Duties of the Committee

• To study and make decisions, Subject to Article V, Section 2 of the Faculty Bylaws, in regard to all areas of the instructional program of Elon University, including the content, methods, and objectives of all courses and major fields of study. Proposals for new graduate programs are subject to the provisions of Procedures for Proposal of New Graduate Programs.
• To evaluate proposed additions to or deletions from the curriculum and to approve curricular changes
• To be responsible for periodic studies of the curriculum in order to provide an instructional program which is consistent with the aims and objectives of Elon University and which will meet the needs of the students who are currently enrolled
• To review and make recommendations on significant changes in curriculum, especially those impacting multiple departments or schools, in early planning stages
• To review and make recommendations on all grant proposals with curriculum implications
• To review and approve independent major proposals submitted to the Coordinator of the Independent Major program
• To serve as the coordinating committee of the elected standing committees that deal directly with the curriculum (the Global Education Curriculum Committee, the Elon Core Curriculum Council, and the Graduate Council)
• Upon receipt by the Chair of Academic Council of a written request, decisions made by the University Curriculum Committee will be subject to discussion and vote at the next scheduled faculty meeting. The request for a faculty vote must be signed by at least 15% of the fulltime teaching faculty and must be received by the Chair of Academic Council at least one week prior to the next scheduled meeting of the full faculty. In that event, the decision made at the faculty meeting will take precedence. (As noted in C26A, subsection "Methods of Reporting to the Faculty", the UCC membership may also decide to forward an item to the faculty as a whole for a vote).
• None of the above duties of the committee will apply to the curriculum of the Law School, nor will the Law School faculty participate in the decisions of this committee.