The committee shall review policy and recommend changes in policy regarding all graduate academic programs of the University to the Faculty Senate, including graduation requirements, changes in departmental offerings, admission of new and transfer students, probation regulations, standards to qualify students for the Dean’s List, degree with honors, and other appropriate recognitions of scholarly achievement, academic advising, grading structures, readmissions, overloads, residence requirements, and other matters pertaining to academic standards.
In addition, it is empowered to make certain exceptions regarding academic matters when the graduate student, faculty member, or administrator involved suggest that unusual circumstances may make such exceptions proper.
Possible cases include requests of graduate students to be admitted when admissibility to the University is questionable, to remain after being automatically dropped for academic reasons, to return after being dropped, to appeal a course grade, or to graduate without fulfilling residence requirements.
It shall review routine proposals for changes from graduate programs/departments. It shall evaluate existing curricula and programs and recommend revisions to the Faculty Senate.
It shall evaluate proposed new graduate degrees, majors, minors, degrees, and certificates carrying University credit, and recommend new degrees and majors to the Faculty Senate. If a deletion occurs, the committee will further vote to archive the degree, major, minor, certificate carrying University credit, or course as inactive or obsolete. Inactive is defined as removing the degree, major, or course from the student’s view; however, this allows the degree, major, minor, certificate carrying University credit or course to be reactivated in the future and will enable credits to be transferred in. Obsolete is defined as completely removing the degree, major, minor, certificate carrying University credit, or course from the catalog, preventing reactivation in the future, and being ineligible for transfer credit.
Chair: Bethany Huebner
Reporting Secretary: Bethany Huebner
Members:
Jeff Tilly (AT) 2026
Kyle Matsel (PT) 2026
Jason Pitt (PT) 2024
Jenelle Evernham (PA) 2024
Melissa Fitch (DNAP) 2025
Kevin Jordan (PsyD) 2025
Curriculum Committee Chair ex officio: Ben Johnson
University Registrar ex officio: Keely Cutts
Deans ex officio: Ray Lutgring, Bev Brockman & Mary Kessler
Students ex officio:
EVPAA ex officio:Michael Austin