Administrative/Biographical History
The Committee on Instruction has been in place at least since 1933. As of 2013, the committee's charge was: "To serve as the primary agency of the Faculty in implementing the curriculum and rules governing student standards, and in that role will: 1) evaluate proposals for new courses, and to recommend to the Faculty those courses that the committee considers consistent with the University’s purposes and standards; 2) recommend to the Faculty changes in University policy for the creation and elimination of courses and non-traditional courses of study; 3) establish, monitor, and update regularly the list of courses satisfying the General Education Requirements; 4) evaluate proposals for individual non-traditional courses of study, including academic internships, student-designed majors, and student-designed courses, and to approve those that the committee considers consistent with the University’s purposes and standards; 5) ensure that the rules governing students’ academic status are consistent with the University’s purposes and to recommend changes in such rules to the Faculty; 6) set guidelines for exceptions to the rules that govern students’ academic status and to ensure that the guidelines are in all cases applied reasonably; 7) monitor academic regulations; 8) encourage and facilitate faculty discussion, development, and dissemination of pedagogical methods and technologies; 9) in conjunction with the Associate Dean of the Faculty, promote programs that enhance the development of teaching effectiveness; 10) serve when needed on the Sub-Committee on Administration."
