UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE (UCC)  CHARGE
 Approved by the Academic Senate 2/11/97
DUTIES: Act as a body which stimulates curriculum development in the colleges and gives cohesive 
force to curricula rather than acting as an initiating unit. Matters pertaining to specific 
curriculum content should be dealt with at the college or department level whenever 
possible. Curricula should be initiated by departments and recommended by colleges to 
college deans.It is essential that the membership of the University Curriculum Committee take a university-wide perspective during the decision-making process. The special function of 
the chair of the Educational Policies Committee, in his/her capacity as a member of the 
University Curriculum Committee, is to communicate items of special interest to the 
Academic Senate, with particular attention to those deliberations of the University 
Curriculum Committee, including possible actions concerning implementation and 
procedure, which might affect curricular policy. 

Appeals and reviews of lower committee decisions are made to the University Curriculum 
Committee. Any individual faculty member dissatisfied with any recommendation, 
ncluding policies, procedures, and guidelines of the University Curriculum Committee, 
may appeal that recommendation to the Academic Senate. The Senate may in turn transmit 
its own recommendation to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. 

Functions of the UCC are as follows:  recommend curricular policy for consideration by 
the Academic Senate; advise the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 
concerning curricular policy; advise the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 
on appeals relative to actions taken by college curriculum committees; advise the Provost 
and Vice President for Academic Affairs on curricular matters affecting more than one 
college; advise on broad curricular matters referred to it by the Provost and Vice President 
for Academic Affairs; to review programs developed in colleges to insure that they meet 
the curricular and programmatic policy of the University; and engage in program review 
as required. 
CHAIR: Elected by General Faculty (two-year term) from among candidates nominated by the General Faculty Nominations Committee.  The UCC Chair is an ex-officio voting member of the Academic Senate and a member of the Senate Executive Committee.
TYPE: Administrative
MEETINGS: Tuesdays
MEMBERSHIP:   Faculty membership will include three members each from the College of Arts, 
Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Natural Resources and Sciences and 
two members from the College of Professional Studies.   Each college will nominate 
members from its college (at least two for each vacancy) who will then be elected by the 
University at large.  College members will serve three-year overlapping terms. 

Student membership will be four students, with at least one student selected from each 
college, appointed by the President of the Associated Students with the consent of the 
Student Legislative Council, to serve one-year terms.
EX OFFICIO, 
Nonvoting		 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee 
Chair of Educational Policies Committee
 Excerpted from the HSU Faculty Handbook