FSD 20-23 Faculty collaboration required for all curriculum proposals

April 2, 2021

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST FACULTY SENATE

Faculty Senate Document: FSD 20-23

Faculty Collaboration Required for all Curriculum Proposals

Submission Date: 3/12/2021

 

The Senate Faculty Curriculum Committee

For Discussion 3/12/2021

For Action 4/9/2021

Whereas: Recent proposals submitted to the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee affected multiple departments that were not consulted;

Whereas: Recent proposals submitted to the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee were either not discussed or not approved by faculty vote in the department submitting the proposal;

Whereas: Specific powers granted to faculty in Section B. 2 and B.4 of the Constitution of Faculty of Purdue Northwest states the following:

  1. Specific Powers

The Faculty shall have the power, except when the interests of other campuses within the Purdue University system are affected:

  1. To review, approve, and recommend to the Trustees the establishment of new degrees and degree programs to be introduced at Purdue University Northwest, and the discontinuance of existing degrees and degree programs when they no longer contribute to the fulfillment of the mission of the university;
  2. To develop curricula and course content

Be it resolved:

All curriculum proposals include documentation of collaboration by

faculty members in departments affected.

 

Approved by Curriculum Committee February 12, 2021

Lee Artz, Chien-Chung Chen, Joan Dorman, Jean Jiang, Michael Roller, LaVada Taylor,