1. Name: Writing Across the Curriculum Committee
2. Membership:
8 faculty members, each from a different academic unit, and 2 student members. Ex-officio member (with vote): The Chair of the Faculty. Ex-officio members (without vote but with all other parliamentary privileges): The Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, or their appointed representatives; the Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program, the Director of Composition, and the Director of the Writing Center.
3. Quorum: 5 elected members exclusive of ex-officio.
4. A. Committee Responsibilities:
1. The committee promotes the Writing Across the Curriculum Program and recommends policies and guidelines governing the development and offering of courses and seminars that are officially to be designated as writing-intensive courses.
2. The committee recommends semester course offerings and curricular changes in the Writing Across the Curriculum Program.
3. The committee reviews the annual report of the Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program.
B. To Whom The Committee Reports:
The committee reports to the Faculty Senate recommendations of policies, procedures, and criteria governing the development and offering of courses and seminars. The committee recommends semester course offerings in the Writing Across the Curriculum Program to the Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program. The committee recommends curricular changes in the Writing Across the Curriculum Program to the University Curriculum Committee.
C. How Often The Committee Reports:
The committee reports to the Faculty Senate at least once a year and at other times as necessary.
D. Power Of The Committee To Act Without Faculty Senate Approval:
The committee is empowered to recommend semester course offerings and curricular changes in the Writing Across the Curriculum Program.
5. Standard Meeting Time:
The committee meeting time is scheduled for the 4th Thursday of each month.