Missouri University of Science and Technology Scholars' Mine Minutes & Agendas Faculty Senate 01 Jan 2003 Faculty Senate Minutes 2002 - 2003 Missouri University of Science and Technology Faculty Senate Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/facsenate_min Recommended Citation Missouri University of Science and Technology Faculty Senate, "Faculty Senate Minutes 2002 - 2003" (2003). Minutes & Agendas. 31. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/facsenate_min/31 This Minutes is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars' Mine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Minutes & Agendas by an authorized administrator of Scholars' Mine. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PHILOSOPHY & LIBERAL ARTS G-4 Humanities-Social Science Building 1870 Miner Circle Rolla, MO 65409-0570 Telephone: (573) 341-4869 FAX: (573) 341-6312 January 8, 2003 TO: Richard Miller, Chair, PLA Len Koederitz, President, Academic Council f • FROM: Lance HaynesAi"-~' SUBJECT: Curriculum Review Processes After reading the recent e-mail exchanges between Professors Cohen and Swenson on the subject of the curriculum approval process (copies available on request), I have grown concerned. The UMR Faculty Bylaws explicitly assign responsibility for curricula to the faculty at each level. Even a cursory reading of our bylaws shows that the academic shape and integrity of each unit is the responsibility and prerogative of the faculty. The supposition that faculty are responsible for curricula and administration for structure is based on a false dichotomy: structure and curricula are not divisible.