5 Jun 03) (Am 10 Nov 05)


(A) Membership (Am 5 April 2007)


The Council on Student Experience shall consist of twelve members of the Division, with at least one member from each Faculty offering an undergraduate degree. The chair of the Board on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors, and Financial Aids; the chair of the Campuswide Honors Program Board; the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education; and the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs; shall be ex officio members of the council.

 

(B) Duties


The Council shall promote learning and the quality of the student experience, and shall advise the Chancellor and the Division on issues in the areas of teaching, student life and welfare, and intramural and intercollegiate athletics.

 

(1) Teaching


(a) Consider policies and issues concerning the quality of teaching on campus, e.g., the improvement and evaluation of teaching and the role of teaching in academic advancement.

 

(b) Advise administrators, faculty, and other Senate committees on matters affecting the quality of teaching on campus.

 

(c) Make recommendations to the above and other appropriate bodies concerning such issues as the improvement of teaching, the evaluation of courses and teaching, and the assessment of teaching in the personnel process.

 

(d) Act as overseer to the Instructional Resource Center (IRC). As overseer of IRC the Committee shall: (a) review policies, programs, and procedures of IRC with respect to their appropriateness, (b) advise the Dean of Undergraduate Education and the Advisory Board of IRC concerning IRC programs and procedures.

  (2) Academic and Student Affairs (Am 5 April 2007)


(a) Consider and review formally as needed those programs of the Office of Student Affairs and the Division of Undergraduate Education that affect the University experience of UCI students.  Such programs include, but are not limited to, the Learning and Academic Resource Center, Student Academic Advising Services, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University Studies Program, Career Center, Student Health Service, Counseling Center, Disability Services, Cross Cultural Center, and UCI Bookstore.

 

(b) Advise the Chancellor on behalf of the Academic Senate regarding allocation of student registration fees. 

 

(c) Appoint ad hoc Grievance Panels to hear student grievances which pertain to matters under the authority of the Academic Senate and, where such grievances are found to be justified, the Panel shall determine appropriate means of redress. Hearings by the Grievance Panel and related procedures are to be conducted in accordance with the statement entitled "Student Academic Grievance Procedures Relating to Non-Discrimination ." (See IR A365 ((A) (3) and (B)) and Appendix II.) Grievance Panels shall consist of three voting members of the Academic Senate, at least one of whom is a member of the Council on Student Experience; this member shall be chair of the Panel.

 

(d) Appoint the Undergraduate Hearing Panels on Academic Honesty to hear student appeals of Academic Honesty sanctions. (See Appendix VIII., E. Hearing Panels on Academic Honesty.) The Undergraduate Hearing Panels on Academic Honesty shall consist of two faculty, appointed by the Council on Student Experience Chair, two student Peer Academic Advisors, appointed by the Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education, and one representative of the Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education. An Undergraduate Hearing Panel will be convened for each case submitted during the year. The pool from which the Undergradute Hearing Panels on Academic Honesty shall be drawn consists of all faculty and ex officio faculty on the Council on Student Experience and selected student Peer Academic Advisors, nominated by the academic units (one per unit).

 

(3) Intramural and Intercollegiate Athletics  

Review and report to the Chancellor and the Division on issues of significance regarding the UCI intramural and intercollegiate athletics program.

 

(C)  The following Boards report to and advise the Council on Student Experience:

 

(1) Board on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors, and Financial Aids

(a) Membership

The Board on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors, and Financial Aids shall consist of at least ten (10) members of the Division and the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and the Dean of Undergraduate Education, ex officio.

(b) Duties

  1. Recommend to the President, through the Chancellor, the awarding of scholarships according to the terms of the various conditions set forth and subject to such other conditions as the Divisional Senate Assembly may prescribe.

     

  2. Make recommendations to the President through the Chancellor, to the Irvine Division, or to the Academic Senate, or to the Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs regarding the policies of the University on scholarships, honors, and financial aids.

     

(2) Campuswide Honors Program Board

(a) Membership

  1. The Campuswide Honors Program Board shall consist of one member appointed from each of the Faculties with undergraduate degree programs, and the Dean of Undergraduate Education and the Director of the Campuswide Honors Program, ex officio.

  2. The chief administrator of the Campuswide Honors Program shall be the Dean of Undergraduate Education.

(b) Duties

  1. Determine admission to the Program and the policies of admission, within adopted guidelines;

  2. Certify graduation from the Program and determine policies relating to graduation;

  3. Approve courses and instructors for lower- and upper-division courses in the Campuswide Honors Program curriculum, and determine the policies for same, within adopted guidelines;

  4. Advise the chief administrator of the Campuswide Honors Program concerning the academic advising of students in the Program or enrolled in its courses, recruitment of such students, extracurricular opportunities and academic prerequisites (such as housing and library privileges) for Campuswide Honors Program students.

Revised June 4, 2007

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