UC Irvine Academic Senate Manual

THE MANUAL OF THE IRVINE DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
PART I - BYLAWS OF THE IRVINE DIVISION
Chapter III: Organization
Section 5: Standing Committees
Bylaw 100. Graduate Council
(Am 6 Jun 96) (Am 12 Oct 00) (Am 5 Jun 03) (Am 8 Apr 04) (Am 30 May 06) (CC 12 Feb 07) (Am 7 June 07)
 
(A) Membership 
 
(1) The Graduate Council shall consist of twelve members, with no more than two and at least one member from each of the Faculties of the Division. The Dean of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Subcommittee on International Education shall be members ex officio.
 
(B) Duties 
 
(1) Assume the responsibilities enumerated in Senate Bylaw 330.
 
(2) Formulate for submission to the Divisional Senate Assembly rules and regulations governing graduate education and advise the Chancellor on all matters relating to graduate work on the Irvine campus.
 
(3) Maintain liaison with the University Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs.
 
(4) Monitor and ensure quality and diversity in graduate programs.
 
 
(C) Subcommittee
 
(1) Academic Program Review 
 
(a) Membership
 
The Academic Program Review Board shall consist of two members from the Council on Educational Policy (CEP) appointed by the Chair of CEP, two members from the Graduate Council appointed by the Chair of Graduate Council, and one Division member who will serve as Chair. The Chair shall be appointed for a three-year term by the committee on Committees, and is required to have prior experience on either the CEP or the Graduate Council, with strong preference given to Division members with prior experience conducting program reviews.
 
(b) Duties
 
Produces academic program reviews in accordance with the document Joint Review of Academic Programs: Description and Procedures
 
(2)  International Education
 
(a) Membership
 
The subcommittee shall consist of one Division member from each Faculty offering an undergraduate and graduate degree to be appointed by the Committee on Committees. The Chair of the subcommittee shall be elected from this group of faculty.The subcommittee shall also consist of two faculty members from the Council on Educational Policy appointed by the Council chair and two faculty members from Graduate Council appointed by the Council chair.  Ex Officio members shall be the Faculty Director of the Center for International Education, the Dean of Undergraduate Education and the Dean of Graduate Studies.  The Deans may designate the Associate Deans to represent them on the subcommittee.
 
(b) Duties
 
Provide academic policy oversight on all matters concerned with the University of California’s Education Abroad Program (EAP), UCI’s International Opportunities Program (IOP), other formal educational activities of UCI students abroad, and faculty exchanges between UCI and foreign universities.  The subcommittee shall report to its parent councils and maintain liaison with the University Committee on International Education. 
 
 
Page Revised - August 6, 2007
 

 

 

 
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