Faculty Handbook

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2022-23

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE (PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAM)

A. GENERAL PURPOSE: As written in the Board of Trustees Policies, Article X, “The faculty of each college shall have the obligation to participate significantly in the initiation, development and implementation of the doctor of optometry educational program.” The Professional Curriculum Committee will be responsible for overseeing these activities. B. REPORTING LINK: The Curriculum Committee will report to and consult with both the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs (the dean) and the Faculty Executive Committee. The Committee will evaluate and review the curriculum periodically. • Changes in the curriculum may be proposed by any member of the professional program, a department, a department chair, or the dean of Academic Affairs. The Committee will communicate proposed change(s) to the faculty of the professional program for discussion and feedback at least two weeks before any formal voting by the Committee members. • The committee chair will make regular reports to the faculty of the professional program and the Faculty Executive Committee concerning its activities. During faculty meetings, any member of the faculty may open a discussion concerning curricular issues, whether they are currently being considered by the Curriculum Committee. o Two elected as at-large by the faculty who teach in the professional program. o Two representatives from each of the two departments who are elected by the faculty members of their respective departments and two representatives from the UEC who are elected by UEC faculty members. • 4 students with one student member from each of the four professional program classes, elected by Student Council. The students collectively shall have one vote. Student members must be in good academic standing. • One representative from the Office of Student Affairs who shall serve ex officio (non-voting) • One representative from Library/Information Resources who shall serve ex officio (non-voting) • Terms shall be three years in length (including students when possible). • All members will be limited to two consecutive terms. The chair of the Committee must be a voting member and shall be determined by the elected committee members. E. DECISION MAKING: Decisions shall be made by majority vote. Voting may be conducted during scheduled Committee meetings, or by other means such as electronic voting. C. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES • D. MEMBERSHIP: The committee will be comprised of 14 members (nine voting): • Eight faculty members from the professional degree program,

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